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Help Wanted

Eric Avery’s debut album “Help Wanted” which features Shirley Manson is set for release on April 8, 2008 in the USA. The song “Maybe” – lovely, dark and deep, due partly to the lilting contribution of singer Shirley Manson – limns a period of depression during which Avery felt unable to connect with those he […]

Shirley instore on May 27, 2008

Shirley Manson – As yet untitled solo album in the stores…. I personally still don’t expect to see this album until September at the earliest. This is only a provisional release date. Thanks to andidee5 from the forum for passing the news on more details: In the forum

Possible new titles for Mansons solo album

Some tracks have appeared on The American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP) which list Shirley Manson and Greg Kurstin as the writer. Greg we have already reported as being involved with Shirley Manson’s solo release. Source: light and magic from the forumThere is a discussion on this topic located in our Garbage forum

Talk of a duet with Harry

KEEPING HER TIDE HIGH Debbie Harry says she’s lazy — so why is she wearing combat boots and blasting hip hop? ‘Now when I go on-stage, I feel like I should be carrying a mop,” says Debbie Harry of performing One Way or Another, her snarling 1978 hit, after seeing it in constant rotation as […]

Tell Me Where it Charted….

Not the greatest news in the build up of the bands forthcoming Best of album – Absolute Garbage but Tell Me Where it Hurts has failed to make the official UK Top 40. It’s the third single that Garbage have released not to have made any impact on the UK Top 40 at all. Previously […]

Absolute Garbage : about

Released next Monday, Absolute Garbage is the band’s first best of compilation. Though it misses some less sucessful or accepted singles as “The Trick Is To Keep Breathing”, “Androgyny”, “Breaking Up The Girl”, “Sex Is Not The Enemy” or “Run Baby Run”, it shows up the variety that Garbage has proffered over the years, contrasting […]

Possible 5th Studio album in 2008

In the wake of the new “Absolute Garbage” collection, the members of Garbage are eyeballing mid-2008 to begin making their fifth album. “We’re talking about it,” drummer Butch Vig tells Billboard.com, adding that he expects the group to group to head in a markedly different stylistic direction than on its four previous releases.