COFFEE TALK: The Smashing Pumpkins Start Work on ‘Blocks of Songs,’ Lou Reed Announces Short Tour …

Posted on March 21, 2008
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BILLY CORGAN: Am I gonna have to smash your gourd, son?

  • The Smashing Pumpkins are done with records, but all about releasing strings of songs.
  • Lou Reed has announced a short tour fresh off his SxSW appearances.
  • The new Raconteurs record leaked to iTunes for a second earlier today.
  • Hurray for Baltimore, but good luck getting this new Dan Deacon-curated box set.
  • Elvis Costello’s new album is coming out on vinyl and MP3, but not on CD.
  • Les Savy Fav has a live album on the way.
  • The “50 Most Controversial Album Covers of All Time,” eh, Gigwise?
  • Interscope has already dropped Simian Mobile Disco. First …Trail of Dead; now this. What’s going on guys?
  • Here’s a decent story on all the Converse hullabaloo lately.
  • Hey, Lemmy’s earned this kind of shit. After all, dude’s a card-carrying AARP member and he’s still tougher than you.
  • Entertainment Weekly has revealed its tidy “Indie Rock 25″ list.
  • Pulp fans are gonna find this series of Archie comics to be quite brilliant.
  • The Beach Boys have finally settled their long-running internal lawsuit over use of the band’s name.
  • Queen are close to completing their first album without Freddie Mercury.
  • Could Prince still get added to Coachella?
  • Could a ‘little black box’ save the music industry?
  • Bob Marley’s fam is refusing to license any of his songs to a biopic produced by his widow Rita.

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