Garbage puts on a great show for a chilled out crowd at The Town

There are two very clear fronts in garbageTwo forces, if they were not complementary, would have blown everything up and the group caught fire: the drummer Butch Vigknown for producing grunge and post-grunge albums, such as Siamese dream (to Smashing pumpkins), dirty (to Voice of youth) and his glory, It doesn’t matter (to The Spirit of Serenity), singer and model shirley manson, A 57-year-old Scottish woman became a female force in 1990s indie rock.

They’re the two engines that move everything, the voice and the drums, even if it’s the guitars Steve Marker And the lower part of Duke Ericsson Take the sound to the dark, dystopian atmosphere of the gray era of 90s rock, as they demonstrated opening their show on Saturday the 9th at the city’s Skyline Theater.

But Shirley, dressed in pink and black, is a striking presence as Fig’s backdrop. His voice continues in a depressed lament, as in CAcceleratesor angrily announces the end of the world, as in Men who rule the world. That’s even Run baby runthe happier face of Garbage, mentions that the group also makes ’90s dance music.

Shirley talks a lot, praises the attraction that will close the night, Foo Fighters, and gets going private, When things get heavier. Wolves Take your audience from the heart and Cities in dust It was advertised with the same nostalgic vibe, even quoting old MTV. Then, on the same rising block, go stupid girl, and Garbage no longer looked like the same band that opened the show. She is bright and optimistic.

Aside from three or four new songs, they didn’t get to showcase many songs from their 2021 album, Latest, No bosses to masters, but that seems to be the title they always draw inspiration from. “No gods, no masters” is an anarchist expression associated with personal liberation, and thus its words herald the end of materialism, individualism, racism and sexism. They behaved much better than the thoughts of all these breakups, and their pop sound was nothing but generously received by fans. A technically perfect show for an audience perhaps more interested in the arrival of the Foo Fighters.