Idolator

Every week, we round up the all-important, all-summarizing last sentences of the biggest new-music reviews. Today's entry is the Smashing Pumpkins' Zeitgeist, which comes out tomorrow:

- "In the end, it's the one-dimensional approach, not the lack of half the original members, that leaves Smashing Pumpkins Mach II a cardboard cutout of the real thing— not the empty ATM-reunion it could have been, but still a ghost of the old band." [Pitchfork]
- "His whine hasn't mellowed with age, and there are some truly horrible guitar effects, but if you remember the unconsciously naff hilarity of late-period Suede, you will recognise that there's some fun to be had from Zeitgeist, albeit in small quantities." [Guardian]
- "Maybe someday Mr. Corgan will have to reconcile 'It's lonely at the top' with 'I don't want to be alone.' For now he seems dauntless in his belief that self-absorption and social responsibility can coexist, and who knows? He might have his finger on the pulse after all." [NYT]
- "We've been here before, and while it's not bad, they did it better in the past. The zeitgeist has moved on." [Chicago Sun-Times]