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Weezer Stream New Single, Announce New Album and a Tour With Panic! At The Disco

After sharing two new singles late in 2015 with no true confirmation of a new album, fans certainly suspected that Weezer had something in the works—speculation strengthened this week when the band wiped their website and social media accounts to nothing but white, also sharing a blank-white teaser with white noise audio. See the theme […]

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Weezer Ask “Do You Wanna Get High?” On New Song

God bless Weezer. You never know what Rivers Cuomo and his cohorts will deliver from one album to the next, but over the last month the world has slowly been getting a grip on what will almost certainly be the next phase of Weezer’s existence. Two songs have surfaced since the beginning of October, and […]

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LIVE REVIEW: 80/35 Music Festival (Day 2)

The second day of 2015’s 80/35 will not be a day forgotten any time soon. Despite a little bit of heat, the entire day was filled with memorable sets all the way from the evening’s headliner down to the smallest local band. It doesn’t happen often in the festival world, but it just felt like […]

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UTG PREVIEW: Everything To Catch At This Year’s 80/35

With festival season in full swing across North America and beyond, all eyes are set on the beautiful city of Des Moines, Iowa this weekend for the all-too-stacked two-day lineup at 80/35. More than just a slew of amazing artists playing across three stages this July 10-11, 80/35 is an entire experience—from the food to […]

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SURPRISE: Brian Marquis Drops ’90s-Influenced Cover EP

Brian Marquis, singer-songwriter bad-ass and head-dude-in-charge of the Vans Warped Tour‘s Acoustic Basement, gave the world a little, but nonetheless awesome, present this morning in the form of a ’90s cover EP. Premiering exclusively with Allston Pudding earlier today, the record contains renditions of famed tracks from Weezer, Alice In Chains, Nirvana, Radiohead and Fiona […]

Rozwell Kid Release Ridiculous “Kangaroo Pocket” Music Video

Rozwell Kid are the new Weezer, or at the very least they are the latest promising young band to be so influenced by early Weezer that members of the global music press cannot help relating everything they do to the brainchild of Rivers Cuomo. Either way, they rock, and their latest music video is only […]

New Weezer Track “Everybody Needs Salvation” Appears Online

Fan clubs are more important than ever in helping an artist to develop and maintain a presence in the modern music industry. The trick to finding success isn’t starting one of these clubs, but rather finding ways to retain members while continually encouraging others to join. Weezer have done this by offering free music to […]

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80/35 Is The Best 60 Bucks You’ll Spend All Summer

The eighth annual 80/35 music festival, held in Des Moines, Iowa, has packed some major bang for your buck in this year’s lineup. At 59 dollars for a two-day pass, you get graced with artists such as Wilco, Weezer, Jenny Lewis, Run The Jewels, and many others. Not into two days for the event? One […]

REVIEW: The Maine – ‘American Candy’

Artist: The Maine Title: American Candy Label: 81twentythree Genre: Indie-Rock, Alternative One of my music professors once asked me what I thought made a good record. Being the visceral musician, I told him that I hadn’t had coffee and that mumbling the theoretical jargon he wanted out of me would result in a completely skewed judgement […]

Stream Charli XCX’s New Album, ‘Sucker’

Having grown more and more successful as the year progressed, British pop singer-songwriter Charli XCX is ending 2014 on a high note as we near the impending release of her newest full-length record, Sucker. She was first heard on the radio as a co-writer for Icona Pop‘s “I Love It” and featured on Iggy Azalea‘s […]

REVIEW: Weezer – ‘Everything Will Be Alright In The End’

Artist: Weezer Album: Everything Will Be Alright In The End Label: Republic Records Genre: Rock A while back, Brian Fallon of the Gaslight Anthem mentioned in an interview that Weezer’s “Hash Pipe” is his least favorite song ever. Like many other Weezer fans, I was confused by his choice. Why not “Ice Ice Baby” or “Who […]

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ALBUM STREAM: Weezer – ‘Everything Will Be Alright In The End’

With Weezer‘s 9th studio album arriving in just over a week, it seems the guys still have a few surprises. Their latest release, Everything Will Be Alright In The End, has just recently become available for pre-release streaming and urges listeners to forget what they know about the band. The album dives back into the […]