Guardian Music — Heaven, LondonThe disparity between the way M83 leader Anthony Gonzalez looks (like he should be modelling Calvin Klein underwear) and the way he sounds (epic) is one of several things that make his electropop band distinctive. A Cannes native now b... more info

The Good, The Bad and The Unknown — Here's a little Smashing Pumpkins story for you.  It's not enough that we're celebrating the 20th anniversary of these two albums when their releases really only seem like they happened yesterday.  But I was trying to explain to a co-worker who the... more info

The Good, The Bad and The Unknown — The post break-up years of the Pumpkins might as well be considered the dark years.  Billy has had to endure years of criticism for everything he put out.  Zeitgeist was criticized for sounding too much like the original Pumpkins (true story).  Te... more info

BBC 6 Music — Band release remastered versions of Gish and Siamese Dream more info

The Good, The Bad and The Unknown — Back in the 90s, Smashing Pumpkins were it.  Nirvana had faded since Nevermind and wouldn't perk up again until Kurt died.  Pearl Jam was big until No Code...then slipped away quickly.  But the Pumpkins kept going strong.  Through Mellon Collie i... more info

LargeHeartedBoy — As the year draws to a close the music release lists get shorter and more filled with reissues, greatest hits collections and box sets than new albums. This week Smashing Pumpkins release remastered versions of both the Gish and... more info

Chicago Tribune — 'Gish' and 'Siamese Dream' reissued with bonus tracks, video“Gish” Deluxe Edition (EMI); 3.5 stars (out of 4) more info

ContactMusic — Wrestling fan Billy Corgan has been forced to miss the big launch of his own fight club on Friday 25Nov11 because hes busy on tour in Europe The Smashing Pumpkins star joined with two Chicago Illinois promoters to launch independent company Resistanc... more info

Detroit Free Press — Today, the Smashing Pumpkins frontman will join with two wrestling promoter brothers to debut the first show of an indie wrestling company at a downtown Chicago dance club. They call it Resistance Pro. more info

Chorus.fm — Today we're giving away a deluxe *Smashing Pumpkins* (http://www.absolutepunk.net/smashingpumpkins)' boxset for their first album, Gish. The band is releasing two new boxsets on November 29th, and all of the information on those can be found in the ... more info