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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

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  #1 Chad VanGaalen
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  #1 Austra
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  #1 Grimes
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  #1 Chad VanGaalen
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  #1 Joel Plaskett
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  #1 Julie Doiron
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  #1 Pink Mountaintops
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  #1 The Organ
  

• Features: August 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: July 2019

  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: June 2019

  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

  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

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

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

  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.

  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 Antisocialites - (Polyvinyl)
  2	Mac DeMarco This Old Dog - (Royal Mountain)
  3	Austra Future Politics - (Pink Fizz)
  4	Timber Timbre Sincerely, Future Pollution - (Arts & Crafts)
  5	Faith Healer Try ;-) - (Mint)
  6	Broken Social Scene Hug of Thunder - (Arts & Crafts)
  7	Homeshake Fresh Air - (Royal Mountain)
  8	Daniel Romano Modern Pressure - (You've Changed)
  9	Whitehorse Panther In The Dollhouse - (Six Shooter)
  10	Do Make Say Think 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)

• Features: May 2019

  The End of Campus Radio in Ontario?
  The Ontario Government's Student Choice Initiative has the potential to devastate campus radio stations and many other student organizations across the province. By Alexandra Rimmington

  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

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

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

  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.

  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 Antisocialites - (Polyvinyl)
  2	Mac DeMarco This Old Dog - (Royal Mountain)
  3	Austra Future Politics - (Pink Fizz)
  4	Timber Timbre Sincerely, Future Pollution - (Arts & Crafts)
  5	Faith Healer Try ;-) - (Mint)
  6	Broken Social Scene Hug of Thunder - (Arts & Crafts)
  7	Homeshake Fresh Air - (Royal Mountain)
  8	Daniel Romano Modern Pressure - (You've Changed)
  9	Whitehorse Panther In The Dollhouse - (Six Shooter)
  10	Do Make Say Think 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)