L.A. Times - Entertainment — The band's name is buried low on the press announcement for the 25th KROQ Almost Acoustic Christmas, stacked amid an alphabetical list of acts including Royal Blood, Alt J, Smashing Pumpkins, New Politics, Interpol and others. The word is easy to mis... more info

The Good, The Bad and The Unknown — Billy Corgan has been called an insane genius.  He has also been called just insane.  He was a 90s icon, who to many of us who lived through 90s know, the Pumpkins were as big if not bigger than Nirvana, Pearl Jam, and Soundgarden when they release... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Smashing Pumpkins at Barclays Center in 2012 (more by Dana (distortion) Yavin) You've already heard "Being Beige" from Billy Corgan and Tommy Lee's new Smashing Pumpkins album, Monuments To An Elegy (due 12/9), and now they've put out another single.... more info

Stereogum — The first song to be released from the Smashing Pumpkins’ upcoming Monuments To An Elegy, “Being Beige,” was not especially promising: not a Teargarden-esque disaster, but not even on the level of the band’s last LP, 2012′s strong Oceania. ... more info

L.A. Times - Entertainment — Fresh off an experimental (and very expensive) limited-run noise LP, Billy Corgan is back to his day job in Smashing Pumpkins. more info

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Brooklyn Vegan — by Andrew Sacher 'Monuments To An Elegy' Artwork Billy Corgan's set to release a new Smashing Pumpkins album (with Tommy Lee on drums) called Monuments To An Elegy on December 9, and its first single "Being Beige" is out now... more info

Stereogum — We’re getting a new Smashing Pumpkins album before the year is out. In December, Billy Corgan and his associates will release Monuments To An Elegy, the follow-up to last year’s strong, surprising Oceania. The first song we’ve heard from Monume... more info

Stereogum — We’ve already heard a couple cool curiosities from Smashing Pumpkins’ deluxe Adore reissue, including Diddy’s long-buried remix of “Ava Adore” and an alternate version of “Blissed And Gone.” Now here’s another: A gentle banjo renditio... more info

Stereogum — The Smashing Pumpkins’ upcoming reissue of their 1998 album Adore comes with a lot of bonus material. The “super deluxe” collection contains three discs of unreleased music, including demos and outtakes. So far, we’ve heard the buried Diddy r... more info