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!earshot charts - top 200 of 2008 Asterisk (*) denotes Canadian artists. All !earshot charts in this issue reflect actual airplay on campus/community stations from January 1, 2008 to December 31, 2008. 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. |
top 200 >>next 50 >>101 to 150 >>151-200 | electronic | hip hop | international | jazz | loud | folk/roots/blues | main charts page
| Rank | Artist | Title | Label |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Black Mountain * | In The Future | JagJaguwar/Scratch |
| 2 | Chad VanGaalen * | Soft Airplane | Flemish Eye/Sub Pop |
| 3 | Crystal Castles * | Crystal Castles | Last Gang |
| 4 | The Constantines * | Kensington Heights | Arts & Crafts |
| 5 | Wolf Parade * | At Mount Zoomer | Sub Pop |
| 6 | Plants And Animals * | Parc Avenue | Secret City |
| 7 | Women * | Women | Flemish Eye |
| 8 | Elliott Brood * | Mountain Meadows | Six Shooter |
| 9 | Jason Collett * | Here's To Being Here | Arts & Crafts |
| 10 | Islands * | Arm's Way | Anti |
| 11 | Tokyo Police Club * | Elephant Shell | Saddle Creek |
| 12 | Vampire Weekend | Vampire Weekend | XL |
| 13 | Mother Mother * | O My Heart | Last Gang |
| 14 | Woodhands * | Heart Attack | Paper Bag |
| 15 | Destroyer * | Trouble In Dreams | Merge |
| 16 | Hayden * | In Field & Town | Hardwood |
| 17 | Fleet Foxes | Fleet Foxes | Sub Pop |
| 18 | Cat Power | Jukebox | Matador |
| 19 | Born Ruffians * | Red, Yellow And Blue | Warp |
| 20 | The Black Keys | Attack & Release | Nonesuch |
| 21 | Cadence Weapon * | Afterparty Babies | Upper Class |
| 22 | Brendan Canning * | Something For All Of Us | Arts & Crafts |
| 23 | King Khan And The Shrines | The Supreme Genius Of King Khan And The Shrines | Vice |
| 24 | Human Highway * | Moody Motorcycle | Secret City |
| 25 | The D'Urbervilles * | We Are The Hunters | Out Of This Spark |
| 26 | TV On The Radio | Dear Science | Touch And Go |
| 27 | The Stills * | Oceans Will Rise | Arts & Crafts |
| 28 | The Pack A.D. * | Funeral Mixtape | Mint |
| 29 | Hot Chip | Made In The Dark | Astralwerks |
| 30 | Magnetic Fields | Distortion | Nonesuch |
| 31 | Hilotrons * | Happymatic | Kelp |
| 32 | Flight Of The Conchords | Flight Of The Conchords | Sub Pop |
| 33 | Beck | Modern Guilt | DGC |
| 34 | Luke Doucet And The White Falcon* | Blood's Too Rich | Six Shooter |
| 35 | Sloan * | Parallel Play | Murder |
| 36 | Ladyhawk * | Shots | Jagjaguwar |
| 37 | Teenage Head With Marky Ramone* | Teenage Head With Marky Ramone | Sonic Unyon |
| 38 | Duchess Says * | Anthologies Des 3 Perchoirs | Alien8 |
| 39 | Portishead | Third | Island |
| 40 | The Wet Secrets * | Rock Fantasy | Rodeo Peanut |
| 41 | Buck 65 * | Situation | Warner |
| 42 | The Raveonettes | Lust Lust Lust | Vice |
| 43 | Vancougar * | Canadian Tuxedo | Mint |
| 44 | Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds | Dig, Lazarus, Dig!!! | Anti- |
| 45 | Old Man Luedecke * | Proof Of Love | Black Hen Music |
| 46 | Hey Rosetta! * | Into Your Lungs | Sonic |
| 47 | FemBots * | Calling Out | Weewerk |
| 48 | The Tom Fun Orchestra * | You Will Land With A Thud | Company House |
| 49 | Holy Fuck * | LP | Young Turks |
| 50 | The Evaporators * | Gassy Jack And Other Tales | Mint |
top 200 >>next 50 >>101 to 150 >>151-200 | electronic | hip hop | international | jazz | loud | folk/roots/blues | main charts page
| Rank | Artist | Title | Label |
|---|---|---|---|
| 51 | No Age | Nouns | Sub Pop |
| 52 | Los Campesinos! | Hold On Now, Youngster | Arts & Crafts |
| 53 | Forest City Lovers * | Haunting Moon Sinking | Out Of This Spark |
| 54 | The Stolen Minks * | High Kicks | New Romance For Kids |
| 55 | The Burning Hell * | Happy Birthday | Weewerk |
| 56 | Various | Juno | Rhino |
| 57 | Katie Stelmanis * | Join Us | Blocks Recording Club |
| 58 | Land Of Talk * | Some Are Lakes | Saddle Creek |
| 59 | The Superfantastics * | Choose Your Destination | Independent |
| 60 | Okkervil River | The Stand Ins | Jagjaguwar |
| 61 | Simply Saucer * | Half Human, Half Live | Sonic Unyon |
| 62 | Sigur Ros | Med Sud I Eyrum Vid Spilum Endalaust | XL |
| 63 | Man Man | Rabbit Habits | Anti |
| 64 | M83 | Saturdays=Youth | Mute |
| 65 | Ratatat | LP3 | XL |
| 66 | Jane Vain And The Dark Matter* | Love Is Where The Smoke Is | Rectangle |
| 67 | The Whitsundays * | The Whitsundays | Friendly Fire |
| 68 | Final Fantasy * | Spectrum, 14th Century | Blocks Recording Club |
| 69 | The Hold Steady | Stay Positive | Vagrant |
| 70 | The Gruesomes * | Tyrants Of Teen Trash | Ricochet Sound |
| 71 | Kate Maki * | On High | Owom |
| 72 | Matt Mays And El Torpedo* | Terminal Romance | Sonic |
| 73 | The Awkward Stage * | Slimming Mirrors, Flattering Lights | Mint |
| 74 | Azeda Booth * | In Flesh Tones | Absolutely Kosher |
| 75 | Agnostic Mountain Gospel Choir * | Ten Thousand | Shoutin' Abner Pim |
| 76 | Hexes And Ohs * | Bedroom Madness | Noise Factory |
| 77 | The Organ * | Thieves | Mint |
| 78 | Creature * | No Sleep At All | Bonsound |
| 79 | Deerhoof | Offend Maggie | Kill Rock Stars |
| 80 | The Bicycles * | Oh No It's Love | Fuzzy Logic |
| 81 | The Telepathic Butterflies * | Breakfast In Suburbia | Rainbow Quartz |
| 82 | Novillero * | A Little Tradition | Mint |
| 83 | Ron Sexsmith * | Exit Strategy Of The Soul | Ronboy |
| 84 | The Pack A.D. * | Tintype | Mint |
| 85 | Sylvie * | Trees And Shade Are Our Only Fences | Smallman |
| 86 | Of Montreal | Skeletal Lamping | Polyvinyl |
| 87 | Cuff The Duke * | Sidelines Of The City | Hardwood |
| 88 | The Kills | Midnight Boom | Domino |
| 89 | She And Him | Volume One | Merge |
| 90 | Michael Rault * | Crash! Bang! Boom! | Chickadee |
| 91 | Stereolab | Chemical Chords | 4AD |
| 92 | Run Chico Run * | Rocket Surgery | Reluctant |
| 93 | Corb Lund * | Horse Soldier! Horse Soldier! | Stony Plain |
| 94 | Laura Barrett * | Earth Sciences | Paper Bag |
| 95 | Cut Copy | In Ghost Colours | Modular |
| 96 | Bonnie Prince Billy | Lie Down In The Light | Drag City |
| 97 | Sam Shalabi * | Eid | Alien 8 |
| 98 | Be Your Own Pet | Get Awkward | Ecstatic Peace |
| 99 | Ghost Bees * | Tasseomancy | Youth Club |
| 100 | Thee Silver Mt Zion Memorial Orchestra And Tra La-La Band* | 13 Blues For Thirteen Moons | Constellation |
top 200 >>next 50 >>101 to 150 >>151-200 | electronic | hip hop | international | jazz | loud | folk/roots/blues | main charts page
| Rank | Artist | Title | Label |
|---|---|---|---|
| 101 | The Ramblin' Ambassadors * | Vista Cruiser Country Squire | Mint |
| 102 | The Hives | Black And White Album | Interscope |
| 103 | Snailhouse * | Lies On The Prize | Unfamiliar |
| 104 | Spiritualized | Songs In A & E | Fontana |
| 105 | Fred Eaglesmith * | Tinderbox | Independent |
| 106 | B.A. Johnston * | Stairway To Hamilton | Just Friends |
| 107 | Clinic | Do It! | Domino |
| 108 | The Dears * | Missiles | Dangerbird |
| 109 | The Creepshow * | Run For Your Life | Stomp |
| 110 | Sebastien Grainger * | Sebastien Grainger & The Mountains | Outside |
| 111 | Ghostkeeper * | …And The Children Of The Great Northern Muskeg | Saved By Radio |
| 112 | The Breeders | Mountain Battles | 4AD |
| 113 | Beach House | Devotion | CarPark |
| 114 | Calexico | Carried To Dust | Quarterstick |
| 115 | The Notwist | The Devil, You & Me | Domino |
| 116 | You Say Party! We Say Die! * | Remik's Cube | Paper Bag |
| 117 | Eric Chenaux * | Sloppy Ground | Constellation |
| 118 | Young And Sexy * | The Arc | Mint |
| 119 | Silver Jews | Lookout Mountain, Lookout Sea | Drag City |
| 120 | Grand Theft Bus * | Made Upwards | Forward Music Group |
| 121 | Sleepless Nights * | Turn Into Vapour | Forward Music Group |
| 122 | Daft Punk | Alive 2007 | Virgin |
| 123 | Rae Spoon * | Superior You Are Inferior | Washboard |
| 124 | The Walkmen | You & Me | Gigantic |
| 125 | Sarah Slean * | The Baroness | WEA |
| 126 | Various * | Do You Want To Talk All Night? A Tribute To Snailhouse | Sappy |
| 127 | The Green Hour Band * | The Green Hour Band | Kingdom |
| 128 | Foals | Antidotes | Sub Pop |
| 129 | Dubmatix * | Renegade Rocker | 7 Arts |
| 130 | My Morning Jacket | Evil Urges | ATO |
| 131 | The Sadies * | New Seasons | Outside |
| 132 | C'Mon * | Bottled Lightning Of An All Time High | Independent |
| 133 | Fuad And The Feztones * | Beeramid | Ricochet Sound |
| 134 | Mahogany Frog * | DO5 | Independent |
| 135 | Pete Samples * | The Jumper Cables | Independent |
| 136 | Death Cab For Cutie | Narrow Stairs | Barsuk |
| 137 | The Mountain Goats | Heretic Pride | 4AD |
| 138 | Horrorpops | Kiss Kiss Kill Kill | Hellcat |
| 139 | CSS | Donkey | Sub Pop |
| 140 | Dirtbombs | We Have You Surrounded | In The Red |
| 141 | Said The Whale * | Howe Sounds/Taking Abalonia | Upper Management |
| 142 | Xiu Xiu | Women As Lovers | Kill Rock Stars |
| 143 | The Barmitzvah Brothers * | Let's Express Our Motives | Weewerk |
| 144 | Marnie Stern | This Is It... | Kill Rock Stars |
| 145 | Bonnie Prince Billy | Ask Forgiveness | Drag City |
| 146 | Adam & The Amethysts * | Amethyst Amulet | Pome |
| 147 | No Kids * | Come Into My House | Tomlab |
| 148 | Blitzen Trapper | Furr | Sub Pop |
| 149 | Giant Sand | proVISIONS | Yep Roc |
| 150 | Goldfrapp | Seventh Tree | Mute |
top 200 >>next 50 >>101 to 150 >>151-200 | electronic | hip hop | international | jazz | loud | folk/roots/blues | main charts page
| Rank | Artist | Title | Label |
|---|---|---|---|
| 151 | Sam Roberts * | Love At The End Of The World | Secret City |
| 152 | Jay Reatard | Matador Singles '08 | Matador |
| 153 | Lesbo Vrouven * | Encore La Mort | P572 |
| 154 | The Feminists * | Can't Scream Loud Enough | Independent |
| 155 | Fucked Up * | The Chemistry Of Common Life | Matador |
| 156 | The Violet Archers * | Sunshine At Night | Zunior |
| 157 | The Souljazz Orchestra * | Manifesto | Do Right! Music |
| 158 | Fujiya And Miyagi | Lightbulbs | Deaf Dumb & Blind |
| 159 | The Jolts * | Haute/Voltage | Independent |
| 160 | Mardeen * | Read Less Minds | Independent |
| 161 | Laura Barrett * | Victory Garden | Paper Bag |
| 162 | Statues * | Terminal Bedroom | Deranged |
| 163 | The City Streets * | Concentrated Living | Independent |
| 164 | Deerhunter | Microcastle | Kranky |
| 165 | The Paper Cranes * | Halcyon Days | Unfamiliar |
| 166 | Black Kids | Partie Traumatic | Columbia |
| 167 | Elbow Beach Surf Club * | Billy Club | Burnt Oak |
| 168 | Culture Reject * | Culture Reject | White Whale |
| 169 | Various * | Everybody Dance Now: Songs From Hamilton Vol 3 | Independent |
| 170 | Jenny Omnichord * | Charlotte Or Otis | Label Fantastic |
| 171 | Various * | The Aaargh! Annual: Vol 3 | Aaargh! |
| 172 | Various * | CBC Radio 3 Sessions: Volume 3 | MapleMusic |
| 173 | Young Rivals * | Young Rivals | Independent |
| 174 | Tigerrr Beat * | Don't Bother Me While I'm Doing Magic | Independent |
| 175 | Why? | Alopecia | Anticon |
| 176 | Frightened Rabbit | The Midnight Organ Fight | Fat Cat |
| 177 | The NQ Arbuckle * | X OK | Six Shooter |
| 178 | Hawksley Workman * | Between The Beautifuls | Universal |
| 179 | Bob Wiseman * | The Legend | Blocks |
| 180 | Winter Gloves * | About A Girl | Paper Bag |
| 181 | Pattern Is Movement | All Together | Hometapes |
| 182 | Sebastien Grainger * | American Names | Outside |
| 183 | Billy Bragg | Mr. Love & Justice | Anti- |
| 184 | Thievery Corporation | Radio Retaliation | Eighteenth Street Lounge Music |
| 185 | Tapes 'N Tapes | Walk It Off | XL |
| 186 | Evangelista | Hello Voyager | Constellation |
| 187 | R.E.M. | Accelerate | Warner |
| 188 | The Weakerthans * | Reunion Tour | Anti- |
| 189 | British Sea Power | Do You Like Rock Music? | Rough Trade |
| 190 | Shotgun Jimmie * | The Onlys | Delorean |
| 191 | Kathleen Edwards * | Asking For Flowers | Zoe |
| 192 | Gunsmoke * | From Somewhere | Inside My Brain |
| 193 | Twilight Hotel * | Highway Prayer | Independent |
| 194 | Matmos | Supreme Balloon | Matador |
| 195 | Final Fantasy * | Play To Please | Blocks Recording Club |
| 196 | Boris | Smile | Southern Lord |
| 197 | Jenny Lewis | Acid Tongue | Warner |
| 198 | Gang Gang Dance | Saint Dymphna | The Social Registry |
| 199 | Mongrels * | Oshawa | Weird Beard |
| 200 | Kings Of Leon | Only By The Night | RCA |
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