When I was a teenager, Weezer came to my hometown. They were supporting Pinkerton, an album that I loved dearly and would continue to love dearly all the way through the writing of this review. On that night in Knoxville, TN, they played a healthy balance of Blue/Pinkerton songs, and we danced and sang and jumped up and down in unison- all the things you do when a band you like is killing it in the 90′s. And now, too, I suppose. Anyhow, Weezer closed with “Surfwax USA” and it was perfect and we all felt great and relaxed as they left the stage. THEN No Doubt played.

Last night, Midlake visited Knoxville’s beautiful old theater, the Bijou. After a charming opening set by Minneapolis bluesy-twosy Peter Wolf Crier (which actually featured some pretty compelling vocal looping) a giant picture was lowered behind the instruments. It was the druid-as-hell cover of the new Midlake album, The Courage of Others, featuring a trippy mirrored image of a few of the cloaked Jesuses of the band. Shortly after, Midlake took the stage, looking awesome and period-specific to their 70′s soaked songcraft. They were beardy, they were stoic, and underspoken. They launched into a very well balanced set of new selections and favorites from their previous album, The Trials of Van Occupanther, with a few long, jammy intros to the hits….which only worked (and they really worked) because this band LOOKS like they’d be all jam.

Read the rest of the review and check out more photos by Jeff McClain after the jump… (Read the article)

Enjoy last night’s mega brilliant performance of ‘New’ in the feature below.

MP3: No Doubt – Hella Good

Enjoy last night’s fab performance of ‘Underneath It All’ in the clip below.

MP3: No Doubt – Hella Good

Enjoy this morning’s nostalgic performance of ‘Spiderwebs’ in the clip below.

MP3: No Doubt – Hella Good

The extensive journey includes:

5/19 – Fresno, CA @ Save Mart Center
5/20 – Bakersfield, CA @ Rabobank Arena
5/22 – Chula Vista, CA @ Cricket Wireless Amphitheatre
5/23 – Phoenix, AZ @ Cricket Wireless Pavilion
5/25 – Salt Lake City, UT @ The E Center
5/27 – Englewood, CO @ Fiddler’s Green Amphitheatre
5/28 – Albuquerque, NM @ Journal Pavilion
5/30 – Dallas, TX @ Superpages.com Center
5/31 – Houston, TX @ Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion
6/2 – Tampa, FL @ Ford Amphitheatre
6/3 – West Palm Beach, FL @ Cruzan Amphitheatre
6/5 – Atlanta, GA @ Lakewood Amphitheatre
6/6 – Charlotte, NC @ Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre
6/8 – Raleigh, NC @ Time Warner Cable Music Pavilion
6/10 – Virginia Beach, VA @ Verizon Wireless Amphitheater
6/11 – Camden, NJ @ Susquehanna Bank Center
6/13 – Pittsburgh, PA @ Post-Gazette Pavilion
6/14 – Washington, DC @ Nissan Pavilion
6/16 – Toronto, ON @ Air Canada Centre
6/17 – Montreal, QC @ Bell Centre
6/19 – Darien Center, NY @ Darien Lake Performing Arts Center
6/20 – Mansfield, MA @ Comcast Center
6/24 – Uncasville, CT @ Mohegan Sun Arena
6/26 – Holmdel, NJ @ PNC Bank Arts Center
6/27 – Wantagh, NY @ Nikon At Jones Beach Theater
6/29 – Cleveland, OH @ Blossom Music Center
7/2 – Milwaukee, WI @ Marcus Amphitheater
7/3 – Auburn Hills, MI @ Palace Of Auburn Hills
7/5 – St. Paul, MN @ Xcel Energy Center
7/6 – Kansas City, MO @ Starlight Theatre
7/8 – St. Louis, MO @ Verizon Wireless Amphitheater
7/10 – Noblesville, IN @ Verizon Wireless Music Center
7/11 – Tinley Park, IL @ First Midwest Bank Amphitheatre
7/13 – Winnipeg, MB @ MTS Centre
7/15 – Calgary, AB @ Pengrowth Saddledome
7/16 – Edmonton, AB @ Rexall Place
7/18 – Vancouver, BC @ General Motors Place
7/19 – Auburn, WA @ White River Amphitheatre
7/21 – Concord, CA @ Sleep Train Pavilion
7/24 – Sacramento, CA @ Sleep Train Amphitheatre
7/25 – Mountain View, CA @ Shoreline Amphitheatre
7/31 – Irvine, CA @ Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre
8/1 – Irvine, CA @ Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre

MP3: No Doubt – Hella Good

Dates haven’t been finalized just yet…

But The Sounds just spilled the beans via MySpace bulletin.

The North American trek will begin in May.

The Sounds were recently featured in a Geico ad.

MP3: The Sounds – Rock N Roll

The always delightful Garbage frontwoman, Shirley Manson, joined Gwen Stefani on stage at LA’s Gibson Ampitheater this weekend for an impromptu duet of Gwen’s single ‘Wonderful Life’. If you recall, Garbage and No Doubt toured together in ’02 while the former was promoting BeautifulGarbage, and latter was pushing Rock Steady. Here’s a 30-second capture of the collaboration, via fan digicam. UPDATE: FULL VIDEO BELOW!

The always delightful Garbage frontwoman, Shirley Manson, joined Gwen Stefani on stage at LA’s Gibson Ampitheater this weekend for an impromptu duet of Gwen’s single ‘Wonderful Life’. If you recall, Garbage and No Doubt toured together in ’02 while the former was promoting BeautifulGarbage, and latter was pushing Rock Steady. Here’s a 30-second capture of the collaboration, via fan digicam. UPDATE: FULL VIDEO BELOW!

The always delightful Garbage frontwoman, Shirley Manson, joined Gwen Stefani on stage at LA’s Gibson Ampitheater this weekend for an impromptu duet of Gwen’s single ‘Wonderful Life’. If you recall, Garbage and No Doubt toured together in ’02 while the former was promoting BeautifulGarbage, and latter was pushing Rock Steady. Here’s a 30-second capture of the collaboration, via fan digicam. UPDATE: FULL VIDEO BELOW!