S6E261 - Sugar 'Copper Blue' with Elizabeth McCullough (Alpha Cat)

<p>When this week's guest, singer/songwriter <strong>Elizabeth McCullough</strong> (Alpha Cat), heard the song 'Hoover Dam' by the band <strong>Sugar</strong>, she broke her 3-song rule (making sure an album has at least 3 good songs before purchasing it) and ran out and bought their 1992 debut '<strong>Copper Blue</strong>'. She was not disappointed. The record by <strong>Bob Mould</strong>'s new band, released five years after the dissolution of his previous band - beloved punk titans <strong>Hüsker Dü</strong> - is an emotionally visceral, sonically fierce collection of songs that sound as fresh today as when they first appeared. Stone. Cold. Classic.</p> <p>Songs featured in this episode: <em>If I Can't Change Your Mind</em> - Tre Dabney/The Salt Flats/The Decemberists; <em>Venus Smile, Orbit</em> - Alpha Cat; <em>Friend, You've Got To Fall, Celebrated Summer</em> - Hüsker Dü; <em>See A Little Light</em> - Bob Mould; <em>Never Again</em> - Zulus; <em>The Act We Act, A Good Idea</em> - Sugar; <em>Debaser</em> - Pixies; <em>Changes, Helpless</em> - Sugar; <em>Hoover Dam</em> - Bob Mould (Live, acoustic); <em>Hoover Dam, The Slim</em> - Sugar; <em>Glad To Be Gay</em> - Tom Robinson Band; <em>If I Can't Change Your Mind, Fortune Teller</em> - Sugar; <em>Come In Alone</em> - My Bloody Valentine; <em>In Bloom</em> - Nirvana; <em>Slick, Man On The Moon</em> - Sugar; <em>Wichita</em> - Alpha Cat; <em>If I Can't Change Your Mind</em> - The Decemberists (Live acoustic, A.V. Club)</p>