Rivers Cuomo

Nerdy Burlesque

Curtis Theatre

Asher Roth: Frat-Rapper Turned Hip-Hop Nostradamus

Tonight, rapper Asher Roth plays the Yost Theater. In the almost-four years since his single "I Love College" propelled him into regular radio rotation, he and his legacy have gone under a particularly curious metamorphosis. Like him or not, his celebration of the white-stoner millennial lifestyle w ... More >>

Steve Aoki

Sutra

Six Can't Miss EDM Acts Coming to Orange County

​Sunshine is upon us and it's time to break out your bikini body--but what about showing off that sexy bod at the club? Orange County is emerging as an EDM destination with great artists making appearances at Sutra, the Yost Theater, Ten and the Observatory in the coming weeks. Here are six can't ... More >>

Surfer Blood

Observatory

Lookmatic Is Spec-tacular

[Trendzilla] Whether you need glasses or just use them to look cool, this website sells them cheap and cool

Steve Aoki Talks About 'Wonderland'; Watch Official 'Ladi Dadi' Vid

​So Newport Beach native Steve Aoki's latest set, Wonderland, is out, and you can watch the Dim Mak head talk about the making of the album, which has guests Rivers Cuomo, Lil Jon, Kid Cudi, Wynter Gordon, Travis Barker and more. The album has an ode to Occupy Wall Street (You'd think the Benihana ... More >>

Steve Aoki Hijacks the System

The prolific electronic music performer/producer talks U.S. dance culture and his upcoming album

Male Bonding Go Out with The Lo-Fi, In With the New

​London-based trio Male Bonding sure has been part of a whole lot of action since forming some four years ago. The band, who play the Constellation Room (inside the Galaxy) in Santa Ana tonight, began their career by creating sundry home-made cassettes and 7-inch split records, recording covers of ... More >>

10 Ways the Doheny Days Music Festival at Doheny Beach Rocked Last Weekend

Bob SheshetzBen Harper​ Doheny Days Music Festival Sept. 10 to 11, 2011 Doheny State Beach, Dana Point The Doheny Days music festival breezed into Doheny State Beach in Dana Point over the weekend like a much-needed relaxing day at the, err, beach. For the average OC concert-goer in terms of the ... More >>

Weezer at the Pacific Amphitheater Last Night

Christopher Victorio/OC Weekly Click here to see more images.​WeezerAugust 4, 2011Pacific AmphitheaterSo that was weird.Seeing front man Rivers Cuomo run, jump and dance around; start and finish the set in the audience; sing a track off Pinkerton; touch his band mates ... it was a different Weezer ... More >>

KROQ's Curious Five: Rise Against, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Weezer, Linkin Park, 30 Seconds to Mars

​It's not KROQ's fault copious amount of sonic garbage spew from their massive antenna on Tonga Peak in Glendale. No matter how cutting edge they purport to be, they're a mainstream radio station with salaried programming directors who strictly adhere to a business model. As such, they are going t ... More >>

All Time Low Wristbands Available at Main Place Hot Topic Today for April 15 In-Store

​Meet your new guilty pleasure: All Time Low. Even if you weren't a 15-year-old girl, I think you'd agree that the band is pretty cute. So cute, in fact, that you think about pre-purchasing their major label debut Dirty Work to get a wristband today to have them sign autographs at Hot Topic in San ... More >>

Weezer Front Man Rivers Cuomo Covers the Beach Boys

​​It's no secret Rivers Cuomo is a Beach Boys fanatic. Even without his open admissions, it would be readily apparent in a cursory listen to Weezer's catalog. Cuomo has recently made his fondness for all things Wilsonian explicit. In addition to playing songs from SMiLE before the start of perfo ... More >>

Weezer at the Gibson Amphitheater Over The Weekend

Andrew Youssef/OC WeeklyJorge Garcia makes a cameo at Weezer's first night in LA​Check out our Weezer slideshow here!WeezerNovember 26, 2010Gibson AmphitheaterUnderstandably dubbed the "Memories" tour, Weezer dug up plenty of memorable older tunes to go along with a tidal wave of flashbacks at the ... More >>

What You Missed: Uncommon Burlesque, Weezer, Patchwork Festival, Matt Costa

Mary Bell/OC Weekly​What'd you do this weekend? Did it involve some pre-Thanksgiving burlesque? Ours did! This long holiday weekend, we saw Uncommon Burlesque in Newport, Weezer perform the Blue Album in Los Angeles, crafty DIY-ers at the Patchwork Festival, Matt Costa perform a hometown show at t ... More >>

What Weezer's Rivers Cuomo Said: Interviews from the Past vs. Present

Andrew Youssef/OC Weekly​A few weeks ago, Weezer's frontman Rivers Cuomo got on the phone with us to talk about the band's  Memories Tour, the collection of B-sides, Death to False Metal, the Pinkerton reissue and their latest set, Hurley. During the interview, he talked about their reissues ... More >>

WTF of the Week: Rivers Cuomo's Change of Heart on Weezer's 'Pinkerton'

Andrew Youssef/OC Weekly​WTF?Let's just start by saying there's probably any number of aspects in Rivers Cuomo's life that would make good fodder for this weekly blog post: His one extended self-imposed celibacy, his choice to live for a stretch in an unfurnished apartment, his decision to put roc ... More >>

Local-ish Record Review: Calcutta

Beat Blvd. is Heard Mentality's weekly review of local releases. If you're an OC musician or band with something new to offer--vinyl single, full length album, CD, cassette--we want to hear from you! Send copies, along with any photos and PR material, to Beat Blvd., c/o OC Weekly, 2975 Red Hill Ave ... More >>

Steve Aoki, ?uestlove, Kid Sister Collaborate with Artists on Hennessy Bottle Designs

​Hennessy V.S calls it "Blending of Art," which basically has 10 artists and hip-hop artists collaborating on bottle designs. Personally, it's about time Hennessy acknowledged all the free advertising their product has been getting from hip-hop artists since 2Pac. 

[AND YET ANOTHER UPDATE] Campaign Wants to Raise $10,000,000 so Weezer Will Break Up

Andrew Youssef/OC Weekly​UPDATE (Oct. 7, 11: 50 a.m.): [via the New York Times] Apparently, die-hard Weezer fans have been sending James Burns death threats over the campaign. His response? "I wish more of Weezer's fans would have the same sense of humor...Some people have told me they wish I ... More >>

Weezer Sells Out, Maybe

[Mental Notes] Juggalos are still inciting debate, Owl City gives John Mayer some bro lovin', Two Guns on 'Jersey Shore' and more

Clothing Company Hurley Sponsors Weezer Line...Coincidence? We Think Not

Andrew Youssef/OC WeeklyWeezer headlined the U.S. Open of Surfing, a show sponsored by the clothing company Hurley​Remember how surprised everyone was to find out that Weezer was headlining the U.S. Open of Surfing? Well, soon after Weezer announced their eighth album title (Hurley) and unveiled t ... More >>

Weezer and Antoine Dodson . . .

[Mental Notes] . . .Top our list of Reasons We Love the Internet

Dusty Rhodes Front Man Running for City Council

[Mental Notes] Mundanities of celeb life include Hurley on Weezer's cover, Mike Ness selling homes

EXCLUSIVE: Weezer Cover Boy Jorge Garcia Gives Us His Top Five Weezer Songs

​On Monday, Weezer dropped the news that Jorge Garcia, more recently known Lost's Hurley, was on the cover of their eighth album. Is it weird to have my boyfriend's face on the cover of Weezer's new album titled Hurley? Yes. Is it also awesome? Yes.   ​"I'm excited to know that t ... More >>

Weezer's New Album Named 'Hurley' has Hurley On the Cover

​Yup. For Weezer's upcoming eighth LP, actor Jorge Garcia, better known as Hurley from Lost, will be on the cover. On Spinner, Weezer frontman Rivers Cuomo says the album title came from the photo: "We struggled super hard trying to come up with an album title, trying to find some kind of phrase ... More >>

Weezer's Irvine Date Postponed

​Thanks to a nasty bus accident that left Weezer frontman Rivers Cuomo hospitalized with a punctured lung and a boo-boo on his spleen, the band has postponed their January 11 show at the UCI Bren Events Center in Irvine. If there's good news to be had, the word "postponed" implies that the band w ... More >>

Today in Music News: Coachella, Weezer, Green Day, Chris Brown, Flight of the Conchords

Coachella dates announced, which we just blogged about earlier this morning.Weezer's Rivers Cuomo released from hospital and on a "bus for cross country trip to L.A."One more reason that Chris Brown is a dick--and not a particularly smart one.Green Day goes big--like the Beatles--with their own Ro ... More >>

Today in Music News: Lady Gaga Meets Queen, Blink-182 Doc, Beatles Biopic, Rivers Cuomo OK

Lady Gaga rocking a fabulously funky red outfit--with matching eye patches--bows, shakes hands with Queen Elizabeth II!The pride of Poway, blink-182, to receive the unauthorized doc treatment about the band's early years, which should include some OC footage, right? BBC to air latest Beatles biopi ... More >>

Today in Music News: Rivers Cuomo hospitalized, Kennedy Center honors Bruce Springsteen, Morrissey tour opener, 40th anniversary of Altamont

Say it ain't so! "Weezer's Rivers Cuomo hospitalized following bus accident."Kennedy Center honors Bruce Springsteen, jazz pianist/composer Dave Brubek, opera singer Grace Bumbry--plus Robert De Niro (seen chatting with the Boss) and Mel Brooks, who probably gave the best acceptance speech. Morriss ... More >>

[[Trendzilla] . . . And the Non-Prescription Eyeglasses You Hornrimmed In On

Weezer Autograph Sessions in OC!

​If you've ever wanted to meet Rivers Cuomo and pick up some Golden Spoon all at the same time, you're in luck: Weezer will be at both Tilly's in the Irvine Spectrum and Best Buy Chino Hills in early November to sign copies of their newest album, Raditude, to be released November 3. (They'll also ... More >>

What You Missed: Weezer, Taste of Newport, Psychedelic Furs

Andrew Youssef We, for one, are not happy with this heat wave of sorts. It needs to go away and it needs to tap its friend autumn on the shoulder to come the hell back. But anyway: So what'd you do this weekend? Was it as action-packed and fascinating as ours? First off, we caught Weezer, Blink-182 ... More >>

Last Saturday: KROQ Weenie Roast at Verizon Wireless Amphitheater

Andrew YoussefLast Night: KROQ Weenie Roast at the Verizon Wireless Amphitheater; Saturday May 16, 2009. (More pictures here.)Better Than: Wango Tango.Download: Videos from the day at KROQ.com.The KROQ Weenie Roast is typically full of surprises. With Blink 182 reuniting the night prior at a private ... More >>

Jam with Rivers Cuomo at Fingerprints!

Fingerprints in Long Beach have a most assuredly unique event coming up on Tuesday, Nov. 25—a jam session with Weezer lead singer Rivers Cuomo. Similar to the hootenany shows Weezer used to promote their latest album, those that get on the guest list are welcome to bring an instrument and help pic ... More >>

Second Helpings

The return of the return of the Rentals

Trendzilla

Ironic facial hair

Yellow Fever's Secondary Infections

Our superlative editorial assistant, Vickie Chang, published a thought-provoking article (Yellow Fever) on the fascination of some with Asian-American females. Unfortunately, it also functioned to provoke the thoughtless, whom she discusses in Your Fetish, My Life in the current issue. The internet ... More >>

Yellow Fever

They got it bad, and that aint good

Something Better Beginning

Return of the returning Rentals

David Turbow: Gold Standard

David Turbow; Gold Standard; Onset Records

DESERT STORM

Up from the Underground

A Rivers Runs Through It

Fear the smoking police!

Keep It Like a Secret

The mystery of the Kingsbury Manx

Excerpts: Part 1

Weezer Fever!

Thats Not Weezer!