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We already know you’re having a party for Halloween. We know you’ve covered your home in spider webs, candles, blacklight-reactant posters and ghouley, ghosty things from Rite Aid. Before you do anything else brilliant, we’re here to make extra sure you’re prepared to give your guests the creep fest they’re looking for ... read more |
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AiC will be in the studio in October recording the new album, to be released in 2009. Fingernails are no doubt being gnawed asunder in anticipation. How will it sound? Will they pull a Smashing Pumpkins and try too hard on the comeback, creating a big pile of over-muscled audio dung? Or will their groove stay sweet and smooth? ... read more |
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Goodness, am I really getting that old? The Smashing Pumpkins are set to commemorate 20 years of being one of the best things to ever happen to music. Billy Corgan and Co. are planning a select number of shows later this summer promising special guests at certain gigs ... read more |
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After squishing their hands into the cement, Billy and Jimmy made some rounds shaking hands. Torn between wanting to get a good shot of Corgan and wanting to shake hands with Corgan, I ended up simultaneously reaching forward, squawking awkwardly, touching nothing and filming the back of some girl’s head. What resulted is the video below ... read more |
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Corgan and drummer Jimmy Chamberlin will be present to squish their hands into the cement adorning the entrance to the Sunset Boulevard Guitar Center April 23. I will still be straining to get a view, after which I will likely be going home and playing guitar loudly and obstinately. Why? Because fuck you, that’s why ... read more |
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Billy Corgan must not drink Pepsi. Either that or he’s just pissed someone did something with the likeness of Smashing Pumpkins where he didn’t reign control over every atom comprised of the idea. Nevertheless, the front man is pissed that his band – which he has completely uprooted and re-bore this past year – is being used to sell stuff. Because Smashing Pumpkins don’t “sell stuff” ... read more |
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I don’t know about you, but I’ve had a hell of a week. Santa (1) came and visited my household, dolling out Christmas cheer and accidentally leaving one of his Lipitors next to an empty plate of chocolate chunk cookies on my kitchen table. My beloved Chicago Blackhawks have won four straight, and I couldn’t be in a better mood. Now, it’s time to tarnish those good vibes by digging up all the heinous stories of Rock N Roll excess from the last week ... read more |
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Sigh. Oh, Billy Corgan. Can you do no wrong, I wonder? Between reuniting one of the best bands born out of the 1990s, last years non-stop touring (thank you for the solo acoustic version of “1979” in Toronto ::melts::) this year’s European tour starting up again in late January and putting out the first new album in seven years, you still found the time to hold us rabid fans over, even if just for a few moments ... read more |
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Have you been watching VH1's 100 Greatest Songs Of The 90s all week? I’ve been glued to the goddamn television like Montag’s wife in Fahrenheit 451. I just finished watching the last episode (I have Tivo), and I have to say: VH1 is the Linkin Park of televised list making. There tabulated retrospectives are overblown, whiny, and kind of pathetic ... read more |
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Their new material sucks. Their new lineup is not overly extraordinary live. Yet, The Smashing Pumpkins have recently confirmed that not only will they be releasing more new, probably unimpressive music, but, this music will be acoustic. Furthermore, it will only be available via iTunes. ... read more |
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You may have just gotten over the tryptohan slumber, are spending money you don’t have on presents people are probably going to toss in the bottom of their closet all while deciding where to watch the ball drop on New Years, but, screw all of that, you should really be getting the ball rolling on the upcoming summer festival season. ... read more |
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The Smashing Pumpkins claim yet another young life (though this time it wasn't a suicide after listening to the entire Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness album in one sitting). According to Music-news.com, an unnamed 20 year-old fan died at a Smashing Pumpkins show in Vancouver on Monday after apparently being trampled and crushed to death in the mosh pit ... read more |
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