4TH ALBUM IN FEBRUARY/MARCH
SMART STUDIOS ACCIDENT MEDIA COVERAGE

The music media announced the accident involving Smart Studios as if it was completely ruined. There was indeed an accident, but with no very severe damage, as we can see by the picture Shirley took Butch in front of the accident.
Good thing is with this press release, a release date for the 4th album has come out: February / March 2004. 
Here's the NME coverage:
The studio where NIRVANA recorded part of 'NEVERMIND' has been demolished in a freak accident involving a 10-tonne truck.
Smart Studios, in Madison, Wisconson, were ruined last week when the truck veered off the road after hitting a car at a busy junction near the complex.
The studio, owned by Garbage drummer and producer Butch Vig, has seen a succession of greats pass through its doors. Nirvana went into the studio in April 1990 and recorded for a week with Vig at the controls. ‘Polly’ came out of the sessions. U2, Beck and Smashing Pumpkins have also worked in Smart.
Garbage have been working on new album, the follow-up to 2001's 'beautifulgarbage', at the studio. Dramatically, they had left just an hour before the truck hit.
Our exclusive photo, taken by singer Shirley Manson, show the downstairs studio completely destroyed. Damage is estimated at around $50,000.
Vig told NME.COM: "I got woken up at three in the morning by a call from the security guard there who said, 'Man you better get down the studio - a truck's just gone into your studio’."
The 'Nevermind' producer added: "If it had been three days earlier, there would have been a band called Paris Texas in the downstairs studio and Garbage would have been upstairs. It would have killed them."
"Luckily there was no-one in the studio at the time," he added.
This is latest drama in a long line of misfortunes to befall the legendary studios. In the past ten years, the walls have been hit by host of vehicles careering off the road, including a stray boat trailer and several drunk drivers. "We persevere here. I got here one day to find a flood had put eight feet of water in the basement," said Vig.
The new as-yet-untitled Garbage album is due to be released in February/March next year and Vig describes it as "a lot noisier and darker, less poppy than the last album."
(source: NME.com) 

NEW STUDIO DIARIES

Shirley has been publishing new Studio Diaries at www.garbage.com, where she mentions amongst other topics some new track names. You can find details on the next album here.
Besides the first two that Butch revealed Rolling Stone, here are the titles known for the 4th album:
- Hangin' with the Bitches
- Right Between the Eyes
- My Bad Boyfriend
- In My Happy Home
- Sex Is Not the Enemy
- Honey Bee
- Teach Me Tonight
- Nobody Can Win
- More than Enough
(source: garbage.com)

BEST YEAR FOR GARBAGE POLL RESULTS

According to Garbage Box's visitors, the best year for Garbage so far was: 1998 (41%), 1999 (15%), 1996 (13%), 1995 (12%), 2002 (9%), 1997 (5%), 2001 (3%) and 2000 (2%). This poll had 1500 votes. You can vote now on a new one: What's the best album ballad?

SMART STUDIOS SMASHED

Smart Studios, the recording home of the band Garbage, had a little unexpected remodeling done this morning when a backhoe crashed into the building.
The accident happened at about 7:30 a.m. when the driver of the backhoe, traveling on East Washington Avenue, ran a red light at Baldwin Street and rammed a van, said Lt. Pat Malloy of the Madison Police Department.
The backhoe careened off the van and rammed the studio, located at 1254 E. Washington Ave.
Smart Studios manager Mike Zirkel said no one was in the building at the time of the crash.
Some guitar amps and microphones were destroyed, but the crane missed a piano that was in the same studio, Zirkel said.
"The biggest concern is the acoustical structure on the inside. Apparently the building's structure is sound," he added.
Smart Studios is owned by Butch Vig and Steve Marker, two members of Garbage. The band primarily uses the upstairs portion of the building, which was not damaged, but other bands use the downstairs studio.
Zirkel said the accident will definitely affect the recording schedule for the studio, including for Garbage, which is in the midst of recording its fourth album.
(source: Madison.com)