As 2012 comes to an end, we are taking a look back at some of our favorite posts of the year by our guest editors.
Garbage is back. And the band’s sound is the same—but different. Not Your Kind Of People (StunVolume) is the quartet’s first album since 2005, and the distance has got Garbage’s creative juices flowing in exciting ways. First single “Blood For Poppies” has the same driving drums, ripping guitars and biting lyrics as earlier LPs but a poppier hook, while “Battle In Me” is much angrier and, well, Garbage-ier. Not Your Kind Of People is a great fusion of the old and the new—and after seven years of waiting, we are pretty psyched the band is back. The quartet will be guest editing magnetmagazine.com for two weeks, but for those of you who need more Garbage, read our 20 Questions feature with Shirley Manson and Butch Vig.
Marker: They played the Belly Up in Colorado, and it was just so appreciated. Wayne did the walking-on-the-audience-in-the-plastic-ball thing briefly, but the ceiling … at least he tried. It was pure inspiration, that show. Full-on confetti cannons and day-glo in an intimate club. Total awesomeness! Then, shortly thereafter, we all went to see them in a Hollywood cemetery during a full-moon eclipse, and they played Dark Side Of The Moon and during that “Eclipse” song the actual moon did an actual total eclipse, and well, that was more than pretty great. I think we should all go to a Flaming Lips concert every month or so just to keep our compasses in order.
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