Smashing Pumpkins – Siamese…

I grew up entirely oblivious to the Smashing Pumpkins, and when I finally did discover the band — with Siamese Dream — I felt as if someone were trying to simultaneously trying to document both the noise and serenity of my childhood. Of course, I wasn’t a little girl dressed as an angel, the nearest white [...]

The Flaming Lips – Yoshimi…

First the title: as far as Flaming Lips album names go, the band hits a sweet spot with this one. Whereas previous titles like In a Priest Driven Ambulance and Transmissions from the Satellite Heart have a bit of a corny aftertaste and ones like Telepathic Surgery and Clouds Taste Metallic are overly acid-fried, Yoshimi [...]