ContactMusic — A Canadian music festival set to feature Creed and Weezer has been cancelled due to security issues The With Arms Wide Open hitmakers and rockers Weezer were due to kick-off Hockeyfest in Brantford Ontario on Friday 01Jun12 but the three-day event ha... more info

Perez Hilton — Summer hasn't even begun yet but the countdown for the biggest music festival of the fall has. The line-up for Austin City Limits 2012 has been announced and with over 100 acts, it is HUGE! Artists like Red Hot Chili Peppers, The Black Keys, Jack Wh... more info

411 Mania — From Radiohead and Smashing Pumpkins to Weezer, R.E.M. and more, 411's Jeremy Thomas counts down the top 8 alternative acts of all-time! more info

Chorus.fm — For those who like cruises but weren't amped up enough by a Weezer cruise, the Mayhem Festival Cruise (http://www.mayhemcruise.com), set to take place December 7th-10th of this year, might be a bit more up your alley. Featuring bands such as Lamb of ... more info

Totally Fuzzy — With a moniker like Alcoholic Faith Mission, it would seem that the Danish sextet would have resurrected an anthem of indulgence, but instead the band reasoned that "alcohol was as necessary an elixir as religion is for the pious." In this way, Alco... more info

Music News Net — MUSIC NEWS - Dangerbird Records has announced the release of the new record by the Grammy-nominated Silversun Pickups, Neck of the Woods, on May 8. The record was produced by the Grammy Award-winning Jacknife Lee (U2, Weezer, REM, Snow Patrol),... more info

Guardian Music — A Vancounver-based blogger writes about 'a life in love with music'Who are you and what's your blog called?I'm Mikala Taylor and my site's called BackstageRider.Where are you based?Vancouver, Canada but I have a lot of readers in the US and the UK.De... more info

Twangville — ALBUMS OF THE MONTH Go Fly a Kite, by Ben Kweller Kweller’s last outing was a more moody affair, however that comment can’t be made of his latest release.While there are some acoustic moments, Kweller has brought the rock. And damn it sounds good... more info

Totally Fuzzy — "These things happen / We were children in the mid-'90s," Johnny Lloyd coos on the second track of Tribes' forthcoming full-length debut. The London rockers unabashedly borrow from the skewed harmonies and loud-soft-loud dynamics of Pixies, ... more info

DrownedInSound — The four brothers Staszkiewicz draw upon an A-Z of '90s alterna-rock and grunge-pop, taking in everyone from fallen teenage nearlymen Symposium, Noise Addict and Radish, to the big hitters like Weezer, Redd Kross and Pavement along the way. On one ha... more info