Stereogum — This week: Mr. Bungle announced a reunion, Adam Duritz shaved his head, Smashing Pumpkins covered James Taylor, Tool broke a Hot 100 record, the drummer for Jimmy Eat World called Third Eye Blind's singer a "fucking creepy douchebag," and Pearl Jam l... more info

Stereogum — Last week, the Smashing Pumpkins kicked off a tour alongside Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds, and the band has broken out a new cover on the dates they've played so far: James Taylor's "Fire And Rain," off the singer-songwriter's 1970 sophomore al... more info

Metalsucks — We discuss the band's new EP, Our Bones: how the creative seeds for the record came out of soundchecks while on tour, enjoying the hyper-focused lens that a shorter release grants the songwriting process, producing the music video for “Early Gr... more info

JamBase — Watch Smashing Pumpkins perform "Knights Of Malta" on 'The Late Show With Stephen Colbert.' more info

Consequence of Sound — Ahead of the band's co-headlining US tour with Noel Gallagher. Smashing Pumpkins perform “Knights of Malta” on Colbert: Watch Alex Young more info

Stereogum — Last year, the Smashing Pumpkins -- their original lineup mostly reunited and restored, with only original bassist D'Archy Wretzky missing -- released the Rick Rubin-produced album Shiny And Oh So Bright, Vol. 1 / LP: No Past. No Future. No Sun . A ... more info

Stereogum — Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds already gave us one EP this year, June's Black Star Dancing . Now, with Gallagher's tour alongside Smashing Pumpkins launching this week, his band has announced another new EP called This Is The Place. more info

Stereogum — Each July, the festival NOS Alive takes over a stretch of land just off the water in Lisbon. If your Instagram feed is anything like mine, it might feel like literally everyone you know has been to Portugal in the past couple years. And while visitor... more info

JamBase — The Smashing Pumpkins unearthed four songs they hadn't played in years and included a live debut as part of the setlist for their European Tour 2019 opener in Oslo on Thursday night. more info

Consequence of Sound — Former Smashing Pumpkins member has teamed with Michigan doom metal band Grave Next Door. more info