16 artists like The Smashing Pumpkins
Matched on how their catalogues actually move — measured intensity, dynamic range, texture and shared mood across 43 The Smashing Pumpkins songs (averaging 53/100 intensity). Each one comes with the single song to start with.
Shares the same warm register and runs hotter overall (59/100). 82 of their songs measured.
Plays calmer overall (45/100), with the same warm register running through 65 measured songs.
89 measured songs that keep the same melancholy register — plays calmer overall (41/100).
Shares the same energetic register and averages almost the same intensity (57/100). 57 of their songs measured.
Averages almost the same intensity (49/100), with the same melancholy register running through 64 measured songs.
50 measured songs that keep the same intense register — averages almost the same intensity (54/100).
Shares the same contemplative register and plays calmer overall (38/100). 95 of their songs measured.
Averages almost the same intensity (56/100), with the same heavy register running through 84 measured songs.
82 measured songs that keep the same melancholy register — averages almost the same intensity (52/100).
Shares the same calm register and averages almost the same intensity (52/100). 60 of their songs measured.
Averages almost the same intensity (56/100), with the same joyful register running through 41 measured songs.
38 measured songs that keep the same calm register — averages almost the same intensity (52/100).
Shares the same energetic register and plays calmer overall (42/100). 62 of their songs measured.
Averages almost the same intensity (53/100), with the same melancholy register running through 57 measured songs.
54 measured songs that keep the same energetic register — averages almost the same intensity (48/100).
Shares the same calm register and averages almost the same intensity (58/100). 44 of their songs measured.
Frequently asked
What artists sound like The Smashing Pumpkins?
The closest matches we measure are Foo Fighters, The Cure, R.E.M.. Artists are matched by how their catalogs actually move — average intensity, dynamic range, texture and shared mood — across 43 measured The Smashing Pumpkins songs, not by genre label or chart adjacency.
Which song should I start with?
Foo Fighters: “Of All People” (95% feel-match); The Cure: “Icing Sugar” (95% feel-match); R.E.M.: “Supernatural Superserious” (95% feel-match). Each is that artist's single closest track to the The Smashing Pumpkins centre of gravity, so it's the least jarring way in.
How intense is The Smashing Pumpkins overall?
Across 43 measured songs, The Smashing Pumpkins averages 53/100 on our intensity scale. Individual songs vary — see the full catalog breakdown on their artist page.
How do you decide two artists are similar?
Every song is measured on 8 dimensions (intensity, dynamic range, tempo, sudden changes, texture, predictability, vocal force, fine sound detail). We compare an artist's catalogue centre of gravity to every other artist's, then weight shared mood tags. Matches cross genre and era, because the measurements don't know what genre is.
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