Dave Grohl, foreground, and the Foo Fighters perform at the IZOD center in East Rutherford, New Jersey on Monday night. CREDIT: Karsten Moran for The New York Times
It's hard to think of a band that's been more consistent over the last 15 years than Dave Grohl's Foo Fighters. The group's popularity has never really flagged, and its albums have never really strayed very far from their basic sound, while still avoiding the trap of repetition
That's probably why newer songs like “Bridge Burning” and “Arlandria” didn't disrupt the flow of the nonstop barrage of Foos classics the band delivered last night at TD Garden: They were, in all respects, cut from the same cloth. “Bridge Burning” kicked things off by surging right from the start, while “Arlandria” alternated moments of heavy grace with full-brunt power chording. Next to the floating momentum of “Breakout” and the sledgehammer impact of “The Pretender,” they maintained the band's strengths without a hiccup.
