The Montreal pop-punks are known for their playful, often slightly naughty wordplay — as illustrated by the title of their fourth album, Get Your Heart On!, which features the aforementioned song, Can’t Keep My Hands Off You, featuring Weezer’s...

Nothing here is unforgivable, but piano ballad “The Rainbow” and the twangy “I Miss You” just come off as average. But he redeems himself with the bouncy Tom Petty-style acoustic jam “Full Circle”, and “Time Will Save The Day”, which is a Weezer song...

Opening with Hash Pipe, a track I used to play before classes to get ready to give a lecture, it was the first chance people had to see the scope of their new music family. It set the tone for the rest of the trip as singer Rivers Cuomo leapt off stage...

The first rock 'n' roller to make spectacles cool onstage, Holly paved the way for Hank Marvin, Roy Orbison, John Lennon, Elton John, Elvis Costello, Rivers Cuomo and many more. Holly's optician J Davis Armistead was instrumental in the selection of...

But the Fullerton, California group recorded some of the most infectious power-pop of the post-grunge era, including “My Own Worst Enemy,” which paired a guitar attack reminiscent of Everclear with Rivers Cuomo’s prankish sense of humor, and the aching...

Oh yes it is. Witness the wackness from track one where Rivers Cuomo goes all wigga on Earthquakey People, verging on Lonely Island-esque parody. Try sifting for something worthwhile among the 13 all-guest-vocaled tracks and you'll come up short. Even...