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  Ladyhawke Reveals What Gave Her So Much 'Anxiety'

  May 15, 2012 – It's been a long time since we last heard from Ladyhawke. The New Zealand synth-popper soared onto our radar back in 2009 with her supremely catchy self-titled debut, which was strong enough for us to peg her as one to watch. But two years of touring kept Ladyhawke (real name: Philippa Brown) out of the studio. When she finally was ready to record, she had to deal with sophomore-effort expectations. …
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  SPIN's 100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time

  May 3, 2012 – To celebrate the new generation of shredders profiled in our May/June "Loud Issue," the SPIN staff decided to find some wheedle in a haystack, taking on the impossible task of ranking our favorite guitar players of all time. …
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  M83 Modeled Double-Disc 'Dreaming' on Pumpkins Album

  May 2, 2012 – M83's Anthony Gonzalez is giving Billy Corgan one less thing to complain about (or at least he's trying, anyway). …
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  Disarm: Smashing Pumpkins Return to EMI for 'Oceania'

  March 27, 2012 – "Even though I pronounced the album dead, I guess I still wanna do another one," Billy Corgan said this past fall when he announced the Smashing Pumpkins's upcoming Oceania. And now, even though he all but pronounced the major label system deceased, Corgan's band has signed a deal with EMI Label Services/Caroline Distribution to release Oceania throughout most of the world on June 19. …
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  Listen to Unearthed Pearl Jam and Smashing Pumpkins Tracks

  January 3, 2012 – Two previously unreleased recordings from two surviving alt-rock titans hit the web over the holiday. The first to surface was "Chinese," a Stone Gossard-penned Pearl Jam demo from 1991 that Pearl Jam 20 writer/director Cameron Crowe premiered on Peej's Sirius/XM radio station just after Christmas. …
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  Hear Four Vintage Smashing Pumpkins Demos

  November 17, 2011 – The first of the previously unreleased extras from the Smashing Pumpkins' upcoming deluxe album reissues have surfaced online, and they don't disappoint. The Pumpkins will release remastered deluxe versions of their first two — and arguably best — albums, 1991's Gish and 1993's Siamese Dream, on November 29, each with an embarrassment of bonus-track riches. …
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  Watch Pill-Popping Billy Corgan Talk Smashing Pumpkins

  November 15, 2011 – Smashing Pumpkins' Twitter feed has posted a link to a bizarre yet informative video interview filmed backstage at London's O2 Academy, Brixton, where the band plays tonight and tomorrow night. …
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  Smashing Pumpkins Pack 'Gish,' 'Dream' Reissues With Rarities

  October 18, 2011 – When he's not busy venturing into the pro wrestling biz, Billy Corgan is digging around Smashing Pumpkins' vaults and assembling reissues of the band's entire catalog. …
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  Billy 'The Body' Corgan Enters Wrestling Business

  October 14, 2011 – Steve Austin. Jesse "the Body" Ventura. Now professional wrestling can add a new name to its impressive list of bald-headed stars: Billy Corgan. The Smashing Pumpkins frontman has formed his own professional wrestling company. SP will be performing at Chicago's Riviera Theatre tonight as part of a tour to promote ninth album Oceania, due in late November. …
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  Billy Corgan Calls Old Pumpkins Demo 'A Marriage Made in Hell'

  October 12, 2011 – There's a Grammy-winning Smashing Pumpkins tune from the soundtrack to the godawful 1997 flick Batman and Robin titled "The End Is the Beginning Is the End." For Billy Corgan and Co. this week, the new is the old is the new. …
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