A year and a half ago, Smashing Pumpkins frontman and lifelong wrestling fan Billy Corgan launched his very own indie pro wrestling promotion, Resistance Pro. (There's also been talk of a Resistance…   Read Story »

It is fitting that the Smashing Pumpkins seemingly always tour in the month of October. Armed with their latest release Oceania, the Pumpkins are showcasing their new album by playing it in its…   Read Story »

Late last year I spoke to Billy Corgan for a Progress Report regarding the new Smashing Pumpkins record, Oceania. At the time of our interview the new album was still a couple of months away from…   Read Story »

Billy Corgan already wears plenty of hats -- influential musician, published poet, wrestling mogul, obsessive Cubs fan -- but there's always room for another cap on that gleaming dome. So why not add…   Read Story »

Last night on The Tonight Show, the Smashing Pumpkins came through and played "The Celestials," the stately and slow-building alt-rock ballad from their new album Oceania. This being my first glimpse…   Read Story »

The Billy Corgan/Soundgarden beef has been going on at least since that falling out at Lolla '94, and the Corgan/Pavement beef has had legs since the "Range Life" dig that same year. And man, nobody…   Read Story »

Canadian synth-glam sprite Diamond Rings has a new album called Free Dimensional dropping soon, and we've already seen the extremely early-'90s "I'm Just Me" video. John O'Regan, the man behind the…   Read Story »

Singles was the second movie written and directed by Cameron Crowe. It's an amiable rom-com starring Campbell Scott and Kyra Sedgwick, and some say a great movie, but is most notable because it was…   Read Story »

In our review of the Smashing Pumpkins' very good new album, Oceania, I proclaimed the LP's third track, "The Celestials," to be "the catchiest song Billy Corgan has written since '1979.'" On Friday,…   Read Story »

Right now, the Smashing Pumpkins are enjoying a mini-renaissance, now that Billy Corgan has released Oceania, his best-received album in about two decades. So it makes sense that James Iha, Corgan's…   Read Story »