Bearded Magazine (Free subscription) | 20/11/2009
Having already made headway in England’s second city, eager quartet Mr Cricket bring a selection of six songs which build on their exposure in the Midlands. While it remains unclear whether their name is a reference to Australian batsman Mike Hussey – himself nicknamed ‘Mr Cricket’ – the four-piece have been picked up on by local radio around Birmingham and Wolverhampton,...
TEN Gossip (Free subscription) | 19/11/2009
Sire Records’ recording artist Andrew McMahon of Jack’s Mannequin, will guest on The Daily Show with Jon Stewart tomorrow, Thursday, November 19th. Andrew will be joined by Jack’s guitarist and backing vocalist Bobby Raw for a rare solo performance of their latest single “Swim” from their current album The Glass Passenger. [...]
Jake Weird (Free subscription) | 18/11/2009
Rivers Cuomo has been in the studio last week and continuing into this week, working on getting previously unreleased material chosen and ready for the world for the upcoming releases of "Pinkerton: The Deluxe Edition", and "Odds And Ends", a collection of Weezer recordings that somehow never made it out before. Both of these releases are currently expected fairly early in the...
NYU Local (Free subscription) | 18/11/2009
In the age of torrents and viral marketing, bands have had to think of increasingly clever ways to get people to buy their albums. While it’s certainly no Dick Towel, I’m still giving Weezer some credit for coming up with an objectively badass marketing campaign. It’s called the Weezer Snuggie, and yes, it’s [...]
Consequence of Sound (Free subscription) | 17/11/2009
Just when you thought nothing else was possible...
MTV News (Free subscription) | 16/11/2009
Accompanying album will be in stores Tuesday. By James Montgomery Katy Perry performs at "Unplugged" Photo: Picture Group The album won't be in stores until tomorrow, but you can hear Katy Perry's "Unplugged" performance Monday (November 16), on MTV.com. Perry's set features stripped-down performances of her biggest hits (including a jazzy reworking of "I Kissed a Girl"...
Glorious Noise (Free subscription) | 13/11/2009
Says unreleased Weezer song is going to be like "You Know You're Right" for Pinkerton fans. Oh really?
MTV News (Free subscription) | 13/11/2009
'You see this cross-section of people that's pretty beautiful,' frontman Jared Leto says of 2,000 different covers for This Is War. By James Montgomery 30 Seconds to Mars' Tomo Milicevic and Jared Leto Photo: MTV News In keeping with the grand tradition of pretty much everything they do, 30 Seconds to Mars ' upcoming This Is War album will feature — no lie — 2,000 different covers, each...
Glorious Noise (Free subscription) | 12/11/2009
Albums sales for the week ending November 8.
BennyHollywood (Free subscription) | 11/11/2009
Rivers Cuomo chose CS when MTV asked which group he'd like to tour with, dead or alive. By James Montgomery Cobra Starship's Gabe Saporta Photo: Ethan Miller/ Getty Images The video was posted Friday, but Cobra Starship 's Gabe Saporta didn't see it until Monday
VH1 (Free subscription) | 11/11/2009
Cobra Starship's Gabe Saporta can't believe that Weezer like his band. Rivers Cuomo chose CS when MTV asked which group he'd like to tour with, dead or alive.
Rock and Roll Daily (Free subscription) | 11/11/2009
Photo: Bedder/GettyThe Big News: Carrie Underwood’s Play On gave the former American Idol champ her second consecutive Number One album atop the Billboard Top 200, selling 318,000 in its debut week according to Nielsen SoundScan. Though Play On didn’t come close to matching the 527,000 copies her previous album Carnival Ride sold in its debut [...]
andPOP.com News (Free subscription) | 10/11/2009
Universal has announced that Lil Wayne’s long overdue rock album, Rebirth, will be released on December 15th. The announcement comes just a few weeks after the release of his new mixtape, No Ceilings, and a week after the release of Weezer’s Raditude album, on which he makes an appearance on the song Can’t Stop Partying. He [...]
Aural States (Free subscription) | 10/11/2009
After listening to Raditude, I am convinced Rivers Cuomo is the cop (the FBI agent, the NSA spy, etc.) so deep undercover he can no longer tell the difference between the person he is and the person he is pretending to be. The line between perception and reality is distorted, and the point at which [...] Related posts: Bad Girls go to Hell (Creative Capitalism)'> Album Review: The Degenerettes –...
Media News (Free subscription) | 08/11/2009
"After months of promises, Weezer finally made good on releasing a Weezer Snuggie, perfect for fans who want to cozy up with the band’s new album Raditude, out today. Rivers Cuomo and gang even star in a new infomercial for their blanket with sleeves, which comes in one size and three awesome colors. “A Wuggie is basically exactly like a Snuggie, except it says Weezer on it,”...
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