Stereogum — Weezer have been posting weekly video updates from the studio for several months now, and the last couple dispatches have been pretty substantial. The band previewed snippets of two songs that will ostensibly appear on their upcoming ninth LP, produc... more info

Mercury News, California — Also, Cure, Weezer, Eric Church setlists from BottleRock Napa Valley festival. more info

Mercury News, California — Also, Weezer, Cure setlists from the BottleRock Napa Valley festival. more info

Stereogum — Every now and then, it’s good to reorient your perspective. At any given more established or mainstream festival stocked with your usual indie mainstays, No Age wouldn’t come across as too out there or jarring, but between BottleRock’s semi-buc... more info

Mercury News, California — Blur cover highlights overall strong set from Weezer at BottleRock Napa Valley. more info

Stereogum — If the OutKast reunion has revealed anything beyond a shadow of a doubt, it’s the homogeneity of music festivals today. One band headlining 40 shows over the course of six months? Those aren’t festival appearances, they’re tour dates. Which is ... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — The initial lineup for Riot Fest Toronto was recently announced, and since then the Riot Fest Chicago (Sept. 12-14) and Riot Fest Denver (Sept. 19-21) lineups were announced as well. Chicago has The Cure, Jane's Addiction, The National, Weezer,... more info

LargeHeartedBoy — The Guardian Books blog listed its favorite book recommendation websites. Flavorwire had musicians dissect Weezer's Blue Album on its 20th anniversary. Stereogum also looked back on the album. The Guardian pondered the precarious nature of literary r... more info

Stereogum — I didn’t know my cousins from Cleveland all that well, so it was startling to see the two of them out in the street in front of my other cousins’ house, climbing up each other’s backs, shouting with loopy abandon, “If you want to destroy my s... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Flogging Molly in Chicago in 2012 (more by James Richards IV) The concert cruises just keep on... cruisin'. Like Weezer, Motorhead, Mad Decent and Holy Ship, Celtic punks Flogging Molly will be celebrating St. Patrick's Day in 2014 with the... more info