Fans of Sugar, Hüsker Dü, and solo Bob Mould are encouraged to make their ways to Nude as the News, where my wordy critical discography of his entire career has just found its way into print:

Not to say the guy hates his listeners or anything (although the untimely breakup of Sugar and some of the songs on Bob Mould make you wonder), but from Land Speed Record on, Bob Mould has made music for himself first and foremost. It’s a necessary survival mechanism for him, and an understanding of this helps to explain (if not to fully forgive) the many missed chances and ill-advised stylistic shifts of his now nearly 30-year career....