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12/03/08 tap tap; a capella, & world records page! | News

03 Dec 2008 00:56:00 PST

Written by Karlophone
1 check the weezer.com links list for the Troublemaker World Records page, up now for your enjoyment! Weezer and Tapulous Announce Unique Musical App For Apple App Store Christmas With Weezer: Six Exclusive Weezer Christmas Songs For iPhone

Original story at geffen.com .

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PUNK ROCK Band needs a Drummer

02 Dec 2008 13:06:01 PST

We are looking for a Punk Rock drummer to play shows with. The style is original mix of music influnced mostly by Green day, Weezer, Offspring, NOFX, Rancid, and Goldfinger. If you are interested check out the music on our myspace page at www.myspace.com/hyperactiveslackers and contact me (...

Original story at San Diego County .

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Rivers Cuomo, "Alone II: The Home Recordings of Rivers Cuomo" (Geffen) [3 STARS]

26 Nov 2008 08:52:40 PST

Six months after releasing the sadly underrated "Red Album," prolific Weezer singer, songwriter and auteur Rivers Cuomo is giving us a second installment of his considerable archive of outtakes and demos, along with some heartfelt, soul-sharing liner notes that are...

Original story at Chicago Sun-Times .

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Lost albums that should remain lost

25 Nov 2008 17:29:49 PST

CA - On the heels of one of the best-selling rock debuts of the '90s, Weezer frontman Rivers Cuomo planned to devote the band's entire second album to a classic ...

Original story at SF Weekly .

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Tonight In Rock: Rivers Cuomo, David Lynch, The Hold Steady, Deerhunter

25 Nov 2008 00:00:00 PST

Written by Joshua Pressman
Tonight Weezer front man Rivers Cuomo will be stopping by Fingerprints in Long Beach. And on the earlier side of things, David Lynch will either be preaching Transcendental Meditation baloney or pumping out ambient noise at Amoeba Records in Hollywood. We're not entirely sure which acti...

Original story at LAist .

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Tokyo Police Wives... Club

18 Nov 2008 06:30:43 PST

Written by Ashley Carter
Fresh off of a tour with Weezer—or that band that looks like Weezer and sounds like Weezer and keeps touring and releasing albums under the name Weezer—the story goes that TPC traipsed their way onto set by way of a friend who is also the show's script coordinator. Those keeping track have al...

Original story at Torontoist .

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Weezer news and blogs - December 04, 2008

04 Dec 2008 00:00:01 PDT

Below is today's roundup of news and blogs that haven't yet hit top story status by our community. Visit Weezer news and blogs for even more news and blogs converage.

• Kanye West, Taylor Swift Top Guns N' Roses On Billboard Albums Chart -- from MTV News
• 11/27/08 more jam stuff. and stuff. | News -- by Karlophone from Weezer RSS Feed
• This week's reviews, Pt. 2: Trace elements, Fireman carries vocals ... -- from USATODAY.com - Listen Up
• Flavorwire » Blog Archive » Five New Music Releases in Five Words ... -- from Flavorwire
• Stranded In Stereo: New Release Tuesday: Rivers Cuomo -- by Dany from Stranded In Stereo
• d e e p e r . t h a n . t h e . s e a -- by nobody@flickr.com (~* cheekyMonkey *~) from Recent Uploads tagged weezer
• Album review: Rivers Cuomo's 'Alone II' -- from Los Angeles Times
• Sherpa's Wonderin's: Road to Peace -- by Sherpa from Sherpa's Wonderin's
• Rivers Cuomo: “Alone II: The Home Recordings” « The Hurst Review -- from The Hurst Review
• List ‘Em Carefully: Top 10 Creepiest Album Covers -- from Consequence of Sound

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Guitar Hero On Tour: Decades Review

14 Nov 2008 18:01:00 PST

Written by Justin Haywald
The abridged version of its bigger console brethren, Decades still provides some quality music in a portable package. Anyone's who played Rock Band or any version of Guitar Hero should recognize almost all of the selections, except here, you can play them on long bus rides. And any music ga...

Original story at 1up.com .

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11/12/08 check my power! | News

12 Nov 2008 01:44:00 PST

Written by Karlophone
And on this Pitchfork article you can hear "My Brain Is Working Overtime" from Alone II. (The video for which should be out very soon!) Todays Weezer Pie is by Colin from Scotland and his girlfriend. The pie contains no haggis, we have been assured.

Original story at geffen.com .

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10/31/08 The Haunted Secret of Weezer Mansion | News

31 Oct 2008 21:59:00 PDT

Written by Karlophone
Weezer tribute band alert - 11/4 election night! The Blue Album Group is playing for free with free food and drink with great comedians and good election night cheer at the Bellhouse in Gowanus, Brooklyn, 149 7th Street (between 2nd and 3rd Ave).

Original story at geffen.com .

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H-Town Rock

22 Oct 2008 16:00:00 PDT

Written by Adam P. Newton
Suffice to say, regardless of whether or not the band wishes their fans would grow along with them, if you make your way out to the Weezer show, you’re most likely going to hear two of the three songs from Blue: “Undone – The Sweater Song,” “Buddy Holly,” or “Say It Aint So.” Why? Because the fan...

Original story at Houstonist .

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Opinion: H-Town Rock Interviews: Weezer

20 Oct 2008 16:00:00 PDT

Written by Adam P. Newton
H-Town Rock (HTR): Good afternoon Scott. How are you doing today? Where’s the band playing this evening? Scott Shriner (SS): Hey there. I’m doing well. We’re in San Diego tonight. HTR: We appreciate your time today Scott. Good luck on the rest of your tour.

Original story at Houstonist .

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10/20/08 Troublemaker Tour Show 23: Austin - Frank Erwin Center | News

20 Oct 2008 04:21:00 PDT

Written by Karlophone
Weezer tribute band crossover alert! Georgia band El Scorcho sez: "If you plan on coming to the Weezer concert at Gwinnett Center on Oct 25, why not come a day early on Oct 24 to see El Scorcho perform at Sweetwater Bar and Grill? We'll have a limited edition of our new single to give out! Plus E...

Original story at geffen.com .

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Tonight In Rock: Weezer, Wire, The Ting Tings, Antony and the Johnsons

14 Oct 2008 01:00:00 PDT

Written by Joshua Pressman
Tonight LA is brimming with shows. We've got Weezer and that sorry excuse for a Blink 182 side project, Angel & Airwaves, performing at the Forum. Indie-pop duo the Ting Tings (LAist Review) and Brooklyn-based queen Santogold will be prancing around the cavernous confines of the Wilt...

Original story at LAist .

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guess who i performed with on stage? - a more exciting variation on "guess who i met/saw"

05 Oct 2008 18:24:01 PDT

Written by �g�tis Byrjun
WEEZER! I got to perform on stage with Weezer this past thursday in Chicago at the All-State Arena, during the Hootenanny set (the first encore) of their concert. The two songs we all collaborated for were "Islands In the Sun" and "Beverly Hills", since they were relatively simple, and e...

Original story at OH NO!! .

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Opinion: Music - Singles of the Week - Monday, September 29

28 Sep 2008 10:22:34 PDT

Written by Rob
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Original story at IndieLondon .

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09/24/08 Troublemaker Tour Show 7: New York City - Madison Square Garden | News

24 Sep 2008 01:06:00 PDT

Written by Karlophone
Special guest appearences during tonights set included Tom and Atom from Angels and Airwaves, Jackknife Lee (producer of "Pork And Beans" and "Troublemaker"), and of course the massive Hootenanny gang of NYC area fans who came up and blew the Garden away with their unearthly sounds! A d...

Original story at geffen.com .

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09/15/08 Troublemaker Tour Show 5: Tokyo Yoyogi Gymnasium | News

15 Sep 2008 06:27:00 PDT

Written by Karlophone
meanwhile... Weezer Tribute Band Alert: El Scorcho are playing 9/19 at Andrew's Upstairs in the Buckhead area of Atlanta, with Behind The Sun, and on 9/20 at Under The Couch on the Georgia Tech campus, where "we're bringing back the popular Weezer Karaoke set!"

Original story at geffen.com .

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09/10/08 Troublemaker Tour Show 2: Fukuoka | News

10 Sep 2008 09:23:00 PDT

Written by Karlophone
Japan Hootenanny People: Watch this instructional video! (how to play the 3 songs - Island In The Sun, El Scorcho, Beverly Hills): The top 100 Greatest Music Videos Ever as compiled by MTV2: Weezer - Buddy Holly #9, Weezer - Island in the Sun #90.

Original story at geffen.com .

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08/05/08 US TOUR ANNOUNCEMENT! | News

05 Aug 2008 18:14:00 PDT

Written by Karlophone
Weezer announced today a North American tour in support of their top ten album Weezer (referred to as the Red Album). Starting September 23 at the Tsongas Center in Boston, the band will embark on a five week tour including dates in New York City at Madison Square Garden and Los Angeles’ Grea...

Original story at geffen.com .

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07/09/08 The Red Album: The Whys and Wherefores | News

09 Jul 2008 22:42:00 PDT

Written by Karlophone
Check out Weezer’s “Making of The Red Album” video now exclusively debuting on AOL Music Homepage and Spinner.com! This coming Saturday in Tokyo, Japan is the 4th annual "Weezer Night", created by and for the fans, held in the Shinjuku district in the famous "Rolling Stone" club.

Original story at geffen.com .

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03/11/08 A Message From Rivers and Weezer | News

11 Mar 2008 02:22:00 PDT

Written by Geffen
1. The Blue Album Group. "We play Weezer's Blue Album straight through, note for note, with all the vocal harmonies, ripping guitar solos, and cardigan sweaters in tact (or should i say undone?)." Upcoming shows: April 4th, 2008, 9pm Trash Bar, Brooklyn, NY. April 25th, 2008 - 10pm

Original story at geffen.com .

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Opinion: Rooney - Calling The World

24 Jul 2007 09:46:34 PDT

Review: Four years ago, the debut from these L.A. boys earned loads of Weezer comparisons and blew up a little, thanks partly to O.C. exposure. Rooney's second album owes as much to Seventies keyboard-driven radio rock (think ELO and Styx) as Weezer, and it's even more hook-slathered and fetc...

Original story at Rolling Stone .

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Podcast: New Weezer Slated For '08

27 Jun 2007 08:17:38 PDT

While you try to figure if you're psyched for round six, here's a little Weezer influence in action; check the XYZ Affair, a band of NYU kids we stumbled upon during LES show-hopping sessions, taking a page from the flow of Rivers' geeky power-pop with an added dollop of over-the-top theat...

Original story at stereogum .

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Opinion: When Rock Stars eBay!

19 Mar 2007 14:02:02 PDT

Written by Daniel Kreps
We’re in the age now when artists indulging in eBay is no longer a surprise, thus our initial reaction to Weezer’s Patrick Wilson selling his Subaru Forester on the site. Upon further review, however, we’re kinda shocked how much activity is actually on Wilson’s account. He’s not only a reg...

Original story at Rolling Stone .

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Album Review : Make Believe

09 May 2005 03:56:58 PDT

Album: Make Believe Review: Oh, the suspense of a new Weezer album. Is Rivers Cuomo still one messed-up little rock auteur? Will he write a batch of crunchy pop-punk gems, reporting from his tortured private world about the fun he imagines the rest of us are having? Will he ever find true lov...

Original story at Rolling Stone .

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