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.

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• 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.

Jeffrey Greenblatt

Jeff joined the Hidden Track team full-time in 2008 and helps guide the site in his role as Managing Editor and Social Media Coordinator. Each week Jeff pens Pullin' 'Tubes, Tour Dates and Bloggy Goodness in addition to features, video posts and more. Jeff is a graduate of The George Washington University ('98), with a degree in Journalism, and has worked in the media and technology industry for the likes of MTV, VH1, A&E and Joost.

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