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On the Record: Bob Mould, the Avett Brothers, David Byrne and More

By Bill Chenevert

Add Comment | Comments: 0 | Posted Sep. 12, 2012

Bob Mould

Silver Age

(Merge)

Sounds Like: The 51-year-old out Hüsker Dü legend’s been through many phases, and here he comes back to his frenetic, muscular, triumphant and cathartic noise rock.

Free Association: Above all the sonic brilliance, there’s also intelligent songwriting.

For Fans Of: Sonic Youth x Sloan, Sugar’s Copper Blue , Pixies/Pavement, rock royalty.

The Avett Brothers

The Carpenter

(Universal Republic)

Sounds Like: Led by North Carolinian brothers-turned-Gap models, this second Rick Rubin-produced rootsy folk rock LP is their seventh, and it’s beautifully sophisticated.

Free Association: It’s pretty, but none of these songs’ll make you cry like the last album did.

For Fans Of: Mumford & Sons x Wilco, Willie/Waylon/Langhorne/Johnny, NPR country.