Billy Corgan

The Smashing Pumpkins Ruined My Joy, Again, Last Night at The Palladium

Are you sitting comfortably? Then I'll begin. In 2000, a 15-year old Gavin persuaded his dad to buy him a ticket to see the Smashing Pumpkins on their farewell tour. They were to play the cavernous NIA in Birmingham, England. Gavin had not been to see many concerts before. In fact, his previous con ... More >>

Thirteen Must-See Concerts in DFW This Week: May 9-15

We've got some pretty awesome shows happening in your city this week, and you wanna know what else? Of the twelve concerts listed below, some of the musicians in these bands have be involved in some crazy antics, including the following: 1. Got his/her eye pissed into by a bat, and had to be tested ... More >>

The Worst Supergroups Of All Time

A supergroup is a difficult project to make a success of. The work of previous band members overshadows any new material, and although it brings a ready-made fan base, it also brings unreasonably high expectations. Not only that, those that make up the new band might have similarly unreasonably high ... More >>

Darstar Fondly Recall The Smashing Pumpkins, Foo Fighters

Usually with this column, we might interview one or two people from a band. With Darstar, all five members were kind enough to share the first shows they saw and played. And, if you wanted a reminder of how effective Smashing Pumpkins were in their heyday, listen to what Lisa Hardaway has to say.

The Five Best Math- and Post-Rock Bands That Claim They're Neither Math- Nor Post-Rock.

​Genre labels are fascinating tools in the overall study of popular music. Even the term "popular music" can be misleading, for heaven's sake. Metal gods Anthrax are popular -- but they're certainly not pop. Kesha is certainly pop -- but not popular with people, y'know, who like music to not be th ... More >>

For Your Excessive Heat Warning Listening Pleasure: Smashing Pumpkins at Bronco Bowl

​I've spent the last couple of hours doing as suggested at the beginning of an excessive heat-warning wave: staying hydrated. With Bacardi Añejo, over ice, a great rum at a nice price. Also: listening to music, as the two often go together. Which reminds me: In the past year-plus spent rounding u ... More >>

Smashing Pumpkins Debut Exclusive New Track on DC9 Sister Site West Coast Sound

​For almost two years now, the Smashing Pumpkins (in which the still-hairless Billy Corgan remains the lone original member) has been releasing tracks off of their online album, Teargarden by Kaleidyscope, one song at a time, on various music blogs, beginning with 2009's release of "A Song for a S ... More >>

Listomania: Billy Corgan's Six Most Questionable Career Decisions

Oh, Billy!​There was a time in our younger days when there simply was no bigger band than Smashing Pumpkins. Depending on who you ask, double-album Mellon Collie and the Infinite Saddness is either one of the greatest triumphs of the mid-'90s alt-rock boom or one of the most self-indulgent, overra ... More >>

Billy Corgan's Got Some Problems With Today's Music Industry.

The Daily Fail: Billy Corgan

Billy Corgan, you still don't fucking get it do you? It's been almost 20 years since you first picked a fight with Stephen Malkmus and Pavement because you were mentioned in "Range Life." At least rappers, most of the time, they squash their beefs, mostly because the public forgets why it started ... More >>

Tonight, Tonight: The Smashing Pumpkins at The Palladium, O.A.R at House of Blues, Film School at The Nightmare and Despised Icon at The Prophet Bar

Hump day once again and what an interesting collection of acts we have descending upon Dallas this evening. Tonight, there's a little bit of something for everyone--so long as that something includes alternative rock, jam bands, post punk or deathcore.

Smashing Pumpkins

Wednesday, September 22, at the Palladium Showroom

On Whether To Bother With The New Hole

Today In Music News: Smashing Pumpkins Get New Bassist, Carlos D Splits And Chili Peppes Get Different

Your daily dose of national music news for Tuesday, May 11, 2010...Billy Corgan sure does have a thing for female bass players... and being an ego maniac.Carlos D and his sweet over-the-shoulder pistol holster has quit Interpol.The Red Hot Chili Peppers are hard at work on a "different sound" on it' ... More >>

Today In Music News: Kyp Malone Goes All Beyonce, Katy Perry Had Weird Parents and D'Arcy Comes Out Of Woodwork

Your daily dose of national music news for Wednesday, April 29, 2009... Kip Malone of TV on The Radio has described his solo record as Beyonce pop fused with biblical analysis. Or something like that. Katy Perry had to refer to deviled eggs as "angelic eggs" as a kid? And I thought my mom was ... More >>

Today In Music News: Corgan Needs A Lunch Date, Frank Black Preps Pixies and Killers Do Covers

Your daily dose of national music news for Friday, June 26, 2009... Have you ever wished you could ask Billy Corgan why he's such an asshole to his face? Well, now is you chance! (Provided you want take part in an auction to have lunch with him.) Frank Black has revealed that he is prepping a Holly ... More >>

Ra Ra Riot, The Morning Benders, Walter Meego

Thursday, October 2, at The Loft

Smashing Pumpkins Show Rescheduled to Nov. 18

Rock Gods, er, Gourds

The Smashing Pumpkins (but not their hair) return

Smashing Pumpkins

Zeitgeist (Virgin)

"Today" is the Greatest Day But Still One of the Most Overrated Songs Ever

Back to Africa

Live 8 makes some noise. Hopefully, eight world leaders were listening.

Jagermeister Music Tour/ EdgeFest 2005

Sunday, April 24, at Smirnoff Music Centre

Marianne Faithfull

Before the Poison (Anti-/Nave)

Hair Today, Gone Tomorrow

There's shearing and cheering at St. Baldrick's Celebration

The Sorrow and the Pity

In a year of big-screen sadness, our critics comfort those who triumphed

Talented Success

The Mermaid Purse is a supergroup, sort of?

Jane's Addiction

Strays (Capitol)

Zwan

April 15

The Kids Aren't Alright

Spun spins cranky youths into an American freak show

Bottle the Spin

The "40 best artists making music right now?" Nah.

Zwan

Mary Star of the Sea (Reprise)

Marianne Faithfull

Kissin Time (Virgin Records)

Spinning Webs

The Top 10 Things I Downloaded in 2001 That Weren't Applications Made to Download Things That Aren't Applications

Best of the Best

This pretty much speaks for itself

New Order

Get Ready (Reprise)

Carrie Borzillo

Nirvana: The Day By Day Eyewitness Chronicle Thunder's (Mouth Press)

Scene, heard

Fawning Pumpkins; Audio LUXURY; Door dates; And a ton of Rubber Gloves

The forever frown

More than 30 years later, Smile remains the subject of so much mystery

Out There

Hole in fun!

You can talk to the guitarist when the singer ain't around

The Crit and Shap Poll

You've had the best; now, the year's most overrated records

Out There

Out There

The great Pumpkin

With Adore, Billy Corgan has finally made a record as good as he thinks it is

You invent the future

How ignoring their past left Fleetwood Mac a band out of time

Just meat and potatoes, ma'am

The American Fuse gets elemental

Events for the week

Gimme, gimme truth

Jay Farrar and Dave Grohl don't owe you anything

Smash or trash?

Pumpkins double the pleasure and pain on Mellon Collie