The Smashing Pumpkins

Womenswear spotlight: Erin Orland on her Ramona Flowers look

Some people look good even when they dress down. That is the case with health care worker Erin Orland, who says we spotted her on "an off day." Continue reading to discover her style mantra, what her favorite accessory is and how some "seedy people" have inspired her life, just not her fashion. Se ... More >>

Smashing Pumpkins at 1STBANK, 10/16/12

SMASHING PUMPKINS @ 1STBANK CENTER | 10/16/12 "So, for those of you who are insiders into our multifaceted world, you know that we're playing our album first tonight, Oceania," Smashing Pumpkins frontman Billy Corgan told the crowd at 1STBANK Center on Tuesday night. "And then, if I'm in the mood.. ... More >>

The ten best concerts this week: October 15-19

Hope you got good and rested this past weekend, because you're going to need to tap into your energy reserves for the insane amount shows going down this week. We have all of them listed in our concert calendar, of course, if you'd like to get the full view. Otherwise, below, we've narrowed it down ... More >>

Pop-Culture Power

Ten pieces of pop culture you didn't know Wayne White created

Wayne White might be the most prolific and virtually unknown contributor to popular culture of the last four decades. But the illustrator, painter, sculptor and puppet-maker from Chattanooga is getting some much deserved exposure with the release of Beauty Is Embarrassing, a documentary about White' ... More >>

Visual artist Wayne White talks about Pee Wee's Playhouse and using the F-word in fine art

Wayne White might be your favorite visual artist of the last few decades that you didn't know existed. But that was sort of the point behind Beauty Is Embarrassing, director Neil Berkeley's the documentary about White's life and career thus far, which will screen at the Denver FilmCenter this Friday ... More >>

New Colorado concerts: The Deftones at the Fillmore, Steve Winwood at the Paramount

This week, there's only been a handful of new shows announced, but they're all good ones, including the Deftones who are slated to hit the Fillmore in October just prior to the release of their new album, Steve Winwood, who's due at the Paramount in November, and Black Angels who will ring in the Ne ... More >>

New Colorado Concerts: Smashing Pumpkins at 1STBANK, Yonder Mountain at Boulder Theater

Smashing Pumpkins leads this week's new show announcements. The '90s alt rock band fronted by Billy Corgan will make its way to Colorado this October for a show at 1STBANK Center. Tickets for the show go on sale this Friday. Yonder Mountain String Band, Aesop Rock, the Faint and Mayer Hawthorne are ... More >>

Jason Horodyski of Maudlin Magpie on literary influences and stories behind the songs.

See Also: Maudlin Magpie at Unit E, Saturday, July 14 Maudlin Magpie started out as the solo project of Jason Horodyski, but after two shows, Horodyski realized he preferred to make music with other people. The band went through different line-ups before settling with its current incarnation. What ... More >>

Ten ways to celebrate Earth Day '90s-style

It seems to some of us Gen Xers that celebrating Earth Day -- and any other holiday -- just ain't the same as it used to be back in our decade of Smashing Pumpkins, store-bought tie-dye sundresses and lesbian chic. But if we learned anything from surviving the '90s, it's that trends are fluid -- we ... More >>

Dear Diary: Why won't this ska boy notice me? Where is my Nirvana shirt? I have nothing to wear!

Once upon a time in the '90s, I was not the cool blogger I am now. I was just like any other teenager, barely existing on the Internet (save for being a third, observational party to my best friend's chat-room adventures) and living out my writing dreams as a reporter for my high-school newspaper, T ... More >>

Mile Highlights: Denver/Boulder area concert news, local radio playlists and top album sales

​Here's what's happening in music on the Front Range this week: On the concert front, shows from Neil Diamond, Garland Jeffreys and Sophie B. Hawkins were announced; BLKHRTS, American Tomahawk and Driftwood Fire got spins on local radio; and new releases from Drake, Kate Bush and Sigur Ros wer ... More >>

Reader: Smashing Pumpkins at the Ogden Theatre on Monday - "last night was... eh."

Eric GruneisenDespite all my age, I am still just a rat in a cage.​Despite the fact that he's the only original member, Billy Corgan has managed to keep the Smashing Pumpkins going year after year. Whether this is a good or bad thing is probably as endlessly debatable as whether or not the ban ... More >>

Review: Smashing Pumpkins at the Ogden Theatre, 10/10/11

Billy Corgan of Smashing Pumpkins last night at the Ogden.​SMASHING PUMPKINS at OGDEN THEATRE | 10/10/11It took Billy Corgan 21 songs, or until halfway through the encore, to acknowledge his audience last night. It's unclear whether this is a bad thing or a bad-ass thing -- though more than an ... More >>

Mile Highlights: Denver/Boulder area concert news, local radio playlists and top album sales

Here's what's good in the Mile High City this week: A pair of new October dates have Smashing Pumpkins at the Ogden and Bush at the 1STBANK Center, with Chevelle and Filter, while November brings Tedeschi Trucks Band to the Fillmore. On local radio, Air Dubai, Le Divorce, Bop Skizzum and Signal Path ... More >>

Smashing Pumpkins Denver date: Ogden Theatre on October 10, tix on sale next Saturday

Smashing Pumpkins at the Ogden Theatre 10/10/11​Smashing Pumpkins fans, rejoice! Billy Corgan and company are coming back to Denver on Monday, October 10 at the Ogden Theatre. As if the Ogden's calendar for October wasn't already stacked enough, the Pumpkins have been added to an impressive li ... More >>

MTV's 120 Minutes changed my life

​There is a point at which, I think, we all start to discover music on our own. I was around twelve or thirteen when the shift from pre-teen radio sex jams to discovering albums I would fawn over (and eventually learn to play) occurred. Up to then, I was listening to music that I loved, but it ... More >>

If you could rewind the clock, which shows that you missed would you make sure to see?

​I've seen probably upwards of seven million shows in my lifetime, give or take five or six. In all that time, there's been a ton that I'm grateful for having the chance to have seen -- Mars Volta at Tulagi, the Killers at the Larimer Lounge, an unreal triple bill at the Coliseum featuring Pea ... More >>

LA Weekly premieres new song from Smashing Pumpkins' Teargarden by Kaleidyscope

​One by one, the Smashing Pumpkins have been posting tracks from its 44-song release, Teargarden by Kaleidyscope, as they're being written and recorded. So far, the band is ten songs in on this platter -- its eighth -- a concept album reportedly inspired by the Tarot. That Billy Corgan. Our si ... More >>

Dr. Sunshine's X-Ray Machine, March 18 at the Lion's Lair

Introducing Split Decision: Tale of the tape

​Cassettes, in case you haven't noticed, are once again becoming viable. The number of tape-only imprints that seem to keep cropping up have not only made for decent blogger bait (see our recent Deathbomb Arc item or the recent NPR blog post focusing on Ft. Collins Patient Sounds), it's served ... More >>

A Dear John letter to Billy Corgan and the Smashing Pumpkins

Silversun Pickups

Monday, July 26, Fillmore Auditorium, 303-837-0360.

KTCL announces lineup for its Big Gig in September

​In case you missed it, KTCL has announced the lineup for its annual Big Gig: The Smashing Pumpkins, Chevelle, Anberlin, Flobots, Darling Thieves, Tickle Me Pink and the Locals Only Stage, featuring a slew of local acts on the, well, fittingly dubbed Locals Only Stage. Tickets for the show, sl ... More >>

Jessica Simpson Billy Corgan Songmaking = Depressing

VH1.com It has been rumored that Jessica Simpson and Billy Corgan are dating , but we thought they'd at least have the decency to spare the public the fruits of their love. Then we remembered who we were talking about and suddenly the idea that they would record music together seemed like the next ... More >>

Top Ten Indie Rock Songs of the Decade

The chills-inducing men of Midlake​To some, indie rock is an aesthetic, something between Sonic Youth and Pavement that's played by people with in mop-tops and ringer t-shirts with cans of Pabst atop their amplifiers. Others, meanwhile, might define indie rock literally as music recorded and p ... More >>

The Airborne Toxic Event

Wednesday, September 23, Ogden Theatre, 303-830-8497; Thursday, September 24, Boulder Theater, Boulder, 303-786-7030.

Over the Weekend: A solid few days for those both smashed and Smashing

After the jump, a taste of what partying transpired this weekend in Denver, including a club's grand opening and a monster show at the Ogden.

The Westword.com blog shortcut, December 8 edition

What just happened? This stuff. Today in Backbeat Online: • A live review of the Smashing Pumpkins at the Ogden Theatre. • Eric Eyl's Mile High Makeout deals with dead days. • Ozric Tentacles moves to Fort Collins. Today in Cafe Society: • Steuben's toasts the end of Prohibition -- 75 ye ... More >>

Abracastabya's Heart of Darkness

On a scale of doom to gloom, this band is absolutely stabulous.

Bolder Boulder

The Nitro Club is a gas.

Smashing Pumpkins

Sunday, September 30, Red Rocks Amphitheatre, 303-830-8497.

Silversun Pickups

Tuesday, March 6, Fillmore Auditorium, 303-830-8497.

The All Hamerican Pig Show

Wednesday, July 5, Quixote's True Blue, 303-297-1772.

Anatomy of a Hit

Alexandra Patsavas creates the soundtrack of our lives.

Quadramess

3 Kings Tavern

Sybris

Friday, August 12, Climax Lounge, 303-292-5483.

Open Hand

Tuesday, May 17, Rock Island, 303-572-7625.

Best Band With the Worst Name

Machine Gun Blues

Grunge Crock

Former Pumpkins frontman Billy Corgan tries his hand at poetry.

Critic's Choice

Curious Yellow

Club Scout

Rabbit in the Moon

Backwash

Lawyers rock and roll.

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Ol' Dirty Bastard, Richmond Fontaine, Basement Jaxx, Barbra Streisand

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THINK FOR YOURSELF

YOU'VE GOT TO USE YOUR HEAD TO GET INTO SHUDDER TO THINK.

PAVEMENT HITS THE ROAD

SMASHING PUMPKINS' LEAST FAVORITE BAND LEARNS TO DEAL WITH FAME.

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