Billy Corgan Wants to Rock Out Again. Is That a Good Thing?

But as much as the band fires up its engines, the record rarely achieves liftoff.

But the blend of textures heard on post-reunion albums likeShiny and Oh So Bright.

1/ LP: No Past.

Smashing PumpkinsJason Renaud*

andCyris largely gone, reducing the Pumpkins to an unrelenting and often oppressive metal band.