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Weezer Leaves Geffen, Announces New Album on Epitaph

It’s official—Twitter official, even: After 16 years, Rivers Cuomo and the rest of his Weezer clan have left their Universal-owned label, Geffen, for Epitaph. Weezer has been with Geffen since its 1994 self-titled debut (a.k.a. “The Blue Album”). Last fall’s Raditude (which received tepid-at-best reviews) fulfilled the band’s contractual obligation to Geffen, and this fall’s Weezer release, Hurley (due Sept. 14), will be released via the band’s new home....  read more

Kate Nash: My Best Friend is You

Schoolgirl-rock pops like Bubble Yum Kate Nash’s latest is bratty Brit-pop with a heavy accent and, at times, equally heavy subject matter. 2007’s Made of Bricks saw her puckering: “You said I must eat so many lemons ‘cause I am so bitter / I said I’d rather be with your friends, mate, ‘cause they are much fitter.” My Best Friend is You is peppered with pettiness, too, but it’s a little more grown-up—and way more amped-up....  read more

Common: Universal Mind Control

On Universal Mind Control, his eighth studio album...  read more

Guns N' Roses: Chinese Democracy

“All I’ve got is precious time,” Axl Rose snarls...  read more

The Cure: 4:13 Dream

Like much of Robert Smith’s work over the past decade...  read more

Snow Patrol: A Hundred Million Suns

Let is snow or make it stop? Two editors debate...  read more