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Garbage review – Shirley Manson is alt-rock’s homecoming queen
The Edinburgh-born singer is captivating and gleefully confrontational in this set from the veteran band that blends candy-coloured pop with gothic heaviness
The stage backdrop of gothic statues lit up in neon pink and UV lights serves as a perfect analogy for the band’s live sound: still slick and candy-coloured like their records, but with a surprisingly heavy industrial sensibility. 1998 single Push It and more recent songs such as Godhead and No Gods No Masters are reminiscent of Nine Inch Nails’ muscular club music – largely thanks to the combination of electronic beats and drummer/producer Butch Vig’s hefty live drum sound. Photograph: Aimee Todd/The GuardianManson is a consistently captivating frontperson, but the other members – Vig, guitarists Duke Erikson and Steve Marker, and touring bassist Ginger Pooley – never feel like backing musicians.
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