event Weezer
Also Playing: Jack's Mannequin and Motion City Soundtrack
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Tue Dec 1
7 pm
Weezer, Jack's Mannequin, and Motion City Soundtrack at Aragon Ballroom
It’s been 13 years since Weezer dropped Pinkerton, so bemoaning the fact that the band’s subsequent output hasn’t lived up to that monumental, messy testament to heartbreak, alienation, and inappropriate crushes is moot. These days, frontman Rivers Cuomo seems like he couldn’t be less interested in human folly or emotion—the band’s new Raditude is super-slick (thanks to hit-making producers like Butch Walker and Polow Da Don) and geared toward maximum accessibility. Cuomo hasn’t lost his outsider’s perspective—check out the bizarre shout-outs to Best Buy and Titanic on “(If You’re Wondering If I Want You To) I Want You To”—or knack for crunchy, power-pop melodies. It's just too bad they’re now serving something so bereft of humanity. The band brings with it two bands that certainly benefited from Pinkerton’s naked confessions: piano-driven Something Corporate spin-off Jack's Mannequin and Twin Cities pop-punks Motion City Soundtrack.
Aragon Ballroom 1106 W. Lawrence Ave., Chicago, IL
It’s been 13 years since Weezer dropped Pinkerton, so bemoaning the fact that the band’s subsequent output hasn’t lived up to that monumental, messy testament to heartbreak, alienation, and inappropriate crushes is moot. These days, frontman Rivers Cuomo seems like he couldn’t be less interested in human folly or emotion—the band’s new Raditude is super-slick (thanks to hit-making producers like Butch Walker and Polow Da Don) and geared toward maximum accessibility. Cuomo hasn’t lost his outsider’s perspective—check out the bizarre shout-outs to Best Buy and Titanic on “(If You’re Wondering If I Want You To) I Want You To”—or knack for crunchy, power-pop melodies. It's just too bad they’re now serving something so bereft of humanity. The band brings with it two bands that certainly benefited from Pinkerton’s naked confessions: piano-driven Something Corporate spin-off Jack's Mannequin and Twin Cities pop-punks Motion City Soundtrack.
Updated 11/24/2009
