Weezer

Mikey Welsh, the bassist for Weezer between 1998 and 2001, died unexpectedly yesterday. He was 40. No further details are known at the moment; a post on Welsh's official Facebook page states: “We are deeply saddened to announce that Mikey Welsh passed away unexpectedly today. He will forever be remembered as an amazing father, artist, and […]

In January 2011, Weezer played The Blue Album and Pinkerton over two nights at Chicago’s Aragon Ballroom. When the band return to the city for an October 9 headline show at Riot Fest, they’ll be playing one of these albums—and it’s up to fans to decide which record they perform. Starting September 14 at 10 […]

You think it’s hard to write an original song? Try finding a cover song that hasn’t been done before—it’s harder than you think. That’s why we bring you Under The Covers: Each week, we’ll pit two bands who have covered the same source material against one another, and it’s up to you to decide who comes out on […]

Various Artists Muppets: The Green Album Paying tribute to the Muppets is a trickier gig than Kermit & Co.’s warm and fuzzy reputation might lead you to believe. There’s the immediate hazard: the possibility of trampling tunes that have been favorites for four decades, in some cases. Which leads us to the second, often unspoken, […]

Alt-rock icons Weezer have booked the first-ever Weezer Cruise, because hey, why not? Taking place from Jan. 19-23, 2012, the cruise will depart from Miami and head to Cozumel, Mexico; along the way, passengers will get to see two sets from Weezer in addition to performances by Dinosaur Jr., Sebadoh, Ozma, Wavves, Free Energy, Yuck […]

Three-time AP cover stars Weezer have released the official music video for their cover of the Cars' “You Might Think.” The track is taken from the soundtrack to Cars 2, which is in stores now, and is featured in the film, which hits theaters this Friday,

Weezer, the Descendents and Social Distortion are among the headliners of the 2011 Red Bull Riot Fest, which takes place at various venues in Chicago, Illinois, from October 5-9, 2011. Other notable bands playing this year’s fest include X (performing their Los Angeles album in its entirety), Youth of Today, Suicide Machines, ALL (featuring Scott […]

Weezer have released their cover of the Cars' classic song, “You Might Think.” You can stream it here or below. The track will be included on the Cars 2 soundtrack, which will be released June 14 via Disney Records (and can be pre-ordered here).

Simple Plan have unveiled the video for their song, “Can't Keep My Hands Off You”. The track features special guest, Rivers Cuomo of Weezer. Watch the video here and let us know what you think!

While Weezer may have opened up the vaults on last fall's deluxe edition of fan-favorite album Pinkerton, even more nuggets from that era of the band's history have begun to pop up. A different version of Pinkerton and Blue Album outtake “I Swear It's True” as well as the first-ever full-band version of Songs From The Black […]

Check out this exclusive stream of “You And Me And The Tuba Tree (for Ferris Al-Sayed)” from Josh Freese's new EP, My New Friends, out April 1 on Outerscope Records.