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  • April 2019

    Homeshake is #1 for March 2019
    Homeshake

    Homeshake jumps to the #1 spot on the !earshot Top 200 for March 2019 with Helium. Anenome's Beat My Distance takes over #2, while.Royal Canoe (Waver) and Daniel Romano (Finally Free) return at #3 and #4 and Said the Whale rounds out the Top 5 with Cascadia.

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    Follow our look back at 2018

    The Top 200 of 2018

    The definitive list of the best records of 2018 - including electronic, hip hop, international, jazz, loud and folk roots & blues.

    Best of 2018

    Full Best of 2018 lists from Programmers and Contributors

    Jon Bastiste Jazz Notes
    Jim Dupuis, !earshot contributor and host of Jazz Notes on Kamloops' CFBX give you his Best of Jazz for 2018

    SVALBARD Broken Glass
    Myles Gregory, host of Broken Gass on CFBX Kamloops, brings you the best of Punk, Hardcore and other heavy sounds for 2018.

    Nap Eyes Bravery, Repetition & Noise
    Mike Taggert, host of Bravery, Repetition & Noise on CHSR Fredericton, brings you the best of garage rock, noise pop, shoegaze, freak-folk and more with an Atlantic Canadian sprin.

    Daughters Something to Write Home About
    Sean Warkentine, Music Director at CKXU in Lethbridge Alberta and host of Something to Write Home About on the best music of 2018.

    !earshot National Top 200 of 2017

    For January to December 2017
    TW  Artist - Title - (Label)
    1 Alvvays Can Con
    Antisocialites - (Polyvinyl)
    2 Mac DeMarco Can Con
    This Old Dog - (Royal Mountain)
    3 Austra Can Con
    Future Politics - (Pink Fizz)
    4 Timber Timbre Can Con
    Sincerely, Future Pollution - (Arts & Crafts)
    5 Faith Healer Can Con
    Try ;-) - (Mint)
    6 Broken Social Scene Can Con
    Hug of Thunder - (Arts & Crafts)
    7 Homeshake Can Con
    Fresh Air - (Royal Mountain)
    8 Daniel Romano Can Con
    Modern Pressure - (You've Changed)
    9 Whitehorse Can Con
    Panther In The Dollhouse - (Six Shooter)
    10 Do Make Say Think Can Con
    Stubborn Persistent Illusions - (Constellation)
    View the full !earshot Top 200 of 2017
    Specialty Charts #1s
    Electronic:  Austra - Future Politics - (Pink Fizz)
    Hip Hop:  Run The Jewels - Run The Jewels 3 - (Run the Jewels, Inc.)
    International: The Souljazz Orchestra - Under Burning Skies - (Do Right! Music)
    Jazz:  Ugly Beauties - Strange Attractors - (Self-Released)
    Loud:  Mastodon - Emperor Of Sand - (Reprise)
    Folk/Roots/Blues: Rose Cousins - Natural Conclusion - (Outside Music)

    Peggy Lee Accessing an Inaccessible World with Peggy Lee
    Classically trained cellist Peggy Lee has found a niche in the highly, innovative and challenging improvisational music scene in Vancouver. By Jim Dupuis

    Lindsay May Burning Down the House with Lindsay May
    Kamloops based performer/composer Lindsay May digs deep into her emotional self to weave musical stories on her new album. By Jim Dupuis

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    CKUT Top 30 #1 Joni Void 13 hours ago
    CJRU Top 30 #1 Pale Lips 14 hours ago
    CJSW Folk/Roots/Blues #1 Shovels & Rope 15 hours ago
    CJSW Loud #1 Ravenous: Eternal Hunger 15 hours ago
    CJSW Jazz #1 Betty Carter 16 hours ago
    CJSW International #1 Mdou Moctar 16 hours ago
    CJSW Hip Hop #1 The Budos Band 16 hours ago
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    PUP - Morbid Stuff Orville Peck - Pony Blessed - Salt
    For the Week Ending: Tuesday, April 16, 2019
    TW  Artist - Title - (Label)
    1 PUP CanCon
    Morbid Stuff - (Little Dipper)
    2 Orville Peck CanCon
    Pony - (Royal Mountain)
    3 Blessed CanCon
    Salt - (Self-Released)
    4 Wintersleep CanCon
    In The Land Of - (Dine Alone)
    5 Weyes Blood
    Titanic Rising - (Sub Pop)
    6 Anemone CanCon
    Beat My Distance - (Royal Mountain)
    7 Yves Jarvis CanCon
    The Same But By Different Means - (Flemish Eye)
    8 Royal Canoe CanCon
    Waver - (Paper Bag Records)
    9 Said The Whale CanCon
    Cascadia - (Arts & Crafts)
    10 Motherhood CanCon
    Dear Bongo - (Forward Music Group)
    View the full Top 50
    Specialty Charts #1s
    Electronic:  Wangled Teb - Seasonal Depression - (TwoFifteen Records)
    Hip Hop:  Dead Obies - Dead - (Bonsound)
    International:  Ibibio Sound Machine - Doko Mien - (Merge)
    Jazz: Anna Webber - Clockwise - (Pi)
    Loud:  Dream Theater - Distance Over Time - (Inside Out)
    Folk/Roots/Blues: Abigail Lapell - Getaway - (Coax)

    !earshot March Top 200

    For the Month of March 2019
    Homeshake - Helium Anemone - Beat My Distance Royal Canoe - Waver
    TW  Artist - Title - (Label)
    1 Homeshake Can Con
    Helium - (Royal Mountain)
    2 Anemone Can Con
    Beat My Distance - (Royal Mountain)
    3 Royal Canoe Can Con
    Waver - (Paper Bag Records)
    4 Daniel Romano Can Con
    Finally Free - (You've Changed)
    5 Said The Whale Can Con
    Cascadia - (Arts & Crafts)
    6 Sharon Van Etten
    Remind Me Tomorrow - (Jagjaguwar)
    7 Foxwarren Can Con
    Foxwarren - (Arts & Crafts)
    8 LeE HARVeY OsMOND Can Con
    Mohawk - (Latent)
    9 Motherhood Can Con
    Dear Bongo - (Forward Music Group)
    10 Whitehorse Can Con
    The Northern South, Vol. 2 - (Six Shooter Records)
    View the full !earshot Top 200
    Specialty Charts #1s
    Electronic:  Toro Y Moi - Outer Peace - (Carpark)
    Hip Hop:  Dead Obies - Dead - (Bonsound)
    International:  Jah Cutta - Ladies and Gentlemen - (Indica)
    Jazz: Allison Au Quartet - Wander Wonder - (Self-Released)
    Loud:  Seer - Vol 6 - (Artoffact)
    Folk/Roots/Blues:  LeE HARVeY OsMOND - Mohawk - (Latent)

    !earshot Top 200 of 2018

    For the Month of January 2018
    U.S. Girls - In A Poem Unlimited Nap Eyes - I'm Bad Now Ought - Room Inside the World
    TW  Artist - Title - (Label)
    1 U.S. Girls Can Con
    In A Poem Unlimited - (Royal Mountain)
    2 Nap Eyes Can Con
    I'm Bad Now - (You've Changed)
    3 Ought Can Con
    Room Inside the World - (Royal Mountain)
    4 Suuns Can Con
    Felt - (Secret City)
    5 Dumb Can Con
    Seeing Green - (Mint)
    6 Jennifer Castle Can Con
    Angels of Death - (Idee Fixe)
    7 Charlotte Day Wilson Can Con
    Stone Woman - (Self-Released)
    8 Frigs Can Con
    Basic Behaviour - (Arts & Crafts)
    9 Dilly Dally Can Con
    Heaven - (Dine Alone)
    10 Michael Rault Can Con
    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)

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