Weezer News

Every Sunday, I'll be posting an entry in my Albums of the Aughts series, highlighting 50 great or near-great albums released since Jan.

Adam Lambert: His voice won't get lost in his collaborations with the "American Idol" SWAT team of songwriters and producers.

Weezer is coming back to San Francisco and this time fans won't have to have an illicit relationship with Rupert Murdoch to see them play.

All Tomorrow's Parties: Weezer courts a new generation of fans on Raditude. Raditude Weezer Geffen Rivers Cuomo is a believer.

Share on Facebook Weezer, the rock group who brought the world hits like "Troublemaker," "Buddy Holly, and "Hash Pipe," are looking to warm up the holiday season for fans by offering an unbeatable deal .

When it comes to Weezer , or more specifically Weezer frontman Rivers Cuomo , we all need answers.

With his out-of-this-world vocal range and unique musical style, Adam Lambert is the ultra-glam, rock superstar that has America hooked.

Rapper 50 Cent will be giving back this holiday season along with BET as part of the "50's Money For Moms" contest.

The Grammy-winning songbird gets a makeover. Jones plays more guitar than piano on her fourth album, accompanied by several collaborators with ties to Tom Waits, including producer Jacquire King and guitarists Smokey Hormel and Marc Ribot.

Weezer will play Dodge Theatre on January 15. Touring on perhaps their worst reviewed record ever Rivers Cuomo and Co.

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Vocalist Rivers Cuomo of Weezer performs on SIRIUS XM's 'Artist Confidential' series at the SIRIUS XM Studio on October 27, 2009 in New York City.

Amidst the scathing reviews pouring out recently for Weezer's perplexing new album Ratitude, August Brown of the LA Times might have nailed it best.

The video was posted Friday, but Cobra Starship 's Gabe Saporta didn't see it until Monday.

Kenny G is back and collaborating with the oddest of compatriots - Weezer. Kenny, born Kenneth Bruce Gorelick to a Seattle-based nice Jewish family, has been performing live love songs for the past 30 years, but this will be his first foray into the big, bad world of super poppy indie rock .

Here were the other new arrivals.... Hardly a new band, but new to our FS radio show, THE RENTALS have been around since Matt Sharp put it together in the mid-90's. You will remember Sharp from his days as bassist for WEEZER, and their track " Friends Of P" back in the day.

Carrie Underwood, "Play On" ** If there's a slam-dunk aspect to Carrie Underwood's third album, it's that she's handed her "American Idol" benefactors a theme song for the next episode of "Idol Gives Back." That song is "Change," an exercise in social responsibility that challenges the listener to stay open to the possibility that a small gesture ...

If titling an album "Raditude" wasn't enough to cement Weezer 's place in the annals of rock 'n' roll douchebaggery, this Snuggie endorsement certainly will.

Weezer singer Rivers Cuomo and bassist Scott Shriner are promoting a warm surprise available for purchase with a copy of their new album.

Given the role animals play in all those disposable viral videos, this doesn't pack the punch it would have before the Interweb screens had its stranglehold on our free time.