In November, U2’s How To Dismantle An Atomic Bomb — the one with “Vertigo” — will turn 20 years old. I’m not sure if we’ll give that album a proper retrospective (we did just revisit a more notorious U2 x Apple collab), but the band itself is marking the occasion with a whole new album of songs from the Atomic …

Smashing Pumpkins and Deftones come from different mini-generations of American alt-rock, but they have a lot in common. Both make heavy, catchy guitar music that’s influenced by shoegaze without actually being shoegaze. Both are huge influences on the new generation of heavy shoegaze bands out there. Both are still capable of touring huge venues. (Smashing Pumpkins are direct support on …