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CL on the Road Concert Review: Orlando Calling, Day 1 at the Citrus Bowl, Orlando

Any number of great support acts like The Roots, Pixies, or The Raconteurs would've made stronger headliners than The Killers, but Orlando Calling did a lot of other things right.

• by Joel Weiss
• Tags: Music, Concerts, Music Review, orlando calling, concert, review, Citrus Bowl, The Killers, The Roots, Pixies, The Raconteurs, Vegas, Hipster, Jack White, Brendan Benson, Curtis Mayfield, Questlove, Doolittle, Florida, Kim Deal, Black Francis, Joey Santiago, Drive By Truckers, Bowie, Springsteen, Duran Duran, Civilian, Dollface, The American Secrets, freecreditscore.com, The Ettes, Chicago, Kids These Days, KTD, Parachute, Grey's Anatomy, Gogol Bordello, Lucero, Civil Twilight, Mr. Mensa, Macie Stewart, Rick Rubin, Hot Fuss, Sam's Town, Day & Age, Trans-Continental Hustle, Eugene Hutz, moshing, Less Than Jake, South Africa, U2, The Joshua Tree, Coldplay, Lucero, Ben Nichols, Kid Cudi, Iron & Wine, Sam Beam, Avett Brothers, Gavin DeGraw, food truck, Camelbak, WFTV

CL on the Road: Lollapalooza 2010 brings three days of hot music to Grant Park in Chicago (with lots of photos)

• by Andrew Silverstein
Beautiful weather, a hygienically-sound populace, and a smattering of eye- and ear-grabbing acts infiltrated all corners of Grant Park for Lollapalooza 2010...
• Tags: photography, Music, Concerts, Music Review, photography, Drive By Truckers, Music, the strokes, lady Gaga, Concerts, Music Review, Grizzly Bear, Chromeo, Lollapalooza, Arcade Fire, MGMT, The Dirty Projectors, Uncategorized

ninebullets.net March podcast: Ha-Ha Tonka, The Black Keys, Two Cow Garage, Ponderosa and more

• by autopsy4
Another month, another ninebullets.net podcast.
• Tags: Music, Nine Bullets, SXSW, Drive By Truckers, Music, Nine Bullets, ninebullets, The Black Keys, The Pack A.D., Ha Ha TOnka, Uncategorized

SXSW 2010 Music Coverage (Updated with Photos and Video)

• by Joran Oppelt
We're covering the shows and the parties for the next five days. Keep checking back for updates!
• Tags: Music, Concerts, SXSW, austin, Band-of-Horses, SXSW, the-beauvilles, Two Cow Garage, Look Mexico, Hill Country Revue, Nervous Turkey, Music, MUSE, Drive By Truckers, south by southwest, Those Darlins, Concerts, suburban home records, Austin Lucas, lucero, cory branan, Spoon, GZA, The Semis, broken social scene, stone temple pilots, brokenmold entertainment, TX, ninebullets, American Aquarium, the tenant, 2010, Chris Whitley, the xx, Glossary, Joe Pug, kasey anderson, Broken Bells, flatstock, Mexican Chocolate, Chuck Sperry, Anville, Austin Record Convention, The Knew, Alexa Carter, Shitty Carwash, Visqueen, Parlour Steps, The Mantles, Front Porch Musings, Michah Schnabel, The Only Sons, Tan Lines, Bloodshot Records, Ha Ha TOnka, Ben Weaver, Justin Townes earle, Slim Cessna, Superchunk, Sweet Apple, The Hounds Below, Band of SKulls, Washed Out, Local Natives, Robbie Krieger, Harlan T. Bobo, Star and Micey, 8 Ball & MJG, Javelin, Scorpion Child, Left Lane Cruiser, Man or Astroman, Uncategorized

New music releases out Tuesday, March 16: Flobots, The Whigs, Happy Birthday (with audio), Streetlight Manifesto, Disco Biscuits, The White Stripes (with video), and more

• by Leilani Polk
Lots out this week, including a White Stripes doc (check out video here!)
• Tags: Music, Drive By Truckers, Music, Sub Pop, Dropkick Murphys, the big to-do, The White Stripes, Locksley, Be In Love, Live On Lansdowne, Under Great White Northern Lights, Armored Saint, La Raza, Happy Birthday, Brad Mehldau, Highway Rider, Streetlight Manifesto, 99 Songs Of A Revolution, The Whigs, In the Dark, The Audition, Great Danger, From First to Last, Throne to the Wolves, Flobots, Survival Story, Under Great White Northern Lights video, white stripes video, jolene, Uncategorized

CD review: Drive-By Truckers, The Big To-Do

• by autopsy4
The Drive-By Truckers return with their 10th studio album, The Big To-Do, and they've managed to bring back some of the rawk.
• Tags: Music, Music Review, Nine Bullets, Drive By Truckers, Music, Music Review, Nine Bullets, the big to-do, big to do, Uncategorized

ninebullets.net February podcast: The SXSW Edition featuring Micah Schnabel, Scott H. Biram, American Aquarium, Joe Pug, Those Darlins, and many others

• by autopsy4
• Tags: Music, Nine Bullets, SXSW, podcast, Scott H. Biram, Drive By Truckers, Music, Those Darlins, Nine Bullets, lucero, American Aquarium, ninebullets.net, The Pack A.D., Uncategorized

Some "free" songs from The Drive-By Truckers and The Legendary Shackshakers

• by autopsy4
• Tags: Music, Drive By Truckers, Music, the big to-do, The Legendary Shackshakers, Agridustrial, sin eater, Uncategorized

ninebullets.net January podcast: Drive-By Truckers, Black Diamond Heavies, The Fox Hunt and more (with audio)

• by autopsy4
• Tags: Music, Nine Bullets, Black Diamond Heavies, Drive By Truckers, Music, Nine Bullets, The Fox Hunt, Luther Dickinson & The Sons of Mudboy, Holly Golightly & The Brokeoffs, KC McKanzie, Glossary, Tim Barry, Justin Townes Earle & Dawn Landes, Joe Pug, Uncategorized

Hot new releases due out this Winter-Spring 2010: Spoon, Los Campesinos!, Hot Chip, Yeasayer, Jamie Foxx, Ted Leo, Dr. Dog, Plants and Animals, and more

• by Leilani Polk
A breakdown of new albums with confirmed releases dates.
• Tags: Music, vampire weekend, Jamie Foxx, Usher, eggs, tears, never shout never, body, Drive By Truckers, end times, Alkaline Trio, Music, Elvis-Costello, frightened rabbit, realism, Spoon, plants and animals, redman, Three 6 Mafia, The Magnetic Fields, block party, joan of arc, Yeasayer, Pat Metheny, Dropkick Murphys, RJD2, the big to-do, The Album Leaf, The White Stripes, Hot Chip, Erykah Badu, Shelby Lynne, the colossus, contra, Blockhead, The Music Scene, Bouncing Souls, Ghosts on the Boardwalk, Live at Hollywood High, Cold War Kids, Cold War Kids At Fingerprints, OK Go, Of The Blue Colour Of The Sky, Eels, Lindstrom & Christabelle, Real Life Is No Cool, Missy Elliott, Surfer Blood, Astro Coast, Transference, Corinne Bailey Rae, The Sea, Beach House, Teen Dream, Joan of Arc Presents: Don't Mind Control, Locksley, Be In Love, Los Campesinos!, Romance Is Boring, Oh No Ono, Orchestrion, What Is Love?, Mike Relm, Spectacle, VOICEsVOICEs, Origins, A Chorus of Storytellers, Disco Biscuits, Planet Anthem, Malakai, Ugly Side of Love, Ernest Gonzales, Been Meaning To Tell You, One Left Stand, Massive Attack, Heligoland, Fear Factory, Mechanize, Reggie Noble 9 1/2, Odd Blood, Groove Armada, Black Light, New Amerykah, Part II: Return Of The Ankh, This Addiction, Raymond v. Raymond, Story Of The Year, Constant, Lightspeed Champion, Life Is Sweet! Nice To Meet You, Juliana Hatfield, Peace & Love, The Rocket Summer, Of Men And Angels, Daniel Merriweather, Love & War, Xiu Xiu, Dear God I Hate Myself, Little Boots, Hands, Natalie Merchant, Leave Your Sleep, Rogue Wave, Permalight, Black Rebel Motorcycle Club, Beat The Devil's Tattoo, BRMC, The Winter Of Mixed Drinks, Liars, Sisterworld, Big Echo, Live On Lansdowne, Under Great White Northern Lights, Goldfrapp, Head First, Laws of Power, Blues Explosion, Dr. Dog, Shame Shame, Matt Pond PA, The Dark Leaves, Sharon Jones & the Dap-Kings, I Learned the Hard Way, La La Land, Lies and Alibis, Uncategorized

The votes are in: CL's Top 10 Albums of the Decade

• by Leilani Polk
The time has finally come; after some discussion and much input from the rest of our contributing staff, we have narrowed down the top 10 selections from our 100 Best Albums of the Decade list.
• Tags: Music, Best of the Decade, Flaming Lips, Amy Winehouse, Kings of Leon, Jason Mraz, Drive By Truckers, Music, wilco, Mastodon, Radiohead, funeral, Paramore, queens of the stone age, Remission, Arcade Fire, elliott smith, Best of the Decade, The White Stripes, Elephant, Back to Black, Yankee Hotel Foxtrot, Songs for the Deaf, Kid A, Outkast, Stankonia, Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots, Figure 8, steve earle, the revolution starts now, we sing we dance we steal things, riot!, amnesiac, leviathan, top 10 albums of the decade, Decoration Day, Uncategorized

Creative Loafing's 100 Best Albums of the Decade, Part I: Caribou, PJ Harvey, The Roots, M. Ward, The Riverboat Gamblers, and more (with video)

• by Leilani Polk
The first 25 selections from a well-rounded list of 100 featuring the decade's best albums from 2000 to the present as chosen by a select group of CL music contributors.
• Tags: Music, Best of the Decade, Drive By Truckers, Music, Al Green, Allen Toussaint, Against Me!, Black Moth Super Rainbow, dandelion gum, my morning jacket, frank black, new wave, Arctic Monkeys, lay it down, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, M. Ward, beck, do make say think, Best of the Decade, Sigur rós, fiona apple, extraordinary machine, new pornographers, twin cinema, fever to tell, okonokos, Pretty Toney Album, Ghostface, Riverboat Gamblers, Bright Mississippi, To The Confusion of Our Enemies, Fast Man Raider Man, A Perfect Circle, Mer de Noms, Whatever People Say I Am That's What I'm Not, Firewater, The Golden Hour, Transistor Radio, Guero, Tenacious D, The Roots, Phrenology, PJ Harvey, Stories From the City Stories From the Sea, Takk, My Chemical Romance, The Black Parade, Lamb of God, As The Palaces Burn, You You're a History in Rust, Caribou, Andorra, Uncategorized

Autopsy IV's Top 20 Albums of 2009: Roots Rock, Alt-Country, Americana and more (Florida bands included!)

• by autopsy4
• Tags: Music, Best of 2009, Have-Gun-Will-Travel, Scott H. Biram, Drive By Truckers, Music, the takers, truckstop coffee, Those Darlins, lucero, 1372 overton park, Ben Nichols, jon snodgrass, malcolm holcombe, the fine print, Micah Schnabel, strawfoot, for dear life, postcards from the friendly city, sea of tears, Best of 2009, ilen Jewell, best of 09, How We Prospered, Justin Townes Earl, Midnight at The Movies, For The Mission Baby, Visitor's Band, The Last Pale Light In The West, Cam Penner, Trouble and Mercy, The Fox Hunt, America's Working So We Don't Have To, William Elliott Whitmore, Animals In The Dark, The Builders & The Butchers, Salvation is a Deep Dark Well, Matthew Dean Herman, Blackbird, Taker Easy, huck Ragan, Gold Country, Something's Wrong/Lost Forever, When The Stage Lights Go Dim, Uncategorized

Drive-By Truckers sign to ATO Records, announce new LP The Big To-Do + track listing

• by autopsy4
• Tags: Music, Drive By Truckers, Music, ATO, the big to-do, Uncategorized

CD Review: Drive-By Truckers, The Fine Print

• by autopsy4
• Tags: Music, Music Review, Nine Bullets, review, Drive By Truckers, Music, Music Review, Nine Bullets, dbt, the fine print, the dirty south, new west records, Uncategorized

Recommended releases for the week of Sept. 1 (John Fogerty, Mars Volta and more)

• by Vinyl Fever
• Tags: Shopping, Music, Shopping, Bruce Springsteen, Queen, Drive By Truckers, Music, Chuck Ragan, John Fogerty, black crowes, Ze, Liam Finn, Juliette Lewis, Rev. Horton Heat, Psych-Funk, Vinyl Saturday, Mars Volta, Omar Rodriguez Lopez, Big Star, RX Bandits, Avett Brothers, Uncategorized

This week's new music releases, CD and vinyl

• by Eric Snider
• Tags: Music, Drive By Truckers, Music, Animal Collective, Against Me!, Broken Records, Budos Band, Cat Power, Jayhawks, maxwell, Moss, new music releases, Son Volt, Those Darlins, Vinyl Fever Tampa, Uncategorized

Do It Today: Mayors face off, The Biggest Loser visits, IKEA opens

• by David Warner
A luncheon for women's heart health, a comedy show for diabetes research, plus Jason Isbell and the final week of "Super Saiko!" and "Altar Boyz."
• Tags: Events, Events, St. Petersburg, Tampa, ARTpool, crowbar, Mayor Rick Baker, ikea, Bluelucy, Altar Boyz, Go Red for Women, American Heart Association, Jason Isbell & The 400 Unit, Drive By Truckers, American Stage in the Park, Super Saiko, Florida Humanities Council, Mayor Pam Iorio, Tale of Two Cities, Uncategorized