Jam! Showbiz Music, Canada — In 2009, The Smashing Pumpkins hit the wall. Again. more info

Chicago Tribune — 3.5 stars (out of 4) more info

Popdose — “The Comeback Album” is one of rock’s great traditions, right up there with the sophomore slump, selling out, breaking-up and cashing in for a reunion tour. Every new Prince album since 1997 has been hyped to be his big comeback and none has de... more info

ContactMusic — Billy Corgan is writing his autobiography The Smashing Pumpkins frontman has promised to give a truthful account of his life in the band - of which he is the only remaining original member - including addressing the tensions between himself and forme... more info

Jam! Showbiz Music, Canada — And the hits just keep on coming: Fiona Apple, Smashing Pumpkins, ZZ Top, Colin James and Dexys are just some of the bands crawling out of the woodwork this week. more info

ContactMusic — Billy Corgan would never perform a whole Smashing Pumpkins album live The frontman insists he wont accept offers to play the bands Siamese Dream album in full and believes acts who do are like girls who fk on first dates He said B... more info

Chicago Tribune — With his new band of young-gun Pumpkins, he talks about how he is making his best music since the 90sBilly Corgan calls "Oceania," theSmashing Pumpkins'first studio album since 2007, "an anti-mid-life crisis album." more info

Consequence of Sound — Corgan's on a boat here. more info

The Devil Has The Best Tuna — Oxygen ThievesFrom: Liverpool, United KingdomScouse glum rockers Oxygen Thieves (not to be confused with Brighton's brilliant Oxygen Thieves or Cape Town's cool The Oxygen Thieves more of whom later this week) are the best Liverpool band since Echo &... more info

Guardian Music — Smashing Pumpkins leader is outraged at Jonny Greenwood being valued more highly than Deep Purple's Ritchie BlackmoreThe return of Smashing Pumpkins brings back not just one of the biggest alternative rock groups of the 90s – it also means the worl... more info