The Rentals

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The Rentals is the new wave-influenced project of singer/songwriter Matt Sharp, former bassist for '90s power pop favorites Weezer. During the spring of 1994, Sharp mounted the first Rentals studio session, assembling a roster including Weezer drummer Pat Wilson, that dog. violinist Petra Haden, vocalist/keyboardist Cherielynn Westrich and guitarist Rod Cervera. Subsequent recording dates in the studio yielded the group's 1995 debut album "Return Of The Rentals", achieving a minor alternative hit with the infectious lead single, "Friends of P.". Sharp returned to Weezer to record the band's acclaimed 1996 follow up, "Pinkerton", but announced his exit from that group's lineup in February, 1998. The second Rentals album, "Seven More Minutes", followed a year later. After an extended hiatus, The Rentals returned with "The Last Little Life EP" in 2007. Their third studio album, "Lost In Alphaville", appeared in 2014, featuring an entirely new group lineup. In November 2019 Sharp announced Q36 a project that would release a new Rentals single every two weeks for 6 months, culminating in a new LP in June 2020

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Friends of P.

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The Love I'm Searching For

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Waiting

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Please Let That Be You

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My Summer Girl

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20 live performances · data from Setlist.fm

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2016
2015

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September 10, 2016

Codfish Hollow Barnstormers

Maquoketa, Iowa, United States

  • 1. Getting By

  • 2. Hello, Hello

  • 3. She Says It's Alright

  • 4. The Cruise

  • 5. Barcelona

  • 6. Say Goodbye Forever

  • 7. Overlee

  • 8. Big Daddy C.

  • 9. Keep Sleeping

  • 10. The Man With Two Brains

  • 11. Must Be Wrong

  • 12. Insomnia

  • 13. It's Alright (Reprise)

  • 14. My Head Is in the Sun

  • 15. Jumping Around


June 6, 2015

Constellation Room

Santa Ana, California, United States

  • 1. Song of Remembering

  • 2. Thought of Sound

  • 3. Waiting

  • 4. Please Let That Be You

  • 5. My Summer Girl

  • 6. 1000 Seasons

  • 7. Keep Sleeping

  • 8. The Love I'm Searching For

  • 9. These Days

  • 10. Stardust

  • 11. I Wanna Dance With Somebody (Who Loves Me)(Whitney Houston cover)

  • 12. The Man With Two Brains

  • 13. The Cruise

  • 14. Barcelona

  • 15. It's Time to Come Home

  • 16. Irrational Things

  • 17. Big Daddy C.

  • 18. Getting By

  • 1. She Says It's Alright

  • 2. Traces of Our Tears

  • 3. Friends of P.

  • 4. Ghostbusters(Ray Parker Jr. cover)


June 5, 2015

El Rey Theatre

Los Angeles, California, United States


June 4, 2015

The Irenic

San Diego, California, United States


June 3, 2015

The Bunkhouse Saloon

Las Vegas, Nevada, United States

  • 1. Song of Remembering

  • 2. Thought of Sound

  • 3. Waiting

  • 4. Please Let That Be You

  • 5. My Summer Girl

  • 6. 1000 Seasons

  • 7. Keep Sleeping

  • 8. The Love I'm Searching For

  • 9. These Days

  • 10. Stardust

  • 11. I Wanna Dance With Somebody (Who Loves Me)(Whitney Houston cover)

  • 12. The Man With Two Brains

  • 13. The Cruise

  • 14. Barcelona

  • 15. It's Time to Come Home

  • 16. Irrational Things

  • 17. Big Daddy C.

  • 18. Getting By

  • 1. She Says It's Alright

  • 2. Traces of Our Tears

  • 3. Friends of P.

  • 4. Ghostbusters(Ray Parker Jr. cover)

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