Before he spins with Rich Morel at his Blowoff dance party later in the evening, Bob Mould will strap on his guitar to perform on the 9:30 Club's stage songs from this year's Life and Times. The Hüsker Dü and Sugar frontman's ninth solo set in a 30-year career certainly ranks among his very best. Its songs are as pithy and tight as ever, and the entire set is concise -- 10 songs clocking in at just over a half-hour. With lyrics that are thoughts on life and times - both his own and those of people around him - Life and Times finds Mould in a better state than his previous outings -- not happy, exactly, but content. Expect the contentment to rub off live. Indie-darling Miles Benjamin Anthony Robinson opens. Saturday, Oct. 10. Doors at 7 p.m. Nightclub 9:30, 815 V St. NW. Tickets are $20. Call 202-265-0930 or visit www.930.com.