From my ears to yours…

mp3: Baths – You’re My Excuse to Travel
mp3: Avi Buffalo – Summer Cum (LaundroMatinee.com session)
mp3: Evan Voytas – I Took A Trip On A Plane
mp3: Deerhunter – Helicopter
mp3: Tennis – Marathon
mp3: Best Coast – Boyfriend
mp3: French Horn Rebellion – This Moment
mp3: Baths – Aminals

If you are a Weezer fan, the fact that the band will make 2-day stops in 5 major U.S. cities to lay down both of their first two albums is alone an thrilling notion. The So-Cal rock outfit will perform its self-titled debut, also referred to as “The Blue Album,” on the first night of each tour stop, and its sophomore release, the cult favorite Pinkerton, on the second night. The band will also play other material from its catalog after performing each album in its entirety.

Add in tour support by both Best Coast and Free Energy and the elation expands. Best Coast is affable live but Free Energy’s shows are an explosive rock punch. The Philly band has made a name for themselves in 2010 playing SXSW and touring nationwide with artists including Titus Andronicus, Delta Spirit, and Ra Ra Riot. The band is tight, wide-eyed, and brimming with enthusiasm. They diligently offer power-pop and sunny, guitar driven anthems that are pure, non-stop fun. Free Energy’s debut album, Stuck On Nothing (March 2010), was produced by none other than LCD Soundsystem’s James Murphy. And on top of it all, Rolling Stone named them in March one of the best new bands of 2010.

On October 22, frontman Rivers Cuomo announced on the Weezer forum that Best Coast would open the L.A. shows, and that Free Energy would support Weezer in Boston and New York. “I love these bands!” wrote Cuomo. Best Coast leader Bethany Cosentino and Cuomo also recently collaborated on a track that is yet to be released.

Weezer Tour Dates:

11-26 Los Angeles, CA – Gibson Amphitheatre *
11-27 Los Angeles, CA – Gibson Amphitheatre *
11-29 San Francisco, CA – Nob Hill Masonic Center
11-30 San Francisco, CA – Nob Hill Masonic Center
12-14 Boston, MA – Orpheum Theatre ^
12-15 Boston, MA – Orpheum Theatre ^
12-17 New York, NY – Roseland Ballroom ^
12-18 New York, NY – Roseland Ballroom ^
01-07 Chicago, IL – Aragon Ballroom
01-08 Chicago, IL – Aragon Ballroom

* with Best Coast
^ with Free Energy

mp3: Free Energy – Bang Pop
mp3: Best Coast – Make You Mine

Weezer Website | MySpace

Free Energy Website | MySpace
Download Free Energy’s Stuck On Nothing through iTunes

Best Coast Website | MySpace
Download Best Coast’s Crazy for You through iTunes