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If you've been helping him write a sawng, you know Rivers Cuomo loves YouTube. But as guitarist Scott Shriner recently revealed to Buzznet, Weezer's video for first single "Pork and Beans" takes the band's viral obsession to a new level.



As if "Pork and Beans" weren't already awesome enough, the video (which dropped on YouTube this morning) features cameos from "Rain"-man Tay Zonday, emotional Britney Spears defender Chris Crocker, "Shoes" singer Kelly (OMG!) and even Kevin Federline — bopping his head along to the band's latest jam. And that's not all ... It kicks off iSight style, with the band rocking out for their laptop cameras before three minutes of hitting the YouTube LOL-jackpot — managing to make fun of All Your Base Are Belong To Us, overdubbed "G.I. Joe" clips, the Soulja Boy dance and the Star Wars Kid — and that's barely scratching the surface.

Starting way back with "Buddy Holly," the Weezer music video tradition is unquestionable, but this might be the greatest of all. Fitting for a band whose new album has a track called "The Greatest Man That Ever Lived (Variations on a Shaker Hymn)" (which Shriner called Weezer's "Bohemian Rhapsody" [The famous Queen track]). As previously reported, the The Red Album is due June 3 (check out the track list), pushed up from its original June 24 date, perhaps in response to the bulk of the album leaking online.

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-David Greenwald

WEST HOLLYWOOD, California – It's good to be Dan Bejar. The Destroyer frontman was in great spirits last night, but not "those" spirits. Read more.

The mysterious death of the Notorious B.I.G. has left a long shadow over the hip-hop community since he was gunned down in 1997 at only 24 years old.  But 11 years later, the search for the larger-than-life rapper's killers continues: reversing an earlier ruling that would've dismissed the case, a Los Angeles judge has reinstated his family's wrongful-death lawsuit.

The suit targets two former police officers allegedly involved in a plot to kill B.I.G., born Christopher Wallace, and is one of two filed on behalf of his mother, wife and two children. The ruling comes in the wake of a March 21 decision to throw out the case due to a missed deadline, which the family appealed. The first suit, filed in 2002, ended in a 2005 mistrial though the case remains open on the strength of new evidence.



Meanwhile, the rapper remains as successful posthumously as ever, with last year's Greatest Hits bowing at the #1 spot on the Billboard 200 despite missing signature hits "Mo Money, Mo Problems" and "Sky's the Limit." He's also the latest musical figure to get the biopic treatment, with a film due on Fox Searchlight next year. The Diddy-produced movie will star rapper Jamal "Gravy" Woolard, who was chosen after an unsuccessful open casting call failed to find an actor who could fill Biggie's considerable shoes.

-David Greenwald

Time was, bands like Vampire Weekend and Spoon only canceled shows to play on "Saturday Night Live." But when "The View" comes calling, you don't say no. Take a closer look.

Remember when Kid Rock used to rap? It seems that Pamela Anderson's second-most-famous ex has left his "Bawitdaba" days far behind him, embracing a Southern-rock sound on last year's chart-topping Rock N Roll Jesus. Now he'll get a chance to spread the guitar gospel with the guys who invented it: Rock and Roll Hall of Famers Lynyrd Skynyrd. Keep goin'

With roles in "Crash" and "Fred Claus," it's no secret that Atlanta rapper Ludacris has a way with the movies. Even now, the pint-size MC is in the middle of shooting "Max Payne," an adaptation of the criminal-minded video game where he'll star alongside Mark Wahlberg. Get the scoop.

The edgy indie Englishmen of Bloc Party are bringing their angular guitars back to the States for a summer tour. Read!

Experimental-pop duo, The Fiery Furnaces, are notorious for changing up their studio material live, often turning their thickly-orchestrated tunes into sprinting keyboard-driven medleys. Those unlucky (or lucky, depending on your tolerance for a band that made an album with their Grandma) enough to miss the Furnaces on tour will have a couple opportunities to remedy that this summer.



The brother-sister band is releasing a 51-track, 2-disc live album, entitled Remember, as well as bringing their quirky sibling-rock back on the road. Culled from recordings made starting in 2005, Remember (out August 19 on Thrill Jockey) will include songs from the group's whole discography, including the epic 8-minute title track from 2004's Blueberry Boat and summer jam "Tropical Ice-Land" from their 2003 debut, Gallowsbird's Bark.

Remember track list:

Disc one:

"Intro"
"Blueberry Boat"
"Single Again"
"Two Fat Feet"
"Don't Dance Her Down"
"Single Again (Reprise)"
"Wicker Whatnots"
"Little Thatched Hut"
"I'm in No Mood"
"Black-Hearted Boy"
"Bitter Tea"
"Waiting to Know You"
"Vietnamese Telephone Ministry"
"Oh Sweet Woods"
"Borneo"
"Benton Harbor Blues
"Japanese Slippers"
"Benton Harbor Blues (Reprise)"
"Whistle Rhapsody"
"Crystal Clear"
"Whistle Rhapsody (Reprise)"
"Teach Me Sweetheart"
"Evergreen"
"Bitter Tea (Reprise)"

Disc two:

"Chris Michaels"
"Quay Cur"
"My Dog Was Lost But Now He's Found"
"Spaniolated"
"Name Game"
"Birdie Brain"
"1917"
"Slavin' Away (Intro)"
"Tropical Ice-land"
"Asthma Attack"
"Tropical Ice-land (Reprise)"
"The Wayward Granddaughter"
"The Garfield El"
"A Candymaker's Knife in My Handbag"
"Forty-Eight Twenty-Three Twenty-Second St."
"Slavin' Away"
"Seven Silver Curses"
"Clear Signal From Cairo"
"I'm Gonna Run"
"Here Comes the Summer"
"Chief Inspector Blancheflower"
"Automatic Husband"
"Ex-Guru"
"Clear Signal From Cairo (Reprise)"
"Philadelphia Grand Jury"
"Navy Nurse"
"Uncle Charlie"

Fiery Furnaces U.S. Tour Dates:
5.02: Minneapolis, MN @ Whole Music Club
5.17: Bennington, VT @ Bennington College
5.28: Sacramento, CA @ Harlow's Night Club
5.29: San Francisco, CA @ Great American Music Hall
5.30: Los Angeles, CA @ Spaceland
5.31: Los Angeles, CA @ Spaceland
6.1: Solana Beach, CA @ Belly Up Tavern
6.2: Pomona, CA @ The Glass House
6.3: Tucson, AZ @ Plush Room
6.5: Aspen, CO @ Belly Up
6.6: Boulder, CO @ Fox Theatre
6.7: Denver, CO @ Bluebird Theater
6.9: Omaha, NE @ The Waiting Room
6.10: Des Moines, IA @ Vaudeville Mews
6.11: Kansas City, MO @ The Record Bar
6.12: St Louis, MO @ The Pageant
6.13-15: Manchester, TN @ Bonnaroo

- David Greenwald

Japanese psych-metal juggernauts Boris will bring their unique brand of fuzzed-out guitar epics to North America this summer, with a tour kicking off June 24 following two months of European dates. More!

You might say Shearwater are for the birds: Frontman Jonathan Meiburg is an ornithologist when he's not offering up Jeff Buckley-esque vocal warblings, and the Austin, Texas, indie band's upcoming album, Rook, is named after a type of crow. Onward!

Aging rock titans R.E.M. continue their career revival with the video for "Hollow Man," — one of the best tracks from the band's speedy comeback album Accelerate. Read on.