Silver Age

Following 2009's stately Life and Times, Bob Mould's latest solo album is so true to fuzz-pop form you might mistake it for an unearthed bonus disc of quality Sugar outtakes. It arrives as a totem of his continued influence on today's mainstream and indie-level artists alike.

Mould's consistently impassioned delivery shows that he still means it, even if it's sometimes difficult to tell what "it" is, exactly.

Earlier this summer, Merge Records reissued the entire catalog by Sugar, the alt-rock group lead by Bob Mould in the early 1990s.

Check out our album review of Artist's Silver Age on Rolling Stone.com.

There is not an ounce of fat on this record, nor one wasted note.

Silver Age Edsel ***