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On Monday, Weezer shared its new single "Back To The Shack," a riffy power pop tune that seemed to promise a return to the band's mid-90's glory days. Though the song isn't the worst thing Weezer's done in the last ten years, it still isn't anywhere close to the band's best material, and its desperate nostalgia is largely to blame. If Weezer truly wanted to find its groove again, it shouldn't be writing a stupid song about it. Instead, the band should be taking these steps... -
6 Artists Whose Best Album Didn't Sell Well: The Beach Boys, Kanye West, and more
If a musician is lucky enough to reach a wide audience, the best they can hope for is that their fans support them through any whims of experimentation and artistic growth. This worked great for the Beatles and Radiohead, but there are plenty of other musicians whose artistic peaks didn’t match their commercial peaks. Here are six artists whose best albums didn’t sell as well as their other albums. -
Seven Albums Hated by the People Who Made Them: R.E.M., the Beatles, and more
Musicians have a very unusual relationship with the songs they write. Just like an actor doesn't sit around watching his or her own movies all day (hopefully), a musician doesn't listen to their own albums very often, for various reasons. They could simply be tired of hearing the songs, or maybe they're self-conscious, but sometimes an artist genuinely dislikes their own work. Here are seven albums aren't very well liked by the people who made them. -
6 Classic Albums That Deserve Documentaries: Weezer, the Strokes and more
Some of my favorite types of films to watch are music documentaries, and with the premiere of Time is Illmatic, a film about the classic Nas LP Illmatic (in my opinion, the greatest rap album ever made), I started thinking about what other incredible albums deserve to have their stories told. Here are six classic album documentaries I’d like to see. -
Off Off Broadway EXCLUSIVE: Daniel Bumgardner, 'You've Got My Song: the [unauthorized] Weezer musical'
And now we end it all with Act II, Scenes 6 & 7. Or, as Daniel W. Bumgardner writes below: "The World Has Turned and Left Me Here" and "Butterfly." -
Off Off Broadway EXCLUSIVE: Daniel Bumgardner, 'You've Got My Song: the [unauthorized] Weezer musical'
We carry on, then, with Act II, Scenes 4 & 5. Or, as Bumgardner (via Rivers Cuomo) is wont to call 'em: "Pink Triangle" and "Falling for You." -
Off Off Broadway : Daniel Bumgardner, 'You've Got My Song: the [unauthorized] Weezer musical'
A concert narrative in dramatic form (itself after Puccini's 'Butterfly'), so far, Classicalite has published the entire first act of Daniel Bumgardner's 'You've Got My Song: The [unofficial] Weezer Musical.' And we couldn't be more proud... -
Off Off Broadway EXCLUSIVE: Daniel Bumgardner, 'You've Got My Song: the [unauthorized] Weezer musical'
A concert narrative in dramatic form--based on Giacomo Puccini's 'Madama Butterfly,' itself--we've come to the end of Act 1. (Or, as Bumgardner calls these sixth and seven scenes, "You Won't Get with Me Tonight" and "Across the Sea.")
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