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This Month

!earshot Top 200 of 2020 For January tp December 2020
TW	Artist - Title - (Label)
1	Andy Shauf Neon Skyline - (Arts & Crafts)
2	Lido Pimienta Miss Colombia - (Anti-)
3	Wolf Parade Thin Mind - (Royal Mountain)
4	Zoon Bleached Wavves - (Paper Bag)
5	Caribou Suddenly - (Merge)
6	Tops I Feel Alive - (Musique TOPS)
7	Tough Age Which Way Am I? - (Mint)
8	U.S. Girls Heavy Light - (Royal Mountain)
9	Destroyer Have We Met - (Merge)
10	Thanya Iyer KIND - (Topshelf Records)
View the full !earshot Top 200

Specialty Charts #1s
Electronic:	Caribou - Suddenly - (Merge)
Hip Hop:	Run The Jewels - RTJ4 - (Jewel Runners)
International:	Lido Pimienta - Miss Colombia - (Anti-)
Jazz:	Audrey Ochoa - Frankenhorn - (Chronograph)
Loud:	Lié - You Want It Real - (Mint)
Folk/Roots/Blues:	William Prince - Reliever - (Six Shooter Records)

Best Jazz of 2020: Jim Dupuis - Jazz Notes
Jazz host and regular contributor jim Dupuis surveys some of the best Jazz releases of 2020. By Jim Dupuis.

!earshot - march 2020 - top 200

All !earshot charts in this issue reflect actual airplay on campus/community stations during the month of March 2020. Charts are weighted according to broadcast range and market size. To view older charts from as far back as 1999, go to our charts main page.

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top 200 > 51 to 100 > 101 to 150 > 151 to 200 || electronic | hip hop | international | jazz | loud | folk/roots/blues | main charts page

Rank	Artist	Title	Label	S
1	Andy Shauf	Neon Skyline	Arts & Crafts
2	Destroyer	Have We Met	Merge
3	Wolf Parade	Thin Mind	Royal Mountain
4	Caribou	Suddenly	Merge
5	U.S. Girls	Heavy Light	Royal Mountain
6	Holy Fuck	Deleter	Last Gang
7	Elephant Stone	Hollow	Elephants On Parade
8	Tame Impala	The Slow Rush	Universal
9	Grimes	Miss Anthropocene	Crystal Math Music
10	William Prince	Reliever	Six Shooter Records
11	Penny Diving	Big Inhale	Self-Released
12	Frazey Ford	U kin B the Sun	Arts & Crafts
13	Family Video	Forever Changes Overnight	Coax
14	Sarah Harmer	Are You Gone	Arts & Crafts
15	Boniface	Boniface	Royal Mountain
16	Loving	If I Am only My Thoughts	Last Gang
17	Les Deuxluxes	Lighter Fluid	Bonsound
18	Lié	You Want It Real	Mint
19	Audrey Ochoa	Frankenhorn	Chronograph
20	Caveboy	Night in the Park, Kiss in the Dark	Self-Released
21	Cindy Lee	What's Tonight To Eternity?	W.25TH
22	King Krule	Man Alive	True Panther
23	Red Mass	A Hopeless Noise	Label Étiquette
24	Bombay Bicycle Club	Everything Else Has Gone Wrong	Arts & Crafts
25	Soccer Mommy	Color Theory	Loma Vista
26	Forever	Close to the Flame	Cascine
27	Woolworm	Awe	Mint
28	Rose Cousins	Bravado	Outside Music
29	Beauts	Dalliance	LHM Records
30	WUT	NOW	Self-Released
31	Begonia	Fear	Rex Baby
32	Dan Deacon	Mystic Familiar	Domino
33	Kaytranada	BUBBA	RCA
34	Of Montreal	UR FUN	Polyvinyl
35	The Mariachi Ghost	Puro Dolor	Sugar Gator Records
36	Sarah Jane Scouten	Confessions	Light Organ
37	Tami Neilson	Chickaboom!	Outside
38	Wilsen	Ruiner	Secret City
39	Khruangbin and Leon Bridges	Texas Sun	Dead Oceans
40	Gus Englehorn	Death & Transfiguration	Self-Released
41	Agnes Obel	Myopia	Blue Note
42	The Soul Motivators	Do The Damn Thing	Do Right!
43	We Are The City	RIP	Light Organ
44	Torres	Silver Tongue	Merge
45	Drive-By Truckers	The Unraveling	ATO Records
46	Walrus	Cool to Who	Outside Music
47	Rebecca Foon	Waxing Moon	Constellation
48	Brandon Wolfe Scott	Burden On Your Shoulders	Dine Alone
49	Port Juvee	Motion Control	Garment District
50	YlangYlang	Interplay	Crash Symbols

top 200 > 51 to 100 > 101 to 150 > 151 to 200 || electronic | hip hop | international | jazz | loud | folk/roots/blues | main charts page

Rank	Artist	Title	Label	S
51	Jennah Barry	Holiday	Forward Music Group
52	Shopping	All Or Nothing	Fat Cat Records
53	Mon Doux Saigneur	Horizon	Grosse Boite
54	Gil Scott-Heron & Makaya McCraven	We're New Again : A Reimagining by Makaya McCraven	XL Recordings
55	Frances Quinlan	Likewise	Saddle Creek
56	Non La	Not In Love	Self-Released
57	Cantor Dust	Too Many Stars	Self-Released
58	Kim Harris	Heirloom	LHM Records
59	Spectres	Nostalgia	Artoffact
60	Algiers	There Is No Year	Matador
61	WHOOP-Szo	Warrior Down	You've Changed
62	Psychic Void	Skeleton Paradise	Kaiser Sound Productions
63	Brooch	S/T (EP)	Shordwood Records
64	Okay Kaya	Watch This Liquid Pour Itself	Jagjaguwar
65	And You Will Know Us By The Trail Of Dead	X: The Godless Void and Other Stories	Dine Alone
66	Ellen Froese	Fightin' Words	Self-Released
67	JayWood	Time	Self-Released
68	Maky Lavender	At Least My Mom Loves Me	Ghost Club
69	TR/ST	The Destroyer - 2	Grouch/House Arrest
70	Crissi Cochrane	Heirloom	Soul City Music Co-op
71	JOYFULTALK	A Separation Of Being	Constellation
72	RIIT	Ataataga	Six Shooter
73	Alice Boman	Dream On	PIAS
74	The Gonks	Five Things You Didn't Know About The Gonks	Rocks In Your Head
75	Dead Soft	Big Blue	Arts & Crafts
76	pooched	Tercel	Self-Released
77	Geoff Berner	Grand Hotel Cosmopolis	Coax
78	Psychic Pollution	Digital Apathy	Eat Glass
79	Cartel Madras	Age Of The Goonda	Royal Mountain
80	Matana Roberts	Coin Coin Chapter Four: Memphis	Constellation
81	Guided By Voices	Surrender Your Poppy Field	Guided By Voices, Inc. (GBV)
82	Real Estate	The Main Thing	Domino
83	No Museums	Moths	Self-Released
84	Nestor Wynrush	Roxbury & Wooden Legs	Peanuts & Corn
85	Basia Bulat	Are You In Love	Secret City
86	Johnny West	Year Of The Sleepwalk	Tosteestostas
87	Eddy Current Suppression Ring	All In Good Time	Castle Face
88	Death Cassette	Grim	Self-Released
89	nêhiyawak	Nipiy	Arts & Crafts
90	Sean Burns and Lost Country	A Bakersfield Half-Dozen	Stringbreakin'
91	Bambara	Stray	Wharf Cat
92	Empty Minds	You and Your Sad Songs (single)	Self-Released
93	The Bishop Boys	Pelee Island EP	Self-Released
94	Paradise	Paradise	Self-Released
95	Nathaniel Rateliff And the Night Sweats	And It's Still Alright	Stax
96	Pinegrove	Marigold	Rough Trade
97	Ajungi	Ajungi	Hitmakerz
98	Badge Époque Ensemble	Nature, Man & Woman	Telephone Explosion
99	The Pairs	Noise	Self-Released
100	The Souljazz Orchestra	Chaos Theories	Do Right!

top 200 > 51 to 100 > 101 to 150 > 151 to 200 || electronic | hip hop | international | jazz | loud | folk/roots/blues | main charts page

Rank	Artist	Title	Label	S
101	Los Straightjackets	Channel Surfing	Yep Roc
102	War Baby	you are not here	Kingfisher Bluez
103	iskwe	acakosik	Self-Released
104	Sarah Mary Chadwick	Please Daddy	Sinderlyn Records
105	Suitcase Sam	Goodnight Riverdale Park	Curve Music
106	Rory Block	Prove It On Me	Stony Plain
107	Anachnid	Dreamweaver	Musique nomade
108	Many Masks	The Ride	Ad Litteram
109	Shoobies	Open For Business	Self-Released
110	The Blaze Veluto Collection	Fish Mountain, Part II	Self-Released
111	William Eaton	Music By William Eaton [reissue]	Telephone Explosion
112	Blackie And The Rodeo Kings	King of This Town	Warner
113	Alexandra Savior	The Archer	30th Century
114	Bleach Day	As If Always	Birdwatcher
115	Shadow Show	Silhouettes	Burger
116	Greg Rekus and the Inside Job	Death + Taxes	Self-Released
117	Denzel Curry x Kenny Beats	Unlocked	Loma Vista
118	Bonnie 'Prince' Billy	I Made A Place	Drag City
119	James Hunter Six	Nick of Time	Daptone
120	Gabrielle Papillon	Shout	The state51 Conspiracy
121	Son Little	Aloha	Anti-
122	Aaron Karpinka	Tender Heart	Grind Central
123	Blooming Season	Living Feeling	Self-Released
124	Alexa Carroccia	Clementine	Self-Released
125	Slotface	Sorry For The Late Reply	Nettwerk
126	Little Misty	Little Misty	Self-Released
127	Half Moon Run	A Blemish In The Great Light	Crystal Math Music
128	Steve Hill	All About the Love (single)	Self-Released
129	Local Talent	Higienopolis	Self-Released
130	Forest Management	After Dark	American Dream
131	Krista Muir	New Math	Self-Released
132	The Suitesixteen	Mine Would Be The Sun	Self-Released
133	Sass Jordan	Rebel Moon Blues	Stony Plain
134	DRAMA	Dance Without Me	Ghostly International
135	Yessica Woahneil	Music to bite your nails and spit them out to	Self-Released
136	Red Hot Gospel	Flamenco	Self-Released
137	The Fizzgigs	Weeeeeeeeeeeee	Meter
138	Horse Lords	The Common Task	Northern Spy
139	Gregory Pepper And His Problems	I Know Now Why You Cry	Fake Four Music
140	Beatrice Dillon	Workaround	PAN
141	Evritiki Zygia	Ormenion	Teranga Beat
142	Corridor	Junior	Bonsound
143	Angel Forrest	Hell Bent With Grace	Ad Litteram
144	Zarasutra	Arriving Forever	Self-Released
145	Patrick Watson	Wave	Secret City
146	Dirty Dishes	In Sink	Self-Released
147	Riki	Riki	Dais
148	Porridge Radio	Every Bad	Secretly Canadian
149	Louise Burns	Portraits	Light Organ Records
150	100 Mile House	Love And Leave You	Fallen Tree Records

top 200 > 51 to 100 > 101 to 150 > 151 to 200 || electronic | hip hop | international | jazz | loud | folk/roots/blues | main charts page

Rank	Artist	Title	Label	S
151	OBUXUM	Re-Birth	Urbnet
152	Hieroglyphic Being	Synthesizer Expressionism/Rhythmic Cubism	On The Corner
153	Francois Couture	My Little Book - Tome 2	Disques Boghei
154	Mint Julep	Stray Fantasies	Western Vinyl
155	Waax	Big Grief	Self-Released
156	Man Made Hill	Mass Wasting	Not Unlike
157	Toro Y Moi	Soul Trash	Carpark
158	Nap Eyes	Snapshot Of A Beginner	Royal Mountain
159	Ayla Brook & The Sound Men	Desolation Sounds	Fallen Tree Records
160	Midori Hirano	Invisible Island	Sonic Pieces
161	Brain Bent	Obligatory Icebreaker	Self-Released
162	White Out	Out	Black Editions
163	UUBBUURRUU	UUBBUURRUU	Mothland
164	Flying Colors	Third Degree	Mascot Label Group
165	Deserta	Black Aura My Sun	Felte
166	The Quivers	Nice To Meet You	Transistor 66
167	Sleepy Gonzales	mellowtrauma	Light Organ Records
168	Fly Pan Am	C’est ça	Constellation
169	Brent Faiyaz	Fuck the World EP	Lost Kids
170	Best Coast	Always Tomorrow	Concord
171	Sam Weber	Everything Comes True	Sonic Unyon
172	Ice Cream	FED UP	Self-Released
173	Laska	In the Shade	Self-Released
174	Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds	Ghosteen	Ghosteen Ltd.
175	Anyway Gang	Anyway Gang	Royal Mountain
176	Nikki's Wives	Bloom	AntiFragile
177	Souvenir	Beating Into Dust	Self-Released
178	Trout	Nectar EP	Self-Released
179	Emie R. Roussel Trio	Rythme De Passage	Self-Released
180	Hamerkop	Remote	Drag City
181	Les Hay Babies	Boite Aux Lettres	Simone
182	Asgeir	Bury The Moon	One Little Indian
183	Blackbird Belle	Celestial Nighthawk	Inner Ocean
184	Mauve	Palette	Self-Released
185	Rez Abbasai and Isabelle Olivier	Oasis	Enja/Yellowbird
186	Dayna Manning	Morning Light	Self-Released
187	Sunfruits	Certified Organic EP	Self-Released
188	Mill Street Blues Band SK	Blues Dream	Self-Released
189	Wasted Shirt	Fungus II	Famous Class
190	Will Bowes	Character	Self-Released
191	Chocolat	Jazz Engagé	Dare To Care
192	Rott'n Dan & Lightnin' Willy	Rott'n Dan & Lightnin' Willy	Self-Released
193	Alder & Ash	The Crowneater	Mendicant
194	Del Barber	Easy Keeper	Acronym
195	The Shuffle Demons	Crazy Time	Stubby
196	Gengahr	Sanctuary	Liberator
197	Gihanze	Itsimbiro	Huza
198	Jean-Paul De Roover	Loss	Self-Released
199	MFC Chicken	Fast Food & Broken Hearts	Dirty Water
200	Legal Vertigo	Tragic Future Film Star	Dine Alone

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• Features: March 2021

  !earshot Top 200 of 2020 For January tp December 2020
  TW	Artist - Title - (Label)
  1	Andy Shauf Neon Skyline - (Arts & Crafts)
  2	Lido Pimienta Miss Colombia - (Anti-)
  3	Wolf Parade Thin Mind - (Royal Mountain)
  4	Zoon Bleached Wavves - (Paper Bag)
  5	Caribou Suddenly - (Merge)
  6	Tops I Feel Alive - (Musique TOPS)
  7	Tough Age Which Way Am I? - (Mint)
  8	U.S. Girls Heavy Light - (Royal Mountain)
  9	Destroyer Have We Met - (Merge)
  10	Thanya Iyer KIND - (Topshelf Records)
  View the full !earshot Top 200

  Specialty Charts #1s
  Electronic:	Caribou - Suddenly - (Merge)
  Hip Hop:	Run The Jewels - RTJ4 - (Jewel Runners)
  International:	Lido Pimienta - Miss Colombia - (Anti-)
  Jazz:	Audrey Ochoa - Frankenhorn - (Chronograph)
  Loud:	Lié - You Want It Real - (Mint)
  Folk/Roots/Blues:	William Prince - Reliever - (Six Shooter Records)

  Best Jazz of 2020: Jim Dupuis - Jazz Notes
  Jazz host and regular contributor jim Dupuis surveys some of the best Jazz releases of 2020. By Jim Dupuis.

• Features: February 2021

  Best Jazz of 2020: Jim Dupuis - Jazz Notes
  Jazz host and regular contributor jim Dupuis surveys some of the best Jazz releases of 2020. By Jim Dupuis.

• Features: January 2021

  !earshot Top 200 of 2020 For January tp December 2020
  TW	Artist - Title - (Label)
  1	Andy Shauf Neon Skyline - (Arts & Crafts)
  2	Lido Pimienta Miss Colombia - (Anti-)
  3	Wolf Parade Thin Mind - (Royal Mountain)
  4	Zoon Bleached Wavves - (Paper Bag)
  5	Caribou Suddenly - (Merge)
  6	Tops I Feel Alive - (Musique TOPS)
  7	Tough Age Which Way Am I? - (Mint)
  8	U.S. Girls Heavy Light - (Royal Mountain)
  9	Destroyer Have We Met - (Merge)
  10	Thanya Iyer KIND - (Topshelf Records)
  View the full !earshot Top 200

  Specialty Charts #1s
  Electronic:	Caribou - Suddenly - (Merge)
  Hip Hop:	Run The Jewels - RTJ4 - (Jewel Runners)
  International:	Lido Pimienta - Miss Colombia - (Anti-)
  Jazz:	Audrey Ochoa - Frankenhorn - (Chronograph)
  Loud:	Lié - You Want It Real - (Mint)
  Folk/Roots/Blues:	William Prince - Reliever - (Six Shooter Records)

  Best Jazz of 2020: Jim Dupuis - Jazz Notes
  Jazz host and regular contributor jim Dupuis surveys some of the best Jazz releases of 2020. By Jim Dupuis.

• Features: December 2020

  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

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  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