Results for Garbage

  • Thoughts on the XM and Sirius Merger

    by Jason ThomasApril 2, 2008Comments (6)

    Last week the Department of Justice announced that it was closing its investigations into the proposed merger between the two sole satellite radio providers in North America: XM and Sirius. The DOJ declined to oppose the merger on the grounds that it would harm competition. (read more)

  • An Indie Culture Celebration: Noise Pop 2008

    by The EditorsFebruary 27, 2008Comments (5)

    It’s that time again… Noise Pop time! The best thing about this festival is that when you really begin to dig through the schedule you realize that there are talented, up-and-coming bands to be experienced each and every night. That’s what this festival is all about: the unknown… even if there are a slew of excellent mid-level bands to see. (read more)

  • Emmylou Harris: Queen of Cosmic Americana

    by Harvey KubernikNovember 21, 2007Comments (1)

    "I was nervous, but looked forward to playing overseas because I had this feeling there was an audience for my kind of music, especially since Gram's albums did so well there. He had been recognised critically in Europe and England far more than in the States. I don't think people here realise the magnitude of how he affected music," says Emmylou Harris (read more)

  • Gary Glitter: Garbage Rock Comes of Age

    by Dave MarshNovember 14, 2007Comments (4)

    When the curtain comes up, the band is all ready there, pumping out a fuzzy, semi-atonal, rhythmically confused version of left-field '50s music. They are swathed in silver lame´ sparkling against hot white super-troupers, lights designed for stardom. There are six of them, guitar, bass, drums, keyboard, two horns. (read more)

  • Frank Zappa: Frank Generation

    by Richard GehrOctober 10, 2007Comments (13)

    If I may be so crass as to adjudge a rock icon by his fans, I'd say Frank Zappa might have a demographics problem. Admittedly, the lines to the gentlemen's lounges were incredibly long last Thursday at the Beacon, where he performed one of his first shows after a four-year never-going-to-tour-again hiatus. (read more)