#Smashing Pumpkins

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Automatic are an LA post-punk three piece composed of Izzy Glaudini on synths/vocals, Lola Dompé on drums/vocals, and Halle Saxon on bass/vocals. Their 2019 debut record Signal sounds like Suicide and Broadcast formed a supergroup to play at the end of a David Lynch film. I spent a month in LA last...

Tarra Thiessen

INTERVIEWBilly Corgan on Epic Smashing Pumpkins Career, Cyr and Mellon Collie Sequel

Cat Woods

Bizou Premieres Stilllifeburning EP For a World on Fire

The sun is bright, but the news is bad and everyone's eyes are on the clouds, peering from the windows of our hermetically-sealed homes, perfectly composed as if to somehow stave off chaos. On the surface, things almost seem normal, even as a...

Ashley Prillaman

NEWS ROUNDUPNo More Hate...Policy, YouTube Copyright and More

Prince would've turned 60 on 6/7; his estate will release Piano and a Microphone 1983 in September. No More Hate...Policy, New Releases and More By Jasmine Williams Spotify Says “JK!” In a continuation of last week’s story, Spotify has completely walked back their recently introduced “hateful content...

Jasmine Williams

NEWS ROUNDUPBlack Panther, The Recording Academy and More

Black Panther Controversy Black Panther doesn’t hit American screens until today, but Kendrick Lamar’s soundtrack for the film is already dominating music news for its star-studded collaborations and a copyright controversy. The album, which will soon be released on vinyl and cassette, features...

Jasmine Williams

ONLY NOISEThanksgiving Dinner

Thanksgiving is a controversial holiday with a wretched color scheme. The Hallmark credo of thankfulness is thin when stretched against this country’s historical relationship with Native Americans. The shirking of materialism is undercut when Black Friday rolls around. To many, Thanksgiving is...

Madison Bloom

BAND OF THE MONTHThe Harrow

With a name inspired by a Kafka story, it makes sense The Harrow would be well-spoken. Yet even with the bar set high the mysterious Brooklyn coldwave/post-punk band impressed with their bewitchingly intelligent interview. The Harrow is Vanessa Irena (vocals, synth, programming), Frank Deserto...

Sophie Saint Thomas

APPROVAL MATRIX2/16/14 thru 2/22/14

Here's our take on the best and worst in music this week. HIGHBROW ^^^^^^^^ [box type="shadow"] Mark your calendars: on 2/28, Smashing Pumpkins' frontman William Corgan (as he's billed himself for this event) is improvising an 8 to 9 hour ambient musical interpretation of Hermann Hesse's Siddhartha...

Megan Huffman