You guys! I know! It’s been like, forever! A girl’s got to keep things mysterious.

Did you guys see that Billy Corgan is holding open auditions for a new Smashing Pumpkins bass player? I’m serious you guys. Look: http://www.smashingpumpkins.com/pressrelease.php

Is this real life? What happened to Billy Corgan and the Smashing Pumpkins? I bet it’s the Jesus thing. If it isn’t the Jesus thing than I’m sure the Jesus thing isn’t helping. Seriously you guys. Ten years ago Billy wouldn’t have had to do this. Ten years ago there would be 10,000 people that would give their left nut (gross!) to be in Smashing Pumpkins and would let Billy know that they would give their left nut (GROSS!) to be in Smashing Pumpkins every day. But now, in 2010 – 10 years after the Smashing Pumpkins should have stayed broken (broke? Broked? Brokened?) up – there isn’t anyone on deck? No one has told Billy “hey guy, let me know if there is ever an opening and I’ll jump on that shit”? In 2010 Billy has to have an “open” audition because he doesn’t know anyone that wants to be in his band.

Billy, guy, seriously, get your shit together. I don’t know what shit of yours is all whacked out but guy, get it back together. The songs you are releasing are really kinda just blah and you don’t have anyone that likes you enough to play bass in your band. Someone call Dr. Drew because Billy needs to go to butthole rehab. Not rehab for his butthole – I mean rehab for being a butthole. I just want to make sure everyone reads that right – one is sad and the other is wrong.

And bass? Bass? You guys! A 10 year old with narcolepsy could play bass for Smashing Pumpkins. Listen to those songs and tell me that you, not knowing anything about bass playing couldn’t play bass on those songs.

Billy, seriously. We are all really, really worried about you. We need you to have your shit together or we need to not care about whether or not you have your shit together.

Hey! Did you know that we (I) reviewed the new album by Broken Bells? Did you know that review is online right now? It’s true, it’s all true. This isn’t a trap Admiral Ackbar so relax. (Did you get that last reference? If not, please see this.)

Click here to read what I think about the Broken Bells’ album Broken Bells.

In related news, Aaron still owes me a review of the new (ish) Eels album. I’m still waiting Aaron!

Port O’Brien has released a new video for the track “Leap Year.” The video features a trio heading out on a road trip, a dude who totally hates lemons and no shots through long grass… but there is plenty of slow motion so chalk one up on the “indie video cliché” game board. But these guys sure do look like they have a lot of fun on their road trips judging by the amount of smoke that pours out of the car when they open the car doors.

Check out the video for “Leap Year” here:

“Leap Year” is from teh album Threadbare which came out last year.

Prince, Or the artist formerly known as some weird symbol, has a new song hitting the interwebs called “Cause and Effect” and it sounds… um, how do you say? Not good? Yeah, that’s what I meant to say.

Click here to have yourself a listen:

See what I mean? I’m not sure what Prince is going for here but I’m not digging this song at all and I consider myself a fan of the dude. But whatevs… not everything can be “Cream.”

Everybody’s favorite (sometimes) instrumental band from San Diego, The Album Leaf, has a new video for the track “There Is A Wind.” This video has everything! Clowns, shots through tall grass (it’s an “indie” video after all), old people, fast cars, fast women, metaphors that we don’t understand (probably), dead frogs on birthday cakes, geriatric genocide and, of course, wind.

Check it out:

I think we need to start a new drinking game with video releases where we take a drink every time a cliché is used. If we played with this video we’d totally be shitfaced right now.

Oh yeah… don’t forget to read the review we posted of The Album Leaf’s newest album!

MGMT has released a track from their upcoming album everybody! The song, titled “Flash Delirium” is available for download (for FREE!) over at the band’s website. The song doesn’t stray too much from what we’ve come to expect from MGMT but there is something a little off about it – can’t quite put my finger on it. But have a listen for yourself.

Click here to head over to MGMT’s website to take yourself a listen and to download the new track.

So… what do you guys think? It certainly isn’t the next “Kids” or “Electric Feel” or “Time to Pretend.” Hmmm… oh well. Everything changes.

MGMT’s new album, Congratulations, comes out April 13.

Last week (was it last week? I can’t remember…) we told you guys about how We Are Scientists released a new song called “Rules Don’t Stop.” The duo has now followed up with a video for the song and it’s (the video) is kinda… well, I’ll let Chris Cane from We Are Scientists explain it. This is what he posted on his Twitter account about the video:

I made another video about drugs with my friend Kit from the Science band

So true, so true. Anywho, here’s the video:

Neat! On a side note, everyone should follow Chris Cane on Twitter because he is very funny. Very.

Jakob Dylan (remember him?) has released a new track from his upcoming solo album. The song “Nothing But the Whole Wide World” is a country infused thumper and features the vocal stylings of Neko Case. And we have the song right here, right now (I know… wrong band) for you to listen to!

If you dig the tune, you can click here to download “Nothing But the Whole Wide World” from Spinner.com

Dylan’s second solo album, Women and Country, comes out April 6.

Check out “Nothing But the Whole Wide World” here:

So Vampire Weekend was on Saturday Night Live (hosted by the amazingly awesome Zach Galifianakis) last weekend and killed it. The performance they did of “Giving up the Gun” was crazy good! Crazy I tell you! Go check it out on Hulu.

But we aren’t here to talk about the SNL performance. Nay! We are here to talk about another, equally awesome performance by the guys who remind Eric of the Hamptons. La Blogotheque (the best music website in the history of ever!) has posted a video of Vampire Weekend performing an acoustic, intimate show somewhere in Europe (maybe, I don’t speak French so I really have no idea where this is).

Check it out:

Pretty rad huh?

This weekend we lost another extremely talented artist way too soon. Mark Linkous, better known as Sparklehorse took his own life on Saturday. Linkous was a huge influence on many and had recently participated in the Dark Night of the Soul project with Danger Mouse and David Lynch.

In Linkous’ memory, here is the video for “It’s a wonderful life”: