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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. 52

• by Andrew Silverstein, Gabe Echazabal, Taylor Toothman, Leilani Polk, Joel Weiss, and Taylor Toothman
What the CL Music Team is jamming this fine Monday to rocket launch the work week, from Surfer Blood to Male Bonding.
• Tags: Music, #MusicMonday, male bonding, endless now, surfer blood, tarot classics, look mexico, real americans spear it, sondre lerche, style council, music monday

New music Tuesday! (October 24/25)

New releases out this week by Coldplay, Kid Koala, Bob Schneider, Surfer Blood, Thomas Dolby, Justice, Deer Tick, Medeski Martin & Wood + more (w/lots of audio & video)

• by Leilani Polk
• Tags: Music, New Music, 65Daysofstatic, We Were Exploding Anyway, Aiden, Some Kind Of Hate, The Beets, Let The Poison Out, Black Tusk, Set The Dial, Michael Buble, Christmas, Kelly Clarkson, Stronger, Kathryn Calder, Bright and Vivid, Coldplay, Mylo Xyloto, new releases, new music tuesday, new music releases, Danzig, The Essential Danzig, Kimya Dawson, Thunder Thighs, Deer Tick, Divine Providence, Thomas Dolby, A Map Of The Floating City, Dub Trio, Dub Trio IV, Peter Gabriel, New Blood Live In London, Vince Gill, Guitar Slinger, Gringo Star, For Count Yer Lucky Stars, Honeyhoney, Billy Jack, Kid Koala, Space Cadet, Cyndi Lauper, To Memphis With Love, Justice, Audio Video Disco, Lights Resolve, Feel You're Different, Little Red, Midnight Remember, John Prine, The Singing Mailman, Bob Schneider, Live At The Paramount Theatre, Russian Circles, Empros, She & Him, A Very She & Him Christmas, Skinny Puppy, Handover, Spectrals, Bad Penny, Surfer Blood, Tarot Classics, Bridge School Benefits 25th Anniversary Edition, Tom Waits, Bad As Me, Scott Weiland, The Most Wonderful Time of the Year, Halcyon Way, Indoctrination, Medeski Martin and Wood, Fly in a Bottle, Hurricane Bells, Tides and Tales

CL Music Team Top 10 albums of 2010 roundup (with audio)

• by Leilani Polk
Yesterday, Leilani revealed her Editor's Picks. Today, the top picks from some of the music aficionados who make up her fabulous team of contributors.
• Tags: Music, John Lennon, Look Mexico, hurley, Deerhunter, contact, Music, Against Me!, tobacco, High On Fire, Spoon, Arctic Monkeys, Pixies, Weezer, Sufjan Stevens, broken social scene, Arcade Fire, elliott smith, The Roots, The Album Leaf, Menomena, Soundgarden, Four Tet, Surfer Blood, Astro Coast, Transference, A Chorus of Storytellers, male bonding, There Is Love In You, Tim Barry, Torche, 28th & Stonewall, Frank Turner, Snakes for the Divine, The National, Owen Pallett, Heartland, Broken Bells, Sweet Apple, Local Natives, Love and Desperation, Here We Go Magic, White Crosses, high violet, forgiveness rock record, Gorilla Manor, Maniac Meat, Best of 2010, American Slang, The Gaslight Anthem, How I Got Over, wolf parade, expo 86, Analphabetapolothology, the thermals, Kylesa, The Books, The Way Out, Mines, pigeons, The Suburbs, Mumford & Sons, Sigh No More, Margot & The Nuclear So and So's, Personal Life, Buzzard, Songs For Singles, Halcyon Digest, The Age of Adz, sleigh bells, white fence, Treats, The Octopus Project, Hexadecagon, Titus Andronicus, marksmen, Aloe Blacc, best albums of 2010, best music of 2010, The Monitor, Purple Tape, Silver Apples, Cap’n Jazz, Take To The Road, Rock & Roll, To Bed To Battle, ?Plastic Ono Band, Telephantasm, Roman Candle, Heartless Bastards, Stairs and Elevators, Nothing Hurts, The Blue And Grey, Humbug, Spiral Shadow

Concert review: Surfer Blood and The Drums at State Theatre, St. Petersburg (with photos)

• by Andrew Silverstein
• Tags: Music, Concerts, Music Review, St. Petersburg, Tampa, state theatre, Music, Concerts, Music Review, Surfer Blood, The Drums

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

Concert updates: Neil Young, Surfer Blood, Lyle Lovett, Bonobo & others confirmed, Big Boi canceled, La Roux re-scheduled

• by Leilani Polk
Concert updates!
• Tags: Music, Concerts, vampire weekend, gwar, Music, Concerts, thievery corporation, Neil Young, stone temple pilots, styx, Caribou, mayday parade, Surfer Blood, Massive Attack, Black Rebel Motorcycle Club, Jason Derülo, bonobo, Sevendust, Mary Chapin Carpenter, Cocorosie, LCD Soundsystem, Hank Williams III, The Glitch Mob, Big Boi, Edward Sharpe & the Magnetic Zeros, wolf parade, la roux, Lyle Lovett and his Large Band, Black Angels, Black Mountain, Margot & The Nuclear So and So's, Del Castillo, Los Amigos Invisibles, The Drums, Uncategorized

Concert Review: Black Kids with Easybreezy and Pop Glow at Crowbar (with photos)

• by Deborah Ramos
Jacksonville's Black Kids transformed a muggy and hot Florida night into a sweat-filled dance party at Crowbar.
• Tags: Music, Music Review, black-kids, crowbar, Music, Music Review, Passion Pit, Surfer Blood, Pop Glow, Easy Breezy, Uncategorized

This weekend's best bets in Tampa Bay area music and beyond: Candy Bars, Lovedrug, Daddy Yankee and Shaggy at the Tampa Bay Caribbean Carnival, Skafest 2010 Tour, Surfer Blood, Nas and Damian Marley, and more

• by Leilani Polk
• Tags: Music, Concerts, Local Music, Less Than Jake, Music, Concerts, Local Music, candy bars, mr bella, Surfer Blood, Shaggy, daddy yankee, Gilberto Santa Rosa and Willy Chirino, Lo Maximo De La Salsa: Juntos Por Primera Vez, Forrest McDonald Band, Angry Banana, Skafest 2010 Tour, Tampa Bay Caribbean Carnival, Sugar Hill Gang, Brooks & Dunn, City of Ships, Uncategorized

Concert review: Plants and Animals at Backbooth, Orlando (with setlist and video)

• by Deborah Ramos
Plants and Animals are the rare band which creates beautifully produced and music with an epic quality, which takes on raw and somewhat primal characteristics at a live show. Their relative obscurity provided an intimate setting for the band to impress the sparse crowd at Backbooth in Orlando.
• Tags: Music, Concerts, Orlando, Music, Concerts, plants and animals, Surfer Blood, backbooth, An Introduction to Sunshine, Warren Spicer, Uncategorized

New releases out this Tuesday, January 19: Eels, Surfer Blood, Missy Elliot and more.

• by Leilani Polk
Albums that hit shelves this week.
• Tags: Music, Sonny Landreth, brawl, end times, Music, turn-ons, Spoon, ghost, charlotte gainsbourg, block party, RJD2, the colossus, Eels, Lindstrom & Christabelle, Real Life Is No Cool, Missy Elliott, Surfer Blood, Astro Coast, Transference, IRM, Dinowalrus, The HotRats, Motion City Soundtrack, My Dinosaur Life, Super 8-Bit Brothers, Tape Deck Mountain, %, 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