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[Single Review] Garbage ‘Blood For Poppies’

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I’ve been listening to Garbage for more years than I can remember. Shirley Manson’s voice is one of the more memorable aspects of music from the 90’s. The music only reinforces the power of the band. Ranging from aggressive to mellow to heavy rock to ambient electronica, often times within the same song, Garbage has an appeal that is impossible to deny.
Now, with a new album, Not Your Kind Of People, coming out May 15th, the spotlight is back on and the music world is waiting with baited breath. To give fans a taste of their return, Garbage has released a new single, “Blood For Poppies”. How does it stack up against the hype?

Alright, I’m going to just say it flat out: I love this song. I feel like I’m 15 years old again, blasting “I Think I’m Paranoid” or “Only Happy When It Rains” as loud as I can get away with. Perhaps my utter joy with this song is due to my nostalgia of my Garbage-listening days. At the end of the day, I don’t really care because I’m still playing this song over and over.
Full of trademark dynamics, fuzzed guitars, and electronic textures, Blood For Poppies is a high energy mid-temp song that had me nodding my head through pretty much the whole thing. The verses have light elements of Siouxsie And The Banshees while singer Shirley Manson breezes effortlessly through lyrics that are just shy of tongue twisters. The bass is thick and rounded, providing a deep resonance.
The chorus is something that I guarantee will be chanted wildly at Garbage concerts. I can’t put my finger on why but this chorus just puts a huge smile on my face.
The Final Word: If “Blood For Poppies” is what Not Your Kind Of People is going to be like, then I can already see Garbage making my ‘Best Of 2012’ list. Now excuse me while I go blast this song some more.
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‘The Vampire Lestat: One Night Only Live’ Concert Event to Make Streaming Debut Next Month

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AMC has announced that The Vampire Lestat: One Night Only LIVE, the standing-room-only performance celebrating AMC’s premiere of its newly-released The Vampire Lestat at New York City’s iconic Beacon Theatre last month, will debut on streaming.

The Vampire Lestat: One Night Only LIVE begins streaming on AMC+ on August 23.

Ahead of its streaming premiere, fans can preview the concert event, featuring original songs from series composer Daniel Hart and performed by Sam Reid, in Hall H at Comic Con International on July 24. 

Our own Daniel Kurland attended the special event, highlighting how electric the Immortal Vampire is on stage: “It’s clear in this season of television that Reid was born to be a rock star, but it’s surreal to see him effortlessly command the stage — and the audience — at every step of the concert. He recites Shakespeare monologues and bitches out Armand between songs, all while the audience screams in support. For the duration of this concert, Reid is Lestat, and he’s given thousands of fans a memory that’s as immortal as any vampire.”

Based on Anne Rice‘s The Vampire Chronicles book series, The Vampire Lestat is the rock and roll-centric third season of AMC’s “Interview with the Vampire” created by showrunner Rolin Jones.

The Vampire Lestat goes on an electric multi-city tour while being haunted by “muses” from his wild and rebellious past. As his band’s popularity and star power rises, so does Lestat’s influence over vampires and humans alike, leaving others to contend with Lestat’s power in the face of the Great Conversion, an unnatural surge in the vampire population.

Jacob Anderson, Assad Zaman, Eric Bogosian, Delainey Hayles and Jennifer Ehle star with Reid. Executive producers include Jones, Mark Johnson, Hannah Moscovitch, the late Anne Rice, and her son Christopher Rice.

The series finale airs this Sunday, July 19, on AMC and AMC+.

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