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Smashing Pumpkins Give Away New Album
posted on Tuesday October 20th 2009
Fed up with the traditional album release system, Smashing Pumpkins frontman Billy Corgan has decided to join the ranks of other current artists who have decided to give their art away.
The new album, Teargarden by Kaleidyscope is to be released one track at a time in the form of free digital downloads beginning in late October.
Despite the similarity between what Smashing Pumpkins are doing and what other artists like Radiohead have done recently (as far as giving tunes away), Corgan maintains that he is not borrowing the ideas of any other artists.
"I want no limitations on what I can, and will do,” he told Rolling Stone. “I think the size and shape of the traditional album is just morphing into something much more in the moment."
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