Lean Left is a bit of a supergroup.
Best of 2017: Kyle Mytruk
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The Top 200 of 2017
The definitive list of the best records of 2017 - including electronic, hip hop, international, jazz, loud and folk roots & blues.
Best of 2017
Best Releases of 2017
As chosen by Music Directors and some of our contributers.
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Best Local Releases
If home is where the heart is, local is where the music starts. Picks from !earshot contributors and programmers from across the country
Full Best of 2017 lists from Programmers and Contributors
Catherine Fisher, CJLY-Nelson, BC
Glen Ingram, CICK-Smithers, BC
Kyle MyTruk, UNFM-Manitoba, BC
Jason Shields, UMFM-Winnipeg, MB
Myles Gregory, CFBX-Kamloops, BC
dj peanut butter, CHCR-Killaloe, ON
Troy Lemberg, CFUC-Victoria, BC
Tyler Wilson, CIVL-Abbotsford, BC
!earshot National Top 200 of 2017For January to December 2017 |
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| TW | Artist - Title - (Label) | ||
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| 1 | Alvvays 
Antisocialites - (Polyvinyl) |
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| 2 | Mac DeMarco
This Old Dog - (Royal Mountain) |
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| 3 | Austra
Future Politics - (Pink Fizz) |
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| 4 | Timber Timbre
Sincerely, Future Pollution - (Arts & Crafts) |
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| 5 | Faith Healer
Try ;-) - (Mint) |
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| 6 | Broken Social Scene
Hug of Thunder - (Arts & Crafts) |
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| 7 | Homeshake
Fresh Air - (Royal Mountain) |
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| 8 | Daniel Romano
Modern Pressure - (You've Changed) |
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| 9 | Whitehorse
Panther In The Dollhouse - (Six Shooter) |
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| 10 | Do Make Say Think
Stubborn Persistent Illusions - (Constellation) |
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| 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) | ||
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Kyle Mytruk, Shut Up, It’s Time for Radio, UMFM 101.5FM Winnipeg
Kyle Mytruk, Shut Up, It’s Time for Radio, Sunday’s at 9 pm, UMFM 101.5 in Winnipeg. I play free jazz/experimental/weird music.
My Top 3 records of the year
Lean Left, I Forgot to Breathe, (Trost Records)
The Ex guitarists plus Paal Nilsson-Love from The Thing and Ken Vandermark on sax equals chaos, beautiful chaos.
https://trostrecords.bandcamp.com/album/l-forgot-to-breathe
Peter Brotzmann/Heather Leigh, Sex Tape, (Trost Records)
Heather Leigh pulls out a more emotional and subtle performance from Peter Brotzmann, who is known for usually a more aggressive saxophone performance
https://trostrecords.bandcamp.com/album/sex-tape
Guerilla Toss, GT Ultra, (DFA Records)
A very underrated album, a great blend of avant-garde and pop. It's got off the wall performances and catchy melodies that will stick in your head.
https://store.dfarecords.com/products/guerilla-toss-gt-ultra
1971
Best local release
1971, no matter where you go, there you are, (Self-Released)
This is a sad one, the last recordings with their bass player, Cam Cranston, before he tragically passed away last year. This shows the true talent that 1971 had, and Anxiety (In The Depths of Northwestern Ontario) is one of the best songs ever written.
https://1971canada.bandcamp.com/album/no-matter-where-you-go-there-you-are
Best live show you saw this year
Propagandhi – local favourities, always the best
Most under-rated record of the year
Guerilla Toss, GT Ultra, (DFA Records)
Such an amazing album, not sure why more people aren’t talking about it.
Most over-rated record of the year
Protomartyr, Relatives in Descent, (Domino)
Too many people talking about how great it is, found it very boring and cliché.
Best personal campus/community radio moment or experience of the year
Finally finding a local free jazz group to have live on my show. Skronkbash!
