The Smashing Pumpkins

How to Behave at Sold-Out Shows: Stop Treating Humans Like Shrubs

Now, I'm no fireman, obviously, but it seems to me that when some standing room only venues sell out, they really sell out. I mean like you couldn't fit another person in there with a really big shoehorn. Sometimes these experiences can be traumatic. Other times they can be fantastic. Maybe you can ... More >>

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 Nine Worst Things About SXSW

This year, Dallas Observer music blog DC9 at Night and Houston Press music blog Rocks Off teamed up to bring you dispatches from the SXSW madness. Here are the nine worst things we saw. See also: -There's an App to Get You Laid at SXSW, But You Absolutely Don't Need the Help -The 50 Commandments of ... More >>

Top Show Announcements: Big Boi, Smashing Pumpkins, Bruno Mars, Black Flag and More

This particular announcement post stirs up some old memories: The last time Big Boi was in town, a handful of my friends--after dancing with him onstage--somehow made their way onto his tour bus, and proceeded to happily dance, smoke weed and partake in all sorts of fun, drunken debauchery. I was st ... More >>

Identity Festival - Gexa Energy Pavilion - 8/10/12

Identity Festival Gexa Energy Pavilion Friday, August 10 See also: The fans of Identity Festival, parts one and two See also: Eric Prydz on Swedish techno, the future of dance music I think the Observer sent me to this in hopes I would feel as out of my element as most aspects of Texas make me fe ... More >>

Justin Young: "We Played This Place Called Club Nowhere in Fort Worth, That Was Opened By the Bouncer From the Apollo"

At some point in the near future, Justin Young might end up playing in every active band in Dallas. He recently filled with Menkena while also finding time to play with J. Charles and the Trainrobbers, Auxiliary Voice, Arm Tha Homeless and the beloved Hall & Oates cover band, The Rich Girls. Just a ... More >>

Your Comprehensive Guide to Band Names as Food

Using the Schrodinger equation, in conjunction with a quantum harmonic oscillator to efficiently fuse two non-sentient objects together, we here at DC9 at Night have created a  giant-ass list. Please be cautious when reading, as prolonged exposure can lead to headaches, extreme diaphragm tensio ... 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.

Bonus MP3: Darstar -- "Trapdoor Spider"

​Being as this year marks the 20th anniversary of the release of such seminal albums as Nirvana's Nevermind, Pearl Jam's Ten, Pixies' Trompe Le Monde, and Smashing Pumpkins' Gish, the sounds of early '90s grunge and alt-rock are once again becoming fashionable. From its meteoric rise in 1991 to su ... 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 >>

At This Will Destroy You's First Show, A Fan Offered To Sing For The Band "For Free"

​These days, This Will Destroy You have their hands full. With good reason, of course: Today marks the arrival of their newest LP, Tunnel Blanket, an album that finds the band growing even darker and denser and, somehow, even bigger than their epic offerings have showcased to date. Meanwhile, the ... More >>

Listomania: Seven Debut Albums Not Worth Being Saved By God

You're going to do what with my blood?​We're already started on a big weekend, folks. Earth Day and Good Friday are both happening now. Plus, Sunday is Easter. Oh, and Passover ends next Tuesday. Which brings us to this post. In the original passover story, Jewish families would sacrifice a lamb t ... 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.

Clearing Out The Mailroom: Tuesday, November 23, 2010.

​We've got quite a backlog of CDs we've never gotten around to, so we're going to try to chip away at the pile with this regular feature. The plan: to take a few at a time and play each CD for as long as I can stand it. Aaron Neville (New Orleans, LA) I Know I've Been Changed (EMI Gospel) Kic ... More >>

Show Announcements: How The Edge Stole Christmas, Smashing Pumpkins, Jimmy Eat World, Roger Waters, Inspectah Deck, Ozzy Osbourne, Seryn, Amos Lee, Crushed Stars, Glassjaw, Telegraph Canyon & more

Billy "Mustachio" Corgan​Last Summer, 102.1 KDGE The Edge did some indie fans a solid by booking Phoenix and Metric in the middle of a mostly butt-rock lineup at Edgefest 2010. But at this year's How The Edge Stole Christmas concert at Verizon Theatre on Saturday, December 4, the folks over at The ... More >>

Last Night: Smashing Pumpkins at The Palladium Ballroom

Smashing PumpkinsPalladium BallroomSeptember 22, 2010(A Little) Better Than: Staying home and listening to the first four Smashing Pumpkins' albums.The last of the Smashing Pumpkins.​This show at the Palladium last night, featuring Bill Corgan and a whole new cast of Smashing Pumpkins behind him, ... 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

Hormones

Look Out Below (Self-released)

Silversun Pickups, Against Me!, The Henry Clay People

Wednesday, July 21, at the Palladium Ballroom

28 Songs That Should Have Been On the Twilight: Eclipse Soundtrack

Twilight: SoggyHey are we vampires? Cool, just checking.​The Twilight Saga's soundtracks have been mostly impressive. You can say what you want about the movies sucking it hardcore (vampires playing baseball, really?), but the soundtracks feature some surprisingly good tracks from bands like Fanfa ... More >>

Riffs McGee

The Airborne Toxic Event

Wednesday, September 30, at House of Blues

Today In Music News: The Pumpkins Give Away Music, Mary Travers Passes and Marilyn Manson Fans Riot

Your daily dose of national music news for Thursday, September 16, 2009... The Smashing Pumpkins are set to release a free 44-song album, which will be released as a series of EPs. Now if I could find a time machine to take me back 15 years, to when there was more than one original member in the ba ... More >>

Today In Music News: Harvey Danger Quits, Auf der Maur Gets Chatty and Anyone Can Get On Rock Band...

Your daily dose of national music news for Monday, July 20, 2009... One hit wonder, Harvey Danger, has called it a day. I guess the demand for "Flag Pole Sitta" isn't what it used to be... Even former Hole and Smashing Pumpkins bassists get the swine flu: Melissa Auf der Maur will do ... 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 >>

MySpace To Host Free All-American Rejects Performance At The House of Blues on Monday, July 13

Myspace has been running a free concert series called The List--a pretty interesting deal in that, if you befriend The List's Myspace page on the networking site, you can get into certain free performances when the company decides to put them on in your city. And it's not just slouches offering up t ... More >>

Get Yer Independence Day Dance Jam On With A Few Choice Local Mixtape Downloads

There's gonna be a whole lot of barbecuing and pool-hopping this weekend, if common sense is any indicator for what we should expect to go down on this Fourth of July weekend. Course, there needs to be a soundtrack to it all...So, on that note, here are a couple DC9-approved mixtapes from area DJs ... More >>

Today In Music News: Smashing Pumpkins Auditions News Drummers, Green Day Preps American Idiot For Stage and Peter Gabriel Tries Saving Mexico

Your daily dose of national music news for Tuesday, March 31, 2009... Play drums? Like being bossed around by a bald ego-maniac? Then run right down and audition to be the new drummer for the Smashing Pumpkins on April 10! If you had any doubts that Green Day had moved on from their punk rock roo ... More >>

Today In Music News: Smashing Pumpkins Loses Drummer, Tool To Headline Lollapalooza, M.I.A. Is Two Years Older and Trick Daddy Has Lupus

Your daily dose of national music news for Tuesday, March 24, 2009...Drummer Jimmy Chamberlain has left the Smashing Pumpkins for unspecified reasons. Mr. Corgan I'm looking in your direction.Maynard James Keenan is taking some time off from wine-making to join Tool in headlining Lollapalooza along ... More >>

Tonight, Tonight

Smashing Pumpkins Show Rescheduled to Nov. 18

Rock Gods, er, Gourds

The Smashing Pumpkins (but not their hair) return

Win Smashing Pumpkins Tickets

Last Weekend: Voodoo, Beard, Dogs and Football

Overheard at Day 2 of ACL

A Show About Nothing

See Zero in Addison

Smashing Pumpkins

Zeitgeist (Virgin)

Hard Rock Life

How I learned to love an old new genre

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

Last Stand

New Order

Get Ready (Reprise)

Pete Yorn

musicforthemorningafter (Columbia)

Out There

The great Pumpkin

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

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