Article written by guest writer Craig W. Stevens The release of The Smashing Pumpkins new album, Oceania, has received the attention of the media press from Howard Stern to NPR to Rolling Stone. There are several ways to listen to the album. The Smashing Pumpkins official store has CD, vinyl and high-fidelity audio files available for purchase. People have expressed concern regarding perceived distortion and issues with the vinyl pressing of the album. I was curious about these perceived issues and contacted Stan Getz, whose company, A&R Record & Tape Mfg. Co., manufactured the vinyl. I explained to Getz […]
Article researched and written by Derek Miller, Geo Folkers & Arthur van Pelt Now, with the official release of the Oceania album today (though many of you have received it already a few days ago, lucky you!), it is time to reveal some information about the tower that dominates the front artwork of this latest Smashing Pumpkins album. It is named: the CARY AVENUE TOWER The Cary Avenue Tower is located in Highland Park, Illinois (US). It was built in 1931, and was added to the National Register of Historic Places on June 30, 1983. The Cary Avenue Tower, with […]
Article written by Arthur van Pelt The hardcore fans, and also the average fans, will not have missed it: Smashing Pumpkins recently started the Smashing Pumpkins Record Club. Go to SmashingPumpkins.com to find out more. And don’t forget to search for the somewhat “hidden” download for another song, Geek U.S.A. – Suicide Kiss No Vox demo! Next to that, Billy Corgan just announced a few hours ago on Twitter that the new album is ready. “Oceania is done… I am so proud of this record, and this band”. In the meantime, the band also figured out a rather extensive US and EU […]
Article written by Debby Rosin Finally, an official announcement of the super unreal happy news that William Patrick Corgan promised us. And it appears that most fans are impressed with the news. First of all, there is the next Teargarden song – ‘Owata’. This song has been played live several times already, in different styles, so who knows how the studio version will turn out! We’ll see next week. In a few months, we will see the release of Oceania, an album which will be part of the 44-song Teargarden by Kaleidyscope project – taking a new direction, which William […]
