Weezer

Nerd princes Weezer--whose recent video for their new single “Pork and Beans” features lip-syncs from YouTube luminaries such as Britney Spears champion Chris Crocker, synth-and-shoe-loving Liam Kyle Sullivan and incoherent teen beauty queen Lauren Caitlin Upton, among others—will continue their populist quest with a just-announced Hootenanny Tour, Pitchfork reports via MTV.com.  read more »

There’s nothing like a good feud between two massively iconic rock artists to keep the fanboys sweating. And that’s just what happened last week when an unlikely Internet controversy erupted between Prince and Radiohead. See, Prince did a rendition of Radiohead’s 1993 break-through hit, “Creep” at this year’s Coachella Music Festival in late April. And at first, the guys in Radiohead thought that was pretty awesome. Thom Yorke reportedly got a text message about it, and found it so “hilarious” that he had to see/hear the cover for himself.  read more »

Pitchfork tells us that ATO Records Group will handle the North American (physical) release of Radiohead's latest album, In Rainbows. "(Yes, this means Radiohead are officially on Dave Matthews' record label, now.)" It's due out January 1 in the states, one day after the UK release on XL.

Nerd-rockers Weezer will also put out an album on January 1. The band that—let's admit it—peaked (at least in our hearts, if not on the Billboard charts) in the 90's with their Blue Album and Pinkerton, will release Album 6, according to thier Web Site.

Weezer's bassist Scott Shriner wrote:

Album 6 is getting ready for mixing and I have never been so excited about a project in my life. Weezer fans truly have something to look forward to. The entire band has accomplished some of its most challenging goals as a group and as individuals. It's all coming together on this album.

To sum it up, at the beginning of the recording each member asked himself "what do you want out of this session?" The answer lies ahead.

Whatever bassist dude, we still miss Matt Sharp. Just sayin'.