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Needles//Pins


Ohama


Nicolas Horvath


Hugo Wolf Quartet


Heat


Parallels


Monica Chapman


Alexis Baro & Pueblo Nuevo Jazz Project


Jenny Wren and Her Borrowed Wings


Andrew Collins Trio


Drive-By Truckers


Parker Abbott Trio


Petunia & The Vipers


Mstrkrft


Ana Alcaide


Autobahn


Brandi Disterheft


June Garber

This Month

Ron Sexsmith Rides On
Ron Sexsmith talks about change, becoming a novelist, writing songs and hitting the road again with The Last Rider, his 13th studio album. By Scott White

The Antwerp-Chicago Connection: The Bram Weijters & Chad McCullough
A Belgian keyboard player and an American trumpeter, both with Canadian connections, show us that globalization can be a good thing. By Jim Dupuis

Bad Canada wants to get a reaction... from the music
Vancouver's Bad Canada talks about Mezcal, microtonal pianos and the modern day Notorious BIG. By Scott Wood

!earshot charts - september 2012 - top 20 hip hop

Asterisk (*) denotes Canadian artists. All !earshot charts in this issue reflect actual airplay on campus/community stations during the month of September 2012. 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 >> electronic | hip hop | international | jazz | loud | folk/roots/blues | main charts page

Rank	Artist	Title	Label
1	Cadence Weapon *	Hope In Dirt City	Upper Class
2	Frank Ocean	channel ORANGE	Def Jam
3	Nas	Life Is Good	Def Jam
4	Aesop Rock	Skelethon	Rhymesayers
5	JJ DOOM	Keys To The Kuffs	Lex
6	More Or Les *	Mastication	Backburner
7	Muneshine *	There Is Only Today	Droppin' Science
8	Shad *	Melancholy and The Infinite Shadness	Self-Released
9	Evil Ebenezer *	Penguin	Camobear
10	Wordburglar *	3rdburglar	Hand Solo
11	Atherton *	No Threat	Self-Released
12	The Alchemist	Russian Roulette	Decon
13	Touch & The Dirty Sample *	The Fly	Neferiu
14	Plex *	Demons	Urbnet
15	John Smith *	Ol' Man Winter	Peanuts & Corn
16	Cityreal and Wes Mackey*	Good Morning Blues	Self-Released
17	Toussaint Morrison	Toussaint Morrison Is Not My Boyfriend	Urban Home Companion
18	Serengeti	C.A.R.	Anticon
19	Mantrakid *	Dragon Lullabies	Neferiu
20	Ira Lee *	Growl	Self-Released

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• Monthly Charts

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• Annual Charts

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  #1 Grimes
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  Top 200 of 2010
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• Features: May 2017

  Steve Kozak - Ambassador of West Coast Blues
  For over thirty years Vancouver musician Steve Kozak’s music career has been fueled by passion and a promise. His album It’s Time is a fulfillment of both. By Shelley Gummeson

  Small World, Big Screen: The Monica Chapman Interview
  Jazz vocalist Monica Chapman breathes new jazzy life into the vintage movie tunes, then throws in some classic standards to make it that much better. By Jim Dupuis

  Go, Go, Going with Robyn Hitchcock
  Robyn Hitchcock is as vital as ever after more than 21 albums with new music, new collaborators and that same old songwriting magic. By Erin Flynn

  Book Review: Beatleness: How The Beatles and their Fans Remade the World.
  Author and sociologist Candy Leonard takes a fascinating up-close look at 1960's fandom through the eyes and world of Beatles fans. By Magnus Thyvold

• Features: April 2017

  Go, Go, Going with Robyn Hitchcock
  Robyn Hitchcock is as vital as ever after more than 21 albums with new music, new collaborators and that same old songwriting magic. By Erin Flynn

  Book Review: Beatleness: How The Beatles and their Fans Remade the World.
  Author and sociologist Candy Leonard takes a fascinating up-close look at 1960's fandom through the eyes and world of Beatles fans. By Magnus Thyvold

• Features: March 2017

  Book Review: Beatleness: How The Beatles and their Fans Remade the World.
  Author and sociologist Candy Leonard takes a fascinating up-close look at 1960's fandom through the eyes and world of Beatles fans. By Magnus Thyvold

• Features: February 2017

  The Best Music of 2016

  Follow our look back at 2016

  The Top 200 of 2016

  The definitive list of the best records of 2016 - including electronic, hip hop, international, jazz, loud and folk roots & blues.

  Best of 2016

  KenMODE's Jesse Mathewson
  CFUV Music Director Troy Lemberg
  When you get paid to listen to music all the time, you have an advantage finding the best and the over-looked.

  Best Local Releases
  If home is where the heart is, local is where the music starts.

  Best of Jazz

  Jazz Picks of 2016: Jim Dupuis
  Jazz Picks of 2016: Shelley Gummeson
  Jazz Picks of 2016: Ray Alexander
  A look at some of the best jazz had to offer in a very good year

  !earshot Top 200 of 2016 For the year 2016
  TW	Artist - Title - (Label)
  1	Basia Bulat Good Advice - (Secret City)
  2	BADBADNOTGOOD IV - (Arts & Crafts)
  3	Nap Eyes Thought Rock Fish Scale - (You've Changed)
  4	Black Mountain IV - (Dine Alone)
  5	The Pack A.D. Positive Thinking - (Cadence Music Group)
  6	Andy Shauf The Party - (Arts & Crafts)
  7	A Tribe Called Red We Are The Halluci Nation - (Pirates Blend)
  8	Grimes Art Angels - (4AD)
  9	Tanya Tagaq Retribution - (Six Shooter)
  10	Wintersleep The Great Detachment - (Dine Alone)
  View the full !earshot Top 200

  Specialty Charts #1s

  Electronic:  >Jessy Lanza - Oh No - (Geej Recordings)

  Hip Hop:  > A Tribe Called Red - We Are The Halluci Nation - (Pirates Blend)

  International:  > Bombino - Azel - (Self-Released)

  Jazz:  > BADBADNOTGOOD - IV - (Arts & Crafts)

  Loud:  > Striker - Stand In The Fire - (Self-Released)

  Folk/Roots/Blues:  >Daniel Romano - Mosey - (New West)

  Jazz from the Soul of Cattle Country - The Scott Morin Interview
  It's been said that jazz is good for your soul and an insider and radio host in Calgary gets up before the sun to prove that point. By Jim Dupuis

  Meet Speaker Face, the folk-electronic band you never knew you wanted - until now
  These "deep folk" makers talk about new genres, adult nightmares and embracing the universal driftwood sent your way. By Scott Wood