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Ween — La Cucaracha

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By Evan Dickson (CHARTattack) October 30, 2007 9:05 pm
Those seriously silly Ween boys have returned with their uneasy marriage of juvenile humour backed by unassailable musicianship and songwriting talent. Whether Gene and Dean are aware of the tightrope they walk between Bart Simpson and William S. Burroughs is irrelevant unless they stumble too far to one side, as they have on La Cucaracha. The...
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Hallo-Ween At Sound Academy No Treat

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By Evan Dickson (CHARTattack) October 29, 2007 1:00 pm
What a disappointment. Ween are a great band who happen to be just popular enough to play all the worst venues when they come to Toronto. The last time I saw them was at the Kool Haus, an ugly, cavernous warehouse space on Toronto's lakeshore. After seeing a few shows there, I made it my hobby to tell whoever would listen that Kool Haus was...
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Ween — The Friends EP

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By Kate Harper (CHARTattack) October 23, 2007 1:16 pm
One of the keys to Ween's genius is the way they can devour any genre and plop out something messy and weird, but also true to its source. The Friends EP has Gene and Dean Ween stepping a little too close to Weird Al's territory, though. The title track is a hilariously air-headed Euro Rave. The party gets strung out on "I Got To Put The...
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Ween — Live In Chicago

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By Steve English (CHARTattack) June 1, 2004 12:53 pm
If we're lucky, Ween will go down as the alt.rock generation's Grateful Dead. Live In Chicago is the fourth concert recording from the chemically-enhanced duo of Dean and Gene Ween, who made this album while touring to the Windy City last year in support of their eighth record, the deranged Quebec. Cherry-picking the best moments from a two-...
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20 Amazing Album Covers With Boobies On Them (NSFW)

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By Aaron Brophy (CHARTattack) May 27, 2011 12:05 pm
When the Handsome Furs unveiled their totally tasteful (and nsfw) nudie cover art for upcoming album Sound Kapital it gave us a giddy electric jolt. There were pubes! There were deliciously concealed armpits! And most thrillingly... there were BOOBIES! Yeah, that's right. Hoots. Breasteseses. Maracas. Noogies. Gazongas. We're not so dead inside...
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Bonnaroo 2010 Day 4: Phoenix At Sunset Is The Perfect Ending

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By Mike Bax (CHARTattack) June 16, 2010 11:20 am
The final day at Bonnaroo 2010 saw a few fans and press people packing up and leaving at scattered intervals throughout the day. This is not to sell the last day of Bonnaroo short, but after three days of porta-potties, poor sleep, body odor and a general underlying smell of compost surrounding the grounds it wasn't hard to feel the lure of...
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The Chart Time Tunnel: Ween

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By Chris Burland (CHARTattack) April 30, 2010 2:57 pm
Ten years ago this week, the campus charts witnessed a bit of a battle between a couple veteran American college radio bands, Giant Sand and Ween. Giant Sand, led by Howe Gelb, have been releasing albums since 1985's Valley Of Rain and continue to date with 2008's proVISIONS. Dean and Gene Ween have been surprising folks with their twisted...
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Great Songs About Meat

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By Cameron Gordon (CHARTattack) November 14, 2008 3:56 pm
Artists have been singing about food since the dawn of time... and we're not just talking about "Weird Al" Yankovic. In a lot of ways, the relationship between musicians and food parallels the relationship between musicians and their fans. Both food and fans are essential for survival. Both smell kinda funny. Both are necessary evils...
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Ween At The Cat's Cradle

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By CHARTattack Staff October 31, 2008 3:55 pm
Most people became aware of Ween after the 1994 release of Chocolate And Cheese, but Dean and Gene Ween played their first "real" concert in 1987. Between those two years, the duo performed shows all over the U.S. and Europe, and now you can hear some of them on a new CD/DVD titled At The Cat's Cradle, 1992. The package will be released...
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Sunset Rubdown Beats Out Familiar Suspects

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By Chris Burland (CHARTattack) November 6, 2007 3:00 pm
For the three months that begin each new school year, there's some major competition for airplay as heaps of high-profile college radio-friendly bands release albums. This year veteran bands The New Pornographers, The Sadies, Stars and The Weakerthans have all put out new albums and its been a rock 'em sock 'em battle for the top spot on the top...
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La Cucaracha

Ween Claim New Album Is Great

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By Moya Dillon (CHARTattack) October 3, 2007 4:00 pm
Impossible to define alterna-rockers Ween return with the Oct. 23 release of their first studio album in four years, La Cucaracha. The band's Rounder debut was recorded in a converted farmhouse in Pennsylvania with longtime producer Andrew Weiss. "The album is great," says guitarist Mickey "Dean Ween" Melchiondo on the...
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Ween — White Pepper

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By Daniel Smallegange (CHARTattack) May 9, 2000 2:14 pm
Ween's seventh proper studio album, the first using the full "tour" band, as opposed to just core members Dean and Gene Ween, does not fail, no not one bit. But then again how could a Ween album? (The country album 12 Golden Country Greats being the exception, perhaps.) You see Ween are simply the most talented, original, unique and...
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