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June 2020
TOPS
Lots of new faces this month at the top of the !earshot National Top 200 for May 2020. TOPS' I feel Alive climbs to the #1 spot with Lido Pimiento's Miss Colombia and Fiona Apple's Fetch the Bolt Cutters close behind. Nap Eyes (Snapshot Of A Beginner) and Basia Bulat (Are You In Love) climb to #4 abnd #5. The Pack A.D.'s swan song, It Was Fun While It Lasted! is #1 on the Loud Charts and Lido Pimiento is #1 on the International chart.
Live music has been stopped cold by the Coronvirus pandemic. !earshot talk to industry insider Joelle May about the fallout for the many who work behind the scenes to bring live music to the stage.
Check out all the latest action on the weekly charts
Features
The Resurrection of Waskesu
Rod Bandura and Margit Gossage have broaght the legacy of First Nations group Waskesu into the 21st Century with their new Margit Sky Project. By Jim Dupuis.
When the Music Stopped
It is not just musicians who are idled by the Coronavirus. A whole industry of people who support the live music scene are put on the sidelines too, says industry veteran Joelle May. By Magnus Thyvold
Women's Rights, Inprovisation and Passion: The Meredith Bates Interview
Meredith Bates has been busy trying to get more women musicians in the spotlight and working hard at combining improvised music with other art forms. By Jim Dupuis
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
CILU Folk/Roots/Blues #1 Pharis & Jason Romero 2 days ago
CILU Loud #1 Wake 2 days ago
CILU Jazz #1 Peripheral Vision 2 days ago
CILU International #1 Pantayo 2 days ago
CILU Hip Hop #1 Run The Jewels 2 days ago
CILU Electronic #1 Fonkynson 2 days ago
CILU Top 30 #1 Fiona Apple 2 days ago
CFBX Top 30 #1 Rose Cousins 2 days ago
CFOU Loud #1 Testament 2 days ago
CFOU Top 30 #1 Les Deuxluxes 2 days ago
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!earshot Top 50
For the Week Ending: Tuesday, June 16, 2020
TW Artist - Title - (Label) 1 Lido Pimienta 
Miss Colombia - (Anti-)2 Pantayo
Pantayo - (Telephone Explosion)3 Wares
Survival - (Mint)4 Austra
HiRUDiN - (Pink Fizz)5 The Pack A.D.
It Was Fun While It Lasted - (Self-Released)6 BACKXWASH
God Has Nothing To Do With This Leave Him Out Of It - (Self-Released)7 Dead Ghosts
Automatic Changer - (Burger Records)8 Owen Pallett
Island - (Domino)9 Snotty Nose Rez Kids
Born Deadly - (Self-Released)10 Aquakultre
Legacy - (Black Buffalo)View the full Top 50
Specialty Charts #1s Electronic: Austra - HiRUDiN - (Pink Fizz) Hip Hop: Snotty Nose Rez Kids - Born Deadly - (Self-Released) International: Lido Pimienta - Miss Colombia - (Anti-) Loud: Black Pestilence - Hail The Flesh - (Self-Released) Folk/Roots/Blues: Pharis & Jason Romero - Bet On Love - (Lula Records) !earshot May Top 200
For the Month of May 2020
TW Artist - Title - (Label) 1 Tops
I Feel Alive - (Musique TOPS)2 Lido Pimienta
Miss Colombia - (Anti-)3 Fiona Apple
Fetch the Bolt Cutters - (Epic)4 Nap Eyes
Snapshot Of A Beginner - (Royal Mountain)5 Basia Bulat
Are You In Love - (Secret City)6 Purity Ring
Womb - (4AD)7 Wares
Survival - (Mint)8 Austra
HiRUDiN - (Pink Fizz)9 Yves Tumor
Heaven To A Tortured Mind - (Warp)10 U.S. Girls
Heavy Light - (Royal Mountain)View the full !earshot Top 200
Specialty Charts #1s Electronic: Caribou - Suddenly - (Merge) Hip Hop: Shabazz Palaces - The Don Of Diamond Dreams - (Sub Pop) International: Lido Pimienta - Miss Colombia - (Anti-) Jazz: Peripheral Vision - Irrational Revelation & Mutual Humiliation - (Self-Released) Loud: The Pack A.D. - It Was Fun While It Lasted - (Self-Released) Folk/Roots/Blues: Laura Marling - Song For Our Daughter - (Chrysalis/Partisan) !earshot Top 200 0f 2019
For January 1 to December 31, 2019
TW Artist - Title - (Label) 1 PUP
Morbid Stuff - (Little Dipper)2 Orville Peck
Pony - (Royal Mountain)3 Royal Canoe
Waver - (Paper Bag)4 Foxwarren
Foxwarren - (Arts & Crafts)5 Black Mountain
Destroyer - (Dine Alone)6 Necking
Cut Your Teeth - (Mint)7 Daniel Romano
Finally Free - (You've Changed)8 Dumb
Club Nites - (Mint)9 Begonia
Fear - (Rex Baby)10 Wintersleep
In The Land Of - (Dine Alone)View the full !earshot Top 200
Specialty Charts #1s Electronic: Flying Lotus - Flamagra - (Warp) Hip Hop: Haviah Mighty - 13th Floor - (Self-Released) International: Alex Cuba - Sublime - (Caracol) Jazz: Allison Au Quartet - Wander Wonder - (Self-Released) Loud: PUP - Morbid Stuff - (Little Dipper) Folk/Roots/Blues: The Small Glories - Assiniboine & The Red - (Compass/Red House) -
Latest Reviews
Mngwa
The Strange One
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By Steve Marlow
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The Shangs
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Hyness
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The Pack A.D.
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By Steve Marlow
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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Features: May 2020
When the Music Stopped
It is not just musicians who are idled by the Coronavirus. A whole industry of people who support the live music scene are put on the sidelines too, says industry veteran Joelle May.
Women's Rights, Inprovisation and Passion: The Meredith Bates Interview
Meredith Bates has been busy trying to get more women musicians in the spotlight and working hard at combining improvised music with other art forms
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 Thyvold -
Features: April 2020
Women's Rights, Inprovisation and Passion: The Meredith Bates Interview
Meredith Bates has been busy trying to get more women musicians in the spotlight and working hard at combining improvised music with other art forms
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 Thyvold -
Features: March 2020
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 Thyvold -
Features: February 2020
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 Thyvold
