Weezer

People, due to popular demand and the intense reaction to the Pork And Beans single, the wait time for the new album has just been reduced! The album will now be in stores in the USA on JUNE 3RD! Here are the release dates (USA and International as known so far)...

USA - June 3rd
Canada – June 3rd
Japan – June 4th (subject to change)
Germany – June 6th (subject to change)
Australia – June 7th
International – June 9th
UK – June 9th – Digital only
UK – June 16th – Physical CD album release

Pork And Beans Int'l Single (formats TBA) – June 16th
Pork And Beans UK Single (formats TBA) – June 23rd (to be confirmed)

Note - the Deluxe edition of the album will be digital only initially. Collectors and completists may have to wait a while for everything to be available non-digitally. More info on this as it becomes available.

...Okay, so the 'Pork And Beans' video was shot from last Wednesday to Saturday, with director Matt Cullen and his amazing crew. Everybody involved did such a great job. Words are not really adequate to describe the things I saw those 4 fateful days. Suffice it to say that rules were broken and boundaries were pushed back! This video should be out sometime in the coming weeks. More details as they become available.

...Thanks to Meebo for a new Weezer branded chat room you can use on Weezer’s MySpace or Meebo.com!

...Plug 1: I saw The new film "The Dhamma Brothers" the other day at its L.A. premiere screening. This is the film that Rivers helped out with, about Vipassana meditation in an Alabama prison. Its a really beautiful film, so if you see a screening coming near you, be sure to check it out. It will be in DVD at some point too.

...Plug 2: Super long time weezer fan Justin H. has been making cool music of his own for some years now, and his band Zomo is releasing not one but two new albums. If you are into weezer, you'll probably dig this stuff!

CURRENT STUFF...

The Buzznet Pork And Beans Foodfight

iTunes presale: standard | deluxe

bonus 7" presale: INTERPUNK | INSOUND | SMARTPUNK

Weezer cover article in Spin Magazine hitting newsstands May 27th.

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Scott Shriner did an interview with Warwick bass co., in which there is interesting discussion about making the new album, plus lots of other good stuff. Check it out!

A 'Pork and Beans' video will exist pretty soon. And other fun video items should be cropping up here on weezer.com in the coming weeks leading up to the new album release. More info asap.

There's a short but sweet article on Weezer's new album in the new Rolling Stone mag (print edition, dated 5/15).

Weezer as food art: Check out these very cool bento boxes made to look like the Pinkerton and Green Album covers. (scroll down a bit - all the bento rock covers are cool!)

International Release info: Its true that the new album will be released in Japan on 6/18. Why this happens with Japanese releases remains a bit of a mystery. Europe/UK/Australia and so forth we dont have dates yet, but they wont be much different than USA/Canada.

Still waiting for info regarding single formats and single import releases.

Looks like there will be a vinyl edition of the Red Album. No details yet.

CURRENT STUFF...

The Buzznet Pork And Beans Foodfight

iTunes presale: standard | deluxe

bonus 7" presale: INTERPUNK | INSOUND | SMARTPUNK

Official press release for the new album.

A6.com Boardie Weezer Tribute album (zip file w/ mp3s and cover images).

Weezer cover article in Spin Magazine hitting newsstands May 27th.

"Weezer" (AKA Album #6, "The Red Album") is out on 6/24/08!

Random plug dep't: "Phase 7" comics by Alec Longstreth. Alec is an OG weezer fan from the early days, an original '95 fanclubber and everything. He sent me some issued of Phase 7, and as a big indie comics fan I must say, his comics are excellent! Check them out!

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People, now were getting kinda wacky, check it out...

In celebration of the release of their highly anticipated new single “Pork & Beans,” Weezer has joined forces with Buzznet to wage an all-out pork and beans food fight!

Beginning Friday, April 25, Buzznet users just might find pork and beans splattered on their profile page for everyone to see. Users can retaliate by joining the Web’s largest and nastiest food fight and posting a special code in their friends’ Notes on Buzznet. As more notes are left, the density of the pork and beans will grow. Fans can also invite their friends to join the food fight by sending them the invitation link.

Sounds like good, disgusting fun, right? Well, Weezer fans and Buzznet members will be happy to know that every time they hurl pork and beans at their friends, it will also benefit a great cause. Weezer and Buzznet have selected Conscious Alliance, the non-profit organization that distributes food and resources to U.S. communities most in need, as the recipient of a donation to be given at the conclusion of the food fight.

..."The density of the pork and beans will grow". Can I get that phrase on a t-shirt?

04/24/08 Pork And Beans on wax with new A6 preorder deal!

Okay folks, "Pork and Beans" is officially out and the iTunes pre-order is in full effect (see 4/23 news!). But some of you may be wondering, "I dont have iTunes. What now?". And others may be wondering "Say, whatever happened to the good ol' 7 inch vinyl single?" Well, check it out:

Pre-order the new WEEZER album at any of the following 3 locations and you will receive a limited edition free red 7 inch vinyl single of “PORK & BEANS” and an exclusive B-Side!!! (limited quantities available).

INTERPUNK | INSOUND | SMARTPUNK

**UPDATED INFO**
in response to some presale questions:
1. The iTunes presale ticket password gets you 1st access to tickets in general. Now, In theory, this could mean access to premium seats - if a venue had any, but this is not guaranteed, and the venues havent even been chosen yet. Usually Weezer shows are GA, so on that case it wouldnt matter. What is guaranteed is 1st access to buying whatever tickets will eventually go on sale - depending on the venue at that time and how the venue operates. Wish I had more specifics, but thats all I got for now.
2. The Pork And Beans 7" b-side: what is it and is it truly exclusive? I Can't reveal the song yet but it is unique from the ones on the standard and deluxe albums and its not either of the 2 itunes bonus songs. Whether this 7" remains the only way to get this song later on is unknown. More info as I learn it.

Folks check this out! Pre-order the new album 'Weezer' on iTunes now and get a special password to buy tickets before the public for Weezer's U.S. tour. Plus, when the album drops June 24, 2008, you will get two bonus tracks - “I Can Love” and “It’s Easy.”

Album pre-order is available for Standard version, or Deluxe version. (Deluxe version comes with one additional instant grat of the new “Pork and Beans” single in addition to the two bonus tracks)

(Standard version: 10 tracks + ticket password + 2 iTunes bonus tracks.
Deluxe version: 14 tracks + ticket password + "Pork and Beans" immediately, + 2 iTunes bonus tracks)

You must pre-order the album by June 23, 2008, 11:59 PM local. Event markets and presale times will announced in the coming weeks.

As revealed in a sneak peek on Spinner.com earlier, heres the cover of the new Weezer album, due on 6/24/08! I think we've achieved a new level of artistry here.

More stuff: The (somewhat odd) Official press release for the new album.

Note - no word yet on International release dates of single or album. Should be close to the US dates, but the final word will be posted here.

A sign of the apocalypse? Non-scathing Pitchfork review of "Pork And Beans".

"Songs From The Black Hole" on an Entertainment Weekly list of 'Famously Leaked Albums'.

A6.com Boardie Weezer Tribute album (zip file w/ mp3s and cover images). Nice stuff!

Pork And Beans single out Thursday 4/24! Request it on your radio station!

Weezer cover article in Spin Magazine hitting newsstands May 27th.

"Weezer" (AKA Album #6, "The Red Album") is out on 6/24/08!

* MESSAGE BOARDS NOTE: i am now on the boards as Karlophone. My avatar is me smashing a wall with a sledgehammer. my 3rd post, in response to the "KARL KOCH has not posted on these new forums YET!" thread (9th post on the thread) is in fact my first .com forums post of the new format. So yeah, its me. Ill try to check in regularly. Thanks for your patience etc!

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"Weezer" (2008) Tracklist is as follows:

Regular Edition (CD; digital):

1. Troublemaker
2. The Greatest Man That Ever Lived (Variations on a Shaker Hymn)
3. Pork and Beans
4. Heart Songs
5. Everybody Get Dangerous
6. Dreamin’
7. Thought I Knew
8. Cold Dark World
9. Automatic
10. The Angel and the One

Deluxe Edition (CD with special packaging; iTunes):

1. Troublemaker
2. The Greatest Man That Ever Lived (Variations on a Shaker Hymn)
3. Pork and Beans
4. Heart Songs
5. Everybody Get Dangerous
6. Dreamin’
7. Thought I Knew
8. Cold Dark World
9. Automatic
10. The Angel and the One
11. Miss Sweeney
12. Pig
13. The Spider
14. King

Yo my young peeps. Just a reminder and confirmation that the new album "Weezer" will be released on 6/24 and the "Pork And Beans" single will be available everywhere on 4/24. (That's next Thursday!)

And, check it out! Weezer will be on the cover of Spin Magazine hitting newsstands May 27th. This will mark their second Spin cover if i recall correctly.

Welcome to the new weezer.com! It's still in transition, but things should be settled by the time the new album is out. The boards are new too, and should hopefully represent a solid improvement over the last incarnation. Have a peek and lay down some posts if you haven't yet. And yes, the "Info" section and all the history stuff will return. (Direct link to the 'info' page in the meantime is here.)

By now you've likely heard the 1st single, "Pork And Beans", but if you haven't, all you need do is hit the homepage or the myspace page.

More soon, but in the meantime, It's my pleasure to mention the coolest Weezer Tribute album of them all, the albumsix.com boardie tribute! (Its not a CD - it's a set of 17 mp3s). I must say, theres some very talented folks in the weezer fandom world, and they clearly worked hard on this stuff! Check it out, theres some really cool interpretations of your fave weezer classics on it. (Scroll down a bit on this page (p. 26) to get to the link to the .zip file of the final version with artwork, etc.)

...a recent spate of articles broke free recently about the new Weezer album, and a lot of requests have come in for some confirmation. None has been forthcoming so far due to the fact that things are still a bit fluid. But in the interest of not driving fans completely crazy, heres a rundown of what is known and not known:

1. Album release date. This has been reported as being June 17th. This is very likely, however release dates are never truly guaranteed until a week or two before the album arrives. So its probably 6/17, with a small chance of changing.

2. The Album's title. The album has been reported as being self titled, i.e. just called "Weezer" like the Blue and Green albums were. This is also very likely. In fact, as of last Friday, it was technically not possible to change it - unless the release date is changed too. So we can say its very unlikely to change.

3. The Album's theme (color). This has been reported as "The Red Album". This is a strong possibility but it is not for sure. As I understand things, many competing visual ideas are being played off against each other (none of which would affect the self titled aspect), and some are "Red" in style or concept. But whether this ends up as the final theme remains to be seen.

4. First single. Confirmed as being "Pork And Beans". Could this change? Maybe a tiny chance of that. But it is definitely a song on the album (and it is unrelated to the demo song "Pig" that made it onto the internet in '06). As for the release date of this single, this information is TBD, likewise the potential (if any) for "physical" single format(s).

5. Other songs on the album. Many song titles have been kicked around the 'net, including "Everybody Get Dangerous", "Automatic", "Ms. Sweeney", "?" (a '12 letter word starting with T and ending with R'), "I'm the Greatest Man That Ever Lived", "Daydreamer". All are real weezer songs, but none are 100% confirmed as actually being on the album as of this writing.

6. Producer/Mixer. The album was made in 3 phases, produced by Rick Rubin (Malibu, spring '07), Weezer (mostly) (Malibu, summer/fall '07), and Jacknife Lee and Weezer (Santa Monica, early '08), and was mixed by Rich Costey.

...in other news, Rivers has been writing a new song with fans' input, using Youtube.