ContactMusic — Not everyone was in on the news that Ween would be breaking up after almost 30 years together so it would seem When Aaron Freeman - stage name Gene Ween - was going through his list of people to tell first about his decision to leave the group youd h... more info

CNN Showbiz — For most of his life he's been Gene Ween, the nimble-voiced frontman of one of rock's great genre-hoppers -- but Aaron Freeman is finally ready to put his alter-ego to bed. more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Ween at Summerstage in 2010 (more by Andrew St. Clair) "It's time to move on," Freeman told Rolling Stone from his home in New Jersey. "I'm retiring Gene Ween." So does that mean the end for Ween, the band that Freeman... more info

Guardian Music — Co-founder of US alt-rock's dedicated provocateurs leaves the group after 25 yearsGene Ween has left Ween. The band's co-founder has announced his retirement from one of the most provocative roups in American alternative rock, choosing instead to foc... more info

Chorus.fm — *Ween (http://www.ween.com)* have decided to call it quits (http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/aaron-freeman-closes-the-book-on-ween-20120529) after 25 years. more info

L.A. Times - Pop & Hiss — Aaron Freeman, best known as "Gene Ween," has released his first solo album, "Marvelous Clouds." A tribute to singer/poet Rod McKuen, the album brims with soft rock irony. Freeman recently asked fans to text him their reactions to the record. more info

Totally Fuzzy — Aaron Freeman, who is best known as Gene Ween (of alt-prankster band Ween), will put out his tribute to poet/songwriter Rod McKuen in a few days. Now, the whole album is already available for streaming below. Read more » more info

Stereogum — Aaron Freeman will step out from behind the Gene Ween moniker to release Marvelous Clouds , a 13-song tribute to the poet and songwriter Rod McKuen, under his own name later this spring. A prolific writer, McKuen wrote songs for the likes of Perry Co... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Gene Ween (more by Dominick Mastrangelo) According to the video teaser you can watch and listen to below, Gene Ween (aka Aaron Freeman) is releasing his first solo album, entitled Marvelous Clouds, via Partisan Records on April 10th. Check it... more info

Impose Magazine — The song begins with a faded-in single snare. An organ creeps along, tiptoeing around the beat. There is a deep, tunneled voice, ranting, Lynchian, in Russian, presumably, since Post-Materialists are a Moscow collective. The track reminds me of other... more info