Bob Mould Band
Saturna

How do you build on a quarter-century legacy and catalog as a living legend and trailblazer of alternative rock? When you're 47-year-old vet Bob Mould , you ignore such accolades, and go straight to making hair-raisingly emotional, undeniably catchy, loud, mature guitar rock albums. Yes, he was an '80s punk pioneer with Husker Du , and indie rock god with '90s juggernaut, Sugar . But in between and since, Mould has unleashed a half-dozen uncompromising solo LPs, unafraid to follow inspirations where they've led - from 1989's Richard Thompson-influenced Workbook to 2002's dancefloor-minded Modulate .
Now, following 2005's acclaimed, return-to-bracing Body of Song , Mould is poised to rip the roof off further with the hard-hitting, elastic District Line - his first for Anti Records. Ace Fugazi drummer Brendan Canty returns from Body of Song , as the perfect backbone to Mould's determined guitar riffs, insistent basslines, and passionate, vulnerable singing. ( Amy Domingues also again adds beautifully bittersweet cello.) Recorded in a Washington D.C. warehouse space with a mobile studio, District Line is a dozen flavors of Mould's inspired, instantly memorable, melodic songwriting and playing.