Sneak Peak of Tinted Windows

Stereogum has released video footage of Tinted Windows performing. It’s so awesome to see Taylor fronting this band. However, I never thought I’d see him in a skinny tie! Hopefully now Hanson will see more mainstream respect, because love it or not, they are a talented straight-up rock band who just happen to all be [...]

Perhaps the oddest new musical venture…

NEW YORK (Billboard) – Former Smashing Pumpkins guitarist James Iha, Cheap Trick drummer Bun E. Carlos, Hanson’s Taylor Hanson and Fountains of Wayne bassist Adam Schlesinger have formed a new band, Tinted Windows.
The group has recorded its debut album at Stratosphere Sound Studios in New York, which Schlesinger and Iha co-own with Ivy’s Andy Chase. [...]

Smashing Pumpkins’ “Siamese Dream” turns 15

Thinking back, I was rather young when the Pumpkins released this album (10 yrs old to be exact) but the second single from the album, “Today”, caught my attention immediately. I quickly threw away my Ace of Base and proceeded to fall into a now 15 year love affair with the Smashing Pumpkins. My family [...]

Smashing Pumpkins smash profits

The Smashing Pumpkins are suing Virgin Records.
The band claims that the record label is using their name illegally in advertising and promotions with Amazon.com and Pepsi, and that these marketing attempts are detrimental to the band’s credibility.
According to the Associated Press, the lawsuit demands the profits of the promotions and an injunction against any further [...]

Exciting Revelation

I just realized that the new bass player for the Smashing Pumpkins is Ginger Reyes from the Halo Friendlies! Halo Friendlies were the first female artists I ever interviewed (they were opening for Good Charlotte) and they made the cover of Issue 3 of Planet Verge Magazine many years ago! The band has been [...]

More on the musical act that makes Jay-Z bob his head

Remember a little bit ago when I introduced y’all to PlayRadioPlay?
Since then, I got to talk to him on the phone (while baking biscuits, no less!), and now I just love him even more. And don’t be fooled by his Texan roots–he’s not an idiot (like one really famous, powerful person from that state, [...]