Albums of 2011: Foo Fighters - Wasting Light

Don't believe all the stuff about going back to basics and recording an album in a garage - if you've seen Back & Forth you'll know Dave Grohl's garage is nicer than most people's houses. Still what we got from Wasting Light was the most consistent Foo Fighters album for ages, and in White Limo a song that harks back to the classic sound of the first album that really was true to keeping things simple.

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Review: Foo Fighters - Back & Forth

A documentary that traces the rise of the Foo Fighters to the stadium filling rock band of today, Back & Forth is always entertaining thanks to the way Dave Grohl and his band-mates can tell a tale, but the lack of real drama or conflict means this lacks what made other rockumentaries like Dig! classics. Try as they might, its hard believe that no matter how many times they tell you its that much of a challenge to make a record in a garage when Dave Grohl's garage is the size of a house itself.