SPIN's Week in Review, July 7-11

What we learned this week: The Smashing Pumpkins are turning 20. Beck may carry a little Guilt, but he's as good as ever. And much more.
The Smashing Pumpkins / Photo by Ben Solomon

After the smoke cleared and the hangovers faded from the weekend's big bombs and bashes, the party raged on as the Smashing Pumpkins unveiled plans to celebrate their 20th anniversary, the fruits of Beck and Danger Mouse's partnership arrived, and Albert Hammond Jr. went to bat. Let's recap:

The Mae Shi Tear Apart Minneapolis' Uptown Bar

L.A. noise-rockers roll through town with their distinct style -- and a bedsheet parachute.
Mae Shi's Jon Gray and Jeff Byron / Photo by JON BEHM

Making their entrance by weaving through the crowd to the stage, L.A. noise rockers the Mae Shi brought their loud, spastic, and over-reactive sound to Minneapolis’ Uptown Bar last night (July 7th). The set's second song, “I Get (Almost) Everything I Want,” was barebones instrumentally but full of cathartic harmonies and buoyed by a powerful chorus.

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