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9 hrs ago | Now Toronto

Rivers Cuomo needs a Ratitude adjustment

Amidst the scathing reviews pouring out recently for Weezer's perplexing new album Ratitude, August Brown of the LA Times might have nailed it best.

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17 hrs ago | MTV News

Cobra Starship's Gabe Saporta Can't Believe Weezer Like His Band

The video was posted Friday, but Cobra Starship 's Gabe Saporta didn't see it until Monday.

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Wed Nov 11, 2009

The Jewish News Weekly

The audio love child of Kenny G and Weezer

Kenny G is back and collaborating with the oddest of compatriots - Weezer. Kenny, born Kenneth Bruce Gorelick to a Seattle-based nice Jewish family, has been performing live love songs for the past 30 years, but this will be his first foray into the big, bad world of super poppy indie rock .

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Futuresounds.blogspot.com

Future Sounds Radio Debuts 11.09.09

Here were the other new arrivals.... Hardly a new band, but new to our FS radio show, THE RENTALS have been around since Matt Sharp put it together in the mid-90's. You will remember Sharp from his days as bassist for WEEZER, and their track " Friends Of P" back in the day.

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Related Topix: Pop/Rock, The Rentals

Tue Nov 10, 2009

North Jersey Media Group

Music: Quick Spins

Carrie Underwood, "Play On" ** If there's a slam-dunk aspect to Carrie Underwood's third album, it's that she's handed her "American Idol" benefactors a theme song for the next episode of "Idol Gives Back." That song is "Change," an exercise in social responsibility that challenges the listener to stay open to the possibility that a small gesture ...

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Related Topix: Game Show, American Idol, Reality TV, Entertainment, Television, Carrie Underwood, Pop/Rock

NBC Washington

"Rad" Aging Alt-Rockers Endorse Snuggie

If titling an album "Raditude" wasn't enough to cement Weezer 's place in the annals of rock 'n' roll douchebaggery, this Snuggie endorsement certainly will.

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Mon Nov 09, 2009

AndPOP.com

Weezera s Snuggie

Weezer singer Rivers Cuomo and bassist Scott Shriner are promoting a warm surprise available for purchase with a copy of their new album.

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Buzzgrinder

A Grand Design: Weezer

Given the role animals play in all those disposable viral videos, this doesn't pack the punch it would have before the Interweb screens had its stranglehold on our free time.

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Socialite Life

Leighton Meester's Suprise Appearance At 'Weezer' Show

It was a Gossip Girl Halloween miracle when Leighton Meester took to the stage to help Weezer sing their new single, " I Want You To." Watch the video by clicking the continue reading link below.

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Sun Nov 08, 2009

Dose

Preview Adam Lambert's Album, Right Down to the Abba-Meets-Rammstein Tune He Wrote with Weezer

Perhaps proving you can't judge a record by its overly Photoshopped cover , the first morsels of Adam Lambert's album For Your Entertainment have surfaced, as the UK Amazon site is now streaming 30-second preview clips of the record's 18 tracks.

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Related Topix: Pop/Rock, Rammstein, The Darkness

NPR

Rivers Cuomo cozies up to a hot cup of Chamomile tea in his blue Weezer Snuggie.

Audio for this story from All Things Considered will be available at approx. 7:00 p.m. ET November 8, 2009 - Weezer is known for its quirky nods to pop culture.

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LiveDaily News

Snuggie up to the new Weezer album

The "blanket with sleeves," which will feature the trademark "Weezer" logo, is just one example of the band's "brand-new" collaborative approach to its art, according to a press release.

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Sat Nov 07, 2009

The Bear Rocks

Weezer Brings On The 'raditude'

Weezer issues its seventh studio album on Tuesday , called Raditude. The disc is the band's most collaborative effort yet, with several producers on board, songwriting team-ups with Jermaine Dupri and the All-American Rejects, and even a guest appearance from Lil Wayne.

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411mania.com

Weezer - Raditude Review

Rivers Cuomo - vocals, guitar Brian Bell - guitar, keyboard Scott Shriner - bass Patrick Wilson - drums Track listing: 1. I Want You To 2. I'm Your Daddy 3. The Girl Got Hot 4. Can't Stop Partying [feat. Lil Wayne] 5. Put Me Back Together 6. Trippin' Down the Freeway 7. Love Is the Answer 8. Let It All Hang Out 9. In the Mall 10.

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Related Topix: Pop/Rock, 9, Together, Answer, Music, Entertainment

BNET

Snuggie Infomercial Retooled for Weezer CD Launch. It's Not a Joke.

Rock band Weezer and the makers of the Snuggie sleeved blanket have retooled the infamous infomercial - in which people feel "trapped" under ordinary blankets - to sell a Weezer-branded Snuggie .

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Fri Nov 06, 2009

The Herald

Pop Secrets: Videos: Weezer teams up with Kenny G, plus Artic Monkeys' great single

Rivers Cuomo has always been the geek supreme, but he may have outdone even himself.

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The Advocate

CD reviews for Nov. 6, 2009

Always good for an exploding chorus, Rivers Cuomo and Weezer are more out of their shell than ever for Raditude.

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The Courier-Journal

Weezer, 'Raditude'

Everything about Weezer's "Raditude" suggests that Rivers Cuomo has gone simple, but Cuomo is never simple.

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The Cowl

Weezer: Raditude

Weezer's seventh studio album, Raditude, is a return to form for a band, which in many circles was deemed to be struggling creatively.

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Thu Nov 05, 2009

92.5 KISS FM

Beverly Hills - Weezer

Weezer - Play All Biography As one of the most popular groups to emerge in the post-grunge alternative rock aftermath, Weezer received equal amounts of criticism and praise for their hook-heavy guitar pop.

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