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Tuesday, October 20, 2020

Pop Remembrance

Remembering Robert Palmer: A Man Who Loved Wine, Women and Tailoring

September 26, 2020September 26, 2020 Jim Sullivan 0 Comments and Keb' Mo., Bob Dylan, Devo, Gary Numan, Husker Du, Marvin Gaye, Otis Redding, Robert Palmer, ZZ Top

Jim Sullivan recounts his history of conversation with the English art pop great

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Alternative Rock Remembrance

Three Years Gone: Remembering Grant Hart

September 15, 2020September 16, 2020 Jim Sullivan 2 Comments Bob Mould, Grant Hart, Greg Norton, Hot Wax, Husker Du, Nova Mob, The Last Days Of Pompeii

Read an interview with the sorely missed Hüsker Dü drummer from 2009

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Hardcore Indie Rock Noise Pop Post-Punk Power Pop

Celebrated Summer: New Day Rising Turns 35

July 3, 2020July 3, 2020 Eric Davidson 2 Comments 1985, Bob Mould, Grant Hart, Greg Norton, Husker Du, Joan Rivers, New Day Rising, SST

By 1985, Hüsker Dü reached the point of no return in succumbing to their pop sensibilities

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Psychedelics Remembrance Rock

Minneapolis Musical Force Ed Ackerson Has Died

October 5, 2019January 13, 2020 Ken Kurson 0 Comments Ashley Ackerson, BNLX, Ed Ackerson, Husker Du, John Kass, Polara, Problem with Mary, Soul Asylum, Susstones, Syd Barrett, The 27 Various, The Dig, The Replacements, The Slugs, Thee Milkshakes, Twin/Tone

Songwriter-producer-bandleader — and friend-father-husband — felled by cancer

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Alternative Rock Power Pop Punk

Your Favorite Thing: Sugar’s ‘File Under: Easy Listening’ at 25

October 4, 2019October 8, 2019 Bill Kopp 0 Comments 1994, 25th Anniversary, Bob Mould, David Barbe, File Under: Easy Listening, Husker Du, Rykodisc, Sugar

The second full-length from the second band led by Bob Mould found the Minneapolis punk pioneer in peak form

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Alternative Rock Records Rock

The Replacements: Dead Men Do Wear Plaid

September 24, 2019September 24, 2019 Eric Davidson 1 Comment 1989, Chris Mars, Dead Man's Pop, Don't Tell A Soul, Husker Du, Paul Westerberg, Rhino Records, Sire Records, Slim Dunlap, Soul Asylum, The Replacements, Tom Waits, Tommy Stinson

A look inside the new box set celebrating The Mats’ most polarizing album

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Alternative Rock

Thirty Years of Workbook

July 30, 2019August 1, 2019 Eric Davidson 0 Comments 1989, 30th Anniversary, Bob Mould, Husker Du, Omnivore Recordings, Virgin Records, Workbook

As Bob Mould continues to enjoy his best life as a solo artist in 2019, his 1989 solo debut remains his most enigmatic

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Alternative Rock Power Pop Punk

The Reality of What You’ve Heard

April 9, 2019April 12, 2019 Brad Cohan 0 Comments Greg Norton, Husker Du, Minneapolis, Porcupine, Soul Asylum

Hüsker Dü’s Greg Norton joins Twin Cities rock trio Porcupine, greatness ensues

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Alternative Rock Power Pop

Sunshine Superman

March 7, 2019April 11, 2019 Lee Zimmerman 0 Comments Bob Mould, Husker Du, Merge Records

An unrepentant Bob Mould keeps to his calling

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Punk Remembrance

Remembering Grant Hart

September 14, 2017April 11, 2019 Ken Kurson 0 Comments Bob Mould, Grant Hart, Husker Du

Husker Du drummer and Nova Mob singer was 54

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Bob Mould, Punk Pop Polymath

February 26, 2013April 11, 2019 Ken Kurson 0 Comments Bob Mould, Husker Du

Bob Mould and his band—Jason Narducy on bass, Jon Wurster on drums—are joined by Fred Armisen at the Bowery Ballroom, February 27, 2013. (Ken Kurson) Bob Mould is the Ben Franklin of indie pop. Founding member and driving force of ’80s punk trio Hüsker Dü (whose influence resonates today through Foo Fighters and Ryan Adams), Mould has succeeded at everything he’s tried, and he’s tried a lot. Credits include the

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