The Smashing Pumpkins closed out this years Sunset Strip Music Festival with a bang. In avoid disappointing the fans who have been coming out to shows for the better part of 3 decades, Corgan also still had the time to slip into a messy jam of gothic noise midway through the Zeitgeist classic “United States.”

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OK, so the big fans amongst you will have heard this song already, fine. You might not have seen the customised SoundCloud player before, and it really is a thing of beauty.

Have a nice day, more treats later.

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Bill Corgan has been out searching for a new bass player for the Smashing Pumpkins. And, according to Consequence of Sound, he’s found one.

Nicole Fiorentino, who has previously played with Veruca Salt, Spinnerette, Twilight Sleep, Radio Vago and Light FM, has been announced as Smashing Pumpkins’ new bassist, replacing Ginger Pooley, who replaced Melissa Auf der Maur, who replaced D’Arcy.  Nope, no pattern here.  None at all.

According to Fiorentino’s Myspace page:

“[Nicole] is keeping herself very busy these days in the studio with Billy and the rest of the Pumpkins crew… She will also be performing live with band for any future tours/gigs.”

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• PowerTab Editor 1.7 build 80. – “Power Tab Editor may easily become the veteran fretter’s best friend. This feature-packed program lets you plot music onto digital tablature for exporting, burning, or playing MIDI files. The features are staggering–11 toolbars, 47 tips, and a max of seven guitars or basses per song are just the beginning. Deluxe tabbing capabilities let you adjust octaves and phrasing, and place an onslaught of markings, such as slides, bends, and vibratos”. (Originally appeared 2006 but still available today, we think it still counts)

• Aero Drum. – A rythym based drums game/app, Just follow the dots to play snare, cymbal and bass drum and try to beat the scores. Super life wasting addictiveness that we think is less annoying than tap-tap revenge and a whole $9.99 cheaper than the RockBand app that came out earlier this year at, well, $9.99.

• ACID Xpress. – Exclusively at ACIDplanet.com and ideal for beginners, you can download this free version of ACID software. It’s easy to create original music-even if you’re new to loop-based music software. Download and install ACID Xpress and the free music loop pack. When you’re ready for more, choose from over 100 Loops & Samples titles.

• MagicScore Maestro. – Recommended for students in the schools of whats considered classical music. MagicScore Maestro is a  professional music notation software, offering the most advanced capabilities for working with music. It lets you precisely tune up the notes’ sounds and their timing features, process the effects and the dynamics. In this program, you may use both general and extended sets of musical symbols and as well create your own symbols and more.
  

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All the instruments are simulated with the touch screen of course, including the Vocals! (yes, you just tap like a guitar) RockBand comes with a Bluetooth fueled multi-player option for simultaneous slamming. The game has been released with a $9.99 price tag which seems pretty steep for, although its a full RockBband game, is still basically an app. The 20 song play list does include some familiar songs with Lynyrd Skynyrd, Smashing Pumpkins and Joan Jett and the Blackhearts among others, with more available as downloads.

RockBand may have beaten its rival Guitar Hero to the iPhone only to bump into the mini-game brick wall that it Tapulous’ tap-tap revenge. But with more “buttons” it does prove more challenging than the established TTR 3 which should increase its shelf life a bit. But fans of Tap-Tap revenge fans will be quick to point out it is available for just $1 and does have a similar in-app track buying feature. The Playlist in full is.

• 30 Seconds to Mars – “Attack”
• AFI – “Girl’s Not Grey”
• All-American Rejects – “Move Along”
• Beastie Boys – “Sabotage”
• Blink-182 – “All the Small Things”
• Blondie – “Hanging on the Telephone”
• Foo Fighters – “Learn to Fly”
• Foo Fighters – “Everlong”
• George Thorogood & the Destroyers – “Bad to the Bone”
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• Motörhead – “Ace of Spades ‘08″
• Pixies – “Debaser”
• Presidents of the United States of America – “Ladybug”
• Rise Against – “Give It All”
• Silversun Pickups – “Lazy Eye”
• Smashing Pumpkins – “Cherub Rock”
• Steve Miller Band – “Take the Money and Run”
• The Go-Go’s – “We Got the Beat”

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Billy Corgen has admitted to the world that the Pumpkins are releasing a eighth album named “Teargarden By Kaleidoscope”.

The Album is intended to contain a whopping (and i’ll believe it when i see it) 44 tracks, with the intention of each one being made available completely free, to anyone, anywhere (as long as you have a computer i suppose). As well as all the individual tracks being released Corgen will be issuing 11 different 4 track EPs. The first single to be released off of this monster album will be some time toward the end of October.

Recording for the record(s) began recently on September 15th with necessary plans for a schedule to have the target 44th finished anytime soon, but the records will appear for the general public to listen to free of charge on the website as they’re competed one by one. Teargarden By Kaleidoscope will see the first set of releases under the name Smashing Pumpkins with only one original member. Corgan is joined this time by Jeff Schroeder, Ginger Reyes, and 19-year-old drummer Mike Byrne.

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