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This Month

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)

Accessing an Inaccessible World with Peggy Lee
Classically trained cellist Peggy Lee has found a niche in the highly, innovative and challenging improvisational music scene in Vancouver. By Jim Dupuis

Burning Down the House with Lindsay May
Kamloops based performer/composer Lindsay May digs deep into her emotional self to weave musical stories on her new album. By Jim Dupuis

!earshot charts - July 2007 - 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 July 2007. Charts are weighted according to broadcast range and market size. To view older charts from as far back as 1999, go to our charts archive.

electronic | hip hop | loud | international | jazz | Folk/Roots/Blues | main charts page

Rank	Artist	Title	Label
1	Blue Scholars	Bayani	Rawkus
2	Moka Only *	Vermillion	Urbnet
3	Marco Polo	Port Authority	Rawkus
4	Bumps	Bumps	Stones Throw
5	Skratch Bastid *	Get Up!	Independent
6	Touch And Nato *	Are The Representatives In Intelligent Design	Phongraphique
7	Dizzee Rascal	Maths + English	XL
8	Socalled *	Ghettoblaster	JDub
9	Abdominal *	Escape From The Pidgeon Hole	Do Right Music
10	Sage Francis	Human The Death Dance	Epitaph
11	Brother Ali	The Undisputed Truth	Rhymesayers
12	Caveman Theory	The Stone Quartet	Break'n
13	Run DMC	Live At Montreux	Eagle
14	MC Sean One *	Full Of It	Deadbeats Ent.
15	Zeph & Azeem	Rise Up	Om
16	Lifesavas	Gutterfly: The Soundtrack	Quannum
17	Various	Now Again Re:Sounds, Vol. 1	Now Again
18	Mansbestfriend	Poli.Sci.187	Anticon
19	Beastie Boys	The Mix Up	Capitol
20	Ghostface Killah	Hidden Darts	Starks