Neekafat

neekafat is an active user and contributing reviewer on sputnikmusic. Best known for his year-end cram lists, where he listens to 100 user-suggested albums from the past year. He is currently pursuing a career in film, and often posts lists discussing popular or acclaimed TV shows and movies. His taste in music skews heavily towards indie rock and indie folk, as well as 2000s pop rock acts like Paramore and Coldplay.

Neek enjoys a fairly positive reputation among most Sput users due to his friendly demeanor and his reluctance to involve himself in site drama. Still, he has attracted a bit of ire from some for his taste, which an unkind observer might describe as somewhat "indie 101".

He is also the creator of the popular series Song of the Day list series in which users picks songs for each day of a month. Although it didn't originally follow a theme, they now adhere to rather strict ones. Neek himself, has hosted a Song of the Day Thread in months, but his legacy lives on.

"To Neek"
Neek's eponymous verb has recently fallen into Sputnik vernacular as a shorthand for posting a hastily considered and incomprehensibly terrible opinion, generally skewed in the direction of vapid midtempo indie. Examples of "neeking" can be found in his 2000s cram list as cited (with partial accuracy) by user luci:

"the 5 worst neek takes, ranked:

5) "bay of pigs" is the worst track on kaputt

4) "sorrow" is the worst track on high violet

3) "no friend" is the best track on after laughter

2) "dream house" is the worst track on sunbather and "please remember" is the best

1) frances quinlan's "carry the zero" is more enjoyable than built to spill's" - luci