Allmusic Blog — With nine years covered in our AllMusic Loves series, hitting the current decade was only a matter of time. We start here with the first year, naturally, and we'll knock out the rest and reach the end before the next decade begins. Prince rang in the... more info

Rock Sellout — LA-based trio Gliss is currently on tour with label mates The Takeover UK. Many of you may have caught the band live when they shared the stage with The Smashing Pumpkins, The Ravonettes, The Editors, The Black Rebel Motorcycle Club, or We Are Scient... more info

Starpulse — Happy Birthday to "Rushmore" director Wes Anderson (1969), Smashing Pumpkins bassist D'arcy Wretzky (1968), country superstar Tim McGraw (1967), "The Passion of the Christ" actress Maia Morgenstern (1962)[...] Read more! more info

My Chemical Toilet — Much sniggering was sniggered when the world learned that Adam Schlesinger of Fountains Of Wayne, James Iha ex-of Smashing Pumpkins and Cheap Trick’s drummer Bun E. Carlos would be starting a new band with Taylor Hanson of, er, Hanson. Taylor Hanso... more info

Chicago Sun-Times, IL — Jim DeRogatis: In the years since he walked offstage at Metro on Dec. 2, 2000, at the end of what was billed as the Smashing Pumpkins' final show, Chicago-born guitarist James Iha has guested with other bands. Now Iha returns to the spotlight with ... more info

Live Daily — (LiveDaily.com) It might seem like a carefully concocted candy bar, but Taylor Hanson and Fountains of Wayne bassist Adam Schlesinger had actually crossed paths in the mid-'90s, and the latter had also met Smashing Pumpkins guitarist James Iha--and t... more info

JamBase — GREEN DAY LAUNCH FIRST NORTH AMERICAN TOUR IN OVER THREE YEARS MULTI-PLATINUM BAND HIT THE ROAD IN SUPPORT OF NEW ALBUM, 21ST CENTURY BREAKDOWN TO BE RELEASED WORLDWIDE ON FRIDAY, MAY 15, 2009 Green Day Reprise Records' Grammy Award winnin... more info

BBC Radio 1 Newsbeat — Smashing Pumpkins fans can pay to watch them in the studio more info

Guardian Music — For a mere £27 you can get 12 weeks of 25-minute studio updates from Corgan's online video diary. Sold!What do you do when all the other original members quit your band leaving you to soldier on like a zombie, recording new music under the same na... more info

Kings of A&R — Born in Melbourne, Australia, Katie Cole recently relocated to Los Angeles to record her full-length record with producer Howard Willing (OK Go, The Smashing Pumpkins, Civet, Cheap Trick) who sent her an email after stumbling across her demos on the ... more info