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March 22, 2016 by Simon Sweetman
Dope Smoker: Marijuana
Dope Smoker Marijauana (Independent/Bandcamp) Just when you thought the album/track Dopesmoker by Sleep was as overt as “Stoner Rock” got, along comes the Welsh band Dope Smoker – that seminal track/album was surely, well, a guiding light – and here’s their fifth album; the title now as blatant as can be, and if you’re somehow […]Archive
December 14, 2014 by Simon Sweetman
Smashing Pumpkins: Monuments to an Elegy
Smashing Pumpkins Monuments to an Elegy BMG Rights Management This wants to be some sort of Smashing Pumpkins rebirth, one of several attempted reboots, but a pretentious title and Billy Corgan’s annoying whine of a voice is about all this has in common with when his band-name/brand-name once delivered the right kind of shoegaze-for-stadiums slacker-anthems. […]Archive
December 10, 2014 by Simon Sweetman
Billy Corgan: AEGEA
Billy Corgan AEGEA (Independent) I wonder if AEGEA, billed as Billy Corgan’s “experimental” solo album, and a worldwide limited edition might have been given more of a chance if it didn’t have his name on it – that’s the brand-damage right there. Because I reckon AEGEA is pretty wonderful, it’s also not really experimental, that’s […]Archive
November 5, 2014 by Simon Sweetman
Stubs: # 15 – Smashing Pumpkins, Wellington, 1996
I remember going down to the local music store in my first year and buying the Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness double. It was a Saturday night and the record store was open until 9 or 10pm – a couple of years later I had a job in that store, working the late nights. […]Archive
May 22, 2014 by Simon Sweetman
Short Story: The Adventures of Billy Corgan – Artist in Residence
Billy Corgan was going to get used to Havelock North; more important, Havelock North was going to get used to Billy Corgan! The former Zwan front man and on/off Smashing Pumpkin had been awarded a prestigious Artist in Residence spot at Havelock North’s public library. He would be there for three months. He would teach […]Archive
July 14, 2013 by Simon Sweetman
The Smashing Pumpkins: Oceania
Smashing Pumpkins Oceania EMI Billy Corgan returns to the Smashing Pumpkins name – this time with an all new band, he knows he’ll shift more units releasing records under the Pumpkins name. Because this is – more than anything else he’s released – a solo album. But who wants to remember the last Billy Corgan […]Archive
April 20, 2012 by Simon Sweetman