Welcome to Band Jury, a SPIN series in which artists defend black sheep albums they feel deserve another listen. These are projects that, for whatever reason (middling sales, negative reviews, a ...

Let’s face it: Weezer will never again match the colossal genius that was “The Blue Album” and “Pinkerton.” So if you can accept that, you can definitely accept “Make Believe,” Weezer’s ...

Weezer is a band that inspires extreme loyalty. By releasing two of the most revered rock records of the ’90s — their 1994 debut “Weezer” (aka the “Blue Album”), and 1996’s cult hit “Pinkerton” — the ...

On "Make Believe," Cuomo returns with renowned producer Rick Rubin in tow. It begins with "Beverly Hills" - an infectious slacker anthem to livin' it up. But "Perfect Situation" is where it starts to ...

The intro to the video for "Beverly Hills," the first single from Weezer's new album, Make Believe, features Playboy tycoon Hugh Hefner, flanked by three cooing, peroxided women. He's on the phone ...

The half-life of Weezer’s musical styles is shrinking exponentially. The shifts used to occur from album to album. On “Make Believe,” the band’s previous album, it balanced two styles — peppy ...

One of rock-and-roll's great social misfits, Weezer frontman Rivers Cuomo is, among other things, a recluse, a masochist, a nerd, a narc and, on the band's 1996 album "Pinkerton," a bit of a perv. His ...

“What is quality?” Cameron Winter asks SPIN, reflecting on the Weezer catalog during a lengthy, hilarious, and sorta profound monologue. “Quality is something that’s completely subjective and not real ...