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Life and Times

  • AMG Review of Life and Times

    Amg
    Stephen Thomas Erlewine
    All Music Guide

    Based on its title, it's tempting to think of Life and Times as an autobiography, especially when armed with the knowledge that Bob Mould recorded this album while writing his actual autobiography (scheduled to hit stores in 2010). It's tempting, but not quite accurate, as this is less an orderly journey through the past than memories refracted through the prism of the present. Life and Times bears the unmistakable stamp of being latter-day Mould in how he consolidates his strengths, not embracing his electronica but not running away from it either, in how his writing has a casual, disarming frankness, particularly when recounting last night's sex on "Bad Blood Better." Still, there's no denying the reflective nature of Life and Times, how the past feeds the present in its subject and sounds, a description which suggests that this is a fragile, folky album, which isn't so -- this is Mould's purest pop since Sugar, its ballads surging with grace and its muscular songs built on skyscraper hooks. As immediate as Life and Times isn't nearly as diamond-hard as Copper Blue, which is a great part of its appeal: it flows naturally, the music never pushes, it settles, comfortable in its own skin.

Bob Mould: Life and Times (Review)
7 months ago

Even if these aren't Mould's actual "Life and Times", he relays them with a conviction that makes them live and breathe as if they were his own.

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Bob Mould: "Life and Times" album review
8 months ago

From it's title, and with a memoir on the way later this fall, it's not surprising that Life and Times (out April 7th) sees Bob Mould in a reflective mood.The eighth solo album from the former Husker Du/Sugar frontman, Life and Times seems like an album by an artist finding comfort in his own skin and in himself.  In some ways Mould, now sporting a bald head and greying beard, reconciles all of

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Bob Mould: "Life and Times" album review
8 months ago

From it's title, and with a memoir on the way later this fall, it's not surprising that Life and Times (out April 7th) sees Bob Mould in a reflective mood.The eighth solo album from the former Husker Du/Sugar frontman, Life and Times seems like an album by an artist finding comfort in his own skin and in himself.  In some ways Mould, now sporting a bald head and greying beard, reconciles all of

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Another Taste of Mould from New Album
7 months ago

Here's another song off the new Bob Mould album Life and Times. I've listened to this a few times and it's pretty strong all the way through. This guy can still crank out some great music.

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Bob Mould: "City Lights (Days Go By)" MP3
8 months ago

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Bob Mould - Life and Times next week, Live in MPLS
8 months ago

Bob Mould is touring behind his brand new release Life and Times and played his former town of Minneapolis on Monday night (the anniversary of Husker Du's first MPLS show, as noted in the piece) and Decider was there with a mini review and pics.Glad to see Bob Mould's still playing songs from all of his musical phases (all of which I've seen live in its many facets - Huskers, solo, Circle DVD s...

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Free and legal MP3 from Bob Mould (buoyant and limber in unexpected ways)
8 months ago

"City Lights (Days Go By)" - Bob Mould There's something uncharacteristically sprightly and limber about this new song from one of indie rock's pioneers. It's not just that vibe-like synth line in the intro (although that's pretty darned sprightly); and it's not just that he's singing in his more nimble upper register rather than that forbidding lower register of his; it's really the whole ...

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Bob Mould: Life and Times (Review)
7 months ago

Even if these aren't Mould's actual "Life and Times", he relays them with a conviction that makes them live and breathe as if they were his own.

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News: Bob Mould to release another solo record
10 months ago

The album, titled Life And Times, is yet another record from the former Husker Du everyman, Bob Mould, and marks another milestone: the 20th anniversary since his first solo effort, Workbook. It'll be in stores April 7. Mould will also...

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