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!earshot Top 200 of 2020 For January tp December 2020
TW	Artist - Title - (Label)
1	Andy Shauf Neon Skyline - (Arts & Crafts)
2	Lido Pimienta Miss Colombia - (Anti-)
3	Wolf Parade Thin Mind - (Royal Mountain)
4	Zoon Bleached Wavves - (Paper Bag)
5	Caribou Suddenly - (Merge)
6	Tops I Feel Alive - (Musique TOPS)
7	Tough Age Which Way Am I? - (Mint)
8	U.S. Girls Heavy Light - (Royal Mountain)
9	Destroyer Have We Met - (Merge)
10	Thanya Iyer KIND - (Topshelf Records)
View the full !earshot Top 200

Specialty Charts #1s
Electronic:	Caribou - Suddenly - (Merge)
Hip Hop:	Run The Jewels - RTJ4 - (Jewel Runners)
International:	Lido Pimienta - Miss Colombia - (Anti-)
Jazz:	Audrey Ochoa - Frankenhorn - (Chronograph)
Loud:	Lié - You Want It Real - (Mint)
Folk/Roots/Blues:	William Prince - Reliever - (Six Shooter Records)

Best Jazz of 2020: Jim Dupuis - Jazz Notes
Jazz host and regular contributor jim Dupuis surveys some of the best Jazz releases of 2020. By Jim Dupuis.

!earshot - december 2018 - top 200

All !earshot charts in this issue reflect actual airplay on campus/community stations during the month of December 2018. Charts are weighted according to broadcast range and market size. To view older charts from as far back as 1999, go to our charts main page.

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top 200 > 51 to 100 > 101 to 150 > 151 to 200 || electronic | hip hop | international | jazz | loud | folk/roots/blues | main charts page

Rank	Artist	Title	Label	S
1	Fucked Up	Dose Your Dreams	Arts & Crafts
2	Shad	A Short Story About A War	Secret City
3	Tokyo Police Club	Tokyo Police Club	Dine Alone
4	Dilly Dally	Heaven	Dine Alone
5	Metric	Art of Doubt	Crystal Math Music
6	nêhiyawak	starlight	Arts & Crafts
7	Dan Mangan	More or Less	Arts & Crafts
8	Foxwarren	Foxwarren	Arts & Crafts
9	Colin James	Miles to Go	True North
10	Charles Bradley	Black Velvet	Daptone
11	Art d'Ecco	Trespasser	Paper Bag
12	Belle Plaine	Malice, Mercy, Grief & Wrath	Self-Released
13	Single Mothers	Through A Wall	Dine Alone
14	The Dirty Nil	Master Volume	Dine Alone
15	Graham Van Pelt	Time Travel	Arbutus
16	Kurt Vile	Bottle It In	Matador
17	Helena Deland	Altogether Unaccompanied Vol. III & IV	Luminelle
18	Frontperson	Frontrunner	Oscar Street
19	Mother Mother	Dance and Cry	Universal
20	Rae Spoon	bodiesofwater	Coax
21	Low	Double Negative	Sub Pop
22	Northern Haze	Siqinnaarut	Aakuluk
23	The Lytics	Float On	LHM Records
24	Lindsay Beaver	Tough As Love	Alligator
25	Kandle	Holy Smoke	Self-Released
26	boygenius	boygenius	Matador
27	Jock Tears	Bad Boys	Inky
28	Daniel Romano	Finally Free	You've Changed
29	Twist	Distancing	Buzz
30	Matt Mays	Twice Upon A Hell Of A Time	Sonic
31	Kaia Kater	Grenades	Acronym
32	The O'Pears	Stay Warm	Self-Released
33	Did You Die	Royal Unicorn	Blew Rose
34	Basement Revolver	Heavy Eyes	Sonic Unyon
35	Madeleine Roger	Cottonwood	Self-Released
36	Julia Holter	Aviary	Domino
37	Christine Fellows	Roses on the Vine	Vivat Virtute
38	Kat Danser	Goin' Gone	Black Hen
39	We Hunt Buffalo	Head Smashed In	New Damage
40	Great Lake Swimmers	The Waves, The Wake	Nettwerk Music Group
41	Satanic Rights	Blues Druid	Transistor 66
42	Kinnie Starr	Feed the Fire	Aporia
43	Jerusalem In My Heart	Daqa'iq Tudaiq	Constellation
44	Milk	Mattress Ranch	Self-Released
45	Cat Power	Wanderer	Domino
46	Buildings and Food	Quick Beat Save	Number F
47	Sarah Davachi	Gave in Rest	Ba Da Bing!
48	Harrison	Apricity	Last Gang
49	David Gogo	17 Vultures	Cordova Bay
50	Shoobies	Nevermind the Hardcore, Here's Shoobies	Self-Released

top 200 > 51 to 100 > 101 to 150 > 151 to 200 || electronic | hip hop | international | jazz | loud | folk/roots/blues | main charts page

Rank	Artist	Title	Label	S
51	KEN mode	Loved	New Damage
52	Cloud Nothings	Last Building Burning	Carpark
53	Fever Feel	Fever Feel	Self-Released
54	Mitski	Be The Cowboy	Dead Oceans
55	Kalle Mattson	Youth	Self-Released
56	Masta Ace and Marco Polo	A Breukelen Story	Fat Beats
57	Georgia Anne Muldrow	Overload	Brainfeeder
58	Wangled Teb	Earth (EP)	Robot Hunter
59	Erin Costelo	Sweet Marie	venue
60	Major Love	Major Love (LP)	Latent
61	Caracol	Symbolism	Indica Records
62	Jim Bryson	Tired of Waiting	Coax
63	Jennifer Castle	Angels of Death	Idee Fixe
64	Snake River	Tread On To The Unkown You	Self-Released
65	Colin Fowlie	Harmony	Self-Released
66	Jean-Michel Blais	Eviction Sessions EP	Arts & Crafts
67	Elisapie	The Ballad of the Runaway Girl	Bonsound
68	Les Louanges	La nuit est une panthere	Bonsound
69	Various	Got It Covered: Saskatchewan Musicians Cover Each Other’s Music Vol. 2	Self-Released
70	Joshua Van Tassel	Crossworlds	Backward Music
71	Carly Dow	Comet	Self-Released
72	Joseph Shabason	Anne	Western Vinyl
73	Swearin'	Fall Into The Sun	Merge
74	Problem Patient	Patient Problems	Self-Released
75	Makaya McCraven	Universal Beings	International Anthem
76	Amy van Keeken	In Dreams	Scorpio SeventySix
77	Dizzy	Baby Teeth	Royal Mountain
78	Nuela Charles	Distant Danger	Self-Released
79	Ernesto Cervini Turboprop	Abundance	Anzic
80	Jessica Moss	Entanglement	Constellation
81	Nap Eyes	Too Bad	Paradise Of Bachelors
82	Empress Of	Us	Terrible
83	Lee Reed	Before & Aftermath	Strange Famous
84	Ian Sweet	Crush Crusher	Hardly Art
85	Luge	Tall Is Just a Feeling	Self-Released
86	The Tortoise The Hare & The Millionaire	The Tortoise the Hare & the Millionaire EP	She Said Feck
87	Alicia Hansen	Before You	Self-Released
88	Marie Davidson	Working Class Woman	Ninja Tune
89	Eyedress	Sensitive G	Lex Ltd
90	Lonely Parade	The Pits	Buzz
91	Yukon Blonde	Critical Hit	Dine Alone
92	Jeremy Dutcher	Wolastoqiyik Lintuwakonawa	Self-Released
93	Joe Strummer & The Mescaleros	Joe Strummer 001	Casbah / Legacy
94	Jennifer Holub	The Reckoning	Indiecan
95	Jess Knights	Won't Wait	Self-Released
96	Baby Jey	Someday Cowboy	Maintenance
97	Noname	Room 25	Self-Released
98	The Dayfather	Indie Rock / West Coast Cowboy	Self-Released
99	San Holo	album1	bitbird
100	Jah Cutta	Ladies and Gentlemen	Indica

top 200 > 51 to 100 > 101 to 150 > 151 to 200 || electronic | hip hop | international | jazz | loud | folk/roots/blues | main charts page

Rank	Artist	Title	Label	S
101	Al Muirhead	Undertones	Chronograph
102	Ryan Playground	16/17	Last Gang / Secret Songs
103	Salomé Leclerc	Les choses extérieures	Audiogram
104	Arkells	Rally Cry	Universal
105	Various	Brainfeeder X	Brainfeeder
106	Various	Live At Massey Hall, Vol. 1	Arts & Crafts
107	Various	Invisible Channel: Live Sessions From CJSW 90.9 FM	CJSW 90.9 FM
108	The Meringues	The Meringues	Mean Gloss
109	Stephanie Boulay	Ce Que Je Te Donne Ne Dispait Pas	Grosse Boite
110	Amos Lee	My New Moon	Dualtone
111	The World Provider	Old Dreams	Self-Released
112	Molly Burch	First Flower	Captured Tracks
113	Ivory Towers	Queller	Self-Released
114	Orkestar Kriminal	Ryobra	Coax
115	sweetgoose64	64os	Self-Released
116	Cold Lake Sun	Memento Mori	Self-Released
117	Moonface	This One's For The Dancer & This One's For The Dancer's Bouquet	Jagjaguwar
118	Jesse & The Dandelions	Give Up The Gold	Self-Released
119	Richard Reed Parry	Quiet River of Dust Vol. 1	Anti-
120	Papa Ghostface	What We Lost in the Flood	Tosteestostas
121	generalgruff x The Purveyors Of Free Will	General Purv	Baffled Octopi
122	The Great Sabatini	Goodbye Audio	No List
123	Jo-Jo O' and the Woods	MoonChild	Self-Released
124	Thrawsunblat	Great Brunswick Forest	Self-Released
125	Laurence-Anne	C'est Un Virus	Self-Released
126	U.S. Girls	In A Poem Unlimited	Royal Mountain
127	Afro Cuban All Stars	A Toda Cuba Le Gusta	World Circuit
128	Elvis Costello & the Imposters	Look Now	Concord
129	The Hypochondriacs	In 3/4	Self-Released
130	AWARDS	Warm Computer	Animal Street
131	CMD	Haptic Controls	Jacktone
132	Jesse Matas	Tamarock	Self-Released
133	The High Dials	Foreverish	Self-Released
134	Stephen Carl O'Shea & Sylvia Platters	Shadow Steps (split)	CIVL-FM
135	DJ Hullewud & DJ Chase March	The MIX(ed)TAPE 2	Self-Released
136	The Revivalists	Take Good Care	Concord
137	ADiethylamide	This is a Secret	Self-Released
138	Robert Robert	How To Save Water EP	Nowadays
139	Urban Surf Kings	Astro Surf A-Go-Go	Self-Released
140	SIGSALY	Entity	Self-Released
141	Laverne	Yarrow	Self-Released
142	Chibby	Warm Emotions	Self-Released
143	Spirit Of The Beehive	Hypnic Jerks	Tiny Engines
144	Scott Pettigrew	Rising Tide	Self-Released
145	Bridal Party	Negative Space (remixed)	Self-Released
146	Kirsten Ludwig	We Get It Now	Oscar Street
147	Michael Feuerstack	Natural Weather	Forward Music Group
148	Guttersnipe	My Mother The Vent	Upset The Rhythm
149	Peach Pit	Being So Normal	Self-Released
150	The Trews	Civilianaires	InGrooves

top 200 > 51 to 100 > 101 to 150 > 151 to 200 || electronic | hip hop | international | jazz | loud | folk/roots/blues | main charts page

Rank	Artist	Title	Label	S
151	Safia Nolin	Dans le noir	Bonsound
152	WROTE	Laid Myself Down Again	Monopolized Records
153	The Forbidden Dimension	Muchas Moscas	Self-Released
154	Rosanne Cash	She Remembers Everything	Blue Note
155	Hippo Campus	Bambi	Grand Jury
156	Red Baraat	Sound The People	Rhyme & Reason
157	Teenage Violets	Teenage Violets	Self-Released
158	Eric & The Soo	Modern Dystopia	Eastside Confectionery
159	Sam Kirmayer	High And Low	Cellar Live
160	Hypoluxo	Running On A Fence	Broken Circles
161	Spirit of the Wildfire	Bittersweet Nothings	Self-Released
162	J Mascis	Elastic Days	Sub Pop
163	Les Stroud	Bittern Lake	Self-Released
164	Ocean Alley	Chiaroscuro	Unified
165	Jenie Thai	Night On Fire	Self-Released
166	Laura Lefebvre	L'amour mecanique	Self-Released
167	Braden Gates	Pictures of Us	Borealis
168	Pierre Guitard	Tuer la bête jusqu'à dimanche	Self-Released
169	PRIORS	New Pleasure	Slovenly
170	Marissa Nadler	For My Crimes	Sacred Bones
171	Baba and Djana Sissoko	Fasiya	Blind Faith
172	Bartley Knives	Lone Goose	New Wild
173	Bears of Legend	A Million Lives	Self-Released
174	Danny Bell and His Disappointments	Good Timin' Man	Good Egg Records
175	Various	We Don't Die We Multiply	Ghost Club Records
176	Jayne Murray	lookgoodfor	Self-Released
177	Expanda Fuzz	Cotton Candy Jet Engine	Self-Released
178	Chersea	In Limbo	Cordova Bay
179	Grimes	We Appreciate Power (feat. HANA)	4AD
180	For Peace Band	Always Love	Rootfire Collective
181	Mark Knopfler	Down The Road Wherever	Will D Side
182	Kenny "Blues Boss" Wayne	Inspired By the Blues	Stony Plain
183	Shhh / Yessica Woahneil	32 Original Drawings / Quiet Beasts (split cassette)	Self-Released
184	Laura Jane Grace and the Devouring Mothers	Bought to Rot	Bloodshot
185	Sam Huber	Ny #1 The Keith Shocklee Remix Project	Self-Released
186	Flesh Rag	Inside Your Mind	Schizophrenic
187	Munya	Delmano	Luminelle
188	Rhye	Blood Remixed	Loma Vista
189	Les Copeland	One More Foot in the Quicksand	Earwig
190	Lucifer	Lucifer II	Century Media
191	Zavoloka	Promeni	Kvitnu
192	Whitehorse	Winter Classic	Six Shooter
193	Dana Jean Phoenix	PixelDust	Self-Released
194	Georgian Bay	Courage Vol 2: Moon	Self-Released
195	Skegss	My Own Mess	Self-Released
196	Sun K	Bleeding Hearts	Self-Released
197	Tim Hecker	Konoyo	Kranky
198	Richard Thompson	13 Rivers	New West
199	Sarazino	Mama Funny Day	Cumbancha
200	Roger Doyle	Oizzo-no	Cacophony

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• Features: March 2021

  !earshot Top 200 of 2020 For January tp December 2020
  TW	Artist - Title - (Label)
  1	Andy Shauf Neon Skyline - (Arts & Crafts)
  2	Lido Pimienta Miss Colombia - (Anti-)
  3	Wolf Parade Thin Mind - (Royal Mountain)
  4	Zoon Bleached Wavves - (Paper Bag)
  5	Caribou Suddenly - (Merge)
  6	Tops I Feel Alive - (Musique TOPS)
  7	Tough Age Which Way Am I? - (Mint)
  8	U.S. Girls Heavy Light - (Royal Mountain)
  9	Destroyer Have We Met - (Merge)
  10	Thanya Iyer KIND - (Topshelf Records)
  View the full !earshot Top 200

  Specialty Charts #1s
  Electronic:	Caribou - Suddenly - (Merge)
  Hip Hop:	Run The Jewels - RTJ4 - (Jewel Runners)
  International:	Lido Pimienta - Miss Colombia - (Anti-)
  Jazz:	Audrey Ochoa - Frankenhorn - (Chronograph)
  Loud:	Lié - You Want It Real - (Mint)
  Folk/Roots/Blues:	William Prince - Reliever - (Six Shooter Records)

  Best Jazz of 2020: Jim Dupuis - Jazz Notes
  Jazz host and regular contributor jim Dupuis surveys some of the best Jazz releases of 2020. By Jim Dupuis.

• Features: February 2021

  Best Jazz of 2020: Jim Dupuis - Jazz Notes
  Jazz host and regular contributor jim Dupuis surveys some of the best Jazz releases of 2020. By Jim Dupuis.

• Features: January 2021

  !earshot Top 200 of 2020 For January tp December 2020
  TW	Artist - Title - (Label)
  1	Andy Shauf Neon Skyline - (Arts & Crafts)
  2	Lido Pimienta Miss Colombia - (Anti-)
  3	Wolf Parade Thin Mind - (Royal Mountain)
  4	Zoon Bleached Wavves - (Paper Bag)
  5	Caribou Suddenly - (Merge)
  6	Tops I Feel Alive - (Musique TOPS)
  7	Tough Age Which Way Am I? - (Mint)
  8	U.S. Girls Heavy Light - (Royal Mountain)
  9	Destroyer Have We Met - (Merge)
  10	Thanya Iyer KIND - (Topshelf Records)
  View the full !earshot Top 200

  Specialty Charts #1s
  Electronic:	Caribou - Suddenly - (Merge)
  Hip Hop:	Run The Jewels - RTJ4 - (Jewel Runners)
  International:	Lido Pimienta - Miss Colombia - (Anti-)
  Jazz:	Audrey Ochoa - Frankenhorn - (Chronograph)
  Loud:	Lié - You Want It Real - (Mint)
  Folk/Roots/Blues:	William Prince - Reliever - (Six Shooter Records)

  Best Jazz of 2020: Jim Dupuis - Jazz Notes
  Jazz host and regular contributor jim Dupuis surveys some of the best Jazz releases of 2020. By Jim Dupuis.

• Features: December 2020

  The Resurrection of Waskesu
  Rod Bandura and Margit Gossage have broaght the legacy of First Nations group Waskesu into the 21st Century with their new Margit Sky Project. By Jim Dupuis.

  When the Music Stopped
  It is not just musicians who are idled by the Coronavirus. A whole industry of people who support the live music scene are put on the sidelines too, says industry veteran Joelle May. By Magnus Thyvold

  Women's Rights, Inprovisation and Passion: The Meredith Bates Interview
  Meredith Bates has been busy trying to get more women musicians in the spotlight and working hard at combining improvised music with other art forms. By Jim Dupuis

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  Our Best of 2019 coverage Starts Here

  Best Jazz of 2019 with Jazz Notes Jim Dupuis
  Contributor and Host of Kamloops' Jazz Notes rounds up his favourite international and local Jazz releases of 2019

  Mingwa - The Strange One
  ...a great album that really stretches what world music can be, and seamlessly blends many styles of music.

  The Shangs - Golden Hits of the Shangs
  ...the band had another side gig going on all the while. Starting in 1990, The Shangs were a psychedelic pop off-shoot that sound very little like the main project Simply Saucer.

  Alex Cuba Sublime
  ...a great album that will fit fine into Canadian summers lounging around on the beach.

  Cutting Your Teeth With Necking
  Vancouver's new punk rock heros play on the Studio 6 Live Sssions. By CJSF Radio and Magnus Thyvold