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January 2020
Common Holly
The Top 200 of 2019 is coming! #top200of2019
Who is the most played artist of 2019 across the nation?. Find out soon right here.We will also be publishing the Top 20 of 2019 in each Specialty category: El;ectronic , Folk/Roots?Blues, Hip Hop, International, Jazz and Loud.
We will aso be be starting our Best Of 2019 cover with peronal pick regualr contributers and radio programmers from across the country starting with Charts Editor Alexandra Rimmington, Jazz contributor Jim Dupuis and contributor and programmer Shelley Gummeson.
On the Charts
We have a new #1 at the top of the !earshot National Top 200 for December 2019: Common Holly's When I Say to You Black Lightning. At #2 is Woolworm's Awe while October/November #1 Begonia moves down to the #3 spot. WHOOP-szu (Warrior Down) and nêhiyawak (Nipiy) round out the Top 5.
Check out all the latest action on the weekly charts
Features
Our Best of 2019 coverage Starts Here
Best Jazz of 2019 with Jazz Notes Jim Dupuis
Contributor and Host of Kamloops' Jazz Notes rounds up his favourite international and local Jazz releases of 2019
Mingwa - The Strange One
...a great album that really stretches what world music can be, and seamlessly blends many styles of music.
The Shangs - Golden Hits of the Shangs
...the band had another side gig going on all the while. Starting in 1990, The Shangs were a psychedelic pop off-shoot that sound very little like the main project Simply Saucer.
Alex Cuba Sublime
...a great album that will fit fine into Canadian summers lounging around on the beach.
Cutting Your Teeth With Necking
Vancouver's new punk rock heros play on the Studio 6 Live Sssions. By CJSF Radio and Magnus ThyvoldLatest Charts
CICK Top 30 #1 Jay Arner 20 hours ago
CILU Jazz #1 Bria Skonberg 20 hours ago
CILU Folk/Roots/Blues #1 Fox Glove 20 hours ago
CILU International #1 Geoff Berner 20 hours ago
CILU Electronic #1 TR/ST 20 hours ago
CILU Hip Hop #1 Anthony Rinaldi 20 hours ago
CILU Top 30 #1 Woolworm 20 hours ago
CILU Loud #1 Crimson Witch 21 hours ago
CHOQ Loud #1 Völur / Amber Asylum 21 hours ago
CFBX Folk/Roots/Blues #1 Natalie MacMaster 21 hours ago
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!earshot Top 50
For the Week Ending: Tuesday, January 14, 2020
TW Artist - Title - (Label) 1 Woolworm 
Awe - (Mint)2 Corridor
Junior - (Bonsound)3 nêhiyawak
Nipiy - (Arts & Crafts)4 Begonia
Fear - (Rex Baby)5 Common Holly
When I Say to You Black Lightning - (Royal Mountain)6 WHOOP-Szo
Warrior Down - (You've Changed)7 Leif Vollebekk
New Ways - (Secret City)8 Sudan Archives
Athena - (Stones Throw)9 Little Scream
Speed Queen - (Merge)10 Dead Soft
Big Blue - (Arts & Crafts)View the full Top 50
Specialty Charts #1s Electronic: Jacques Greene - Dawn Chorus - (Arts & Crafts) Hip Hop: DJ Shadow - Our Pathetic Age - (Mass Appeal) Jazz: Chelsea McBride Socialist Night School - Aftermath - (Self-Released) Loud: Woodhawk - Violent Nature - (Self-Released) Folk/Roots/Blues: Sarah Jane Scouten - Confessions - (Light Organ) !earshot December Top 200
For the Month of December 2019
TW Artist - Title - (Label) 1 Common Holly
When I Say to You Black Lightning - (Royal Mountain)2 Woolworm
Awe - (Mint)3 Begonia
Fear - (Rex Baby)4 WHOOP-Szo
Warrior Down - (You've Changed)5 nêhiyawak
Nipiy - (Arts & Crafts)6 Corridor
Junior - (Bonsound)7 Peach Pyramid
Bright Blue - (Oscar Street)8 Walrus
Cool to Who - (Outside Music)9 The New Pornographers
In the Morse Code of Brake Lights - (Concord)10 Sudan Archives
Athena - (Stones Throw)View the full !earshot Top 200
Specialty Charts #1s Electronic: Blue Hawaii - Open Reduction Internal Fixation - (Arbutus) Hip Hop: Danny Brown - U Know What I'm Sayin? - (Warp) International: Mazacote - Patria - (Justin Time) Jazz: Baritone Madness - Baritone Madness - (Chronograph) Loud: Sunn O))) - Pyroclasts - (Southern Lord) Folk/Roots/Blues: Kacy & Clayton - Carrying On - (New West) !earshot Top 200 of 2018
For the Month of January to December 2018
TW Artist - Title - (Label) 1 U.S. Girls
In A Poem Unlimited - (Royal Mountain)2 Nap Eyes
I'm Bad Now - (You've Changed)3 Ought
Room Inside the World - (Royal Mountain)4 Suuns
Felt - (Secret City)5 Dumb
Seeing Green - (Mint)6 Jennifer Castle
Angels of Death - (Idee Fixe)7 Charlotte Day Wilson
Stone Woman - (Self-Released)8 Frigs
Basic Behaviour - (Arts & Crafts)9 Dilly Dally
Heaven - (Dine Alone)10 Michael Rault
It's A New Day Tonight - (Sleepless)View the full !earshot Top 200
Specialty Charts #1s Electronic: StegoSarahs - Simple Subtraction - (Self-Released) Hip Hop: Cadence Weapon - Cadence Weapon - (eOne Music (E1)) International: Kiran Ahluwalia - 7 Billion - (Six Degrees) Jazz: Peggy Lee - Echo Painting - (Songlines) Loud: Fucked Up - Dose Your Dreams - (Arts & Crafts) Folk/Roots/Blues: Sue Foley - The Ice Queen - (Stony Plain) -
Latest Reviews
Mngwa
The Strange One
A sprawling worldbeat collective from Vancouver, MNGWA are a common sight in Western Canadian summer festivals. Featuring eight core members from Latin, reggae, jazz and...
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The Shangs
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For a band with such a short and obscure career, Hamilton's art-punk/garage band Simply Saucer continue to impact Canadian music. With a start in the...
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Alex Cuba
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Potengowski Anna Friederike
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Flautist Anna Friederike Potengowski wanted to go back to the very beginning of known human musical language. In 2010, she began studying what is known...
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Todd Rundgren
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Features: December 2019
Mingwa - The Strange One
...a great album that really stretches what world music can be, and seamlessly blends many styles of music.
The Shangs - Golden Hits of the Shangs
...the band had another side gig going on all the while. Starting in 1990, The Shangs were a psychedelic pop off-shoot that sound very little like the main project Simply Saucer.
Alex Cuba Sublime
...a great album that will fit fine into Canadian summers lounging around on the beach.
Cutting Your Teeth With Necking
Vancouver's new punk rock heros play on the Studio 6 Live Sssions. By CJSF Radio and Magnus Thyvold -
Features: November 2019
Cuttting Your Teeth With Necking
Vancouver's new punk rock heros play on the Studio 6 Live Sssions. By CJSF Radio and Magnus Thyvold
The End of Campus Radio in Ontario?
The Ontario Government's Student Choice Initiative has the potential to devestate campus radio stations and many other student organizations across the province. By Alexandra Rimmington -
Features: October 2019
13 Great Halloween Songs
Horror, Witches, Devils, Death and Doom. How Much More Fun Can Halloween Be. By Magnus Thyvold
Cuttting Your Teeth With Necking
Vancouver's new punk rock heros play on the Studio 6 Live Sssions. By CJSF Radio and Magnus Thyvold
The End of Campus Radio in Ontario?
The Ontario Government's Student Choice Initiative has the potential to devestate campus radio stations and many other student organizations across the province. By Alexandra Rimmington -
Features: September 2019
Cuttting Your Teeth With Necking
Vancouver's new punk rock heros play on the Studio 6 Live Sssions. By CJSF Radio and Magnus Thyvold
The End of Campus Radio in Ontario?
The Ontario Government's Student Choice Initiative has the potential to devestate campus radio stations and many other student organizations across the province. By Alexandra Rimmington
