David Schultz checks in from the final day of SXSW.
Welcome Bob Mould to Merge Records! Bob Mould recorded his new album to be released this fall with his band mates Jon Wurster (Superchunk, the Mountain Goats) and Jason Narducy
The 2012 incarnation (and 20th Anniversary) of San Francisco’s Noise Pop Festival is shaping up to be one of its best. Today, the festival announced two major headlining acts, as
Dave Grohl. Ryan Adams and Death Cab For Cutie’s Ben Gibbard are among the artists gathering in Los Angeles this fall to honor punk pioneer Bob Mould. Mould’s legacy is
Seattle’s Rocky Votolato is an old voice for a young crowd. Opening for Bob Mould last week, Votolato inherited an audience arguably present to see an icon, and took them on a ride of his own making. With a soulfully evocative voice, Votolato and his über-competent backing trio led the audience down the musical back roads of what sounded like the American southwest, with a touch of Nashville and hint of Austin thrown in for good measure.