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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

CL on the Road: Bonnaroo 2011, in sum (with photos!)

Concluding our on-site coverage of the Manchester, Tenn. fest.

• by Andrew Silverstein
Concluding our on-site coverage of the Manchester, Tenn. fest.
• Tags: Music, bonnaroo 2011, j. cole, wavves, best coast, sleigh bells, alexis krauss, Donald Glover, Childish Gambino, deerhunter, kylesa, matt and kim, The Decemberists, My Morning Jacket, Arcade Fire, chiddy bang, mumford and sons, wiz khalifa, eminem, junip, iron and wine, the strokes, robert plant, band of joy

Note-Worthy: The 2011 New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival

• by Cynthia Mulligan

• photo by joe frisbie
• The Subdudes reflect the flavor of The New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival 2011
Cynthia Mulligan and photographer Joe Frisbie trek to New Orleans for the 2011 Jazz & Heritage Festival presented by Shell: Jazz Fest review, photos and travelogue
• Tags: Music, Music Review, Jazz Fest, New Orleans, The Subdudes, Tommy Malone, Doctor John, Mardi Gras Indians, Mumford & Sons, Ben Lovett, "Country" Winston Marshall, Keb' Mo', Paul Sanchez & the Rolling Road Show, Threadhead, Nine Lives, Seth Avett, The Avett Brothers, Seth Avett, Scott Avett, Bob Crawford, Joe Kwon, The Decemberists, Colin Meloy, Nate Query, Jenny Conlee, Sara Watkins, Joe Frisbie, Cynthia Mulligan, Cyndi Mulligan

CD review: The Decemberists, The King Is Dead

• by Deborah Ramos
The King is Dead is about a new beginning to our country through stories of old. It is also a release of well composed and elegantly executed pure American folk, done with a simplicity and straightforwardness that is a complete departure from what we normally expect from The Decemberists. I just still can’t help missing the duels and fairies.
• Tags: Music, Music Review, Music, conan o'brien, Music Review, the decemberists, Colin Meloy, The King Is Dead

New music releases out this Tuesday, January 18: Cobra Skulls, The Decemberists, Damon Fowler, Pearl Jam, Social Distortion, Warpaint, and more! (with audio & video)

• by Leilani Polk
The new music in 2011 continues and this week, we've got a boatload of releases!
• Tags: Music, New Music, Damon-Fowler, Pearl Jam, Fujiya & Miyagi, Music, gang of four, content, the decemberists, ghost, Mudhoney, Social Distortion, ritual, tennis, reel big fish, Cobra Skulls, warpaint, Ian Axel, Benjy Davis Project, amos lee, Live at the Fillmore, New Music, Exquisite Corpse, The Script, Science & Faith, The walkmen, white fence, Ventriloquizzing, The King Is Dead, Young Prisms, Friends For Now, Is Growing Faith, White Lies, You & Me, Vusi Mahlasela, Say Africa, Testament, Cape Dory, Hard Times and Nursery Rhymes, SNDTRKR, Inglorious Debut, Smith Westerns, Dye It Blonde, Shilpa Ray and Her Happy Hookers, Teenage and Torture, Scars on 45, Give Me Something, A Best of Us, Live On Ten Legs, Oh No Oh My, People Problems, Only Son, Searchlight, Head on the Curb, Mission Bell, Ladytron, Witching Hour, Fela Kuti, Power Show Set, This Is (Almost) The New Year, Brandon Heath, Leaving Eden, Opus Eponymous, Devil Got His Way, Fergus & Geronimo, Unlearn, Sincerely, Bringing the War Home, Braids, Native Speaker, Gregg Allman, Low Country Blues

New music releases out this Tuesday, December 14: Ryan Adams & the Cardinals, Diddy & Dirty Money, Michael Jackson, Ciara, Midnight Juggernauts, Phish, and more (with video)

• by Leilani Polk
• Tags: Music, New Music, phish, Michael Jackson, Music, the decemberists, r. kelly, crystal bowersox, New Music, love letter, T.A.N.K., Now Or Never, Alpine Valley 2010, Midnight Juggernauts, Crystal Axis, Michael, Diddy and Dirty Money, The Last Train To Paris, January Hymn, The Damned Things, Ironiclast, Ciara, Basic Instinct, Farmer’s Daughter, Ryan Adams & The Cardinals, III/IV

CL Sound Bites: The Decemberists' musical, Beastie Boys sequel to "Fight For Your Right," and Faith No More calls it quits (with video)

• by Joel Weiss
The Decemberists' frontman Colin Meloy asked about a musical, MCA's "Fight For Your Right Revisited," and the end of Faith No More (again) in this week's CL Sound Bites.
• Tags: Music, sundance, Green Day, Music, danny mcbride, Beastie Boys, Billboard, Seth Rogen, american idiot, Faith No More, the decemberists, Colin Meloy, Elijah Wood, Michael Mayer

CL Sound Bites: Epitaph Records' history, Kyuss & Pulp reunions, new LP's by Jane's Addiction, Marilyn Manson, Paul Westerberg, and more! (with video)

• by Joel Weiss
An oral history of Epitaph Records, lots of reunions (Kyuss, Pulp) and returns from hiatuses (Garbage), and new music from Jane's Addiction, J Mascis, Paul Westerberg, and more in the latest CL Sound Bites.
• Tags: Music, arrested development, shirley manson, Music, pitchfork, garbage, Bad Religion, Marilyn Manson, Perry Farrell, Paul Westerberg, punk rock, pennywise, the decemberists, nofx, Henry Rollins, queens of the stone age, josh homme, r.e.m., epitaph records, Colin Meloy, Jane's Addiction, Eric Avery, Duff McKagan, The Replacements, Cracker, spin, The Posies, Butch Vig, The Offspring, Dischord Records, Kyuss, Nick Oliveri, Twiggy Ramirez, Pulp, Jarvis Cocker, Peter Buck, J Mascis, Dinosaur Jr, Stereogum, David Lowery, Camper Van Beethoven

Wednesday-music.com indie music profile: The Apples In Stereo

• by Jason Green
• Tags: Music, stephen-colbert, Of-Montreal, Wednesday, Music, jason green, wednesday-music.com, wednesday-music, the decemberists, neutral milk hotel, Peter Frampton, Robert Schneider, Jim McIntyre Hilarie Sidney, Chris Parfitt, The Elephant 6, Elf Power, the Olivia Tremor, The Apples In Stereo, Bottom Lounge, John Hill, Eric Allen, Bill Doss, John Dufilho, John Ferguson, Shred Down, Chris Funk, Travellers in Space & Time, Elijah Wood, Uncategorized

Wednesday-music.com indie music profile: Laura Veirs

• by Jason Green
• Tags: Music, Wednesday, NPR, Music, jason green, Jim James, my morning jacket, wednesday-music.com, wednesday-music, the decemberists, Bob Boilen, Sufjan Stevens, Bill Frisell, Laura Veirs, Rair Kx!, Richie Unterberger, Karl Blau, Steve Moore, Tucker Martine, July Flame, Colin Meloy, Uncategorized

Wednesday-music.com indie music profile: Yeasayer

• by Jason Green
• Tags: Music, Conor Oberst, Wednesday, Iron and Wine, Music, Yo La Tengo, world cafe, jason green, Spoon, wednesday-music.com, wednesday-music, the decemberists, dirty projectors, WXPN, kexp, Andrew Bird, feist, Arcade Fire, Yeasayer, All Hour Cymbals, CMJ Session, Bon Iver, Odd Blood, Kevin Drew, Luke Fasano, Chris Keating, Anand Wilder, Ira Wolf Tuton, 2080, Tightrope, Dark Was The Night, The National, My Brightest Diamond, Kronos Quartet, The New Pornographers, NPR Second Stage, Wait for the Summer, Minnesota Public Radio, The Current, Uncategorized

Creative Loafing's 100 Best Albums of the Decade

• by Leilani Polk
Here's our staff list for the best 100 albums released in the 2000s.
• Tags: Music, Best of the Decade, Flaming Lips, Pelican, Of-Montreal, The-Arcade-Fire, Pearl Jam, Music, Modest Mouse, ween, Mastodon, Radiohead, funeral, the decemberists, Grizzly Bear, Oh, solomon burke, Remission, elliott smith, Best of the Decade, The Avalanches, Since I Left You, Bill Frisell, Blues Dream, White Pepper, Fountains of Wayne, Welcome Interstate Managers, Erykah Badu, New Amerykah Part One (4th World War), Australasia, Every Time I Die, Gutter Phenomenon, The Black Keys, Rubber Factory, Kid A, Yellow House, Chris Whitley, Rocket House, Menomena, Friend and Foe, The Coup, Pick A Bigger Weapon, Outkast, Stankonia, Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots, Shelby Lynne, I Am Shelby Lynne, The Moon & Antarctica, Figure 8, The Crane Wife, The Lawrence Arms, Calcutta!, Don't Give Up on Me, Hissing Fauna, Uncategorized

Music news links: Green Day, J. Lo, Eminem, Ringo Starr, Paul McCartney, Bonnaroo and more (with video)

• by Kristina Welch
Stay updated this weekend on your music news. Happy Friday!
• Tags: Music, paul mccartney, the beatles, Jack White, rolling stone, chris brown, Simon Cowell, Paula Abdul, eminem, susan boyle, Green Day, jennifer lopez, Glee, Music, Bonnaroo, alice in chains, the decemberists, ringo starr, dead weather, scott weiland, stone temple pilots, the swell season, j. lo, daft punk, jason segel, Uncategorized

Fall Arts Best Bets: Indie Love in O-town

• by Leilani Polk
The Decemberists, Frightened Rabbit, Blitz
• Tags: Music, Concerts, aestheticized, Orlando, Music, frightened rabbit, the social, Concerts, Hard Rock Live, indie rock, blitzen trapper, mutemath, o town, THX Management, New Granada, the decemberists, short fazed hovel tour, mute math, ghostland observatory, house of blues, Uncategorized