In regards to our next staff writer, I dare you to say that Wilco’s last album sucked. I triple dog dare you. Here’s what Kerri Fortune thought of 2007’s musical landscape.

I’m not going to do a “best of ” list because I’ve been rediscovering old artists this year and slacking on listening to new albums.

Anyways, here are some that I thought were jolly good fun. I’ll slap myself silly later for forgetting some.

In Rainbows- Radiohead
Sky Blue Sky - Wilco
The Favourite Game - Uppertiers
Ra Ra Riot [EP]- Ra Ra Riot
Kala - M.I.A.
Along the Quai - The Berg Sans Nipple
Hysterics - Hysterics
Volta - Bjork
Parades- Efterklang
Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga - Spoon
23 - Blonde Redhead
Population - The Most Serene Republic
8 Diagrams - Wu-Tang Clan
Icky Thump - The White Stripes
Hvarf/Heim - Sigur Ros
It’s a Bit Complicated - Art Brut
Challengers - The New Pornographers
S/T - LSD and the Search for God
Boxer- The National
100 Days, 100 Nights- Sharon Jones and the Dap Kings

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Next up, our trusty site maintainer and official Patton Oswalt correspondent, Bill Shouldis.

BEST ALBUMS, IN NO PARTICULAR ORDER

The Good Life - Help Wanted Nights (Saddle Creek)
Against Me! - New Wave (Sire)
Modest Mouse - We Were Dead Before The Ship Even Sank (Epic)
LCD Soundsystem - Sound Of Silver (DFA)
Chuck Ragan - Feast or Famine (Side One Dummy)
Lifetime - S/T (Decaydance)
Baroness - The Red Album (Relapse)
Les Savy Fav - Let’s Stay Friends (Frenchkiss)
Elliott Smith - New Moon (Kill Rock Stars)
Minus The Bear - Planet Of Ice (Suicide Squeeze)

Keep reading Bill’s picks after the jump.

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It’s time for Late Night Wallflower’s year end wrap ups! First up, our official “all things Philly” representative and lord of the dance floor, Leah Pavlik.

Top ten lists are always a little difficult for me since I have the memory span of a mentally challenged goldfish. This usually results in my end-of-year lists being suspiciously heavy on albums that came out in the past month or so. Instead of doing a top ten list, these are the albums that I just really, really liked this year. There’s probably better albums, or more groundbreaking albums that came out in 2007, but hey - if they don’t stick in your mind enough to remember them, who cares? Minus five scene points for me, I suppose.

Best Summer Album
There is a tie between Against Me!’s New Wave and Minus the Bear’s Planet of Ice. I basically listened to New Wave on a continuous stream all summer long, with short breaks where I cheated on it with Planet of Ice.

Best Surprise
I bought Crime In Stereo’s Is Dead on a whim when it came out in October, not really expecting much. It’s since become a definite favorite for the year, and “…but You Are Vast” gets my nomination for best song. Seriously, even if you think Crime in Stereo took a turn for the worse with this LP, you gotta admit how great that song is.

Keep reading more of Leah’s picks after the jump.

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