The Download
If you still own a copy of Sugar’s Copper Blue (1992), its cobalt-tinted jewel case probably stands out like a sore thumb in your collection, beckoning you to remember frontman Bob Mould in his heyday. After tinkering with electronica for the past few years, he’s getting back to the glorious sound that once kept us glued to MTV’s 120 Minutes every Sunday night. His seventh solo outing, District Line, hits stores in February on Anti Records. The album’s first single, “The Distance Between Us” (available to download free at AOL’s Spinner.com), is rife with crunchy guitars and power-pop hooks. Mosh pit not included.