Billy Corgan has begun open auditions to find a new bassist and keyboard player for the Smashing Pumpkins. Last week it was announced that bass player since 2007 Ginger Pooley would be quitting the band. Corgan resorted to the same open auditions concept last year when seeking a replacement for departed drummer Jimmy Chamberlain, himself an on-off member of the Pumpkins since he temporarily left t...

From Ten Thousand Hours: Composer and percussionist Aaron Siegel discusses his acoustic experimental work, raising questions about the relationship between performers, audience members and the space they occupy together. Unique instrumentation and experimental notation systems are discussed as Siegel and James Ilgenfritz read through a compositional sketch for glockenspiel and double bass that inc...

We should warn you at the outset that this video is totally NSFM—not safe for mealtime, that is. The Dutch heavyweights of drum'n'bass and electro, Noisia, test your gag reflex with their video for 'Machine Gun', which begins as a clever collage of abstract imagery and commences in a bloody orgy of mangled flesh and raw meat. Watch this video on Beatportal

Mark Egan often provides subtle accompaniment, holding things together with his bass work and making other musicians look good in his role as a studio musician. The music on Truth Be Told shows off his extroverted side as he blazes through an assortment of funk/fusion tracks with some formidable sidemen along for the ride...

Whether it's in English or Chinese, rock 'n roll is rock 'n roll, and the Beijing-based quartet P.K. 14 are at the forefront of China's underground rock circuit. After an inaugural visit last fall to the Mecca of their post-punk and New-Wave muses -- New York City -- the band is at it again with their shredding guitar riffs, unmerciful bass bombardment, and discontented lyrics....

After years of plugging away under the mainstream radar, British alt-rockers Muse [ tickets ] have finally reached A-list status, filling arena shows around North America in support of "The Resistance." Matthew Bellamy (lead vocals, guitar), Christopher Wolstenholme (bass), and Dominic Howard (drums) released their fifth studio set last September and it quickly landed the No. 3 spot on The Billboa...

"I Have Never Wanted To Be Number One", a brand new track from DANIEL LIONEYE — the Finnish band featuring HIM members Mikko "Linde" Lindström on guitar, bass and vocals and Janne "Burton" Puurtinen on keyboards alongside Black Vomit Bolton (ENOCHIAN CRESCENT) on drums — is available for streaming on the group's MySpace page.

Billy Corgan has announced that The Smashing Pumpkins are looking for a new bassist and keyboardist, and he's launched two websites for musicians to be considered for the gigs. This comes in the wake of bassist Ginger Pooley's decision to leave the band to raise her new baby with her husband. Until a new bass player is found, Mark Tulin of The Electric Prunes will fill in on an interim b...

MUSIC NEWS - More departures (and openings) at THE SMASHING PUMPKINS, now that bassist Ginger Pooley has left the band to raise her new baby with her husband.  BILLY CORGAN  ha announced that he's searching for a new bassist in the same way he picked their new drummer Mike Byrne last year: via an open audition process (see details below).   CORGAN also says that auditions will be held (again,...

Gene Hoglan (drums; DETHKLOK, FEAR FACTORY, STRAPPING YOUNG LAD, DEATH, DARK ANGEL), Steve DiGiorgio (bass; DEATH, SADUS, TESTAMENT) and Chris Valagao (vocals; ZIMMERS HOLE) will make guest appearances on the forthcoming album from Greek metallers MEMORAIN.