Stereogum — Billy Corgan had an eventful weekend. On Friday, he put on his spookiest evening gown and played "G.L.O.W." and "Tarantula" for Jimmy Kimmel. The next day, his Pumpkins headlined a Guitar Hero World Tour launch party in West Hollywood, where they de... more info

Spinner.com — Filed under: NewsSpinner.com: The Smashing Pumpkins offered up a twofer for the VIP and celebrity-laced crowd at a Hollywood party on Saturday night, celebrating the release of 'Guitar Hero: World Tour,' by debuting the new tune 'G.L.O.W.,' featured... more info

Guardian Music — I've recently noticed a lot of young women wearing T-shirts for bands that broke up before they were born. What's that about?Malcolm Store, by emailBut don't you get it, Malcolm? Where once listening to old bands was a sign of, well, being old, now i... more info

Wired - Listening Post — Steve Kotler's account of his recovery from Lyme disease through surfing and spirituality, West of Jesus: Surfing, Science and the Origins of Belief, contains a curious account of neuroscientist Jaak Panksepp who playing album after album to a room f... more info

Totally Fuzzy — Thomas said... Pink Floyd: BBC Peel Sessions - Man, sometimes you get lucky and sometimes you get REALLY lucky! Bootleg downloads of Pink Floyd ’s 1970 performance on the legendary Peel Sessions.... [Visit the blog for the full post] more info

Guardian Music — Syd Barrett: life and times. There will be a tribute concert for Pink Floyd founder Syd Barrett more info

Guardian Music — When Simon Gunton began putting together a tribute to Syd Barrett, the enigmatic musician and original member of Pink Floyd who died in 2006, he says he could "never have imagined" the effect it would have on the mental health service users he was wo... more info

Pop Matters — If Roger Waters existed, if Pink Floyd existed, there was a tiny margin of hope, a filament of promise thinner than jeweler’s wire. more info

Idolator — As Matos mentioned earlier this month, the Seattle radio station KEXP decided to mark its annual membership drive by counting down its listeners' 903 favorite albums—and they'd better realize that however much Radiohead is currently in their playli... more info

Guardian Music — Will Byers: How did Pink Floyd sound so astounding when their prog-rock peers were dreadful? Because they carefully avoided the genre's stylistic pitfalls to create bleakly beautiful music more info