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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 - April 2008 - top 20 jazz Asterisk (*) denotes Canadian artists. All !earshot charts in this issue reflect actual airplay on campus/community stations during the month of April 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.

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

Rank	Artist	Title	Label
1	Roy Campbell Ensemble	Akhenaen Suite	Aum Fidelity/Arts For Art
2	Maceo Parker	Roots And Grooves	Head's Up
3	Rob Brown Ensemble	Crown Trunk Root Funk	AUM Fidelity
4	Brad Mehldau Trio	Live	Nonesuch
5	Chris Tarry Group*	Almost Certainly Dreaming	Independent
6	Eric Byrd Trio	Brother Ray	Independent
7	Butcher/Muller/Van Der Schyff *	Way Out Northwest	Drip Audio
8	Deep Dark United *	Look At/Look Out	Rat-Drifting
9	Steve Reid Ensemble	Daxaar	Domino
10	Out To Lunch *	Excuse Me While I Do The Boogaloo	Accurate
11	Paul Donat *	Rio Bossa	Independent
12	Robert Young And The Big Beat*	In The Key Of Frank	Pacific
13	Mem3	Pennsylvania Grey	Independent
14	Bill Prouten *	Low-Down, No-Good	Keyano College
15	Pat Metheny	Day Trip	Nonesuch
16	Jacob Koller	Music For Bowlers	Tangram 7s
17	Steve Reid Ensemble	Daxaar	Domino
18	Sun Ra	Some Blues But Not The Kind That�s Blue	Atavistic
19	Gonzalo Rubalcaba	Avatar	Blue Note
20	Peter Brotzmann And Peeter Uuskyla	Born Broke	Atavistic