SONIC MASALA: The Smashing Pumpkins

Wednesday, 11 November 2015

Believe in the Leaper

Toronto duo Beliefs have crafted a buoyant dream pop winner in their LP Leaper. Starting with the typical yet nonetheless sunnily ebullient 'Tidal Wave', the band take some nicely carved tangentials - '1992' comes out like the calendar-similar Smashing Pumpkins track covered by mid-era Blonde Redhead; the soft-lens narcoleptic grind of 'Drown' ekes out a Dinosaur Jr vibe, albeit one in the Kurt Vile end of the noise pop pool; and the title track fully embraces the duo's penchant love for Sonic Youth angularity and spoken obliqueness. It is clear that Leaper revels in the 90s afterglow - its a steady stream of a dream. Pre-order Leaper through cool little label Hand Drawn Dracula (who also put out stuff from the likes of Fresh Snow and Vallens) here.

Monday, 8 March 2010

The Smashing Pumpkins to release 44 tracks for free

The Smashing Pumpkins are releasing a new 44-track-strong body of work, one track at a time and absolutely free (and when I say free, I mean not even in exchange of your e-mail address). The tracks are being made available for download on the band's website.

The songs will be collected in 11 highly limited edition EP boxes (CD and 7" vinyl) of 4 songs each, and will be for sale. The details of the art, potential bonus material or price have not been revealed yet.

The first EP, Teargarden By Kaleidoscope Vol. 1, is due on April 20th and will include tracks 'A Song For A Son', 'Widow Wake My Mind', 'A Stitch In Time' and 'Astral Planes', which has not been made available on the site yet.

You can listen to the first three tracks via the player below. See what you think!

About

It was early on a Sunday morning at ATP - A Nightmare Before Christmas 2009. After downing a fair few, at 4am we decided to cook a curry. It was during the consumption of this drunkenly delicious breakfast treat that we decided to actually do something about the music we talk about all the time.

So we started a blog – and Sonic Masala was born. Now into its seventh year, the blog has spread out to call both Australia and the UK its home (and the rest of the world), and has expanded to include gigs, festivals and a record label under its black umbrella. Come on, eat the noize.

If an mp3 is up here, it's because we have been talking about it, and think the whole world needs to know more. It's there to give you a little taste. Then, if you like, check out the band live and spend all your hard earned cash on their records. If we've posted up an mp3 of your stuff and you're not too keen on the idea, let us know and we'll happily take it down pronto.