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

Everything but the Top Ten: Tk’s Short & Sweaty List for 2013

16Dec13

2013 in music can be noted for being a year of transitions. Growing less relevant was indie-folk in the vein of Mumford & Sons to make way for a batch of mature, old-fashioned folk artists, such as Laura Marling, Martin Simpson, and Josephine Foster. Meanwhile, four-to-the-floor electronic music has yielded to EDM that borrows from […]

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Tags: arcade fire, autre ne veut, avicii, brian eno, daft punk, forest swords, guy clark, haim, james blake, johnny cash, josephine foster, kanye west, laura marling, martin simpson, monoswezi, mumford & sons, nils frahm, robert pattinson, short, sweaty, tegan & sara, vampire weekend

Tk’s Top 10 Albums of 2010

23Dec10

2010 in music was marked by a few things: *It was the year that Americans finally learned how to party like the rest of the world. That’s right… trance/dance beats and riffs have taken over pop music charts and every self-respecting party animal and nightlife layperson is better off because of it. Hell, even Enrique […]

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Tags: amelie, arcade fire, auto-tune, caribou, enrique iglesias, gold panda, jack rose, javiera mena, joanna newsom, local natives, pitbull, steve reich, sufjan stevens, t-pain, tallest man on earth, these new puritans, vampire weekend, wildbirds & peacedrums, yann tiersen

Tk’s 2010 Deathly Noninclusions

19Dec10

I have been having in-excess much festivity with thesaurus.com and the fruition may be an entry that is strenuous to read. A few 24 hour periods ago, CK gave us Fatal Omissions. In just a moment, I will unveil my Deathly Noninclusions for 2010 in music. Below you will find the following categories: Song of […]

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Tags: 2010, arcade fire, armin van buuren, brandon flowers, brit daniel, broken social scene, dr. dog, gareth emery, glasser, janelle monae, kanye west, kid cuci, killers, knife, lost in the trees, mumford and sons, national, pantha du prince, sharon von etten, spoon, swans, thesaurus, yeasayer

Fatal Omissions: 2010

18Dec10

The music industry is a battlefield. I realize that’s an easy metaphor to pull out of your back pocket, but it’s more true than ever. However, it’s no longer the sort of battlefield where two opposing armies walk toward each other until they are close enough to swing swords. No, this battlefield is the kind […]

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Tags: 2010, acorn, against me!, alkaline trio, anberlin, animal collective, annoying abuse of alliteration, annuals, antoine dodson, arcade fire, band of horses, belle and sebastian, bjork, bleach, bloc party, brandon flowers, broken bells, caribou, ceo, christina aguilera, chromeo, coheed and cambria, danger mouse, david byrne, dead weather, deconstructionism, dinosaur feathers, dirty projectors, double rainbow, dr. dog, eclipse, fatboy slim, five iron frenzy, free energy, freelance whales, fun, games, ghoti hook, girl talk, gregory brothers, gym class heroes, hold steady, imelda marcos, jack johnson, joanna newsom, jonsi, kele, laura veirs, lcd soundsystem, los campesinos!, m.i.a, mars volta, mates of state, maximum balloon, mgmt, michael jackson, mortal kombat, motion city soundtrack, my chemical romance, national, peter gabriel, phantogram, plants and animals, ra ra riot, rihanna, robyn, rocket summer, roots, sasquatch, sasquatch! music festival, she & him, shins, shout out louds, sigur ros, something corporate, spoon, stupid personification tricks, sufjan stevens, taking back sunday, thermals, travie mccoy, tv girl, tv on the radio, twee, twilight, vedera, wale, weekend, weezer, white stripes, wolf parade, yeasayer, young veins

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

Tk’s Sasquatch Squawkin’ on Trends and Favorites

07Jun10

As you may have noticed last week, CK got tipsy on typing with his Sasquatch Saturday Recap. He will continue these frisky frollicks into the future, but for now, you’re stuck with Tk’s Sasquatch Squawkin’. This squawk session is extra special considering that I will be out of commission for a while after this post […]

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Tags: a-trak, arcade fire, caribou, dirty projectors, dr. dog, edward sharpe, kid cudi, kobe bryant, lcd soundsystem, local natives, mgmt, national, patrick watson, phantogram, ray ban, sasquatch! music festival, seattle rock orchestra, tallest man on earth, the national

Live-blogging the American Idol finale tonight! COMPLETE (10:30 PM)

26May10

12:05 PM: Hey folks – I’m on the west coast, trying to avoid seeing who wins American Idol before it’s revealed tonight at roughly 10:07 PM. For most of this season, I’ve been live-tweeting each episode on my personal Twitter account, but I occassionally had details ruined by friends on the east coast. I’m not […]

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Tags: aaron kelly, adam lambert, alanis morissette, alice cooper, american idol, andrew garcia, arcade fire, beegees, beyonce, blake lewis, bo bice, carrie underwood, casey james, chicago, chris daughtry, christina aguilera, clay aiken, crystal bowersox, dane cook, danny gokey, daughtry, david archuleta, david cook, david hasselhoff, didi benami, ellen degeneres, elliot yamin, fantasia, frank sinatra, hall and oates, idol finale, janelle wheeler, jason castro, jay-z, joe cocker, jordin sparks, justin guarini, kara dioguardi, katherine mcphee, katie stevens, kelly clarkson, kris allen, lacey brown, lee dewyze, michael lynche, michael mcdonald, paul rudd, paula abdul, reuben studdard, ricky gervais, ryan seacrest, simon cowell, siobhan magnus, sufjan stevens, super bowl, taylor hicks, tim urban, time zones, who

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