Creative Loafing Tampa

CL Tampa Music Team's Best Albums of 2011

A breakdown of our favorite albums of the year, with lots of video & audio.

• by Leilani Polk, Julie Garisto, Nicole Kibert, Gabe Echazabal, Joel Weiss, Deborah Ramos, and Evan Tokarz
• Tags: Music, Music Review, metronomy, the english riviera, tuneyards, whokill, mutemath, odd soul, battles, gloss drop, cloud control, bliss release, tv on the radio, nine types of light, best albums of 2011, top albums of 2011, best albums of the year, extra classic, Your Light Like White Lightning Your Light Like A Laserbeam, Danger Mouse & Daniele Luppi, Rome, morningbell, basso profundo, akron family, shinju tnt, White Denim, D, lemuria, pebbles, fake problems, Real Ghosts Caught on Tape, auto automatic, greenland is melting, where were we, how dare you, the king the clow and the colonel, have gun will travel, mergers & acquisitions, ninja gun, roman nose, sleepy vikings, they will find you here, The Smiths, The Smiths Complete, PJ Harvey, Let England Shake, Ghostpoet, Peanut Butter Blues and Melancholy Jam, Foster The People, Torches, m83, Hurry Up, We're Dreaming, Tom Waits, Bad as Me, Sigur Rós, Inni, Wilco, The Whole Love, Jónsi, We Bought a Zoo Soundtrack, Yelle, Safari Disco Club, Kate Bush, 50 Words For Snow, Gavin Friday, Catholic, Lenny Kravitz, Black and White America, Fountains of Wayne, Sky Full of Holes, Nick Lowe, The Old Magic, Urge Overkill, Rock & Roll Submarine, The Bangles, Sweetheart of the Sun, Wanda Jackson, The Party Ain’t Over, Duran Duran, All You Need Is Now, Poly Styrene, Generation Indigo, Foo Fighters, Wasting Light, Mastodon, The Hunter, Marksmen, Sister Of Mine, Theophilus London, Timez Are Weird These Days, Book Of Black Earth, The Cold Testament, Grouplove, Never Trust A Happy Song, The Joy Formidable, The Big Roar, The Black Keys, El Camino, The Decemberists, The King Is Dead, Toro y Moi, Underneath the Pine, Maritime, Human Hearts, Vetiver, The Errant Charm, Peter Bjorn & John, Gimme Some, Fleet Foxes, Helplessness Blues, The Roots, Undun, The Mattson Two, Feeling Hands, Beirut, The Rip Tide, Girls, Father Son Holy Ghost, Surfer Blood, Tarot Classics, Those Darlins, Screws Get Loose, Radical Face, The Family Tree

#MusicMonday, Vol. 51

What the CL Music Team is jamming, from Junius to Grouplove to Thom Yorke's BB6 6 mix (with audio).

• by Scott Harrell, Ray Roa, Leilani Polk, Joel Weiss, elawgrrl, Andrew Silverstein, Taylor Toothman, and Deborah Ramos
• Tags: Music, #MusicMonday, Junius, Reports from the Threshold of Death, Greenland Is Melting, Where Were We, Melt Banana, Charlie, Grouplove, Never Trust a Happy Song, Duran Duran, Notorious, Ryan Adams, Ashes & Fire, tv on the radio, desperate youth bloodthirsty babes, De La Soul, 3 Feet High and Rising, thom yorke

New Music Tuesday! (September 27)

9th Wonder, Wilco, Blink-182, Dum Dum Girls, Spank Rock and more! With video!

• by Leilani Polk
9th Wonder, Wilco, Blink-182, Dum Dum Girls, Spank Rock and more! With video!
• Tags: Music, New Music, Youth Lagoon, The Year Of Hibernation, Zechs Marquise, Getting Paid, Johnny Winter, Roots, Wilco, The Whole Love, VHS Or Beta, Diamonds & Death, twin sister, In Heaven, the stepkids, 9th Wonder, The Wonder Years, Bearfoot, Blink-182, Neighborhoods, Dum Dum Girls, Only In Dreams, J. Cole, Cole World: The Sideline Story, mocean worker, Candygram For Mowo, mastodon, the hunter, Matthew Sweet, Modern Art, man overboard, Lords of Acid, Little Might Rabbit, greenland is melting, Evidence, Cats & Dogs, Switchfoot, Vice Verses, Plaid, Scintilli, Pallers, Sea Of Memories, Josh Rouse and the Long Vacations, LeAnn Rimes, lady and gentlemen, Machine Head, Unto The Locust, apparat, the devil's walk, extra classic, Jason Derulo, Future History, Blink-182, neighborhoods, Dan Mangan, Oh Fortune, Anvil, Monument of Metal: The Very Best of Anvil, Daryl Hall, Laughing Down Crying, Southern Culture on the Skids

Antiwarpt in Review, Part 2: Pre-party, Main Event, After Parties

CL's re-cap of last weekend's second annual Antiwarpt fest, with photos & video.

• by Leilani Polk, Deborah Ramos, Phil Bardi, and Andrew Silverstein
• Tags: photography, Music, Local Music, the pauses, antiwarpt, bright light social hour, greenland is melting, sleepy vikings, living arches, florida night heat, london souls, ella's americana folk art cafe

Do It Today: Antarctica art, Tim Barry at the Orpheum, Comedy Fest and more

• by Julie Garisto
Chill with Paul Suprenand's chilly art at Studio@620 or catch a great show at the Orpheum, a comedy fest in St. Pete Beach and other fun, random stuff tonight.
• Tags: Arts & Entertainment, Events, Arts & Entertainment, Events, Greenland is Melting, Tim Barry, Florida Craftsmen, Tampa Bay Comedy Fest, Autonomous Art of Antarctica, Mike Rivera, Pete Deraujo, Chris Gorges, Shawn Purvis, Pat Duax, Kevin D.D., Kevin Knows, Special K, Dominoes and Dyes, Comedy Fest, Jeff Dunham, Ventriloquist

#MusicMonday, Vol. 25: Iron & Wine, The Rolling Stones, Mogwai, Greenland Is Melting, and more!

• by Leilani Polk
• Tags: Music, #MusicMonday, liz phair, Music, The Rolling Stones, Greenland is Melting, Akron/Family, #MusicMonday, Mogwai, starfucker, infinite groove orchestra, Folk Songs From Florida Vol. I, Funstyle, Iron & Wine, Kiss Each Other Clean, Matt Costa, Mobile Chateau, Hardcore Will Never Die But You Will, Emotional Rescue, People Music, S/T II: The Cosmic Birth and Journey of Shinju TNT, Reptilians

Do It This Weekend: Kings of Leon and Surfer Blood in concert, Art After Dark, Moving Current and more

• by Julie Garisto
From Surfer Blood to excellent jazz to Kings of Leon to the big annual WMNF birthday concert, music rules the scene this weekend. Um, there's some other cool stuff, too.
• Tags: Arts & Entertainment, Events, Arts & Entertainment, Events, car-bomb-driver, Ditchflowers, new-world-brewery, semis, WMNF, Jobsite Theater, AC/DC, Jim-Morey-Band, Kings of Leon, Dance, moving current, Silver Meteor Gallery, dali museum, mojo gurus, paul thorn band, ella's, Greenland is Melting, Dex Romweber Duo, Sleepy Vikings, the hip abduction, State Theater, The Black Keys, Cadillac Bombers, tailgunner joe, Surfer Blood, dirty shame, GNR, The Whigs, art after dark, Kaleigh Baker, The Drums, Joe Griffith, DJ Brian Oblivion, Dominique Labauvie, beanstalk, Jazz Cellar Underground Orchestra, PJ Bond, Suenalo, Johnny Cakes and the Apocalypso, Peace Mole and the Psychedelic Multi-colored Litmus Test, Dirty Deeds Project, Van Horgan, Van Halen, Live and Let Die, Guns and Roses, Einstein's Dreams, Whitzend KidZone, Monsters of Rock, Pretty Voices, Rebel Pride, The Bad Touch, Doll Parts, Sondheim, A Little Night Music, Sweet Dreamz, Zodiac Group, The Habit, Wilson Loria

The Sounds of CL, Vol. I: What the music team is listening to right now, from 9th Wonder to Velvet Underground

• by Leilani Polk
Ever wonder what the Creative Loafing music team has been listening to, above and beyond all those albums we review? There's plenty, believe me; here's this Monday's selections.
• Tags: Music, #MusicMonday, Music, Against Me!, arcadia, black francis, Omar Rodriguez Lopez, Greenland is Melting, Patty Griffin, 7 day binge, Ha Ha TOnka, NonStopErotik, The Dirty Heads, Any Port in a Storm, Jakob Dylan, Women and Country, Tahiti Boy and Palmtree Family, Good Children Go to Heaven, Toro y Moi, Causers of This, So Red The Rose, White Crosses, 9th Wonder, The Dream Merchant 2, El Trio de Omar Rodriguez Lopez, Ciencia de los Inutiles, Electric President, The Violent Blue, Novel Sounds of the Nouveau South, Silver Bell Real, Our Hearts are Gold, Our Grass is Blue, #MusicMonday, Uncategorized

Ninebullets.net November Podcast: The Flori-gasm (all-Florida) Edition (with prizes!)

• by autopsy4
• Tags: Music, Local Music, Nine Bullets, Have-Gun-Will-Travel, rebekah-pulley, Will-Quinlan, Brahm Bones, Jim-Morey-Band, Tom Petty, Music, Ben Prestage, the takers, truckstop coffee, Local Music, Nine Bullets, roppongi's ace, Chuck Ragan, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Greenland is Melting, mofro, ninebullets, The Nine Volts, Uncategorized

Photo review: Greenland is Melting, Rebekah Pulley & Jon Gaunt at New World

• by elawgrrl
• Tags: photography, Music, Concerts, Local Music, Tampa, new-world-brewery, rebekah-pulley, Ybor, photography, live music, music photography, Music, Concerts, Local Music, Americana, concert review, Greenland is Melting, Jon Gaunt, Roots Rock, Rocktober, Fiddle, Karl Seltzer, Will Dueease, Shaun Pereira, Uncategorized