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Ahhh… the final workday before Christmas. I can’t wait to eat a huge lunch paid for by my boss, email around our favorite holiday YouTube videos (D1ck in a Box), and eat a shitload of candy.
That’s the best part of being in the service industry, we have all of these little vendors who want […]

Readers, you’ve had time to really digest all of our individual 2007 Top Ten lists, which now brings us to the RTP Average.
This weighted scale inputs all of our individual lists into a complex, mathematical algorithm, utilizing a series of functions and their additive inverses (I don’t want to get too technicial, but […]

I like Johnny Winter’s rendition of Please Come Home for Christmas, which showed up on his ‘92 release, “Hey, where’s your brother?” but couldn’t find a good video of it anywhere.
This one will have to suffice; Johnny in Barcelona back in ‘91. Don’t humbug Mr. Winter.
YouTube - Johnny Winter - You´re Humbugging Me

I would like to begin this list by thanking all of my RTP.com bretheren for bringing many new bands to my attention. You are good and honest people–scholars in the first order. So high-fives, low-fives and kickups to all of you.
And now the list:
10. The New Pornographers - Challengers
Perhaps I’m a sucker for […]

Some great stuff came out this year, but I really didn’t have a clear-cut favorite. Any of these rankings could move up or down a spot or two depending on the day, but here’s where they are as of this very second:
The Magic Numbers- Those the Brokes
The world needs more great pop bands like the […]

I agree with FrazerJames: building my list of top 10 records for 2007 was much harder than I thought it would be. Too often, great records had to be left off my list because they started strong, but finished weakly. While the list struggled at times from six through 10, my top […]

Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga - Spoon
-released July 10
Catchy stuff from this southern band. A comeback, even.
No Shouts No Calls - Electrelane
-released April 30
Thx to Benom for turning me onto this record. Easy-listening fun.
American Doll Posse - Tori Amos
-released May 1
Tori has always been fearless and creative. And she gets a high-five for having the […]

10) Menomena, Friend and Foe – Their song writing may leave a bit to be desired, and this material lost some oomph in their live show, but this album sounds amazing on headphones, and I love studio trickery.
9) Okkervil River, The Stage Names – “Unless It’s Kicks” earned this a spot on my list […]

I’ll admit I thought this would be easier than it was. Easier in large part due to my accusation that 07 was a year of musical regression. That said, there is no doubt that the year featured some of what will be my favorite albums of all time. For me, there just happened […]

Putting this list together made me want to immediately go back and start listening to each of these albums on repeat again. Each one, especially those near the top, soundtracked a huge portion of my waking hours in 2007, and I never really got sick of them.
With all further ado sprinkled among the list, here […]