Modulate.

Modulate is Bob Mould's fifth solo album, released in 2002. Although a few tracks on his previous release, The Last Dog and Pony Show, had featured tape loops and samples, Mould shocked his fans with such a dramatic embrace of electronica. Rolling Stone magazine awarded the album 2½ stars out of five, declaring: "Ultimately, this is a rock record with electronic effects, not a techno record with guitars, and it falls short of being totally satisfying as either." The record includes the song "The Receipt," which City Pages observed "can be taken as a barely veiled attack on Mould's old Husker Dü-mate Grant Hart." Mould dubbed the tour supporting this album "The Carnival of Light and Sound." It featured him performing alone on stage,...