Album review: Garbage, Strange Little Birds
Some bands burn brightly and fade quickly. Others outstay their welcome and in the process spoil their legacy. By 2005, Scottish-American rockers Garbage unquestionably belonged to the second category.
Stitched stylishly together from the left-overs of grunge and trip-hop their debut album, Garbage, had been a tour-de-force. Yet their one good idea was not enough to sustain a decade-plus career, no matter that singer Shirley Manson made for a consistently compelling front woman.
