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

Parsing the profanity problem

09Nov10

Today, Cee-Lo Green dropped his third solo album, The Lady Killer. It’s his best record yet, with bits of R&B, 80s synths, disco strings, a strong Motown vibe, and the summer’s biggest viral hit. The song in question has all the makings of a crossover hit on the pop and R&B charts, with its soaring gospel […]

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Tags: blink 182, cee-lo, gnarls barkley, offspring

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 ten albums of 2009

23Dec09

It’s here! It’s here! It’s the Top Ten Albums of 2009 list, something that makes me almost as excited as this video does. For this year’s list, I followed TK’s lead and posted a link to each album on lala.com. That way, you can listen to each album in its entirety and decide for yourself. […]

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Tags: 2009, animal collective, antlers, arcade fire, blink 182, dirty projectors, format, fun, girls, glasvegas, matisyahu, panda bear, passion pit, phoenix, ps22, star wars, u.s.e., weezer