Because we’re suckers for choirs and covers
(…And we’re totally in denial that the holidays are over, so even though it’s a touch tardy, allow us to throw out just one last holiday-inspired goodie before we delve headlong into the new year, k?) All-female Belgian rock choir Scala & Kolacny Brothers present December, an LP that explores a selection of non-traditional holiday...
Hey Pumpkin heads: Win a remastered, deluxe ‘Pisces Iscariot’ boxset
Smashing Pumpkins made a triumphant return — well frontman Billy Corgan did anyway — with new album Oceania earlier this summer. Touring in support of said LP, the band will hit Canadian soil in the coming weeks with exactly six dates in six key Canuck cities. This seems the perfect reason for a giveaway, non?...
Smashing Pumpkins’ ‘Pisces Iscariot’ reissued today
A remastered, Deluxe reissue of the classic 1994 B-sides/odds ‘n’ ends collection Pisces Iscariot from Smashing Pumpkins is released today and available through iTunes and Amazon. With the band’s rendition of Fleetwood Mac’s Landslide serving as a perfect example of what founding frontman Billy Corgan calls “a collection of odds and orphans from the dusky...
Smashing Pumpkins’ ‘Oceania’ making waves
The results are in: The Smashing Pumpkins‘ new Oceania LP has debuted at #4 on the Billboard Top 200 Albums Chart, nabbed the coveted #1 spot on the Independent Albums Chart, and been named the second highest debuting independent album of 2012. Marking the band’s seventh studio release, Oceania is part of their 44-song work-in-progress...
Smashing Pumpkins’ James Iha to release solo LP
James Iha, member of A Perfect Circle, Tinted Windows, and most notably, Smashing Pumpkins, will release new solo album, Look To The Sky on September 18. Described as offering “sophisticated pop melodies, lyrical sharpness and guitar driven rock”, the album will be released via The End Records and features cinematic lead single, To Who Knows...
Oceania by The Smashing Pumkins
I confess, I was never really into The Smashing Pumpkins when I was younger; I missed them by a generation, I suppose, being too young to really find interest in their style. But after listening to their freshly-released Oceania LP—well, it appears that I missed out. Available as a convenient, free stream online, the ‘album-within-an-album’—an...
Stream + Win: Smashing Pumpkins ‘Oceania’ CD Giveaway
The Smashing Pumpkins release their seventh studio album Oceania today (June 19th) and to celebrate their long-awaited return, Talk Rock To Me is giving away a free copy of the new CD! Since Billy and crew broke with convention and specified no specific single to herald the new album, we want you to tell us which song...
Smashing Pumpkins announce streetdate for ‘Oceania’
Smashing Pumpkins have announced that their first full album in more than five years, Oceania, will finally (and absolutely) street this June 19. Released in newly-announced exclusive partnerships with EMI Label Services/Caroline Distribution in the U.S. and Universal Music in Canada, the forthcoming record is produced by front man Billy Corgan and mixed by three...
The Pains of Being Pure at Heart: Good friends, good times, good music
Pals Kip Berman (guitars/vocals), Peggy Wang (keyboard/vocals), Alex Naidus (bass) and Kurt Feldman (drums) are The Pains of Being Pure at Heart: a lighthearted indie-pop band from New York City with a deceptively heavy name. Their solid and sincere 2009 eponymous debut album caught the ears of production and mixing team Alan Moulder (Smashing Pumpkins,...