Stereogum — Last month, My Chemical Romance covered of Smashing Pumpkins’ 1995 song “Bullet With Butterfly Wings” in San Francisco. Last night, the band performed the track with Billy Corgan in Chicago. more info

Magnet Magazine — Happy 70th birthday Butch Vig (Garbage, Nirvana, Sonic Youth, Smashing Pumpkins, Against Me!). Get smart. Photo for MAGNET by Wes Orshoski. Read our Five Questions with Vig and Shirley Manson: The post Happy 70th Birthday Butch Vig (Garbage, Nirvana,... more info

Obscure Sound — Brighton, UK-based band CARNE invigorate with a soaring rock sound on “VAST,” their second single. Drawing from ’90s alt-rock inspirations like PJ Harvey and Smashing Pumpkins, the four-piece channel an impassioned and dynamic appeal — traver... more info

Stereogum — Turns out Gerard Way does a pretty good Billy Corgan impression. My Chemical Romance just kicked off a stadium tour celebrating the imminent 20th anniversary of their emo-pop classic The Black Parade, where they’ll be playing the album in full e... more info

Stereogum — We’re coming up on four years since Valentine , and it looks like we finally might be getting some new music from Snail Mail — new original music, that is. There have been Smashing Pumpkins and This Is Lorelei covers over the past couple year... more info

Obscure Sound — Breathing Under Water is the captivating debut album from Start Forward, the project of Miami-based multi-instrumentalist, producer, and songwriter Joshua Sturtevant. The project’s immersive sound draws from ’90s alt-rock staples like Smashing Pu... more info

Stereogum — Glenn Martens’ debut as creative director for Maison Margiela was beautiful and claustrophobic: Models wore crystallized Saran wrap dresses, bejeweled face shields, and industrial gothic armor. Fittingly, part of the show was soundtracked by the... more info

Antimusic Rock — The Smashing Pumpkins have formally detailed the long-awaited reissue and reformation of their 2000 masterpiece, Machina/The Machines of God more info

Stereogum — When we chatted with Billy Corgan, over a decade ago, the Smashing Pumpkins’ about the reissue of 1998’s Adore, he mentioned that he had started working on a reissue for Machina I and Machina II. “The record was written as a pseudo-rock-opera t... more info

Metal Injection — Presenting the concept albums as one unified record, finally. The post THE SMASHING PUMPKINS Announces Massive Machina Box Set Reissue appeared first on Metal Injection. more info