The Occurrence - Tag: Smashing Pumpkins
5 Bands Born from Breakups and Shakeups
Melissa Bobbitt 0Image by Andrew St. Clair When tragedy (or mere temper tantrums) leaves bands in the dust, it’s often hard for the members to pick up the pieces and start again. The wounds might be fresh, but...
Jul 21, 2014All I Want for Christmas...
Melissa Bobbitt 0Good tidings to you and yours this week of Christmas! And if you're feeling particularly in the giving spirit, why not get for your favorite humble rock scribe (ahem) any or all of the following...
Dec 18, 2012A-grade B-side albums
Melissa Bobbitt 0It's a miracle enough when a regular album flows cohesively and tells a story. But when a collection of rarities and b-sides from an artist's entire career gels like the "real" thing, it's...
Oct 22, 2012Opinion - The Write Stuff Is Wrong
Melissa Bobbitt 0Photo by Maura Lanahan I normally clap my hands together with glee whenever Henry Rollins' recurring column comes out on LA Weekly's website. His insightful, optimistic posts are anathema to cynics, an anomaly in these...
Oct 13, 2012A Soundtrack for Feeling Infinite
Melissa Bobbitt 0Rejoice, wallflowers everywhere! (No, no - sit down, Jakob Dylan. Not your "One Headlight" gang.) Your favorite novel about "Rocky Horror Picture Show" zines and the general, wonderful weirdness of being a teenager is now...
Aug 27, 2012Album sequels: 4 that relive the magic
Melissa Bobbitt 0They say lightning never strikes twice in the same place, but these music acts have tried (pretty darn successfully) to make the second time a charm. We're taking album sequels, a concept mostly championed...
Jul 9, 2012Album reviews - '90s angst edition
Melissa Bobbitt 0Despite the turning of the page, the '90s are still all the rage. Coincidentally, two of that decade's biggest ragers, Fiona Apple and the Smashing Pumpkins, release new albums this week. One has...
Jun 18, 2012Rock takes the (Broadway) stage
Melissa Bobbitt 0Image courtesy SongLyrics.com As a birthday gift to myself tomorrow, I'm seeing Green Day's American Idiot at the Ahmanson Theatre. This live-action stage play based on the NorCal punk trio's essential album of the same...
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