Pre-orders for Not Your Kind of People, Garbage’s new album, are available via Amazon.com. The album comes in a regular edition with 11 tracks, or a deluxe edition with 15 tracks. They band also released the album artwork and track listing today. Last week, the band wrapped up filming a video for Blood for Poppies. No release date for the video or the single has been announced. Check out this video from the shoot: Not [...]
Garbage have launched a brand new website at www.garbage.com in preparation for their album release this spring. The Tumblr based website will include the most up to date info on releases, press, videos, live shows, TV appearances, etc. The band is expected to announce the album release date in the coming week. They’ve also announced a contest, running through 9 AM EST (GMT -05:00) on January 30. Guess the as yet unannounced album title and [...]
Anchor Bay Picks Up Michael Biehn’s Directorial Debut ‘The Victim’. The “Aliens” actor also co-wrote and stars in the thriller. Anchor Bay has picked up the North American rights to The Victim, a suspense thriller starring Aliens and Terminator actor Michael Biehn. Biehn also wrote the script and made his directorial debut with this pic. The story sees a woman’s life put in jeopardy when she witnesses a violent act by two deputies. When feeling [...]
Garbage have announced their first confirmed world tour dates in 7 years. They’re playing St. Petersburg, Russia on May 11 and will travel to Moscow for a show on May 12. Says the band: We are beyond thrilled to revisit Russia where we have played to incredible and memorable crowds over the years, where we have seen so many wonderous things and met so many lovely fans. Tickets and full details are available here: May [...]
Garbage’s cover of U2′s “Who’s Gonna Ride Your Wild Horses” is now available from iTunes. The cover is included on (Ǎhk-to͝ong Bāy-Bi) Covered, which celebrates the 20th anniversary of U2′s Achtung Baby. All album proceeds benefit Concern, an international humanitarian organization fighting hunger and poverty in some of the poorest parts of the world. The album also includes covers by Nine Inch Nails, Depeche Mode, Snow Patrol, Patti Smith, The Killers and more. (Ǎhk-to͝ong Bāy-Bi) [...]
Angels Crest – Movie Trailer: During the first snow of the year 3 year-old Nate Denton wanders away from his father’s truck and disappears. The fevered search for him ends with the devastating discover of his tiny, frozen body. Nate’s death throws the small foothills community of Angel’s Crest into disarray. The inhabitants confront what Nate’s death means to them and in the face of that struggle they deal with their own concepts of right [...]
Stereogum has just released an extensive interview with Shirley Manson and Butch Vig. The article focuses on Garbage and the new record, but Shirley touches on playing a Terminator, the death of the music industry (including some choice words for said “industry”), Garbage’s music video catalog, touring and more. This is one of the best and most in-depth of the recent string of Shirley Manson and Garbage interviews. The full interview is here: http://stereogum.com/855171/progress-report-garbage/franchises/progress-report/
Thomas Dekker’s TV series “The Secret Circle”received a full season pick up yesterday. Currently it is the CW’s #1 new scripted series. If you haven’t managed to catch it yet, the series is addictive. It’s full of teen angst (as would be expected) but it’s very well written. I can see why Thomas was drawn to the part of Adam. Adam is a far cry from whiny John Conner, he knows who he is and [...]
