Music Blog: “Best of 2011”

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Favorite Music Videos of 2011

Dave Cusick on January 04, 2012 at 02:15 AM, last updated January 05, 2012 at 06:26 PM

Feature-length films require a time commitment to watch that you might not be able to make. But music videos, often like silent short films, can fit into even the busiest life. These were some of last year's best.

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Favorite Portland Music Videos of 2011

Dave Cusick on January 03, 2012 at 04:33 PM, last updated January 07, 2012 at 03:41 PM

Portugal. The Man, Jared Mees, Menomena and many other Portland acts turned in some great music videos in 2011.

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The Sound of 2011: Staff Lists

Music Staff on January 03, 2012 at 02:46 AM

Lists and more lists! Here's how the music of 2011 played out to our staff of DJs, bloggers and otherwise. Spoiler: no one included Lulu.

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The Sound of 2011: Our Picks

Jeremy Petersen on December 30, 2011 at 11:49 AM, last updated January 02, 2012 at 11:14 AM

Once again this year, after much hand-wringing and gnashing of teeth, we've arrived upon our list of ten favorite records. But we could have easily done 200.

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The Sound of 2011: Your Picks

Jeremy Petersen on December 27, 2011 at 10:47 AM, last updated December 31, 2011 at 01:08 PM

The votes are in! The numbers are crunched! We asked and you responded in a big way once again this year, throwing in your support for scores of records only most of which we'd actually heard. Without further ado, here's how you heard 2011.

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The Sound of 2011: Some of Our Favorite Sessions

David Christensen on December 20, 2011 at 10:30 AM, last updated December 31, 2011 at 03:55 AM

Take a look back at some favorite studio sessions from 2011.

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The Sound of 2011: A Call for Your Favorites

Jeremy Petersen on December 06, 2011 at 05:32 PM, last updated December 13, 2011 at 12:11 PM

It's that time of year again! Time to take stock of the musical year that was and deliver the results in handy list form. So we want to know: what moved/soothed/grooved you?

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