Los Angeles Smashing Pumpkins devotees Silversun Pickups are back with a new album (still streaming), video, and slate of festival appearances for the quickly coming summer. There are sure to be more dates announced, but for now their only scheduled club appearance went down last night, ostensibly a tune up for their set at Coachella later this ...

Soe of you seem to be coming around to Silversun Pickups latest. Take a listen to the whole thing at MTV's The Leak to join the dialogue.

The Breeders-esque vocalisms and '90s alterna sound of Brian Aubert and his Silversun Pickups came through clearly on Swoon single "Panic Switch." This new video for the track wasn't directed by Joaquin Phoenix; instead, the Pickups asked James Frost, who also did Radiohead's Gummy winning, 3-D plotted "House of Cards," to work his magic. No off...

Our last Silversun Pickups post had a Joaquin Phoenix directorial credit attached to it. This was before he embarrassed himself on Letterman. The Los Angeles band's "Panic Switch" appears to be Phoenix free, but frontman Brian Aubert's androgynous vocals (and overall vocal harmonies) remain Breeders-esque, and the band's sound '90s alternative. ...

Carnavas, the 2006 debut album from L.A. fuzz-poppers Silversun Pickups, met with a pretty subdued reaction around these parts, but it holds a special little place in this writer's heart. That album has, like, two really good songs on it, and considering how many bands manage zero really good songs per album, respect is due. Also, their "Lazy Ey...