Stereogum — When I spoke with Charli XCX last fall, far before “Fancy” significantly raised her profile, the plucky British pop singer was talking about making an album with lots of live instrumentation and a punk-rock edge. Here’s how she described it: It... more info

Stereogum — You Blew It!’s version of “Surf Wax America” from their Weezer tribute EP You Blue It altered the song ever so slightly to align it with the Orlando emo combo’s aesthetic. For their take on Blue Album opener “My Name Is Jonas,” though, th... more info

Pop Candy — Hear a track from the Orlando band's new Weezer tribute EP. more info

Stereogum — Weezer have spent the past few months teasing their forthcoming Ric Ocasek-produced album Everything Will Be Alright In The End through oblique online videos, and their latest teaser features only a few brief seconds of new music but a whole pile of ... more info

Stereogum — A few weeks ago, we shared a new track from Maryland trio Lilac Daze off their upcoming EP, Sedated. “Fountain And Medicine” rocks a little bit more and hits a little harder than that one, distilling snotty brat-punk to a cool two minutes. Beside... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — photos by Dana (distortion) Yavin Weezer @ Firefly 2014 This past weekend (6/19-22) in Dover, Delaware, tons of bands played the annual Firefly Music Festival, including Weezer who offered a set of four Blue Album songs, plenty of their 2000s... more info

Stereogum — It would be correct to say “Surf Wax America” is one of the most beloved songs on Weezer’s self-titled “Blue Album,” except all those songs are passionately beloved. (Even “Holiday“!) Still, Tanner Jones makes a good case for why You Bl... more info

Stereogum — If God didn’t want us to laugh at the misfortunes of children, He wouldn’t have invented the internet. And so here we have a video of four young men, at some sort of rock band recital, attempting a cover of Weezer’s “Undone (The Sweater Song)... more info

KEXP Seattle — French website La Blogothèque has filmed a live acoustic set of Real Estate. The band played a few tracks from their last album Atlas as well as a cover of Weezer’s “Say It Ain’t So” (listen at the 17-minute mark). The half-hour session is a... more info

Stereogum — Real Estate released their third album, Atlas, earlier this year, and you can see from its placement on our Best Albums Of 2014 So Far that we’re big fans (personally, it’s my favorite album of the year). Recently the band shot a special with the... more info