!earshot : charts : april 2009

Asterisk (*) denotes Canadian artists. All !earshot charts in this issue reflect actual airplay on campus/community stations during the month of April 2009. Charts are weighted according to broadcast range and market size. To view older charts from as far back as 1999, go to our charts archive.

Rank	Artist	Title	Label
1	Julie Doiron *	I Can Wonder What You Did With Your Day	Endearing
2	Neko Case	Middle Cyclone	Anti-
3	Great Lake Swimmers *	Lost Channels	Nettwerk
4	Propagandhi *	Supporting Caste	Smallman
5	Bell Orchestre *	As Seen Through Windows	Arts & Crafts
6	DD/MM/YYYY *	Black Square	We Are Busy Bodies
7	The Black Lips	200 Million Thousand	Vice
8	Handsome Furs *	Face Control	Sub Pop
9	Junior Boys *	Begone Dull Care	Domino
10	Shout Out Out Out Out *	Reintegration Time	Normals Welcome
11	Gentleman Reg *	Jet Black	Arts & Crafts
12	A.C. Newman *	Get Guilty	Last Gang/Matador
13	Swan Lake *	Enemy Mine	Jagjaguwar
14	Joel Plaskett *	Three	MapleMusic
15	Malajube *	Labyrinthes	Dare To Care
16	M. Ward	Hold Time	Merge
17	Mstrkrft *	Fist Of God	Last Gang
18	K'Naan *	Troubador	A&M
19	Bonnie Prince Billy	Beware	Drag City
20	Yeah Yeah Yeahs	It's Blitz!	Universal / Dress Up
21	Attack In Black *	Years (By One Thousand Fingertips)	Dine Alone
22	United Steel Workers Of Montreal *	Three On The Tree	Weewerk
23	Hot Panda *	Volcano...Bloody Volcano	Mint
24	Dan Deacon	Bromst	CarPark
25	The Bicycles *	Oh No It's Love	Fuzzy Logic
26	Wavves	Wavvves	Fat Possum
27	Animal Collective	Merriweather Post Pavilion	Domino
28	Ruby Jean And The Thoughtful Bees*	Ruby Jean And The Thoughtful Bees	Youth Club
29	Shotgun Jimmie *	Still Jimmie	You've Changed
30	Obits	I Blame You	Sub Pop
31	Jenn Grant *	Echoes	Six Shooter
32	Land Of Kush *	Against the Day	Constellation
33	Romi Mayes *	Achin In Yer Bones	Independent
34	Mother Mother *	O My Heart	Last Gang
35	Faunts *	Feel.Love.Thinking.Of.	Friendly Fire
36	Tim Hecker *	An Imaginary Country	Kranky
37	The Gruesomes *	Gruesomania	Ricochet Sound
38	Torngat *	La Petite Nicole	Alien8
39	Micachu	Jewellery	Rough Trade/Hardwood
40	The Hylozoists *	L'Ile De Sept Villes	Outside
41	Dan Auerbach	Keep It Hid	Nonesuch
42	The Burning Hell *	Baby	Weewerk
43	Various	Dark Was The Night	4AD
44	The Decemberists	The Hazards Of Love	Capitol EMI
45	Condo Fucks	Fuckbook	Matador
46	Thunderheist *	Thunderheist	Big Dada
47	Late Of The Pier	Fantasy Black Channel	Astralwerks
48	Various *	Apple Crisp 2009	Apple Crisp
49	Deep Dark Woods *	Winter Hours	Black Hen Music
50	The Bird And The Bee	Ray Guns Are Not Just The Future	Blue Note

Rank	Artist	Title	Label
51	Hey Ocean! *	It's Easier To Be Somebody Else	Independent
52	The Paint Movement *	Our Eurythmy	Nevado
53	Mirah	(a)spera	K
54	Mastodon	Crack The Skye	Warner
55	Howie Beck *	How To Fall Down In Public	13 Clouds
56	Crystal Antlers	Tentacles	Touch And Go
57	Lily Allen	It's Not Me, It's You	Capitol
58	Bat For Lashes	Two Suns	Astralwerks
59	Aun *	Motorsleep	Alien8
60	Olenka And The Autumn Lovers*	Olenka And The Autumn Lovers	Independent
61	Lee Reed *	Lee Reed	Independent
62	B.A. Johnston *	Stairway To Hamilton	Just Friends
63	The Red Jumpsuit Apparatus	Lonely Road	Virgin
64	Bruce Peninsula *	A Mountain Is A Mouth	Bruce Trail
65	Various *	CKUW Uncovered	Independent
66	TMDP *	TMDP	YYZ
67	Timber Timbre *	Timber Timbre	Out Of This Spark
68	The Birthday Cakes *	Romper Room	Independent
69	The Coathangers	Scramble	Suicide Squeeze
70	Beirut	March Of The Zapotec	Pompeii
71	Nomadic Massive *	Nomadic Massive	Independent
72	Paper Moon *	Only During Thunderstorms	Endearing
73	Parlovr *	Parlovr	Independent
74	Adjective *	I Am Sorry For Your Loss	Independent
75	Winter Gloves *	About A Girl	Paper Bag
76	Royksopp	Junior	Astralwerks
77	Japandroids *	Post-Nothing	Unfamiliar
78	Various	War Child Presents Heroes	Musicor
79	Matt And Kim	Grand	Fader
80	Mono	Hymn To The Immortal Wind	Temporary Residence
81	Various	African Reggae	Putumayo
82	Jeremy Jay	Slow Dance	K
83	Here We Go Magic	Here We Go Magic	Western Vinyl
84	Andrew Bird	Noble Beast	Fat Possum
85	In-Flight Safety *	We Are An Empire My Dear	Independent
86	The Waking Eyes *	Holding Onto Whatever It Is	Coalition
87	Oh My Darling *	Oh My Darling	Independent
88	Morrissey	Years Of Refusal	Lost Highway
89	Hawksley Workman *	Los Manlicious	Universal
90	Pine Tarts *	Faux Fauves	Independent
91	Dragon Fli Empire *	Redefine	Make Believe
92	Metric *	Fantasies	Last Gang
93	N.A.S.A.	The Spirit Of Apollo	Anti
94	Delhi 2 Dublin *	Remixed	Independent
95	Guy Davis	Sweetheart Like You	Red House
96	Smothered In Hugs *	The Healing Power Of Injury	Collagen Rock
97	The Gaslight Anthem	The '59 Sound	Side One Dummy
98	Mavis Staples	Live At The Hideout	Anti
99	Various *	Quebec Emergent 0809	Sopref
100	Black Diamond Bay *	Calm Awaits	Independent

Rank	Artist	Title	Label
101	Chris Joss	Sticks	ESL
102	Jeff Healey *	Mess Of Blues	Stony Plain
103	Various	SCORE! 20 Years Of Merge Records: The Covers	Merge
104	The Good Lovelies *	The Good Lovelies	Independent
105	Various *	Northern Faction 4	Balanced
106	Josh Reichmann Oracle Band*	Crazy Power	Paper Bag
107	Mi Ami	Watersports	Quarter Stick
108	Andrew Vincent *	Rotten Pear	Kelp
109	The Fast Romantics *	The Fast Romantics	Independent
110	Cotton Jones	Paranoid Cocoon	Suicide Squeeze
111	The Whitest Boy Alive	Rules	!K7
112	The Balconies *	White Label/Pink Label	Independent
113	The Riderless *	Auction	Independent
114	Dan Mangan *	Roboteering	Fum
115	Vetiver	Tight Knit	Sub Pop
116	Pat LePoidevin *	Blue Tornadoes	Independent
117	The Pains Of Being Pure At Heart	The Pains Of Being Pure At Heart	Slumberland
118	Cursive	Mama, I'm Swollen	Saddle Creek
119	Anavan	Cover Story	Slanty Shanty
120	Ina Unt Ina *	All Sides Of Ina	Independent
121	Bishop Allen	Grrr	Dead Oceans
122	Pete M��ss *	Presents Sober On Strike Episode 3	Universal
123	Telekinesis	Telekinesis!	Merge
124	Watermelon Slim *	The Future Of The Blues	Northern Blues
125	The Veils	Sun Gangs	Rough Trade
126	Chris Carmichael *	Chris Carmichael	Independent
127	Los Campesinos!	We Are Beautiful, We Are Doomed	Arts & Crafts
128	Various	Jewelled Antler	Porter
129	Mr. Scruff	Ninja Tuna	Ninja Tune
130	Bon Iver	Blood Bank	Jagjaguwar
131	Aceyalone	Aceyalone & The Lonely Ones	Decon
132	Jason Bajada *	Loveshit	MapleMusic
133	The Eardrums *	Eardrops	Independent
134	The Tvees *	The Tvees	Trendsetter
135	Red Red Meat	Bunny Gets Paid	Sub Pop
136	Fraser *	House On A Hill	Independent
137	My Son The Bum	Are We There Yet?	Wig City
138	Brent Randall And His Pinecones*	We Were Strangers In Paddington Green	Endearing
139	Storsveit Nix Noltes	Royal Family - Divorce	Fat Cat
140	Say Hi	Oohs & Aahs	Barsuk
141	Smokekiller *	13	Independent
142	Thursday	Common Existence	Epitaph
143	Anni Rossi	Rockwell	4AD
144	CATL *	��Ad��nde Vas? A Ning��n Lado	Independent
145	Ramblin' Jack Elliott	A Stranger Here	Anti-
146	Add Higga *	Debt From Above	Independent
147	White Lies	To Lose My Life	Interscope
148	Amelia Curran *	War Brides	Six Shooter
149	Beep Beep	Encanted Islands	Saddle Creek
150	Hey Rosetta! *	Into Your Lungs	Sonic

Rank	Artist	Title	Label
151	Olenka And The Autumn Lovers*	Papillonette	Independent
152	The Hermit *	Turn Up (The Stereo)	So Called
153	Ursula 1000	Mystics	ESL
154	La Pat��re Rose *	La Pat��re Rose	Grosse Boite
155	Fred	Go God Go	Independent
156	Various *	Record Of The Week Club	Independent
157	Various *	Oh! Compilation One	Open House Arts Collective
158	Paper Moon *	What Are You Going To Do With Me?	Endearing
159	Surefire Machine *	Surefire Machine	Independent
160	These Are Powers	All Aboard Future	Dead Oceans
161	Novillero *	A Little Tradition	Mint
162	Andre Ethier *	Born Of Blue Fog	Blue Fog
163	Booker T.	Potato Hole	Anti-
164	Passenger Action *	Passenger Action	Smallman
165	Peter Bjorn and John	Living Thing	StarTime
166	Meatdraw *	Fin Du Monophone	Independent
167	Immaculate Machine *	High on Jackson Hill	Mint
168	The Organ *	Thieves	Mint
169	New Slang *	Androgynation	Gebbz Steelo Boutique
170	Group Bombino	Guitars From Agadez: Vol.2	Sublime Frequencies
171	Buraka Som Sistema	Black Diamond	Fabric
172	Davita G	Demolish*	Independent
173	Fever Ray	Fever Ray	Mute
174	The Perms *	Keeps You Up When You're Down	Hugtight
175	Lotus Plaza	The Floodlight Collective	Kranky
176	Nat King Cole	Re:Generations	Capitol
177	Acres Of Lions *	Working	Cordova Bay
178	Nite Club	My Tronic	Tape Theory
179	Terakraft	Ask Issudar	World Village
180	The Matadors *	Sweet Revenge	Yeah Right!
181	Mov��zerbe *	Dendrophile	Independent
182	Franz Ferdinand	Tonight: Franz Ferdinand	Epic
183	Raygun Cowboys *	Raygun Cowboys	Stumble
184	Bayonets!!! *	To The Point!	Bart Records
185	It Hugs Back	Inside Your Guitar	4AD
186	MV & EE With The Golden Road	Drone Trailer	Dicristina
187	Antony And The Johnsons	The Crying Light	Secretly Canadian
188	Oh No Forest Fires *	The War On Geometry	Independent
189	Vampire Hands	Me And You And Cherry Red/Cuz It's A Funeral	Modern Radio
190	Plunt *	Plunt	Bongo Beat
191	Don Vail *	Don Vail LP	Independent
192	The Skeletones Four *	Aaaaahhh!!!	No-Fi Militant
193	Melissa McClelland *	Victoria Day	Six Shooter
194	Strangeboys *	Shoot First	Independent
195	1990s	Kicks	Rough Trade
196	Richard Laviolette & The Hollow Hooves *	Aging Recycling Plant	Independent
197	Hexes And Ohs *	Bedroom Madness	Noise Factory
198	Adrien Sala *	Diamond In The Mind	Dollartone
199	Rah Rah *	Going Steady	Young Soul
200	Meadowlark Lemon *	Twists	Independent

Contributing stations:CAPR CFBU CFBX CFCR CFMH CFMU CFOU CFRC CFRE CFRU CFUR CFUV CFXU CHLY CHMA CHMR CHOQ CHRW CHRY CHUO CHYZ CILU CIOI CITR CIUT CJAM CJLO CJLY CJSR CJSW CJUM CKDU CKLU CKUA CKUT CKUW CKXU CSCR