hold the line
daily dos
thu 5/28/2009
Geeky rock band Weezer plans on releasing the Wuggie - their own line of sleeved blankets.
choose your difficulty
daily dos
tue 12/16/2008
Beyonce, Gnarls Barkley, Radiohead and Weezer are a few of the artists featured in Spin Magazine's 20 Best Music Videos of 2008.
Weezer vs. Coldplay
versus
tue 7/8/2008
| name | Weezer. | Coldplay. |
| hometown | Los Angeles, California. | London, England. |
| formed in | 1992. | 1997. |
| members | Rivers Cuomo, Scott Shriner, Patrick Wilson and Brian Bell. | Chris Martin, Will Champion, Johny Buckland and Guy Berryman. |
| style | Geeky American alternative rock. | Serious British alternative rock. |
| sounds like | Pixies, Cheap Trick and Kiss. | Radiohead, Jeff Buckley and The Verve. |
| previously known as | Avant Garde, Zoom and 60 Wrong Sausages. | Pectoralz. |
| might be | The modern-day Van Halen. | The modern-day U2. |
| debut album | Self-titled album referred to as the Blue Album. | Parachutes. |
| ticket to the bigtime | Undone (The Sweater Song). | Yellow. |
| extracurricular activities | Rivers Cuomo guested on "I Suck" by Mark Ronson. | Chris Martin guested on "Beach Chair" by Jay-Z and "Homecoming" by Kanye West. |
| they just wanna save the world | Organizing virtual food-fights with Conscious Alliance. | Supporting fair trade with Oxfam and human rights with Amnesty International. |
| latest album | Red Album. | Viva La Vida. |
| U.S. sales | Six albums, 7.5 million sold. | Four albums, 11 million sold. |
| the critics | Allmusic: "What set the band apart was their geekiness. None of the members of Weezer, especially leader Rivers Cuomo, were conventional rockers – they were kids that holed up in their garage, playing along with their favorite records when they weren't studying or watching TV." | Allmusic: "Coldplay quickly became one of the biggest bands of the new millennium, honing a mix of introspective Brit-pop and anthemic rock that landed the British quartet a near-permanent residence on record charts world-wide." |
| bet you didn't know | Rivers Cuomo had surgery to lengthen his right leg so it could be even with his left leg. | Actor Simon Pegg (Shaun of the Dead) is the godfather of Chris Martin's daughter, Apple. |
| webprops | 534,482 friends on official MySpace. | 444,322 friends on official MySpace. |
| best video moment | Parading with YouTube stars in Pork and Beans. | Walking backwards in The Scientist. |
mp-free
daily dos
wed 6/18/2008
Rolling Stone has behind-the-scenes footage of Weezer's Pork & Beans video shoot featuring interviews with internet celebs like Afro Ninja, Tay Zonday and Chris Crocker.
Chingy, Jaheim, Rivers Cuomo and Celine Dion.
the music press
tue 1/1/2008
- Dirty south rapper Chingy returns with Hate It Or Love It. Nappy Afro compares Chingy to Nick Cannon, Ja Rule and Nelly because “no matter what success they've had musically in the past, no matter what they try to do now, most of the hip hop world looks at them as lames.” DJBooth.net echoes those sentiments, calling Chingy's latest “not interesting enough to truly be hated" and "not deserving of love.”
- R&B singer Jaheim releases his fourth album, The Makings Of A Man. Billboard.com loves the album's “mature, introspective stance," a departure from the "'thug R&B' tag inspired by his 2001 debut." R&Bmusicblog laments the album's "lack of depth and creativity" but admits that “R&B really needs a voice like his right now."
- Rivers Cuomo, leader of rock band Weezer, unearths his first solo album, Alone: The Home Recordings Of Rivers Cuomo. Popmatters thinks the demo collection is only for hard core Weezer fans: “It shows Rivers Cuomo disarmed and open, doing what he loves. Sometimes it succeeds marvelously. Sometimes it fails." Pitchforkmedia loves the collection of “goofy and indulgent ideas" that "[remind] us why we fell for dorks with horn-rimmed glasses and flying-V guitars in the first place."
- French-Canadian diva Celine Dion delivers her 34th album, Taking Chances. Rolling Stone rips the "remarkably ugly" album and its title: “That's like a Zac Efron musical called Making Cops S*** Their Pants, or a Lil Wayne mix tape titled Bumming Bus Fare From My Mom." The BBC defends the pop veteran, suggesting her latest "doesn’t quite do what the title suggests, but it does push Celine Dion to the edge of her comfort zone and show an artist who not only wants to remain relevant but is prepared to work hard to stay that way."
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