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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 - March 2007 - top 20 folk/roots/blues Asterisk (*) denotes Canadian artists. All !earshot charts in this issue reflect actual airplay on campus/community stations during the month of March 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	Neko Case	Live From Austin TX	New West
2	Kim Barlow *	Champ	Jericho Beach
3	Geoff Berner *	The Wedding Dance Of The Widow Bride	Jericho Beach
4	The Western States *	The Western States	Dollartone
5	Eleni Mandell	Miracle Of Five	Zedtone
6	Joey Wright *	Jalopy	Black Hen
7	Julie Doiron *	Woke Myself Up	Endearing
8	Bob Lanois *	Snake Road	Cordova Bay
9	Great Lake Swimmers *	Ongiara	Nettwerk
10	Tom Waits	Orphans: Brawlers, Bawlers & Bastards	Anti
11	Evalyn Parry *	Small Theatres	Borealis
12	Nathan *	Key Principles	Nettwerk
13	County Boys *	1, 2, 3, 4...	Independent
14	Lucinda Williams	West	Lost Highway
15	Yael Wand *	At Your Door	Independent
16	Anais Mitchell	The Brightness	Righteous Babe
17	Jonas Bonnetta *	Farewell To Harmony	Independent
18	Shelley Morningside	Out Of The Ashes	Silverwave
19	Doug Cox And Salil Bhatt*	Slide To Freedom	Northern Blues
20	M. Ward	To Go Home	Merge