Weezer performs at Chase Center in San Francisco, Calif. on Oct. 9, 2024. Matt Pang/STAFF. SAN FRANCISCO — A silver capsule appeared onstage Wednesday night at Chase Center. As countdown clocks on giant screens reached zero, the capsule rose slowly, revealing the four members of Weezer, standing on the…

“Bad Monkey” original series soundtrack, celebrating the music of Tom Petty. The gift and curse of a genius like William Shakespeare’s is that the bard’s work is always being reimagined. So you get “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” set amid a roller derby, a robotic Lady Macbeth or Hamlet delivering…

Black Sabbath (Tony Iommi, Ozzy Osbourne, Geezer Butler and Bill Ward) in 19970. Photo by Chris Walter/WireImage. Does it make me, a sober person, a hypocrite to write a 4/20 column? No. It’s not my fault all the best music is either about or made by people on pot.…

Weezer, courtesy. Weezer will be hitting the road later this year to mark the 30th anniversary of its self-titled debut LP, known as the Blue Album. The alt-rockers will play the album in full, along with other hit and fan favorites. To top it off, they’re bringing The Flaming…

Weezer, “SZNZ: Winter.” Chapter three, verse one of Ecclesiastes tells us, “There is a time for everything, and a season for every activity under the heavens.” For Weezer that meant composing, recording and producing one EP per season in 2022. SZNZ: Winter Weezer Crush Music, Dec. 21 7/10 Buy…

Weezer, “SZNZ: Autumn.” We’re now three albums into a yearlong season-themed album cycle by Weezer, loosely based off Vivaldi’s “Four Seasons.” So far, the results of frontman River Cuomo’s self-imposed prolificacy have been hampered by overly elaborate musical metaphors and allusions. But a new season has dawned, and not…

Post Malone performs at Outside Lands in San Francisco on Aug. 7, 2022. Onome Uyovbievbo and Matt Pang/STAFF. SAN FRANCISCO — At Outside Lands past, Sunday’s headlining slot has often been reserved for a legacy act. Producers went the other way this year with Post Malone. From the moment the…

Green Day performs at Oracle Park in San Francisco on Aug. 27, 2021. Steve Carlson/STAFF. I am, the day this publishes, at Day 2 of Outside Lands. This is my fifth consecutive Outside Lands as a reporter, and in that time the music has gotten, let’s charitably say, younger.…

Weezer, “SZNZ: Summer.” Writer Ray Bradbury once advised young authors to “Write a short story every week. It’s not possible to write 52 bad short stories in a row.” Never ones to rest on their laurels, Weezer seems determined to put that axiom to the musical test. SZNS: Summer…

Weezer, “SZNZ: Spring.” Here we are in 2022: the pandemic drags on, war rages in Europe, the rich tapestry of human civilization frays with economic upheaval… what’s Weezer up to? Glad you asked. Rivers Cuomo and company have challenged themselves to put out four seasonally themed albums in a…