January 2012
Chad VanGaalen
Chad VanGaalen is number 1 in 2011 on our Top 200 of 2011 edging out Mother Mother and Timber Timbre. Read our interviews with Chad and Mother Mother.
Tom Waits takes over the #1 spot on the on the December !earshot top 200 with Bad as Me. Lots of new faces on the December Top 10 as we see see the albums that have been dominating the charts all fall start to give way to new Check out the latest charts action on the weekly charts.
The National Top 200 of 2011For January to December 2011 |
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| TW | Artist - Title - (Label) | ||
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| 1 | Chad VanGaalen 
Diaper Island - (Flemish Eye) |
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| 2 | Mother Mother
Eureka - (Last Gang) |
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| 3 | Timber Timbre
Creep On Creepin' On - (Arts & Crafts) |
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| 4 | Braids
Native Speaker - (Flemish Eye) |
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| 5 | Austra
Feel It Break - (Paper Bag) |
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| 6 | The Pack A.D.
Unpersons - (Mint) |
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| 7 | Feist
Metals - (Arts & Crafts) |
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| 8 | The Rural Alberta Advantage
Departing - (Paper Bag) |
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| 9 | Black Lips
Arabia Mountain - (Vice) |
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| 10 | Handsome Furs
Sound Kapital - (Sub Pop) |
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View the full !earshot Top 200 |
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| Specialty Charts #1s of 2011 | |||
| Electronic: | Cut Copy - Zonoscope - (Modular) | ||
| Hip Hop: | Shabazz Palaces - Black Up - (Sub Pop) | ||
| International: | Tinariwen - Tassili - (Anti-) | ||
| Jazz: | Nightcrawlers - Down In The Bottom - (Cellar Live) | ||
| Loud: | Anvil - Juggernaut of Justice - (The End) | ||
| Folk/Roots/Blues: | Deep Dark Woods - The Place I Left Behind - (Six Shooter) | ||
Features
The Best of 2011
By The Pack A.D.
By Romi Mayes
By Jason Raso
!earshot chart toppers The Pack A.D., roots artist Romi Mayes and jazz bassist Jason Raso offer up thier picks for the best of 2011.
By Chris Hibbard
We also get !earshot writers and radio programmers to to weigh in on the best of 2011 as well.
Book Review: Retromania
Pop Will Eat Itself: Is Pop Culture just going around in circles? Writer Simon Reynolds looks at a pop culture that increasingly feeds off its past. By Dan McPeake
Philoceraptor Attacks
Philoceraptor are invading the Vancouver music scene with the dedication of a missionary. By Scott Wood
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Charts
!earshot Top 50
For the Week Ending: Tuesday, January 24, 2012
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| TW | Artist - Title - (Label) | ||
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| 1 | The Black Keys
El Camino - (Nonesuch) |
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| 2 | Rae Spoon
I Can't Keep All Your Secrets - (Saved By Radio) |
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| 3 | Guided By Voices
Let's Go Eat The Factory - (Self-Released) |
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| 4 | Coeur De Pirate
Blonde - (Grosse Boite) |
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| 5 | Bry Webb
Provider - (Idée Fixe) |
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| 6 | Tom Waits
Bad As Me - (Anti-) |
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| 7 | M83
Hurry Up, We're Dreaming - (Mute) |
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| 8 | John K. Samson
Provincial - (Anti-) |
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| 9 | Feist
Metals - (Arts & Crafts) |
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| 10 | The Roots
Undun - (Def Jam) |
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View the full Top 50 |
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| Specialty Charts #1s | |||
| Electronic: | Tycho - Dive - (Ghostly International) | ||
| Hip Hop: | The Roots - Undun - (Def Jam) | ||
| International: | Lijadu Sisters - Danger - (KF) | ||
| Jazz: | Eucalyptus - Eeeeeuuucaaaaaaallyyypppptus - (Blocks Recording Club) | ||
| Loud: | Iced Earth - Dystopia - (Century Media) | ||
| Folk/Roots/Blues: | Bry Webb - Provider - (Idée Fixe) | ||
!earshot December Top 200For the Month of December 2011 |
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| TW | Artist - Title - (Label) | ||
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| 1 | Tom Waits
Bad As Me - (Anti-) |
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| 2 | Feist
Metals - (Arts & Crafts) |
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| 3 | Atlas Sound
Parallax - (4AD) |
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| 4 | M83
Hurry Up, We're Dreaming - (Mute) |
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| 5 | Coeur De Pirate
Blonde - (Grosse Boite) |
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| 6 | Marine Dreams
Marine Dreams - (You've Changed) |
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| 7 | Duchess Says
In A Fung Day T! - (Alien8) |
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| 8 | Ohbijou
Metal Meets - (Last Gang) |
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| 9 | Bry Webb
Provider - (Id��e Fixe) |
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| 10 | Los Campesinos!
Hello Sadness - (Arts & Crafts) |
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View the full !earshot Top 200 |
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| Specialty Charts #1s | |||
| Electronic: | M83 - Hurry Up, We're Dreaming - (Mute) | ||
| Hip Hop: | Teenburger - Burgertime - (Droppin' Science) | ||
| International: | El Rego - El Rego - (Daptone) | ||
| Jazz: | Oliver Jones - Live In Baden, Switzerland - (Justin Time) | ||
| Loud: | Mastodon - The Hunter - (Reprise) | ||
| Folk/Roots/Blues: | Ox - Tuco - (Cosmic Dave's Record Factory) | ||
The National Top 200 of 2011For January to December 2011 |
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| TW | Artist - Title - (Label) | ||
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| 1 | Chad VanGaalen
Diaper Island - (Flemish Eye) |
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| 2 | Mother Mother
Eureka - (Last Gang) |
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| 3 | Timber Timbre
Creep On Creepin' On - (Arts & Crafts) |
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| 4 | Braids
Native Speaker - (Flemish Eye) |
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| 5 | Austra
Feel It Break - (Paper Bag) |
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| 6 | The Pack A.D.
Unpersons - (Mint) |
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| 7 | Feist
Metals - (Arts & Crafts) |
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| 8 | The Rural Alberta Advantage
Departing - (Paper Bag) |
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| 9 | Black Lips
Arabia Mountain - (Vice) |
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| 10 | Handsome Furs
Sound Kapital - (Sub Pop) |
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View the full !earshot Top 200 |
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| Specialty Charts #1s of 2011 | |||
| Electronic: | Cut Copy - Zonoscope - (Modular) | ||
| Hip Hop: | Shabazz Palaces - Black Up - (Sub Pop) | ||
| International: | Tinariwen - Tassili - (Anti-) | ||
| Jazz: | Nightcrawlers - Down In The Bottom - (Cellar Live) | ||
| Loud: | Anvil - Juggernaut of Justice - (The End) | ||
| Folk/Roots/Blues: | Deep Dark Woods - The Place I Left Behind - (Six Shooter) | ||
