Truly the best news in my music universe this week has been No Doubt’s tour date announcement.

Hands down.

I am ridiculously happy. So much so that when I saw the video & read the tour dates, I literally shrieked, jumped to my feet and started hopping all over the house. Then I launched myself on the hubs. Yeah, that’s how happy this makes me. For me, after the Smashing Pumpkins comes No Doubt and it’s been about 8 years since I saw them live. Plus, I have this ridiculous girl crush on Gwen Stefani. I think she’s amazing. So amazing that I named my dog after her.  And it goes without saying that Tony, Tom & Adrian are the best. The lyrics, the music, the high-energy shows…what’s not to love? Sorry if this post is crazy & slightly incoherent but I am just.so.excited. Maybe it’s best not to blog when in the midst of a fangirl panic.

Edit: Just scored 10th row (center) tickets to the show!!!!!! SQUEE!

For this reason, I decided to do something productive instead of fill up the rest of this entry with rows of exclamation points (totally what I actually want to do) by making a girl power mixtape celebrating the greatness that is the female lead vocal. I hope you enjoy!

A Melificent Mix Vol. 2: Girls, Girls, Girls.

[Mix Fun Fact:] She & Him is made up of actress, Zooey Deschanel and musician, M. Ward. Although they did a duet together for Deschanel’s film, The Go-Getter, Ward was initially impressed with her singing in the movie, Elf. They are currently working on a follow-up album.