QRO’s review of Weezer at Northwell Health at Jones Beach Theater in Wantagh, NY on July 18th, 2018
Photos of Weezer at 2017 Float Fest in San Marcos, TX
Photos of Weezer at 2017 ID10T Fest in Mountain View, CA
Photos of Weezer at SXSW 2017 in Austin, TX
Photos of Weezer at Lakewood Amphitheater in Atlanta, GA on June 16th, 2016
QRO’s review of Weezer at Warsaw in Brooklyn, NY on March 30th, 2016
Photos of Weezer at 2015 Project Pabst in Portland, OR
Photos of Weezer at 2015 80/35 Festival in Des Moines, IA
QRO’s review of Weezer at Bowery Ballroom in New York, NY on October 27th, 2014
Photos of Weezer at 2014 Riot Fest in Chicago, IL
Photos of Weezer at Vina Robles in Pasa Robles, CA on September 12th, 2014
QRO’s review of Weezer at The Paramount in Huntington, NY on November 24th, 2013
Photos of Weezer at Nikon at Jones Beach Theater July 29th, 2011
Photos of Weezer at Stubb’s in Austin, TX on June 7th, 2011
QRO’s review of Weezer at Roseland Ballroom in New York, NY on December 17th, 2010
Photos of Weezer at 2010 Osheaga Music Festival in Montreal, PQ, Canada
Weezer have long been a summer band. Since their start in the nineties, they’ve appealed to those high school kids who look fondly towards a whole three months of doing nothing. Even as they’ve gotten older, with fans now looking back fondly on those seasons spent idle, even as Weezer have fallen & risen in quality, summer is their time. So it should really come as no surprise that they’ve released a full-on summer record in Pacific Daydream, or that it’s exactly what you expect from a ‘Weezer summer record.’
From opener “Mexican Fender” to closer “Any Friend of Diane’s”, Pacific is a Daydream about summer lovin’ and doin’ nothin’, sweet seasonal relax. There’s a tribute to the “Beach Boys”, hanging out with “La Mancha Screwjob”, and even if the resigned “Happy Hour” might be for “sad days,” is hardly a downer. It’s all summed up in single “Feels Like Summer”, which is exactly what you’d expect a Weezer song with that title to be.
QRO’s review of Weezer at Williamsburg Waterfront in Brooklyn, NY on July 16th, 2010
Photos of Weezer at 2010 SunFest in West Palm Beach, FL
QRO’s review of Weezer at Hammerstein Ballroom in New York, NY on Halloween ’09
Photos of Weezer at Nikon at Jones Beach Theater on August 25th, 2009
Photos of Weezer at Madison Square Garden in New York, NY on September 24th, 2008
After their early greatness and later badness, Weezer had risen once again in recent years, maybe not the band you loved in high school, but definitely worth listening to the new stuff. This release is a relatively unambitious and one-note album, like a whole record of “Island In the Sun” – but “Island In the Sun” is a really enjoyable song, and Pacific Daydream is still an enjoyable album.