October 2021

The Halluci Nation

The Halluci Nation, formerly A Tribe Called Red, jump to #1 on the !earshot Top 200 for September 2021 with One More Saturday Night.

Suuns are at #2 with The Witness, their fifth studio album. Cartel Madras (The Serpent And The Tiger), Men I Trust (Untourable Album) and Fleece (Stunning & Atrocious) complete the !earshot Top 5.

The Halluci Nation and Cartel Madras top the Electronic and Hip Hop specialty charts. Del Barber's Stray Dogs is #1 in the Folk Roots Blues chart and White Cowbell Oklahoma rules the Loud chart

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

Features

TW	Artist - Title - (Label)
!earshot Top 200 of 2020 For January tp December 2020
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)

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Latest Charts

CFMU Top 30 #1 Suuns 12 hours ago
CJUM Folk/Roots/Blues #1 Whitehorse 16 hours ago
CJUM Loud #1 Bad Waitress 16 hours ago
CJUM Hip Hop #1 Anthony OKS 16 hours ago
CJUM Electronic #1 Park Hye Jin 17 hours ago
CHYZ Top 30 #1 Suuns 17 hours ago
CKUA Folk/Roots/Blues #1 David Gogo 17 hours ago
CKUA Top 30 #1 Andy Shauf 17 hours ago
CJUM Top 30 #1 Bad Waitress 17 hours ago
CHOQ Jazz #1 Manela 18 hours ago
CHOQ Loud #1 Turnstile 18 hours ago
CJRU Top 30 #1 Simbiyez Wilson 18 hours ago
CHOQ International #1 Pachyman 1 day ago
CHOQ Hip Hop #1 Little Simz 1 day ago
CHOQ Electronic #1 Ntski 1 day ago
More Charts...
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TW	Artist - Title - (Label)
!earshot Top 50 For the Week Ending: Tuesday, October 12, 2021
1	Suuns The Witness - (Secret City)
2	The Halluci Nation One More Saturday Night - (Radicalized)
3	Low Hey What - (Sub Pop)
4	Andy Shauf Wilds - (Arts & Crafts)
5	Homeshake Under The Weather - (Dine Alone)
6	Men I Trust Untourable Album - (Self-Released)
7	Ada Lea one hand on the steering wheel the other sewing a garden - (Next Door)
8	Amyl and the Sniffers Comfort To Me - (Self-Released)
9	Fleece Stunning & Atrocious - (Self-Released)
10	Motorists Surrounded - (Debt Offensive)
*View the full Top 50*

Specialty Charts #1s
Electronic:	The Halluci Nation - One More Saturday Night - (Radicalized)
Hip Hop:	Little Simz - Sometimes I Might Be Introvert - (AGE 101)
Loud:	Amyl and the Sniffers - Comfort To Me - (Self-Released)
Folk/Roots/Blues:	Phyllis Sinclair - Ghost Bones - (Self-Released)

TW	Artist - Title - (Label)
!earshot September Top 200 For the Month of September 2021
1	The Halluci Nation One More Saturday Night - (Radicalized)
2	Suuns The Witness - (Secret City)
3	Cartel Madras The Serpent And The Tiger - (Sub Pop)
4	Men I Trust Untourable Album - (Self-Released)
5	Fleece Stunning & Atrocious - (Self-Released)
6	The Zolas Come Back to Life - (Light Organ)
7	Faye Webster I Know I'm Funny haha - (Secretly Canadian)
8	Charlotte Day Wilson Alpha - (Stone Woman)
9	Liars The Apple Drop - (Mute)
10	Homeshake Under The Weather - (Dine Alone)
*View the full !earshot Top 200*

Specialty Charts #1s
Electronic:	The Halluci Nation - One More Saturday Night - (Radicalized)
Hip Hop:	Cartel Madras - The Serpent And The Tiger - (Sub Pop)
International:	Lakou Mizik and Joseph Ray - Leave The Bones - (Anjunadeep)
Jazz:	Nala Sinephro - Space 1.8 - (Warp)
Loud:	White Cowbell Oklahoma - Textos Raros – Vol 1 – 2001-2011 - (Slick Monkey)
Folk/Roots/Blues:	Del Barber - Stray Dogs - (Acronym)

TW	Artist - Title - (Label)
!earshot Top 200 of 2020 For January tp December 2020
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)

Latest Charts
CFMU Top 30 #1 Suuns 12 hours ago
CJUM Folk/Roots/Blues #1 Whitehorse 16 hours ago
CJUM Loud #1 Bad Waitress 16 hours ago
CJUM Hip Hop #1 Anthony OKS 16 hours ago
CJUM Electronic #1 Park Hye Jin 17 hours ago
CHYZ Top 30 #1 Suuns 17 hours ago
CKUA Folk/Roots/Blues #1 David Gogo 17 hours ago
CKUA Top 30 #1 Andy Shauf 17 hours ago
CJUM Top 30 #1 Bad Waitress 17 hours ago
CHOQ Jazz #1 Manela 18 hours ago
CHOQ Loud #1 Turnstile 18 hours ago
CJRU Top 30 #1 Simbiyez Wilson 18 hours ago
CHOQ International #1 Pachyman 1 day ago
CHOQ Hip Hop #1 Little Simz 1 day ago
CHOQ Electronic #1 Ntski 1 day ago
More Charts...
Adds This Week

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