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

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

CL on the Road: The Solid Sound Festival in Massachusetts with Wilco and many others

• by Leilani Polk
In an earlier CL post, we welcomed WMNF radio programmer Amy Snider, a guest blogger preparing to head up to the Solid Sound Festival in North Adams, Mass. to interview her favorite band, Wilco, and enjoy the weekend's festivities with her 15-year-old daughter, Josie, who had inherited her mother’s passionate hero worship for Wilco. This is her detailed account of their advetures.
• Tags: Music, Concerts, Music Review, Music, wilco, Concerts, Music Review, solid sound festival

Wilco presents the Solid Sound Festival, a three-day arts and music fest in North Adams, Massachusetts (with audio)

• by Leilani Polk
WMNF's Tuesday Sonic Detour host Amy Snider -- who is headed up to the Solid Sound Festival this weekend and will be reporting back as a guest contributor for CL-Tampa -- offers a preview of the fest.
• Tags: Arts & Entertainment, Music, Concerts, Arts & Entertainment, Music, wilco, Concerts, Steve Wynn, Avi Buffalo, solid sound, mavis staples, John Mulaney, todd barry, Kristen Schaal, baseball project, deep blue organ trio, Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art, Mass MoCA, Uncategorized

CL Feature: Alexander and The Grapes, a melodic alt-country foursome that supports Andy Matchett and the Minks at New World Brewery on Saturday

• by Evan Tokarz
Opening acts seldom get begged for encores, especially the locally-brewed variety. But a few days into the new decade, on-the-rise Bay area group Alexander and The Grapes earned lengthy applause and hearty shouts for more after their support set for Gainesville art rockers Clock Hands Strangle came to an end.
• Tags: Music, Local Music, Tampa, indie, Ybor, Music, beatles, wilco, rock, sound, Local Music, alexander and the grapes, new world, Uncategorized

Concert review: Wilco at Ruth Eckerd Hall (with setlist + pics)

• by Evan Tokarz
You missed the Wilco show at Ruth Eckerd Hall? Oh man...
• Tags: Music, Music Review, Clearwater, Ruth-Eckerd-Hall, Music, Jeff Tweedy, wilco, Music Review, Yankee Hotel Foxtrot, wilco tour, tweedy, Uncategorized

Record Store Day is on its way!

• by Shawn Goldberg
On April 17, an exceptional slew of records will be stocked in indie record stores nationwide for the third annual national Record Store Day. Here's a spotlight on a few of the unique items available this year.
• Tags: Shopping, Music, Flaming Lips, Shopping, mystery, pink floyd, Record Store Day, Music, dark side, Beastie Boys, wilco, sonic youth, dark side of the moon, ariel pink, kicking television, adam yauch, white label, 12", april, april 17, evol, confusion of sex, confusion is sex, hits for squares, 4ad, fragments from work in progress, big pink, gang gang dance, tune yards, tuneyards, blonde redhead, Uncategorized

CD review: ALO, Man of the World (with video)

• by Taylor Toothman
• Tags: Music, Music Review, Music, wilco, Music Review, jack johnson, ALO, brushfire records, Wallflowers, Moody Blues, 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

Ruth Eckerd Hall announces two new concerts: Harry Connick, Jr. in February, Wilco in March

• by Leilani Polk
• Tags: Music, Concerts, Ruth-Eckerd-Hall, Music, wilco, Concerts, Harry Connick Jr., wilco tour, wilco announce dates, march/april tour, wilco the album, your songs, Uncategorized

Creative Loafing's 100 Best Albums of the Decade, Part III: Amy Winehouse, The Strokes, Wilco, Buddy Guy, Muse, The Ditchflowers and more

• by Leilani Polk
• Tags: Music, Best of the Decade, Amy Winehouse, MUSE, Music, regina spektor, begin to hope, the strokes, wilco, Kelly Clarkson, Joe Henry, neko case, Death Cab for Cutie, The Ditchflowers, queens of the stone age, Best of the Decade, Back to Black, Is This It?, Jason Moran, Same Mother, Icy Demons, Tears of a Clone, Scar, We Have the Facts and We're Voting Yes, D’Angelo, Voodoo, Yankee Hotel Foxtrot, Tears for Fears, Everybody Loves a Happy Ending, Akron/Family, Set ‘Em Wild, Set ‘Em Free, Sondre Lerche, Two-Way Monologue, Luther Vandross, Dance with My Father, Fox Confessor Brings the Flood, Hot Chip, Coming On Strong, Gnarls Barkley, St. Elsewhere, All I Ever Wanted, Buddy Guy, Sweet Tea, Songs for the Deaf, John Coltrane, One Up, One Down/Live at the Half Note, Department of Eagles, The Cold Nose, Dave Douglas, Strange Liberation, Black Holes & Revelations, Hot Water Music, Caution, Carried Away, Uncategorized

Music news links for Friday, Nov. 13: The Who, Aerosmith, Paul McCartney, Beck, Cat Stevens, 30 Seconds to Mars and more (with video)

• by Kristina Welch
Does Friday the 13th equal a freaky news day in the music world? Find out here.
• Tags: Music, dave matthews band, paul mccartney, Super Bowl, the beatles, Cat Stevens, Beyonce, myspace, britney spears, Twitter, carrie underwood, Music, Courtney Love, wilco, lady Gaga, Gogol bordello, Aerosmith, Steven Tyler, Joe Perry, ben harper, lily allen, Next Big Thing, beck, robbie williams, the who, take that, feist, jamie lidell, skip spence, 30 seconds to mars, ben harper and relentless7, grand ole opry, martina mcbride, Uncategorized

This week's recommended new releases: 7 Worlds Collide, Alice in Chains, Brand New, Karen O and the Kids & more

• by Vinyl Fever
Lots out this week, including the Where the Wild Things Are soundtrack featuring Karen O and a cast of other hot alt rockers.
• Tags: Shopping, Music, madonna, Shopping, AFI, mariah carey, Music, wilco, alice in chains, where the wild things are, brand new, Thom Yorke, Avett Brothers, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Paramore, 7 Worlds Collide, Liamm Finn, Dub Gabriel, Vinyl Fever Elvis Costello, Robert earl Keen, Patti Loveless, Melvins, Bob Schneider, Hope Sandoval, Karen O, Barbara Streisand, Rod Stewart, Ciao Shining Star, Michael Stipe, Boredoms, MF Doom, Chromeo, Betty Davis, Breaking Benjamin, Om, Ettes, Uncategorized

Review: the new Wilco (with audio)

• by Eric Snider
• Tags: Music, Music, George Harrison, Jeff Tweedy, Nels Cline, Nonesuch, seven studio album, wilco, You Never Know, Uncategorized