Bob Mould

Shoot Out the Lights

Richard & Linda Thompson ·1982

"Start with this album Shoot Out the Lights, which is the final Richard and Linda Thompson record. This is one of the deepest, heaviest records about the end of things, the end of a relationship or the end of a collaboration or whatever you want to put on this record, but it's really one of those key, key records that everybody needs to give a listen to."

Version 2.0

Garbage ·1998

"One of them was Garbage, Version 2.0. You know, this record I think was just like such a stunning amalgamation of rock and pop and, you know, sort of trippy beats, and the production is super deep and it's a very emotional record."

There Is Nothing Left to Lose

Foo Fighters ·1999

"One of them was the Foo Fighters record There's Nothing Left to Lose. I love those guys and clearly over the years they've been very generous to me and you know I have nothing but good things to say about this record and those guys."

Discovery

Daft Punk ·2001

"Oh Daft Punk, so continuing down the rabbit hole of electronic stuff, I guess I jokingly call them the Beatles of electronic music. Face to face, really, you know Todd Edwards' iteration of garage music and how Daft Punk took that micro sampling style and then to bring Todd in to sing 'Face to Face,' that's my favorite on this record."

Future Nostalgia

Dua Lipa ·2020

"Man, what a feel-good record. The album's called Future Nostalgia, so it's all in the title, but I think everybody's heard this by now, but it's just... I just love like innocent, you know, well-crafted pop music."

ULTRAPOP

The Armed ·2021

"if you haven't heard this group and you haven't heard this record, the group is called the Armed, they're from Detroit, this album ULTRAPOP just came out this year... this is the craziest music I have heard in a long time. There's melody, there's droning, there's violence, there's aggression... I can't say enough about this record; I would say there's probably for me it's like Loveless and then this."