CK’s “Not Top Tens” of 2013

17Dec13

You know the drill by now. HONORABLE MENTION: Number 11 through 15 on my top ten list, in alphabetical order. These albums are given the same full review as the top ten (coming soon!). Album links will open in Spotify. If you don’t have it yet, go get it! WORTH NOTICING: A list of albums worth checking […]

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Tags: 2013, afi, alkaline trio, annuals, arcade fire, Atoms for Peace, avicii, bonobo, childish gambino, chvrches, coheed and cambria, cults, davey havoc, david bowie, disclosure, dropkick murphys, eminem, front bottoms, haim, holy ghost!, icona pop, iron & wine, jamie lidell, jimmy eat world, justin timberlake, kanye west, kings of convenience, knife, lady gaga, local natives, marijuana deathsquads, of montreal, on an on, phoenix, polica, relient k, rhye, saves the day, she & him, shout out louds, skylar gray, strokes, thermals, twin forks, wale

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: #50-11

25Jan10

Hey hey, here we go. I hope you spent the entire weekend evaluating the picks from the previous post. This has been quite the metaphorical trip down memory lane for me; I was 14 when the naughties began, and I’m 24 on the way out. Most of my music-listening life happened in the last ten […]

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Tags: 2000s, afi, alkaline trio, animal collective, annuals, antlers, arcade fire, brave saint saturn, death cab for cutie, decemberists, format, fun, girl talk, gnarls barkley, hives, joy electric, juliana theory, killers, knife, lindsey pool, m83, mars volta, muse, panda bear, shout out louds, spoon, strokes, sufjan stevens, taking back sunday, u.s.e., vampire weekend, white stripes, yeasayer

Notable Omissions: 2009 Edition

14Dec09

Four score and seven years ago, it was 1922. And while the Roaring ’20s were the first great height of leisure time in the US, it was hard to discover music independently without going to ballroom dances every night. Fast forward from the Jazz Age to the Digital Age, and it seems as if everyone […]

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Tags: 2009, adam lambert, afi, andrew bird, antony and the johnsons, arctic monkeys, beck, beirut, bob dylan, conor oberst, dan deacon, danger mouse, dark was the night, darkness, dead weather, decemberists, discovery, fever ray, flaming lips, grizzly bear, islands, jay-z, julian casablancas, julian plenti, justin hawkins, kid cudi, kings of convenience, kris allen, lady sovereign, lily allen, lonely island, mars volta, metric, mew, mika, modest mouse, monsters of folk, muse, pains of being pure at heart, patrick wolf, pete yorn, pictureplane, pink, relient k, riceboy sleeps, rivers cuomo, say anything, scarlett johansson, silversun pickups, sparklehorse, st. vincent, sufjan stevens, sunset rubdown, switchfoot, taking back sunday, tegan and sara, them crooked vultures, velvet underground, very best, wilco, xx, yeah yeah yeahs

ck’s top ten albums of 2006

28Nov09

Not to be outdone, here are my top ten albums of 2006. You can see the list with commentary and a bunch of other categories right here. This was the first year that I wrote a full commentary for the list, and it was INDEED a great year in music. Don’t forget that this is […]

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Tags: 2000s, 2006, afi, big city rock, decemberists, girl talk, gnarls barkley, knife, matisyahu, sufjan stevens, taking back sunday, thom yorke