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Laura Jane Grace celebrates co-writing song for Weezer album
Against Me!’s Laura Jane Grace is celebrating Weezer’s Black Album today as she co wrote one of the tracks on the album. Grace wrote “Byzantine” with Weezer’s Rivers Cuomo on the band’s 13th studio album. Read more: Ticketmaster goes down amid Warped Tour ticket sales launch—UPDATED “Happy release day to Weezer’s ‘Black Album’. I owe […]
Weezer Twitter meme now a whole album of cover songs
Remember when Twitter‘s #WeezerCoverAfrica fan campaign actually got Weezer to cover “Africa” by Toto? Yes, it happened, and the longtime Los Angeles rockers recaptured listeners’ attention with the contemporary twist on the ’80s hit. But, of course, Weezer being Weezer, they’ve taken that idea and ran with it. Behold, The Teal Album, the band’s new […]
Rivers Cuomo to play California wildfire relief benefit concert
Following the raging wildfires in California last month, Father John Misty has joined forces with Goldenvoice for the California Wildfires Benefit Concert. The show will take place on Tuesday, Dec. 18, at The Theatre at The Ace Hotel in Los Angeles, CA. The California Wildfires Benefit Concert will feature 11 acts including Father John Misty himself, HAIM […]
Weezer get dark, face zombies on new song from 'Black Album'
“Die, die you zombie bastards,” sings Weezer‘s Rivers Cuomo throughout the veteran alt-rock band’s spry new song, the latest from their upcoming Black Album, due out March 1, 2019. Preorder it here and hear “Zombie Bastards” below. Read more: Millie Bobby Brown clarifies ‘Stranger Things’ post And while the zombies from Cuomo’s songbook may be […]
Watch Pete Wentz channel Rivers Cuomo in new Weezer video
Weezer make good on their “Black Album” promises by announcing the followup to last year’s Pacific Daydream with a bizarre new video starring Fall Out Boy‘s Pete Wentz as a Rivers Cuomo-esque rideshare driver. Watch it below. Read more: Music piracy is still very much a thing, study finds Transporting a particularly aggressive couple around […]
Watch Toto light up their Weezer "Hash Pipe" cover live
You know that feeling when a good joke is really funny, but then it becomes progressively less so as it gets continually hammered into the ground with repeated utterances? That’s what this whole Toto/Weezer cover-fest feels like, amirite?! Read more: Toto announce their “Hash Pipe” cover Weezer covered Toto because a fan on Twitter launched […]
Watch Weezer's Rivers Cuomo cover Smashing Pumpkins, Oasis, Pixies and R.E.M.
[Photo by: Peter Dzubay/Wikimedia Commons] Weezer frontman Rivers Cuomo showed off his encyclopedic knowledge of alternative rock with covers of Smashing Pumpkins, Oasis, Pixies and R.E.M. songs at a recent solo gig in Los Angeles—watch video of the show below. Read more: 10 totally awesome Oasis cover songs The special concert, dubbed “An Evening With […]
Foo Fighters and Weezer's Rivers Cuomo cover Kiss, and it's epic—watch
[Photo by: Alex Diakovsky/YouTube] Weezer and Foo Fighters are wrapping up their Australian tour in the most epic of ways—performing Kiss' “Detroit Rock City” together. Read more: Dave Grohl has the perfect reaction to Foo Fighters stage crasher—watch Rivers Cuomo joined Foo Fighters on stage, guitar in hand. With an “Are you ready, Rivers?” from Grohl, they […]
Weezer frontman Rivers Cuomo releasing album in Japanese—listen
Weezer frontman Rivers Cuomo is once again teaming up with Allister's Scott Murphy to release a Japanese-language album, according to Pitchfork. ニマイメ will be released exclusively in Japan April 12 via Sony Music Japan International. Read more: 20 Facts You May Not Know About Weezer's Blue Album The duo are named Scott & Rivers, and […]
FOX sitcom based on Weezer's Rivers Cuomo isn't happening after all
Last year, it was announced that Weezer frontman Rivers Cuomo was to be the subject of a new FOX sitcom called DeTour. The initial synopsis explained that the show was about “a 30-something rock star who, unable to rationalize his success and worried that he may not have the tools to repeat it, walks away […]
Rivers Cuomo guests on new Big Data track, "Snowed In"
Rivers Cuomo has lent his signature vocal styling to Big Data's latest track, “Snowed In,” which you can stream below. Be sure to leave us a comment with your thoughts! Read more: 15 Pop Songs You Probably Didn’t Know Rivers Cuomo Co-Wrote Alan Wilkis, the brain behind Big Data, will release his new album, '2.0,' on […]
Weezer - Everything Will Be Alright In The End
Weezer Everything Will Be Alright In The End Reviewing Weezer albums has always been exceedingly difficult. It's easy to look back on the Blue Album and Pinkerton with the benefit of hindsight; when there are two decades of history and obsessive fandom there, it's easy to proclaim both albums as perfect, flawless, five-star classics. But […]
“A lot of people are rooting for us”—Rivers Cuomo talks Weezer’s comeback album
Since the release of the Blue Album in 1994, there have been three constants in life: death, taxes and RIVERS CUOMO’s almost superhuman ability to write infectious, quirky, intelligent pop songs. WEEZER’s ninth album, Everything Will Be Alright In The End, comes out Oct. 7 on Republic Records, and is loaded with all the things […]
15 Pop Songs You Probably Didn’t Know Rivers Cuomo Co-Wrote
Sure, you’ve all probably heard of Weezer. (Just in case you haven’t, the alt-rock kingpins are on the cover of this month’s issue of AP, so go buy that and familiarize yourselves. I’ll wait.) But what many people don’t realize is that in addition to all the smash hits Rivers Cuomo has written for his […]
Weezer's best music videos from the past 20 years
The internet has been abuzz the past few months with anticipation for Weezer’s upcoming ninth album, Everything Will Be Alright In The End, out Sept. 30 on Republic. While we’re just as excited (if not more so) for a new record from these alt-rock legends (and three-time AP cover stars, natch), we’re actually more excited […]
Weezer announce album release date; tease new song, “Return To Ithaca”
After recently revealing the interesting cover art for their ninth studio album, Weezer have now announce today that they will release Everything Will Be Alright In The End on September 30 via Republic Records. The band had previously released 2010’s Hurley on Epitaph Records. In a new interview with EW, the band said, “This record […]
Weezer announce small club tour for April
Not only is the Weezer Cruise is set to kick off this week, but the band have also revealed a series of small club dates for April, following the band’s upcoming show at Universal Studios in Orlando, Florida. You can check out the full list of tour dates and locations below. Mar 29 – […]
Weezer to record new album with Ric Ocasek starting in January; greatest hits album in the works
With the exception of the news of the Weezer Cruise returning in 2014, all has been quiet in camp Weezer. That's about to change: At a fan event in Los Angeles on Oct. 25, frontman Rivers Cuomo answered questions about the band's upcoming plans, and according to multiple attendees, he said the band will begin […]
Weekly Playlist #4: Armageddon Closer
Our demise fast approaches, fellow Earthlings. Come Friday, according to those kooky Mayans (or to people who think they can comprehend the work someone did thousands of years ago better than scholars), this place we call Earth is going up in flames. Or something. Does anyone even know for sure how we’re going to die? […]
