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Better hurry. This sucker is most definitely going to sell out.

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 […]

Vampire Weekend: the preppiest band I’ve ever seen. As fellow RTPers will tell you, this album has been in heavy rotation in a lot of our rock libraries. I like the album, but it’s not my favorite of the year (more on that later this week…) and after seeing them live I’m convinced they’ll make […]

(And the prize for hackiest post title goes to…)
The Big Led Zeppelin reunion show/Ahmet Ertegun tribute thing was last night.
Imagine my surprise when I heard they had covered my old ring tone…

I know, it’s a bunch of old dudes (even wee Jason Bonham is 42) playing hits from before I was born. But I love […]

I do not believe this has any affiliation with the actual person Andrew Bird, but I do believe it to be amusing.
Enjoy.

While RTP traditionally focuses on the latest and greatest sounds that have already made their way through the US, every once in a great while we’re able to preview a band that will hopefully be making their way through our parts sooner rather than later, and deservedly so.
This past Sunday night I was able to […]

Man Man will be playing at Chicago underground art space AV aerie tomorrow night. If you don’t already know, Man Man are a group of hirsuite dudes from Philly who play gut grabbing music that’s heavy on the percussion & is as influenced by Tom Waits as it is by their reptilian brainz. […]

Sometimes it seems like there’s a shortage of really good all girl bands in Chicago, which is why it’s refreshing to stumble upon a troupe like Coupleskate. I’d try and describe them, but the description on their MySpace page really says it all:
Inspired by their shared affection for the indie rock canon (e.g. the Pixies, […]

I was at this show, as I know many others were, but it was great to go back and watch this video footage now that I’ve actually heard the official studio version of the song about 800 times.

We don’t talk about hip hop very often here at RTP, so our first guest post should be a breath of fresh air at the very least. Below, RTP buddy and local hip hop mogul Mike Loekle reviews Monday night’s Atmosphere show at the Metro in Chicago. On behalf of Mike and the rest of […]