The scoop on a new Blind Mellon project and a smokin’ new soundtrack after the jump, but first…
Billy Corgan’s Smashing Pumpkins have unveiled “A Stitch in Time,” the third track from the mammoth 44-song project Teargarden by Kaleidyscope, on the band’s official Website, where the song — and all the rest of the album’s tracks — is available as a free download. (more…)
The scoop on the 2010 Coachella Festival and a new Pumpkins’ song after the jump, but first…
Linkin Park, Alanis Morissette and the Dave Matthews Band are among the artists donating unreleased music to help victims of the Haiti earthquake.
They have created “Download To Donate For Haiti,” a collection of songs to raise money for Linkin Park’s charity, Music For Relief, as well as Dave Matthews BAMA, Habitat for Humanity and the U-N Foundation’s Central Emergency Response Fund. (more…)
The scoop on Travis Barker’s lawsuits, and an alternative rocker who is NOT joining Aerosmith, after the jump. But first!
Smashing Pumpkin Billy Corgan is reportedly dating ditzy pop airhead Jessica Simpson.
Simpson has been a friend of the 42-year-old rock star for some months now and tweeted in September “My friend, Billy Corgan, has a pure and enlightening outlook on faith.”
Now, a ‘source’ tells E! News that Simpson has “fallen hard and is smitten” with Corgan and they are “officially dating”. (more…)
The scoop on the new Pumpkins’ track and Scott Weiland’s fire sale, after the jump…but first.
It appears the injuries sustained by Weezer singer Rivers Cuomo were more painful than previously thought.
Weezer have cancelled the rest of their tour for the year while Cuomo recovers from a bus accident.
The band’s website reports the bus slid on black ice and fell two and a-half metres into a ravine about 65 kilometres outside of Albany, New York, Sunday morning. (more…)
The scoop on NIN’s fire sale, and a punk legend’s upcoming visit to Kingston after the jump, but first.
Smashing Pumpkins and Virgin Records are settling their dispute.
Attorney Josh Glotzer, who represents former band members James Iha (EE’-hah) and D’arcy Wretzky-Brown, says a confidential settlement with Virgin has been reached. (more…)
The scoop on MGMT’s new album and how the U.K. is honoring classic albums from the Clash, Coldplay and more, after the jump…but first…
True to his word, the in-progress, psychedelic-leaning Smashing Pumpkins album, Teargarden by Kaleidyscope, will be released one track at a time, as free downloads, starting in late October. “No strings attached, no e-mail address need be given, no fees, nothing, totally free,” he says. (more…)
The scoop on some Cure reissues, and Pete Wentz’s hair after the jump…but first:
The Smashing Pumpkins’ Billy Corgan and Talking Heads’ David Byrne will feature in an upcoming conversation series about legendary psychologist Carl Jung.
Talking about Jung’s recently unearthed ‘Red Book’, both musicians will be paired with a psychoanalyst and will take to the stage as part of series being run at Rubin Museum of Arts in New York City. (more…)
The scoop on Smashing Pumpkins free album, and the new 90210 soundtrack after the jump, but first!
Muse drummer Dominic Howard has said that the band would be up for recording the theme song to a forthcoming James Bond film.
Howard told BBC News that he was confident that the trio could tackle the task and has suggested that the Devon band’s tendency towards the epic would suit such a film. (more…)
The scoop on the Pumpkins new drummer, and Green Day’s next venture after the jump, but first!
Oasis are to reissue all their albums on a special vinyl pressing later this year.
The band’s own label Big Brother is releasing one-off special editions of all seven of their studio albums, from debut ‘Definitely Maybe’ to current album ‘Dig Out Your Soul’. (more…)