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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 international 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	Balkan Beat Box	Nu Med	JDub
2	Spanish Harlem Orchestra	United We Swing	Six Degrees
3	The Mothers	Township Sessions	Rasa
4	Kiran Ahluwalia *	Wanderlust	Times Square
5	Jesse Cook	Frontiers	EMI
6	Bebel Gilberto	Momento	Ziriguiboom
7	Dobet Gnahore	Na Afriki	Cumbancha
8	Andy Palacio & The Garifuna Collective	Watina	Cumbancha
9	Sultans Of String *	Luna	Independent
10	Tcheka	Nu Monda	Times Square
11	The Aggrolites	Reggae Hit L.A.	Hellcat
12	Zaman 8 And Hafez Modie	Suryaghati	Six Degrees
13	Elephant Man	The Energy God	Greensleeves
14	Various	A Concert For Peace And Reconciliation: Healing The Divide	Anti
15	Zking Of Hearts	Happiness (Is In Your Heart)	Independent
16	Bonde Do Role	With Lasers	Mad Decent
17	The Heptones	Sweet Talking	Heartbeat
18	Various	World Circuit Presents...	World Circuit/Nonesuch
19	Tinariwen	Aman Iman: Water Is Life	World Village
20	Various	The Rough Guide To North African Cafe	Rough Guide Music