Stereogum — Last night a one-time supergroup dubbed Spirits In The Sky paid tribute to psych-rock pioneer Sky "Sunlight" Saxon at LA's Echoplex. Bringing together Billy Corgan's pickup group, Electric Prune bassist Mark Tulin, and Strawberry Alarm Clock keybo... more info

JamBase — Vic Chesnutt's At The Cut Out September 22 Vic Chessnutt At the Cut, the latest effort from Athens, GA-based singer-songwriter Vic Chesnutt, is due September 22 on Constellation Records. A collaboration with Fugazi's Guy Picciotto and members... more info

JamBase — Wolfmother Tour With The Killers Before Releasing New Album Cosmic Egg, On October 13 Wolfmother The Australian rock outlaws that comprise Wolfmother are back together - minus two founding members - ready to release a new body of work and spe... more info

Rolling Stone — The Smashing Pumpkins, No Doubt, Weezer and Rush are the latest artists to be recruited for Guitar Hero 5 as Activision revealed the another slate of songs featuring on GH5’s 85-song on-disc set list. As evidenced by the previous GH5 announcements,... more info

Radio Exile — If you’re a fan of chiptune or are developing an odd fascination with 8-bit versions of music that you already love like we are ["Smells Like Teen Spirit" , 8-Bit Hip Hop or Super Smashing Pumpkins Bros] this tribute album from The Pterodactyl Squa... more info

Allmusic Blog — Having survived multiple years with Hole and the Smashing Pumpkins, bassist Melissa Auf der Maur recently battled another difficult situation: the swine flu. Auf der Maur contracted the disease earlier this year and recently documented the experience... more info

XFM.co.uk — The former Hole and Smashing Pumpkins bassist has fallen foul of the pandemic... more info

Allmusic Blog — Reclusive former Smashing Pumpkins bassist D’arcy Wretzky called a Chicago radio program yesterday to answer questions about where she’s been and what she’s been up to since quitting the band in 1999. Along with revealing that she lives on a ho... more info

Totally Fuzzy — Mr. Jones said...30 Days Out has been busy at work lately, but not too busy to remember the 40th anniversary of Woodstock coming up in August! Today we take a look at some of the classic Woodstock artists from a small corner in Texas - the names may ... more info

Rolling Stone — Billy Corgan defended his decision to keep performing under the name the Smashing Pumpkins in a long, rambling blog post last week on the band’s official Website, telling fans that even though drummer Jimmy Chamberlin — the Pumpkins’ last origi... more info