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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 - June 2007 - top 20 jazz Asterisk (*) denotes Canadian artists. All !earshot charts in this issue reflect actual airplay on campus/community stations during the month of June 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	Fred Anderson And Hamid Drake	From The River To The Ocean	Thrill Jockey
2	ZMF Trio *	Circle The Path	Drip Audio
3	Various *	Dig Your Roots: Creative Jazz	NCRA
4	Mike Allen Quartet*	Vancouver	Almus
5	Brandi Disterheft *	Debut	Superfran
6	Michael Occhipinti And Creation Dream*	Chasing After Light	True North
7	Abram Wilson Ride!	Ferris Wheel To The Modern Day Delta	Dune
8	David Torn	Prezens	ECM
9	David S. Ware Quartet	Renunciation	AUM Fidelity
10	Arkana Music *	Hyprovisation	Independent
11	Fred Hersch Trio	Night & The Music	Palmetto
12	The Claudia Quintet	For	Cuneiform
13	Ali Milner *	Ali Milner	Venus
14	William Parker And Hamid Drake	Summer Snow, Vol. 2	AUM Fidelity
15	Will Bernard	Party Hats	Palmetto Jazz
16	Soweto Kinch	A Life In The Day Of B19: Tales Of The Tower Block	Dune
17	Holly Cole *	Holly Cole	Alert Music
18	Amy Cervini Quartet*	Famous Blue	Orange Grove
19	Greyboy Allstars	What Happened To T.V ?	Sci Fidelity
20	Dizzy Gillespie All-Star Big Band	Dizzy's Business	Manchester Craftsmen's Guild