Harp's December issue may have Ween on its cover, but the magazine's Top 50 of 2007 is headed by Okkervil River's The Stage Names, with Band Of Horses, Iron & Wine, Future Clouds & Radar, and Feist—who's apparently the official No. 5 pick for the triple-A set—rounding out the list's top five. (In Rainbowswatch: It's No. 7.) The full list is after the jump, but below we have some highlights.
THE GOOD: Grinderman squeaks in at No. 30, with Robert Wyatt's Comicopera behind it. Also, there's no Joss Stone in sight.
THE BAD: Rilo Kiley (No. 20) ahead of M.I.A. (No. 24)?! That is just wrong. (Damn hot pants.)
THE WHAAA? Who knew that Kings Of Leon (No. 29) put out an album this year? Anyone?
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Which is why you should check out the bankruptcy-protected label's list of unsecured creditors, just to make sure that you aren't on it. For those of you who are pretty sure that you don't need cash from TeeVeeToons, Inc., there's still good reading to be had: The label owes $26,883.50 to SoundScan, and $1,300 to the now-defunct Harp, Also, their accounts payable department has apparently neglected to send a $945.46 check to Chad Kroeger for some time, and I for one would love to know why. [
Ah, Philadelphia. It's only been two months since I left your slacker ass for New York City, but I'm glad to see that the Philadelphia Weekly is still full of self-righteous rock lunacy. Throughout an irreverent anti-memorial for Harp, former Harp contributor and "punk poet" Steven Wells offers us the transgressive, energetic writing he feels has been sorely lacking in indie music magazines. None of the bodily humors are left behind as he recalls a time when angry lesbain punks were angry lesbian punks and Lester Bangs danced the Charleston on top of the Sears Tower or something. And yes, he is British.
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