It’s truly rare that a covers album rises above the level of novelty to become something worth longtime admiration. Of the dozens, if not hundreds of covers releases and compilations created every year, only a handful are ever deemed worthy of coverage by the vast majority of press, and of those few even less are […]
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Stream Two Songs From You Blew It!’s Weezer Tribute EP
July 13th, 2014 
Kriston McConnell We are now only a couple of days away from the release of You Blew It!‘s Weezer covers EP, cleverly titled You Blue It. So far the band has released a couple of singles off the EP, and over the last few days they dropped two more tracks. The first, “In The Garage,” can be […]
Weezer Say That Their New Album Sounds Like ‘Blue Album’ Meets ‘Pinkerton’
July 9th, 2014 John Bazley As you may know, Weezer is releasing a new record in September called Everything Will Be Alright In The End. For a large portion of the band’s fan base, the excitement that accompanies a new album announcement is almost always shaded in the possibility of being let down once again. However, things are a little […]
Listen to You Blew It! Cover Weezer’s “My Name Is Jonas”
June 30th, 2014 Adrian Garza Florida’s You Blew It! have released yet another song off of their upcoming Weezer tribute EP, You Blue It. Since it’s debut on their 1994 self-titled album, “My Name Is Jonas” has been a staple to Weezer’s live show, now that this Topshelf Records band have streamed their own take on this 90s classic on […]
Watch Real Estate Debut New Song “White Light” and Cover Weezer’s “Say It Ain’t So”
June 18th, 2014 Nina Corcoran It’s been quite a year for New Jersey indie rockers Real Estate. Not only did they put out an excellent new album, Atlas, but they announced a new live EP, shared US tour dates, and taught us how to play “Crime” on guitar. Naturally the next step was to stop by La Blogothèque for a dependably breathtaking live session. […]
Weezer Announce New Album Title
June 12th, 2014 Corey From Weezer is back and set to have a busy year. Not only will they be busy rehearsing some older songs for Riot Fest, but it’s clear that we’ll see a new album this year. Earlier this year, they posted a teaser regarding such release. Well, now we have been presented with a new teaser, and […]
The Get Up Kids, Weezer, Descendents And More To Perform Full Albums At Riot Fest
May 15th, 2014 Troy Sennett It’s not like Riot Fest needed to get any better. The incredible lineups for the Chicago and Denver weekends of the annual festival were revealed earlier this week, and the initial tiers of tickets are long sold out, but the festival made yet another spectacular announcement today. In honor of Riot Fest’s tenth anniversary, ten […]
You Blew It! Announce Weezer Cover EP
May 12th, 2014 Corey From In the age where anniversary tours and nostalgic posts about how so-and-so album molded the music scene forever flood our feeds almost weekly now, one can’t help but appreciate it when a band goes out of their way to talk about how influential another band’s work was to their music careers and ventures. You Blew […]
Watch Manchester Orchestra Cover Weezer’s “Tired of Sex” and “Say It Ain’t So”
May 6th, 2014 Nina Corcoran In West Hollywood, California, Manchester Orchestra got the chance to surprise the crowd with two Weezer covers. Not only did they treat them to “Tired Of Sex” (the opening track off Pinkerton) and “Say It Ain’t So” (taken from The Blue Album), but they did so with original Weezer bassist Matt Sharp beside them. Watch […]
Weezer Post Studio Teaser, Working On New Album
March 19th, 2014 John Bazley Weezer have posted a video and some photos to their official Tumblr confirming that they are currently in the studio, working on a follow up to 2010’s Hurley. The short, 20-second video shows grainy footage of Rivers Cuomo and company working on new material, with instrumental teasers of new music playing in the background. The […]
The Cure, OutKast, Weezer and More Top The Bill for BottleRock Music & Arts Festival
March 17th, 2014 Brian Leak California’s world-renowned Napa Valley is a gorgeous setting for a music festival. The team that runs the BottleRock Music & Arts Festival certainly agree as one of the state’s newest large-scale events had its inaugural outing last year with headliners such as Cake, Jane’s Addiction, The Flaming Lips, Kings of Leon, and The Black Keys. […]
Watch Weezer Play New Song “Back to the Shack” on the Weezer Cruise
February 18th, 2014 Nina Corcoran Last weekend, Weezer set sail for their latest Weezer Cruise, ditching all this snow for a much brighter time. Apart from great sets from Cat Power, Toro Y Moi, DIIV, and several other acts chosen by the band, Weezer performed their own highly-anticipated headlining set. What better time to debut new material than when surrounded by […]