I’ll get to my memes and they’ll strike like a heatwave. I’ve been working on them, perhaps a little too thoughtfully, as I got too caught up in how they sound. Now, I’ve been tagged once again by Chris, which means a chance to get back at Danny. 
Last night, I had a much needed distraction from returning to classes, the car drama, and even the memes I’ve been procrastinating on. I went with my friend Scott to Bob Mould‘s show at the Belly Up in Solana Beach, and he rocked!
Over the past few years, Bob Mould’s been very hard to pin down musically. After the aptly named Last Dog and Pony Show, he took a break from music for a few years. A few years ago, he made an under the radar comeback with Modulate, his experiment in electronic music. Modulate then paved the way for Blowoff, his collaboration with Rich Morel (they regularly host a dj party at Washington DC’s 9:30 club). Mould’s collaboration with Morel didn’t end there, as Morel contributed synthesizer work to Mould’s last two hard rocking albums. Just when one thinks he’s figured out Bob Mould, he manages to surprise.
This was definitely the case with his largely fast paced power pop set last night, which would seem to run counter to Mould’s recent flirtations with dance music. Much of the songs were Sugar-laden or from his Hüsker Dü past. In all fairness, he performed a lot of songs from his solo career, but the amount of songs from District Lines, his most recent release, was minimal. However, Morel was present to contribute some keyboards to some very guitar heavy tunes. Mould also had a fine sense of timing, as he started high, relentlessly kept it going, took it down before the middle of the show, and brought it back up again. Whether he’s spinning records or he’s playing rock music, he can get the guys to dance.
