Weezer on the Black Album, their favourite music videos and touring with Dave Grohl

Before opening for the inimitable Foo Fighters on Saturday night, Rivers Cuomo and Scott Shriner of Weezer sat down with Jihee Junn to talk about what’s changed (and what hasn’t) during the band’s 20+ years of making some of the most infectious and iconic music. Drenched. Doused. Soaked to the bone. However you describe it, the Foo … Read more

A decade ago I was a diehard Panic! at the Disco fan. Could their Auckland concert make me emo again?

Panic! At The Disco returned to New Zealand earlier this month, 11 years after their debut concert at Auckland’s St James. Reformed emo Alex Casey was there for both.  In 2006, there was nothing I loved more than thrashing Panic! At The Disco’s much-loathed album A Fever You Can’t Sweat Out, and thinking crushingly earnest … Read more