Guardian Music — (Virgin)Oceania bodes well initially for fans of Pumpkins' extravagant, mid-90s gloom. The band's first record since 2007's comeback Zeitgeist forms part of a sprawling 44-song project entitled Teargarden By Kaleidyscope, and the collision of sludgy ... more info

The Newsroom — Billy Corgan revamps the band for the new album "Oceania". more info

LargeHeartedBoy — Walkmen frontman Hamilton Leithauser talks to the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel about the band's new album, Heaven. Flavorwire lists 10 of the best books set in the Midwest. Fuse interviews Smashing Pumpkins frontman Billy Corgan. "The last 10 years in ... more info

Consequence of Sound — Also, audio reviews of Smashing Pumpkins, SpaceGhostPurrp, and Future of the Left. more info

Guardian Music — To mark their 50th anniversary, the band asked artist Shephard Fairey to update rock's most famous piece of brandingThe Rolling Stones have unveiled a new logo to mark their 50th anniversary. American artist Shepard Fairey was commissioned for the pr... more info

Consequence of Sound — Former Smashing Pumpkins guitarist readies first solo album in 14 years. more info

DrownedInSound — The songcraft is back, but the romance is still missing. Read the full story on DrownedinSound.com more info

The Good, The Bad and The Unknown — The new Smashing Pumpkins album has been met with some trepidation.  Billy Corgan is now the sole remaining original member of the group.  Many critics have questioned whether one original member is enough to constitute the privilege of continuin... more info

Guardian Music — (Martha's Music)Fresh from announcing that he would "piss on" Radiohead to show up their pomposity, Billy Corgan and his Smashing Pumpkins interrupt their 44-song concept release about the tarot for Oceania, an "album-within-an-album". Continuing to ... more info

Time — Their new album is not just the Billy Corgan show...well, not completely more info