May 2012
Grimes
Grimes eakes out a victory over the hard charging Yukon Blonde to take the number 1 spot on the !earshot top 200 for April. Over on the weekly charts it is all Yukon Blonde's Tiger Talk as we head into May. Great Lakes Swimmers are at number 3 on the TOp 200, but have been dominating the Folk/Roots and Blues chart with with New Wild Everywhere.
Read our interviews with Yukon Blonde and Plants and Animals. Check out the latest charts action on the weekly charts
Check out !earshot's Top 200 of 2011 chart featuring Chad VanGaalen, Mother Mother and Timber Timbre.
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These are sunny days for Vancouver's Yukon Blonde as the buzz around them grows and their new record hits the streets. By Amil Delic
Chart Mysteries Explained
If Yukon Blonde was #1 for most of April on the weekly charts, how come Grimes got the top spot on the Top 200. Our Charts Editor shows how it all makes sense. By Chris White, Charts Editor
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Charts
!earshot Top 50
For the Week Ending: Tuesday, May 15, 2012
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| TW | Artist - Title - (Label) | ||
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| 1 | Apollo Ghosts 
Landmark - (You've Changed) |
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| 2 | Yukon Blonde
Tiger Talk - (Dine Alone) |
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| 3 | Great Lake Swimmers
New Wild Everywhere - (Nettwerk) |
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| 4 | Grimes
Visions - (Arbutus) |
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| 5 | Eight And A Half
Eight And A Half - (Arts & Crafts) |
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| 6 | Dr. John
Locked Down - (Nonesuch) |
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| 7 | The Joel Plaskett Emergency
Scrappy Happiness - (MapleMusic) |
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| 8 | Jack White
Blunderbuss - (Columbia) |
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| 9 | Alabama Shakes
Boys & Girls - (ATO) |
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| 10 | PS I Love You
Death Dreams - (Paper Bag) |
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View the full Top 50 |
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| Specialty Charts #1s | |||
| Electronic: | CFCF - Exercises - (Paper Bag) | ||
| Hip Hop: | Various - Urbnet Certified Vol. 2 - (Urbnet) | ||
| International: | Amadou And Mariam - Folila - (Because Music) | ||
| Jazz: | Mike Allen Quartet - A Hip Cosmos - (Almus) | ||
| Loud: | Mares of Thrace - The Pilgrimage - (Sonic Unyon) | ||
| Folk/Roots/Blues: | Del Barber - Headwaters - (Six Shooter) | ||
!earshot April Top 200For the Month of April 2012 |
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| TW | Artist - Title - (Label) | ||
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| 1 | Grimes
Visions - (Arbutus) |
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| 2 | Yukon Blonde
Tiger Talk - (Dine Alone) |
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| 3 | Zeus
Busting Visions - (Arts & Crafts) |
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| 4 | Said The Whale
Little Mountain - (Hidden Pony) |
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| 5 | The Shins
Port Of Morrow - (Columbia) |
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| 6 | Plants And Animals
The End of That - (Secret City) |
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| 7 | The Ketamines
Spaced Out - (Mammoth Cave) |
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| 8 | Cousins
The Palm At The End Of The Mind - (Saved By Vinyl) |
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| 9 | Great Lake Swimmers
New Wild Everywhere - (Nettwerk) |
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| 10 | The Men
Open Your Heart - (Sacred Bones) |
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View the full !earshot Top 200 |
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| Specialty Charts #1s | |||
| Electronic: | Grimes - Visions - (Arbutus) | ||
| Hip Hop: | THEESatisfaction - awE naturalE - (Sub Pop) | ||
| International: | Lijadu Sisters - Mother Africa - (Knitting Factory) | ||
| Jazz: | Peter Appleyard and the Jazz Giants - The Lost 1974 Sessions - (True North) | ||
| Loud: | Mares of Thrace - The Pilgrimage - (Sonic Unyon) | ||
| Folk/Roots/Blues: | Great Lake Swimmers - New Wild Everywhere - (Nettwerk) | ||
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) | ||
