2011 in music: The CKTK quarterly report

09Apr11

This year, we’re turning over a new leaf. We’re combining the Quarterly Reports. CK and TK’s opinions, boiled down into one easy-to-digest list with a couple hundred tags. The only question left is: WILL IT BLEND? Favorites So Far: Albums that stand a distinct chance of being on one of our Top 10 lists at [...]

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Tags: about group, adele, akron family, andre 3000, antlers, arctic monkeys, beck, bill callahan, blaqk audio, blink 182, bon iver, bright eyes, burial, cake, coldplay, colin stetson, cults, cut copy, danger mouse, danielson, death can for cutie, decemberists, demdike stare, destroyer, devotchka, dodos, does it offend you yeah?, dr. dre, duran duran, fleet foxes, foo fighters, ford & lopatin, fountains of wayne, g side, games, go! team, gym class heroes, hercules & love affair, hunx and his punx, iron & wine, islands, jack white, jack's mannequin, jay-z, jens lekman, julianna barwick, kanye west, killers, kills, lady gaga, lindsey pool, liz janes, lonely island, low anthem, lupe fiasco, m83, matisyahu, moddi, modest mouse, mogwai, moonface, mother mother, muse, my morning jacket, nicholas jaar, outkast, pains of being pure at heart, panda bear, panic! at the disco, parts and labor, passion pit, patrick stump, patrick wolf, peter bjorn and john, psychic paramount, r.e.m., radiohead, red hot chili peppers, reel big fish, rivers cuomo, rome, santigold, sea and cake, shins, smith westerns, strokes, stryper, switchfoot, taking back sunday, teddybears, tegan and sara, tennis, travie mccoy, trio mediaeval, tv on the radio, weeknd, weezer, weird al yankovic, wire, wye oak, yuck

The End of an Era? Sort Of.

30Aug10

August 21, 2010 was a turning point for me musically. I woke up slowly and, with no plans until later in the day, decided to try out Ra Ra Riot’s new album The Orchard. A pleasant listen indeed, but by about the 20th minute, I was itching for something different. Something fresh. Something unexpected. So, [...]

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Tags: arcade fire, arvo part, bloc party, cafe tacvba, gareth emery, national, nortec collective, philip glass, ra ra riot, radiohead, rolling stone, steve reich, taking back sunday

2010 in music: CK’s Second Quarterly Report

01Jul10

Here we go again! It’s now officially halfway through the year 2010. TK is busy hiking the Pacific Coast Trail, so I’m holding down CKTK duties while he’s gone. During the first half of this year, we officially launched our Facebook and Twitter accounts. Check those out for more frequent updates. Also, I just launched [...]

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Tags: 2010, acorn, against me!, alkaline trio, andrew wk, angels and airwaves, animal collective, annuals, antony and the johnsons, arcade fire, archie bronson outfit, balmorhea, band of horses, big boi, black keys, blaqk audio, blink 182, blitzen trapper, bloc party, broken bells, broken social scene, caribou, carolina chocolate drops, ceo, childish gambino, christina aguilera, coheed and cambria, coldplay, crystal castles, cut copy, daft punk, david byrne, dinosaur feathers, dominique young unique, dr. dog, drake, drums, dum dum girls, eclipse, fatboy slim, fleet foxes, flying lotus, foals, free energy, freelance whales, girl talk, growing, gym class heroes, hercules & love affair, here we go magic, hives, hot chip, how to destroy angels, I can make a mess like nobody's business, interpol, jack johnson, jack's mannequin, jaguar love, janelle monae, jimmy eat world, jj, joanna newsom, jonsi, katy perry, kele, kid cudi, knife, laura veirs, local natives, los campesinos!, m.i.a, mark ronson, mgmt, michael jackson, morning benders, motion city soundtrack, national, neon trees, new pornographers, of montreal, owen pallet, panda bear, panic! at the disco, pantha du prince, pendulum, peter gabriel, plants and animals, punch brothers, ra ra riot, radiohead, rocket summer, roots, saves the day, she & him, shins, shout out louds, sleigh bells, spoon, stan ipcus, strokes, tallest man on earth, travie mccoy, vampire weekend, vedera, we have band, white stripes, wolf parade, yeasayer, young veins, zola jesus

2010 in music: CK’s quarterly report

31Mar10

Here it is, folks: My report on the first quarter of 2010. It’s been a solid year so far. This list is presented with minimal commentary; just know that you’ll see many of these records in my “Best of 2010″ post nine months from now. But you don’t have to take my word for it… [...]

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Tags: 2010, 3oh!3, afi, alkaline trio, american idol, andrew wk, angels and airwaves, animal collective, annuals, arcade fire, archie bronson outfit, balmorhea, band of horses, blaqk audio, blink 182, broken bells, broken social scene, childish gambino, coheed and cambria, coldplay, daft punk, david byrne, fatboy slim, final fantasy, fleet foxes, free energy, freelance whales, gym class heroes, hot chip, hot hot heat, interpol, jack's mannequin, jimmy eat world, jj, joanna newsom, jonsi, ke$ha, knife, laura veirs, local natives, los campesinos!, mgmt, michael jackson, national, of montreal, owen pallet, panda bear, panic! at the disco, pantha du prince, peter gabriel, radiohead, reading rainbow, rocket summer, saves the day, she & him, shins, shout out louds, sigur ros, spoon, strokes, vampire weekend, vedera, white stripes, yeasayer

ck’s top 100 albums of the decade: #10-1

27Jan10

No analysis today; I’m letting the music stand for itself (which, of course, it does). As always, click on any album title to listen on lala. Read part I here and part II here. 10    The National – Boxer (2007) 9    Taking Back Sunday – Tell All Your Friends (2002) 8    Dirty Projectors – Bitte Orca (2009) [...]

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Tags: brand new, death cab for cutie, dirty projectors, modest mouse, national, postal service, radiohead, saves the day, sufjan stevens, taking back sunday

tk’s top 40 albums of the decade

03Jan10

I pity the poor suckers who unleashed their “Albums of the Decade” lists before midnight on January 1st, 2010, because they ALL MISSED THIS ONE! This album (the one that I linked with pink ink before the exclamation point and after the word “they”) did MORE than just convert me to Epistemological Luddism–it also reminded [...]

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Tags: animal collective, antlers, apr financing, arcade fire, bad plus, battles, bill callahan, brian wilson, broken social scene, decemberists, devendra banhart, dj tiesto, doves, epistemological luddism, fleet foxes, fuck buttons, iron & wine, joanna newsom, johann johannsson, jose gonzalez, knife, lcd soundsystem, liars, m83, murder by death, national, noughties, old crow medicine show, panda bear, radiohead, sigur ros, silversun pickups, strokes, sufjan stevens, tallest man on earth, tv on the radio, war on drugs

tk’s top 10 Albums of 2007

02Dec09

2007 was the first year that I didn’t waste a moment and started growing my Top 10 Albums list on an RFT file on my Desktop on the morning of January 1st (Okay, fine… in the spirit of full disclosure, I actually started it on the evening of January 4th and it began as a [...]

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Tags: 2000s, 2007, arcade fire, battles, m.i.a, okkervil river, panda bear, radiohead, shout out louds

MOST IMPORTANT MUSICAL SPECIMEN

21Nov09

tk weighs in: What is the most important band or artist of the decade? I pondered this question during my entire stroll down Gower Ave. from Sunset to Santa Monica (all 0.5 miles) and here’s what I came up with. These aren’t controversial choices but who needs controversy when there’s a possibility for accuracy? First [...]

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Tags: 1950s, 1960s, 1970s, 1980s, 1990s, 2000s, animal collective, beatles, elvis presley, eminem, jay-z, led zeppelin, li'l wayne, michael jackson, nirvana, pink floyd, radiohead