Stereogum — SoundCloud-rap veteran Ski Mask The Slump God is back today with his first new song of 2026. “BreakTheRules!” finds the Slump God bringing uncommon charisma to a standard rage-rap beat, rapping with clarity and husky abrasion — about how he don... more info

Stereogum — Billy Corgan and Courtney Love go way back. Hole's head honcho briefly dated the Smashing Pumpkins founder in 1991; she claims most of Siamese Dream is about her. Corgan co-wrote several songs on Hole's 1998 classic Celebrity Skin , and Hole's Melis... more info

Stereogum — In 2023, the inaugural edition of Darker Waves, a festival dedicated to new wave nostalgia, came to Huntington Beach, California. New Order and Tears For Fears headlined a single-day bill full of '80s synthpop greats and their spiritual successors. O... more info

Antimusic Rock — Charli xcx, Tate McRae, Lorde, Olivia Dean, John Summit, JENNIE, The Smashing Pumpkins and The xx are set to headline Lollapalooza 2026 more info

Stereogum — The 2026 Lollapalooza lineup is here. The former touring festival, which has been planted in Chicago for more than two decades now, will return to Grant Park from July 30 to Aug. 2 this year. The extremely pop-star-heavy headliners include Charli XCX... more info

Allmusic Blog — In his new book, I Am One: The Smashing Pumpkins Story, 1988-1994, author Greg Prato proposes that Billy Corgan was one of the top guitarists to come out of the '90s alt-rock world, with evidence from The Frogs' Jimmy Flemion, Blind Melon's Christoph... more info

Stereogum — Last December on his The Magnificent Others podcast, Billy Corgan shared some insights about the apparent dark inner workings of the music industry. The Smashing Pumpkins bandleader claimed that George W. Bush’s White House tried to enlist him in a... more info

Stereogum — Guitarist Adam Miller was a founding member of Johnny Jewel’s great and frustrating Italo-disco crew Chromatics, and he spent two decades in that band. His tenure ended in 2021, when the non-Johnny Jewel members announced that Chromatics were done.... more info

Antimusic Rock — The Magnificent Others, hosted by GRAMMY Award-winning frontman of The Smashing Pumpkins, Billy Corgan, continues its winter rollout more info

Obscure Sound — Reminiscent of Smashing Pumpkins’ “Mayonaise” in its ascent from hazy, lush guitar swirls to blasts of warming distortion, “Specter of Circumstance” is a gripping track from Blonde Goth. Inspired as well by J Mascis’ guitar solos, the tra... more info