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If there was any sign that “indie rock” has jumped the shark, it’s a number one album by Vampire Weekend. All you “creative class” mofos living off “graphic design” and “indie blogging” better cash in those cool points RIGHT NOW, cuz it’s over.

Weezer have been known to throw curveballs throughout their career, and that’s just putting it lightly. One look at the band’s discography and it becomes clear that pleasing the small percentage of hardcore fans is not part of Cuomo’s agenda. In fact, there is no over-arching plan besides: perfect pop music. You liked the universal catchiness and quintessentially “indie” sounding Blue Album? Well here’s a raw, heart on the sleeve personal record you’ll probably hate (Pinkeron). You want a heavy, emotional, undernourished masterpiece again? Here’s 28 minutes of sugar-coated, formulaic pop (Green). And so forth. These are experiments. The songs and albums are the results of these experiments. We, the listener, are the subjects. Whether or not these tests equate to more or less fans, higher or lower record sales doesn’t seem to affect Professor Cuomo.