June 2025

Destroyer

Dan Behar and Desreoyer jump to the top of the earshot Top 200 for the month of May 2025 with Dan's Boogie on Merge Records
Marlaena Moore is at number 2 with Because You Love Everything while Lambrini Girls (Who Let The Dogs Out), Gus Englehorn (The Hornbook) and former #1 OMBIIGIZI (SHAME) round out the Top 5.

Lots is happening over on the weekly charts. Check it out!

Specialty Charts #1s
Electronic:	Caribou - Honey - (Merge)
Hip Hop:	Kendrick Lamar - GNX - (pgLang)
International:	Amir Amiri Ensemble - Ajdad - Ancestors - Echoes of Persia - (Latitude 45)
Jazz:	Carson Tworow and David Lavoie - Teardown - (Self-Released)
Loud:	Amyl and the Sniffers - Cartoon Darkness - (Rough Trade)
Folk/Roots/Blues:	Skinny Dyck - Easygoing - (Victory Pool)

Check out all the latest chart action on the weekly charts.

Features

TW	Artist - Title - (Label)
!earshot Top 200 of 2021 For January to December 2021
1	TEKE::TEKE Shirushi - (Kill Rock Stars)
2	The Halluci Nation One More Saturday Night - (Radicalized)
3	Chad VanGaalen World's Most Stressed Out Gardener - (Flemish Eye)
4	The Weather Station Ignorance - (Next Door)
5	Kiwi Jr. Cooler Returns - (Kiwi Club)
6	Arlo Parks Collapsed In Sunbeams - (Transgressive)
7	Ada Lea one hand on the steering wheel the other sewing a garden - (Next Door)
8	Sook-Yin Lee & Adam Litovitz jooj two - (Mint)
9	Suuns The Witness - (Secret City)
10	Andy Shauf Wilds - (Arts & Crafts)
*View the full !earshot Top 200*

Specialty Charts #1s
Electronic:	The Halluci Nation - One More Saturday Night - (Radicalized)
Hip Hop:	Cadence Weapon - Parallel World - (Self-Released)
International:	Lakou Mizik and Joseph Ray - Leave The Bones - (Anjunadeep)
Jazz:	Adrian Younge - The American Negro - (Jazz Is Dead)
Loud:	Tunic - Exhaling - (Artoffact)
Folk/Roots/Blues:	Allison Russell - Outside Child - (Fantasy)

Latest Charts

CJUM Hip Hop #1 Yy 3 minutes ago
CJUM Electronic #1 Stereolab 7 minutes ago
CJUM Top 30 #1 Propagandhi 15 minutes ago
CJRU Top 30 #1 Bells Larsen 1 hour ago
CFMU Top 30 #1 Naomi Skye 5 hours ago
CFBX Folk/Roots/Blues #1 Alan Doyle 3 days ago
CFBX Hip Hop #1 Danny Miles 3 days ago
CFBX Electronic #1 Marie Davidson 3 days ago
CFBX Loud #1 Derev 3 days ago
CFBX International #1 Sophie Lukacs 3 days ago
CFBX Jazz #1 The Shuffle Demons 3 days ago
CFBX Top 30 #1 Men I Trust 3 days ago
CKUA Top 30 #1 Sargeant X Comrade 3 days ago
CKUA Folk/Roots/Blues #1 Dan Mangan 3 days ago
CFOU Loud #1 The Haunted 3 days ago
More Charts...
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TW	Artist - Title - (Label)
!earshot Top 50 For the Week Ending: Tuesday, June 17, 2025
1	Bells Larsen Blurring Time - (Royal Mountain)
2	Stereolab Instant Holograms On Metal Film - (Warp)
3	Destroyer Dan's Boogie - (Merge)
4	Ribbon Skirt Bite Down - (Mint)
5	Propagandhi At Peace - (Epitaph)
6	Choses Sauvages Choses Sauvages III - (Audiogram)
7	Sister Ray Believer - (Royal Mountain)
8	Jimmie Kilpatrick Jimmie - (You've Changed)
9	Art d'Ecco Serene Demon - (Paper Bag)
10	Foxwarren 2 - (Anti-)
*View the full Top 50*

Specialty Charts #1s
Electronic:	Marie Davidson - City of Clowns - (Because Music)
Loud:	Propagandhi - At Peace - (Epitaph)

TW	Artist - Title - (Label)
!earshot May Top 200 For the Month of May 2025
1	Destroyer Dan's Boogie - (Merge)
2	Marie Davidson City of Clowns - (Because Music)
3	Sister Ray Believer - (Royal Mountain)
4	Art d'Ecco Serene Demon - (Paper Bag)
5	Bria Salmena Big Dog - (Sub Pop)
6	Gloin All of your anger is actually shame (and I bet that makes you angry) - (Mothland)
7	Ribbon Skirt Bite Down - (Mint)
8	cootie catcher Shy At First - (cooked raw)
9	Men I Trust Equus Asinus - (Self-Released)
10	Saya Gray SAYA - (Marion Murata)
*View the full !earshot Top 200*

Specialty Charts #1s
Electronic:	Marie Davidson - City of Clowns - (Because Music)
Hip Hop:	Naya Ali - We Did The Damn Thing - (Bonsound)
International:	Alsarah & The Nubatones - Seasons of the Road - (Self-Released)
Jazz:	Cinephonic - Refuge - (Marlow)
Loud:	Propagandhi - At Peace - (Epitaph)
Folk/Roots/Blues:	Bells Larsen - Blurring Time - (Royal Mountain)

TW	Artist - Title - (Label)
!earshot Top 200 of 2021 For January to December 2021
1	TEKE::TEKE Shirushi - (Kill Rock Stars)
2	The Halluci Nation One More Saturday Night - (Radicalized)
3	Chad VanGaalen World's Most Stressed Out Gardener - (Flemish Eye)
4	The Weather Station Ignorance - (Next Door)
5	Kiwi Jr. Cooler Returns - (Kiwi Club)
6	Arlo Parks Collapsed In Sunbeams - (Transgressive)
7	Ada Lea one hand on the steering wheel the other sewing a garden - (Next Door)
8	Sook-Yin Lee & Adam Litovitz jooj two - (Mint)
9	Suuns The Witness - (Secret City)
10	Andy Shauf Wilds - (Arts & Crafts)
*View the full !earshot Top 200*

Specialty Charts #1s
Electronic:	The Halluci Nation - One More Saturday Night - (Radicalized)
Hip Hop:	Cadence Weapon - Parallel World - (Self-Released)
International:	Lakou Mizik and Joseph Ray - Leave The Bones - (Anjunadeep)
Jazz:	Adrian Younge - The American Negro - (Jazz Is Dead)
Loud:	Tunic - Exhaling - (Artoffact)
Folk/Roots/Blues:	Allison Russell - Outside Child - (Fantasy)

Latest Charts
CJUM Hip Hop #1 Yy 3 minutes ago
CJUM Electronic #1 Stereolab 7 minutes ago
CJUM Top 30 #1 Propagandhi 15 minutes ago
CJRU Top 30 #1 Bells Larsen 1 hour ago
CFMU Top 30 #1 Naomi Skye 5 hours ago
CFBX Folk/Roots/Blues #1 Alan Doyle 3 days ago
CFBX Hip Hop #1 Danny Miles 3 days ago
CFBX Electronic #1 Marie Davidson 3 days ago
CFBX Loud #1 Derev 3 days ago
CFBX International #1 Sophie Lukacs 3 days ago
CFBX Jazz #1 The Shuffle Demons 3 days ago
CFBX Top 30 #1 Men I Trust 3 days ago
CKUA Top 30 #1 Sargeant X Comrade 3 days ago
CKUA Folk/Roots/Blues #1 Dan Mangan 3 days ago
CFOU Loud #1 The Haunted 3 days ago
More Charts...
Adds This Week

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