Two quick notes for this week:
The truth regarding the JC/BC split? A recent Rolling Stone feature on Billy Corgan shed some more information on the Smashing Pumpkins’ bandleader’s mindset, but mostly created lots of concern among the Pumpkins’ fan community.  This community is unique in that it not only consists of die-hard pro-Corgan fans, but [...]

New Pumpkins Track. According to Studio Pumpkin Kerry Brown, the Billy Corgan-led band will release the third track from their Teargarden project today, March 2nd.  It should be available for free download and streaming via the widget embedded below (in addition to the previous tracks “A Song for a Son” and “Widow Wake My Mind):

If [...]

Yesterday, we posted the YouTubers’ version of “We Are the World” at Videramos.

Virtually all of the above performers have their own fan base.  That’s good.  Unfortunately, I’m fairly certain that some of these artists have aspirations for a 20th century-style record deal.  This isn’t to fully discredit the 20th century way of doing things, for [...]

A lot of Music Industry 2.0 involves interacting with your audience one way or another, more than just relying on the old 20th century recording industry to hype your wares (or their wares, if you make such a deal).  The most efficient way to do that is by pulling off a kick ass show.  In [...]

It’s no secret that one of my favorite bands from this millennium is Seven Minute Silence.  Right now, they are part of the ever-growing revolution against the old guard – the 20th century (stuck in the 20th century) recording industry.  My rant against unadaptable dinosaurs aside, here’s the news -
According to guitarist Matt Bidart, the [...]

Ten days ago, all four members of Soundgarden sent a short email to their mailing list:
Thanks to all for signing up. Stay tuned for more details! Loudest of Love – Ben, Chris, Kim and Matt.
In other news about possible future news, Trent Reznor tweeted this yesterday:
1st official day of work in the studio.
Could this be [...]

The audio from Eddie Vedder’s recent performance at the Kennedy Center Honors, a cover of the Bruce Springsteen song “My City of Ruins,” has been released as a single.   Its proceeds will benefit Artists for Peace and Justice Haiti Relief.   The single is available for 99 cents at either Pearl Jam’s official website [...]

Click on the applicable icons to stream or download “A Song for a Son” and their latest free song “Widow Wake My Mind.”

About an hour ago, Smashing Pumpkins producer Kerry Brown tweeted the streaming release of the new Smashing Pumpkins track, “Widow Wake My Mind”:
New Smashing Pumpkins song here http://bit.ly/5CG7bs
The bit.ly link goes to the Smashing Pumpkins’ MySpace profile (myspace.com/smashingpumpkins).
Sometime yesterday, according to the SP fan blog Hipsters United, some Italian fans discovered the download link for [...]