At least five bands have used this name:

1. Weekend is a punk/shoegaze/psychedelic band from San Francisco, CA. Their debut 10" was released on Mexican Summer records in December 2009 to favorable reviews.

No Pain in Pop – “Stunning, doomed, darkness…”

Fader Magazine – “…what happens if No Age traded in good vibes and instead got real angry from the depths of a muffled cavern. It’s about four minutes of build up, windy moans and plodding drums giving way to a balls to the wall freakout as the whole song collapses on itself.”

Transparent – “…the dark-hearted debut from Weekend. There’s a paralysing angst which looms large over the first few minutes of ‘Youth Haunts’ before its menacing drum-beat cuts loose and explodes into a crazed, bruised, hell-bent apocalypse.”

Split 7" with Young Prisms due out in May on Transparent Records from London.Also in the works is a full length due out on Slumberland Records Summer 2010.

2. Weekend is a group formed in 1981 by ex-Young Marble Giants' vocalist Alison Statton, with Simon Booth (guitar) and Spike Williams (guitar & viola). They were one of the first bands, in the early 80s, to mix pop with jazz. They released just one studio album ('La Variete') and one live mini-LP ('Live At Ronnie Scott's') on Rough Trade Records before disbanding in 1983.

3. Weekend is an electronica/dance group from Seattle, Washington. The vocalist, Ryann Donnelly, is also famous from horror punk band Schoolyard Heroes, in which she is also the frontwoman. The programming has been done by Mark Gajadhar who's working also with The Blood Brothers and Champagne Champagne.

4. Weekend is a Polish disco polo band. It has been established in 2000 by Radosław Liszewski and Tomasz Jakubowski.

5. Weekend is a Russian rock band from Saratov.

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