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Weezer tours with Tokyo Police Club, Angels and Airwaves
What is one to do with with Rivers Cuomo and the Weezer family? We've received news of Cuomo's memoir intentions, lent an ear to the scarlet-colored album, followed the progress of Cuomo's YouTube-fueled songwriting and watched, totally bewildered, as the band engaged in various hootenannies around the country, including this one in San Francisco, which featured dozens of Weezer fans playing and singing Radiohead's "Creep" along with the band. Hold our sweaters as we walk away, please. It's cold and exhausted here in the world-turned woods of Weezerness.... read more
Found in: Culture, NewsNew Weezer/Rivers Cuomo material coming in November?
While putting the finishing touches on The Red Album and kicking off a tour to support it, Weezer frontman Rivers Cuomo has been working on a side project of his own. Using YouTube to send videos to his fans, the singer has let folks submit every part of a new song from its chords to lyrics. The whole thing has been getting closer to completion after four months of work and, honestly, starting to turn out a really catchy power-pop song. When he wants to, that Cuomo knows his stuff.... read more
Found in: Music, NewsWeezer (aka The Red Album)
It’s difficult to hear Harvard graduate... read more
Found in: Music, ReviewsWeezer releases name, date of sixth album
Drumroll, please... The name of the new Weezer album will be…Weezer!? Indeed, now half of the band’s six studio albums are self-titled. Of course, this information was released on a certain Foolish day recently, so maybe Weezer is just messing with us. Either way, Weezer (the third) will be released June 17 on the band’s Geffen label. According to Billboard.com, frontman Rivers Cuomo has described the songs, produced by Rick Rubin, as "dark and deep and beautiful," and "definitely more sophisticated and adventurous. You'll hear very long songs ... and non-traditional structures." By "adventurous," one might assume Cuomo is referring... read more
Found in: Music, NewsWeezer to release sixth album as early as June
What is “one word, starts with a T, ends with an R and contains 12 letters”? That would be the title of the potential first single from Weezer’s sixth album, according to a post on the band's message board via frontman Rivers Cuomo. The post goes on to state, “the album is meaty, crunchy and melodic like a good Weezer album should be.” As reported in November, the band stated on its website that “Weezer fans [will] truly have something to look forward to.” This highly anticipated follow up to 2005’s Make Believe should fill a void that long-time fans... read more
Found in: Music, NewsWeezer to release new album in April 2008
There have been rumors. Mysterious whispers seeping from mouths under thick-rimmed glasses and pouring from windows of secluded graffiti-covered coffee shops. Let's put the mystery to rest. The members of Weezer have confirmed that they will be releasing their next studio album April 22, 2008. At the moment, the band's new baby is sans name and only being referred to as “Album Six,” but don’t let this lack of a title fool you. The band is confident in the new project, stating on its official website that “Weezer fans [will] truly have something to look forward to.” That’s saying a... read more
Found in: Music, NewsRivers Cuomo putting out solo work
As Weezer sticks it out in the studio and prepares for the release of their 6th album for a hopeful early 2008 release, Rivers Cuomo announced on his blog that the he'll also be putting out a series of solo demos. "I've compiled a CD of my favorite demos from the years 1992 to 2007 and Geffen Records has agreed to put it out this December, on the eleventh. I hope you enjoy it. I may also be able to put out more demo CDs in the near future," wrote Cuomo. To die-hard Weezer fans this is a blessing, since... read more
Found in: Music, NewsRivers Cuomo's ambiguous book deal
From the literary agent of Nicholas Perricone, M.D.’s The Perricone Promise: Look Younger, Live Longer in Three Easy Steps comes another potential self-help guide stemming from Weezer frontman Rivers Cuomo’s personal diaries, according to Gawker. As if the lyrics from “Tired of Sex” failed to describe his Harvard celibacy in enough detail, or “El Scorcho” his penchant for Japanese ladies, now those who still hang onto their middle school sweater-geek idolization may (we assume) wade freely alongside Cuomo through the sources of his inspiration. “I am working on an amazingly cool creative project that is just as much musical in... read more
Found in: Music, NewsWeezer's Rivers Cuomo on Working at Tower
If Rivers Cuomo’s thoughts on the future of music retail would make most shop owners wince (“I guess I’ve already forgotten about the record store”), the Weezer frontman and avid iTunes customer admittedly owes a massive debt to one store in particular: Tower Sunset. When hired as a clerk in 1990, he was a devout metalhead who knew little about music. But his tastes expanded radically during the subsequent year-and-a-half—he even, believe it or not, became a world music buyer. “Working there was my crash course in music,” he says. “That’s where I first heard Nirvana, the Pixies, Sonic Youth,... read more
Found in: Music, FeaturesWeezer - Make Believe
Of Moon and June: Quirky bandleader keeps Harvard smarts on the down-low... read more
Found in: Music, Reviews
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