Word: alt
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Corgan’s first success, however, came in the form of alt-rock band The Smashing Pumpkins, which he started with guitarist James Iha, bassist James D’Arcy and drummer Jimmy Chamberlain...
...signature alt-country band of their generation hit Boston last weekend bearing all of their ambiguous fame. Their show the previous night easily filled the 3,600-plus seats at the Wang Theatre, but it’s easy to imagine the homegrown Wilco felt more comfortable here in a packed gym at Brandeis University’s Shapiro Student Center. The venue even evokes Wilco’s humble beginnings, with bleak bare walls and not a chair in sight...
...Chun's world is an apolitical but noisy place where Sonic Youth and REM share the soundscape with homegrown alt-rock bands like Pangu and PK14. It's a world where doting parents indulge their spoiled children?Chun's mother takes her from Beijing to Kaifeng to mingle with SpermOva, a punk band she adores, and stays alone in a guesthouse until Chun is ready to return to Beijing four nights later...
...unusual for older bands to come out of hiding to play the occasional summer concert, but this year the nostalgia fest is aimed at a younger and hipper crowd. Reunited veterans of alternative-rock groups are touring and headlining music festivals like the recently reinvigorated Lollapalooza. Among the alt-rock retreads back this summer: Morrissey, whose first album in seven years, You Are the Quarry, came out in May, along with the Cure (the ever evolving rock band, above) and more...
Former Soul Coughing frontman has long abandoned the days of semi-successful alt-rock Bon Bons, relying instead on a single acoustic guitar to entertain. His last work was last year’s Rockity Roll EP, and he’s currently preparing a full-length with a complete band and Semisonic’s Dan Wilson. Performance will likely include some of the new material and perhaps some classics from his former band’s glory days. Tickets $12. 9 p.m. Paradise Rock Club, 967 Commonwealth Ave., Boston...