Rolling Stone — Photo: Getty In the ongoing battle of rockers vs. the GOP, Don Henley is suing California Republican Assemblyman Charles DeVore after the politician wrote new lyrics to “Boys of Summer” slamming Barack Obama, then did a version of “All She Wa... more info

411 Mania — The Dead return, Marley for the kids, Phil Spector is guilty, Is Brittany retarded, Chris Brown’s new chick, Madonna not fit to adopt?, Smashing Pumpkins tirade and more, plus 1997 in review, chart news and Mandy Moore is your Piece of the W... more info

Idolator — Billy Corgan has turned a snippet of the Smashing Pumpkins' alt-rock staple "Bullet With Butterfly Wings" into a spoken-word bit in honor of this Sunday's Total Nonstop Action Wrestling pay-per-view Lockdown,, which will feature a bunch of matches co... more info

Rolling Stone — Who: Tinted Windows, a power-pop supergroup featuring the unexpected union of Taylor Hanson (of Hanson), former Smashing Pumpkins guitarist James Iha, Fountains of Wayne’s Adam Schlesinger and Cheap Trick drummer Bun E. Carlos. “I was like, ‘Th... more info

Rolling Stone — In this week’s New Music Report, Rolling Stone contributing editor Christian Hoard takes a straight-up look at two of the week’s fresh releases from Silversun Pickups and the Boy Least Likely To. First up, Swoon, the second album by the Pickups, ... more info

Gigwise — To be released over three years... more info

USA Today Music — With the Smashing Pumpkins as their obvious model, Silversun Pickups continue to explore the intermingling of delicacy and distortion ... more info

411 Mania — Billy talks about the band in 2400 word screed... more info

Undercover, Australia — Billy Corgan has had so much response to his search for a new Smashing Pumpkins drummer that he says he is overwhelmed. more info

ContactMusic — SMASHING PUMPKINS leader BILLY CORGAN has been overwhelmed by drummers hoping to replace JIMMY CHAMBERLIN in his band - more than 1,000 wannabes have put their names forward... more info