{"id":2256,"date":"2012-03-10T08:30:23","date_gmt":"2012-03-10T13:30:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cultureaddicts.com\/?p=2256"},"modified":"2018-02-24T07:25:09","modified_gmt":"2018-02-24T12:25:09","slug":"merge-records-signs-bob-mould-to-roster","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cultureaddicts.com\/?p=2256","title":{"rendered":"Merge Records signs Bob Mould to roster"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_17893\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-17893\" style=\"width: 648px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-17893\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cultureaddicts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/bob-mould.jpg?resize=648%2C432\" alt=\"Bob Mould\" width=\"648\" height=\"432\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cultureaddicts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/bob-mould.jpg?w=648&amp;ssl=1 648w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cultureaddicts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/bob-mould.jpg?resize=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 648px) 100vw, 648px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-17893\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">SONY DSC<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Merge Records has announced their signing of Bob Mould (legendary H\u00fcsker D\u00fc\/Sugar frontman) to their artist roster. Bob Mould recorded his new album, which will be released this fall with his band mates Jon Wurster (Superchunk, the Mountain Goats) and Jason Narducy (Telekinesis, Robert Pollard Band).<\/p>\n<p>Bob, Jason &amp; Jon will join the Merge showcase line-up of bands including Hospitality, Eleanor Friedberger, M. Ward, Imperial Teen, Crooked Fingers, and the Love Language in Austin, TX at Merge Record&#8217;s SXSW showcase on Friday, March 16 at Frank.<\/p>\n<p>Bob Mould will perform Sugar\u2019s Copper Blue album in its entirety at the MOG party at SXSW on Saturday, March 17 at Mohawk.<\/p>\n<span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/vQfbjtdcVAs?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-CA&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span>\n<p>Additional Bob Mould tour dates where they will play &#8216;Copper Blue&#8217;:<\/p>\n<p>June 01 &#8211; London, UK @ Shepherd&#8217;s Bush Empire<br \/>\nJune 03 &#8211; Brussels, BE @ AB<br \/>\nAugust 06 &#8211; Helsinki, FI @ Tavastia<br \/>\nAugust 08 &#8211; Oslo, Norway @ Oya Festival<br \/>\nAugust 14 &#8211; Vienna, Austria @ Arena Wien<\/p>\n<p>For more information on Bob Mould, visit <a href=\"http:\/\/bobmould.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">bobmould.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>Merge Records has announced their signing of Bob Mould (legendary H\u00fcsker D\u00fc\/Sugar frontman) to their artist roster. Bob Mould recorded his new album, which will <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/cultureaddicts.com\/?p=2256\" title=\"Merge Records signs Bob Mould to roster\">[&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":17893,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"_wpas_customize_per_network":false},"categories":[23,25,28],"tags":[177,282,597,764,1127,1138,1245],"class_list":["post-2256","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-indie","category-live","category-music","tag-bob-mould","tag-copper-blue","tag-husker-du","tag-merge-records","tag-sugar","tag-sxsw","tag-tour-dates"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cultureaddicts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/bob-mould.jpg?fit=648%2C432&ssl=1","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2B2TV-Ao","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":2097,"url":"https:\/\/cultureaddicts.com\/?p=2097","url_meta":{"origin":2256,"position":0},"title":"Merge Records announces SXSW 2012 showcase","author":"cultureaddicts","date":"February 22, 2012","format":false,"excerpt":"Merge Records\u00a0is hosting a showcase at the annual SXSW Music Festival\u00a0in Austin, TX at\u00a0Frank. 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