Here Comes The Flood — Total Babes, a quartet from Cleveland, OH, sound like the well-worn 45s that have been gathering dust on the shelves for decades. When Chris Brown and drummer Jayson Gerycz started messing around trying to create a vibe, they fell in step creating ... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — photos by Dana (distortion) Yavin, words by BBG Weeze & Matt & Kim @ Deluna Fest Do you think Matt & Kim ever get depressed? Like down-in-the-dumps, face-on-the-bathroom-tile, razor-to-the-wrist bummed? And do you think any of that anger is channeled... more info

Stereogum — Betheny Cosentino’s in that rarified place where she’s both on elder rock champions radar and also in their Fave Five. (We’re still making “Fave Five” jokes, right? Great.) Rivers Cuomo nabbed her for duet and joined her Weezer cover, Mark ... more info

CNN Showbiz — A memorial service originally planned this weekend for the former bassist of the rock band Weezer has been postponed, his family said. more info

Guardian Music — Artist and former bass guitarist with the US band WeezerThe death of the former Weezer bass guitarist Mikey Welsh, whose body has been discovered in a Chicago hotel room following a suspected drug overdose, was predicted by Welsh himself. In a Twit... more info

411 Mania — He said he dreamed it... more info

KEXP Seattle — Former Weezer bassist Mikey Welsh passed away this weekend in a Chicago hotel room. Welsh joined the band after Matt Sharp’s departure, recording on The Green Album and performing on the subsequent tour. He left the band in 2001 to pursue a success... more info

Pop Crunch — Mikey Welsh, a former bassist for the rock band Weezer, has died. Welsh, 40, spookily predicted his own death on Twitter a couple of weeks ago, and was found dead [...] more info

E! Online — As Weezer fans know by now, the band's former bassist Mikey Welsh was found dead in a Chicago hotel this weekend from unexplained circumstances, though authorities have ruled out foul... more info

CNN Showbiz — A memorial service is being planned for this weekend for a former bassist for the rock band Weezer, weeks after he eerily foreshadowed his death. more info