Tag: Husker Du

Numero Group blots out the sun with tease for Hüsker Dü box set ‘Savage Young Dü’

Numero Group blots out the sun with tease for Hüsker Dü box set ‘Savage Young Dü’

As eclipse fever swept across the U.S. this morning, reissue specialists Numero Group, seized the opportunity to offer the most explicit tease yet of their upcoming Hüsker Dü box set, sharing what appears to the cover art for the Savage Young Dü multi-disc release.

‘Coming soon’: The Replacements appear to be up to something… but what, exactly?

‘Coming soon’: The Replacements appear to be up to something… but what, exactly?

Two years after their reunion fizzled out, The Replacements’ sporadically used Twitter and Facebook accounts recently began teasing… well, something… by sharing photos of the band performing in 1986 — the most recent of which bore the caption “Coming soon.” What’s it all mean?

‘Fresh remaster’ of Hüsker Dü’s ‘Everything Falls Apart’ released digitally — hear it now

‘Fresh remaster’ of Hüsker Dü’s ‘Everything Falls Apart’ released digitally — hear it now

Chicago reissue label Numero Group — which has been teasing a major Hüsker Dü project since last fall — this afternoon offered up the first taste of its work, releasing via digital channels a newly remastered edition of the band’s 1983 debut studio album Everything Falls Apart. Stream the whole album right now.

Reissue specialists Numero Group can’t stop teasing ‘massive’ Hüsker Dü mystery project

Reissue specialists Numero Group can’t stop teasing ‘massive’ Hüsker Dü mystery project

The Hüsker Dü catalog famously has been in dire need of a sonic upgrade and expansion, and it seems, at long last, that it’s happening, courtesy of the Chicago-based reissue pros at the Numero Group, who are assembling something “massive” around the band’s archives.

Bob Mould adds more dates, appearance at Wire’s festival to solo-electric tour of U.S.

Bob Mould adds more dates, appearance at Wire’s festival to solo-electric tour of U.S.

Former Hüsker Dü frontman Bob Mould has again expanded his planned spring solo-electric outing, adding new shows in Atlanta, Washington, D.C., Philadelphia and Cambridge, Mass. — plus an appearance at Wire’s Drill: Los Angeles festival. Mould is touring in support of his 12th solo album, Patch the Sky.

The Suicide Commandos to release 1st new album since 1978 on revived Twin/Tone label

The Suicide Commandos to release 1st new album since 1978 on revived Twin/Tone label

The Suicide Commandos — the pioneering Minneapolis band that paved the way for Hüsker Dü, The Replacements and Soul Asylum — this spring will release the very belated follow-up to their 1978 debut Make a Record, a 13-track album titled Time Bomb that will be issued on the newly reactivated Twin/Tone Records label.

Bob Mould expands solo-electric outing with 8 more North American dates in April

Bob Mould expands solo-electric outing with 8 more North American dates in April

Former Hüsker Dü frontman Bob Mould is expanding a planned solo-electric outing from two previously announced New York City dates to a total of at least 10 shows, with seven new performances set for Denver, St. Paul, Minn., Chicago, Toronto, Cleveland and Austin, Texas, in April.

‘120 Minutes’ Rewind: Hüsker Dü gets a ‘120 X-Ray’ post-mortem — 1987

‘120 Minutes’ Rewind: Hüsker Dü gets a ‘120 X-Ray’ post-mortem — 1987

For this week’s installment of our “120 Minutes” Rewind series, we turn to this Carolyne Heldman-hosted “120 X-Ray” that aired in 1987 following the break-up of Hüsker Dü. The four-minute segment looks back on the band’s career with live footage and pre-split interviews with Bob Mould, Grant Hart and Greg Norton.

Hüsker Dü’s ‘The Living End’ live album to receive first-ever vinyl release

Hüsker Dü’s ‘The Living End’ live album to receive first-ever vinyl release

Hüsker Dü’s posthumous live album — The Living End, recorded at various venues in October 1987 but not released until 1994 — will receive its first-ever vinyl release later this month in the form of a 180-gram audiophile pressing by the Music on Vinyl label.

Bob Mould announces ‘Workbook 25’ expanded reissue, 7-date ‘commemorative’ tour

Bob Mould announces ‘Workbook 25’ expanded reissue, 7-date ‘commemorative’ tour

Bob Mould’s gearing up to celebrate next year’s 25th anniversary of his post-Hüsker Dü solo debut Workbook in a big way, and now come details of an expanded reissue of the album — featuring a bonus live album as part of the 2CD set — as well as what’s being termed a 7-date “commemorative” tour.

Bob Mould to celebrate 25 years of ‘Workbook’ at San Francisco’s Noise Pop fest

Bob Mould to celebrate 25 years of ‘Workbook’ at San Francisco’s Noise Pop fest

Bob Mould will celebrate the 25th anniversary of his post-Hüsker Dü solo debut Workbook next year with a special performance at San Francisco’s annual Noise Pop festival, organizers announced today as they unveiled an initial lineup for the Feb. 25-March 2 fest that also includes Mark Kozelek.

Video: Bob Mould spotlights new album, Sugar, Hüsker Dü in KEXP set at Bumbershoot

Video: Bob Mould spotlights new album, Sugar, Hüsker Dü in KEXP set at Bumbershoot

Seattle’s KEXP has just shared video of a blistering, half-hour set by Bob Mould filmed by the radio station during last month’s Bumbershoot festival that finds the rocker tearing through a set comprised of three songs apiece off Sugar’s Copper Blue, his latest solo album Silver Age and Hüsker Dü’s Flip Your Wig.

Hüsker Dü’s Grant Hart announces ‘Paradise Lost’-inspired ‘The Argument’ — hear 2 tracks now

Hüsker Dü’s Grant Hart announces ‘Paradise Lost’-inspired ‘The Argument’ — hear 2 tracks now

Grant Hart returns this summer with his long-in-the-works The Argument, a double album based on John Milton’s epic “Paradise Lost,” on which Domino Record Co. says Hart “distills its essence into pop and rock concoctions that nimbly flit through the history of 20th century music.”