Amidst Billy Corgan’s planned 20th anniversary celebration shows and deluxe box-set reissuing of his band’s debut album Gish, comes some bad news for the bald-headed front man of alt-rockers the Smashing Pumpkins. Two of his former estranged band mates – James Iha and D’Arcy Wretzky-Brown – have filed a lawsuit against Virgin Records claiming the label shut them out of profits after signing a deal with Corgan. The duo are accusing the record label of not paying them for music downloads and other digitally delivered Smashing Pumpkins music.
- The NY Times says good-bye to the casette tape
- List Time: Top Musician From Each Of The 50 States
- CoS takes a look back at the life of Hillel Slovak
- Carrie Brownstein dissects the phenomenon she’s dubbing – Bromantic
- Leather Canary kicks down a classic Parliament Funkadelic show
- See The Music XV features pictures and fragments from Melt Fest
Finally, our other favorite vampire band around these parts – Vampire Hands – needs your help for their upcoming East Coast tour. The Minneapolis-based act is asking folks to help them find some places for them to play from September 22 – 29. If you have any ideas, email the band directly at vampirehands@gmail or through their MySpace page. Just please don’t pick Terminal 5.
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That P-Funk show is the shit. Download immediately.