apparently the machina reissue was finished early last year, but it's up to universal to decide when to release it. the lack of any vinyl reissues for the 90s albums is also apparently universal's fault - they're not interested in using their limited vinyl production capacity for those & would rather focus on pressing new albums instead.
― ufo, Saturday, 15 April 2023 23:26 (one year ago) link
Why are people supposed to be excited about Corgan completing a three-album "rock opera" when he has trouble sustaining and conveying a narrative over the course of a single song?
― Halfway there but for you, Saturday, 15 April 2023 23:30 (one year ago) link
i don't think anyone is particularly excited about atum and i would be genuinely surprised if it has any discernable narrative
― ufo, Saturday, 15 April 2023 23:36 (one year ago) link
He, at least, presumably considered it a selling point!
― Halfway there but for you, Sunday, 16 April 2023 01:26 (one year ago) link
1. "Simmatar"2. "Magdalena"3. "Saffron"4. "Zope"5. "Huzzah!"6. "Automaton"7. "MaryQ"8. "Burr"9. "Excelsior"10. "Necromance"
i'm sure we're all stoked to hear "huzzah!"
― flamenco drop (BradNelson), Friday, April 14, 2023 8:48 AM (four weeks ago) bookmarkflaglink
had the opportunity to hear a low quality vinyl rip of this via slsk. it is... describing it as the psychedelic guitar-driven pumpkins record that fans want is a bit rich. it's not even that guitar-driven. it kinda sounds like modern day pumpkins cosplaying as jellyfish (and not doing a very good job of it)
― flamenco drop (BradNelson), Friday, 12 May 2023 22:03 (one year ago) link
anyway looking forward to listening to atum the whole way through ha ha ha
― flamenco drop (BradNelson), Friday, 12 May 2023 22:06 (one year ago) link
I like this week's Pitchfork review - it did a good job of balancing the obligatory jabs @ Billy (one line made me laugh out loud) with what seemed like serious attention to the music.
― Did you know that there’s a tunnel under Wayne Manor (morrisp), Friday, 12 May 2023 22:35 (one year ago) link
it kinda sounds like modern day pumpkins cosplaying as jellyfish (and not doing a very good job of it)
this still sounds like an improvement from a lot of post-reunion pumpkins though lol
― ufo, Friday, 12 May 2023 23:04 (one year ago) link
I recently started listening to Bandsplain and the Pumpkins episode is really good. Acknowledges all the great stuff and is more patient with some of the later material than I am. It works to understand Billy and not just make fun of him, although there’s some of that too. I had no idea what a bummer his home life was as a kid.
I have no interest in anything new that he does but I keep up for old times sake.
― Cow_Art, Friday, 12 May 2023 23:07 (one year ago) link
*sounds like it would be, i haven't bothered to track down a copy of it and probably won't
― ufo, Friday, 12 May 2023 23:07 (one year ago) link
i'm listening to atum the whole way through right now and it is so much better than that psychedelic record
― flamenco drop (BradNelson), Saturday, 13 May 2023 21:08 (one year ago) link
act one much better than i remembered. the lyrics and production are ridiculous and i admit i have more tolerance for synth-pop billy than most but a bunch of genuinely cool melodies are anchoring this thing
― flamenco drop (BradNelson), Saturday, 13 May 2023 21:12 (one year ago) link
somehow missed the backing meows in "moss" the first time i heard it lol
― flamenco drop (BradNelson), Saturday, 13 May 2023 21:53 (one year ago) link
"every morning" is totally like billy telling himself he's gonna work himself back into that "set the ray to jerry" space and i think it's pretty successful
― flamenco drop (BradNelson), Saturday, 13 May 2023 22:00 (one year ago) link
oh i had totally forgotten that it then turns into a celestial new order song
― flamenco drop (BradNelson), Saturday, 13 May 2023 22:04 (one year ago) link
best pumpkins song since machina, maybe even adore
― flamenco drop (BradNelson), Saturday, 13 May 2023 22:05 (one year ago) link
i wouldn't take it over the better tracks on machina but it's much better than most post-machina tracks yeah
just a little frustrating because if new order had written it there'd be at least one more synth part or something, it's just a little bit empty?
― ufo, Saturday, 13 May 2023 22:27 (one year ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bsN5bH-gRjI
act three rules lol
― flamenco drop (BradNelson), Saturday, 13 May 2023 22:53 (one year ago) link
all right i've already finished my reduction
1. atum2. that which animates the spirit3. the good in goodbye4. hooligan5. the canary trainer6. cenotaph7. steps in time8. in lieu of failure9. harmageddon10. pacer11. the culling12. every morning13. avalanche
https://open.spotify.com/playlist/28sknca2WekASmbgJdTg1y?si=d84f356672314f07
^^^ this album rules, there are arguments for me cutting more bc it's 56 minutes long but most of the classic pumpkins albums sail past 50 so whatever, wanted to give this a proper arc and make the sequence feel intentional and atmospheric (the full album sequence is... pretty arbitrary)
genuinely surprised at how much i like the whole thing tho
― flamenco drop (BradNelson), Sunday, 14 May 2023 00:15 (one year ago) link
I listened to the new Smashing Pumpkins record. It's like Corgan decided to make all four Kiss solo records and all of them sound like the one made by Peter Criss.— Brian O'Neill (@NYC__Native) May 7, 2023
― Loud guitars shit all over "Bette Davis Eyes" (NYCNative), Sunday, 14 May 2023 02:30 (one year ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hzwOwzGtiZw
― MaresNest, Saturday, 2 September 2023 22:27 (nine months ago) link
Ladies and gentlemen, this just happened. Smashing Pumpkins’ Billy Corgan singing about Bozo sidekick Wizzo the Wizard alongside a Wizzo lookalike pic.twitter.com/a0n9ukYdqO— Mark Guess (@markguess) January 1, 2024
― ufo, Monday, 1 January 2024 10:11 (five months ago) link
the core, the heart music
― il lavoro mi rovina la giornata (PBKR), Monday, 1 January 2024 16:39 (five months ago) link
https://madamezuzus.com/products/siamese-dream-30th-anniversary-cassette-tape-and-candle-box-set
― brimstead, Thursday, 4 January 2024 03:39 (five months ago) link
lmao
https://x.com/SmashingPumpkin/status/1743340804368646440?s=20
― Murgatroid, Friday, 5 January 2024 19:40 (five months ago) link
whoops
pic.twitter.com/9cRmUWMeUj— The Smashing Pumpkins (@SmashingPumpkin) January 5, 2024
― Murgatroid, Friday, 5 January 2024 19:41 (five months ago) link
"With notes of subterranean rehearsal spaces..."
Ummm
― MaresNest, Friday, 5 January 2024 19:46 (five months ago) link
Someone joked that Stephen Malkmus should audition.
― birdistheword, Saturday, 6 January 2024 01:30 (five months ago) link
Why is it big music news that the 2024 Smashing Pumpkins are looking for a new third guitar player(?)
― Wooly Bully (2005 Remaster) (morrisp), Saturday, 6 January 2024 02:20 (five months ago) link
because they're making it an open audition along with a janky graphic that was thrown together in 2 minutes on Microsoft Paint? I thought the humor in this situation was readily apparent but you never know with ILX
― Murgatroid, Saturday, 6 January 2024 03:26 (five months ago) link
It’s being reported everywhere (example)
― Wooly Bully (2005 Remaster) (morrisp), Saturday, 6 January 2024 03:32 (five months ago) link
I mean I guess it’s somewhat unusual for a band that still fills large venues (even if they’re decades past their prime) to hold an open audition, but I’m surprised even SP fans would care much about this.
― Wooly Bully (2005 Remaster) (morrisp), Saturday, 6 January 2024 03:42 (five months ago) link
It’s a Smashing Pumpkins thread tbf
― bae (sic), Saturday, 6 January 2024 05:13 (five months ago) link
Yeah I didn’t mean this thread, but never mind me. (Like former guitarist Jeff Schroeder, I will be watching and listening!)
― Wooly Bully (2005 Remaster) (morrisp), Saturday, 6 January 2024 06:12 (five months ago) link
I have tickets to see them in July, in Gliwice, Poland of all places. Twenty-eight years after my last SP show…
― Sam Weller, Saturday, 6 January 2024 07:07 (five months ago) link
Maybe learn the chords to a few of the songs?
― assert (matttkkkk), Saturday, 6 January 2024 11:22 (five months ago) link
The fuck is Corgan wearing in that photo?
― I would prefer not to. (Chinaski), Saturday, 6 January 2024 12:10 (five months ago) link
This is one helluva clip…
― cellaring potential (morrisp), Tuesday, 23 January 2024 02:36 (four months ago) link
Jesus Christ that rocks
― brimstead, Tuesday, 23 January 2024 03:17 (four months ago) link
Update: they chose their new guitarist
― rendered nugatory (morrisp), Saturday, 27 April 2024 00:41 (one month ago) link