CK’s Songs of the Year and Honorable Mention Albums 2014

16Dec14

SONGS OF THE YEAR Once again this year, I couldn’t pick just one… so here’s three to chew on: Against Me! – Transgender Dysphoria Blues (language warning) Michael Jackson – Love Never Felt So Good The War On Drugs – Red Eyes HONORABLE MENTION ALBUMS The Airport District – Smash I love a good mash-up […]

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Tags: airport district, antlers, family crest, foster the people, freeway, girl talk, jack white, kishi bashi, taking back sunday, weezer, you blew it!

CK’s “Not Top Tens” of 2012

19Dec12

Here we go. Four simple categories, 41 albums, one amazing song. This is how CK’s year-end analysis begins. 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!). This year, you get a bonus 16th record! WORTH NOTICING: […]

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Tags: 2012, adam lambert, alabama shakes, alt j, amanda palmer, amanda palmer and the grand theft orchestra, andrew bird, animal collective, antlers, b.o.b, ben folds five, bruce springsteen, calvin harris, chairlift, deadmau5, ellie goulding, fun, geographer, helio sequence, hives, hospitality, hot chip, imogen heap, jack white, jessica 6, kanye west, killers, maroon 5, matisyahu, metric, motion city soundtrack, mumford and sons, muse, nate ruess, of monsters and men, passion pit, patrick watson, queen, radiohead, reel big fish, rihanna, rodrigo y gabriela, say anything, sea and cake, seattle, shins, sigur ros, sleigh bells, sol, tallest man on earth, titus andronicus, xx, yeasayer

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

ck’s song of today (II)

11May10

In a year bereft of great rock albums thus far, “Blue Blood Blues” by The Dead Weather gives me some hope. Yes, I love indie-rock albums. I love massive collectives and I love neo-Afro/indie pop… but there’s nothing like a pure, guitar-based rock record. There has been a number of great records released in 2010, […]

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Tags: broken social scene, dead weather, jack white, kills, vampire weekend

Supergroup, attack!

11Apr10

My good friend Cory submitted another great musical question to me the other day. If you could select any musicians- living or dead- to create a rock supergroup, who would you choose? The stipulation is that you only get four musicians: one vocalist, one guitarist, one drummer, and one wildcard. Here are my choices: Vocalist: […]

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Tags: battles, dave grohl, david byrne, dead weather, discount, foo fighters, freddie mercury, greenhornes, jack white, jack's mannequin, john stanier, keith moon, kevin pritchard, kills, led zeppelin, nels cline, nirvana, probot, queen, queens of the stone age, raconteurs, sting, taking back sunday, tenacious d, them crooked vultures, u2, white stripes, who, wilco