Garbage's self-titled debut has all the trappings of alternative rock -- off-kilter arrangements, occasional bursts of noise, a female singer with a thin, airy voice -- but it comes off as pop, thanks to the glossy production courtesy of drummer Butch Vig. Not only is the sound of the record slick and professional, but all the songs are well-crafted pop songs. Unfortunately, only a handful of the songs are memorable, but those that are -- "Vow" and "Queer," in particular -- are small, trashy alter...   [ read more ]

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Garbage has its first best of collection -- Absolute Garbage. Along with the new track 'Tell Me Where It Hurts', Absolute Garbage features 17 songs of extreme and intense emotion, from 'Stupid Girl', 'Queer' and '#1 Crush to Special', 'Bleed Like Me' and 'Why Do You Love Me'.

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The great thing about Garbage -- the thing that nobody wants to mention -- is that they are veterans, from frontwoman Shirley Manson to the three studio pros who play the instruments. They slogged through the trenches of alt-rock in the '80s, whether it was in the U.S. or the U.K., and they came together at the precise moment in the '90s when they could fashion modern-sounding music with a keen eye to the present and modern. They consciously picked up elements from shoegazing, trip-hop, and ...   [ read more ]

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