Stereogum — South London’s Ain’t, which we dubbed one of the Best New Artists of 2024, have released their second single of the year. The follow-up to last month’s “Pirouette” is titled “Jude.” There’s a tactility to it, contrasting between ge... more info

Stereogum — There are plenty of bands right now that sound plucked out of the ’90s, but Rocket are one of the best doing it. The Los Angeles band is even getting ready to open for Smashing Pumpkins in the UK this summer. Earlier this year they signed to Tra... more info

Stereogum — Portland rockers Alien Boy are a few days away from releasing You Wanna Fade?, the new LP that they recorded with Deafheaven/Jeff Rosenstock producer Jack Shirley. We’ve already posted the early singles “Changes” and “Pictures Of You.” N... more info

Stereogum — On the 1998 Smashing Pumpkins song “Ava Adore,” Billy Corgan sings this line: “In you, I crash cars.” People probably shouldn’t take that so literally. Famously, Corgan is the owner of Madame Zuzu’s, a tea shop in the Chicago suburb of... more info

Stereogum — In 1995, Smashing Pumpkins released the momentous, ambitious double album Mellon Collie And The Infinite Sadness . Five years after that, they came out with the similarly sweeping Machina/The Machines Of God , their final album before their init... more info

Metal Injection — This is confusing. The post Why Is THE SMASHING PUMPKINS' BILLY CORGAN Launching A Solo Project To Play THE SMASHING PUMPKINS Material Live? appeared first on Metal Injection. more info

Metal Injection — It debuts this November. The post BILLY CORGAN Is Turning SMASHING PUMPKINS' Mellon Collie And The Infinite Sadness Into An Opera appeared first on Metal Injection. more info

Stereogum — The Toronto pop artist Jessie Reyez makes music that doesn’t fit easily into any particular subgenre category, and she always gets across more personality than many of her peers might attempt. Our own Chris DeVille is a fan. Over the past few ye... more info

Stereogum — Wow, that’s a confusing headline, isn’t it? It’s OK. We’ll get through this together. Why Don’t We were a boy band who broke up in 2022. They sampled Smashing Pumpkins that one time. For the past few years, the former members of Why Don�... more info

Stereogum — In 2022, Chicago’s Smut released their second full-length How The Light Felt on Bayonet and earned comparisons to Smashing Pumpkins. Today, the band is back with “Dead Air,” their first new material since that album. more info