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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
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Sean Warkentine, Music Director at CKXU in Lethbridge Alberta and host of Something to Write Home About on the best music of 2018.
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For January to December 2017
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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
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Specialty Charts #1s
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| 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
Charts
For the Week Ending: Tuesday, March 19, 2019
Top 50
#1 Homeshake - Helium - (Royal Mountain)
Electronic
#1 Toro Y Moi - Outer Peace - (Carpark)
Hip Hop
#1 Dead Obies - Dead - (Bonsound)
Jazz
#1 Allison Au Quartet - Wander Wonder - (Self-Released)
Loud
#1 Gypsy Chief Goliath - Masters of Space and Time - (Bilocation Records / Kozmik Artifactz)
Folk/Roots/Blues
#1 LeE HARVeY OsMOND - Mohawk - (Latent)
!earshot - february 2019 - top 200
All !earshot charts in this issue reflect actual airplay on campus/community stations during the month of February 2019. 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.
top 200 >
51 to 100 > 101 to 150 > 151 to 200 ||
electronic |
hip hop |
international |
jazz |
loud |
folk/roots/blues |
main charts page
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Artist |
Title |
Label |
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| 1 |
Foxwarren
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Foxwarren |
Arts & Crafts
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| 2 |
Royal Canoe
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Waver |
Paper Bag Records
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| 3 |
Sharon Van Etten
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Remind Me Tomorrow |
Jagjaguwar
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| 4 |
Daniel Romano
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Finally Free |
You've Changed
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| 5 |
Whitehorse
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The Northern South, Vol. 2 |
Six Shooter Records
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| 6 |
nêhiyawak
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starlight |
Arts & Crafts
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| 7 |
Dan Mangan
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More or Less |
Arts & Crafts
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| 8 |
Shad
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A Short Story About A War |
Secret City
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| 9 |
Tallies
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Tallies |
Hand Drawn Dracula
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| 10 |
Deerhunter
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Why Hasn't Everything Already Disappeared? |
4AD
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| 11 |
Toro Y Moi
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Outer Peace |
Carpark
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| 12 |
Sneaks
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Highway Hypnosis |
Merge
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| 13 |
Mother Mother
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Dance and Cry |
Universal
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| 14 |
Pale Lips
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After Dark |
God's Candy / Spaghetty Town
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| 15 |
LeE HARVeY OsMOND
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Mohawk |
Latent
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| 16 |
Charles Bradley
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Black Velvet |
Daptone
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| 17 |
Fucked Up
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Dose Your Dreams |
Arts & Crafts
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| 18 |
Motherhood
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Dear Bongo |
Forward Music Group
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| 19 |
Anemone
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Beat My Distance |
Luminelle
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| 20 |
Girlpool
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What Chaos Is Imaginary |
Anti-
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| 21 |
Swim Team
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V |
Self-Released
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| 22 |
Homeshake
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Helium |
Royal Mountain
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| 23 |
Jock Tears
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Bad Boys |
Inky
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| 24 |
Jeff Tweedy
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Warm |
dBpm
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| 25 |
Dilly Dally
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Heaven |
Dine Alone
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| 26 |
Belle Plaine
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Malice, Mercy, Grief & Wrath |
Self-Released
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| 27 |
Fever Feel
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Fever Feel |
Self-Released
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| 28 |
Various
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Brainfeeder X |
Brainfeeder
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| 29 |
Christine Fellows
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Roses on the Vine |
Vivat Virtute
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| 30 |
Altameda
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Time Hasn't Changed You |
Pheromone
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| 31 |
Pedro The Lion
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Phoenix |
Polyvinyl
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| 32 |
Kid Koala feat. Trixie Whitley
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Music to Draw To: Io |
Arts & Crafts
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| 33 |
James Blake
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Assume Form |
Polydor
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| 34 |
Northern Haze
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Siqinnaarut |
Aakuluk
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| 35 |
Ariel Posen
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How Long |
Self-Released
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| 36 |
Said The Whale
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Cascadia |
Arts & Crafts
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| 37 |
The O'Pears
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Stay Warm |
Self-Released
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| 38 |
Metric
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Art of Doubt |
Crystal Math Music
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| 39 |
Trampoline
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Happy Crimes |
Self-Released
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| 40 |
Art d'Ecco
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Trespasser |
Paper Bag
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| 41 |
Single Mothers
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Through A Wall |
Dine Alone
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| 42 |
Eekwol & T-Rhyme
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For Women By Women |
Self-Released
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| 43 |
Boar God
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Forma |
Cuchabata
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| 44 |
The High Dials
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Foreverish |
Self-Released
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| 45 |
Jah Cutta
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Ladies and Gentlemen |
Indica
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| 46 |
PUP
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Kids (single) |
Little Dipper
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| 47 |
Jon Neher & Michael Scott Dawson
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Nothing Is On Fire |
Fenwood Rail
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| 48 |
Tokyo Police Club
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Tokyo Police Club |
Dine Alone
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| 49 |
Only A Visitor
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Technicolour Education |
Self-Released
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| 50 |
Rae Spoon
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bodiesofwater |
Coax
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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 |
Georgia Anne Muldrow
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Overload |
Brainfeeder
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| 52 |
Castlecomer
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Castlecomer |
Concord
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| 53 |
High Parade
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The Ocean |
Self-Released
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| 54 |
Praises
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In This Year: Ten Of Swords |
Hand Drawn Dracula
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| 55 |
Abigail Lapell
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Getaway |
Coax
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| 56 |
Mike Shabb
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Newave |
Make It Rain
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| 57 |
Ocean Alley
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Chiaroscuro |
Unified
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| 58 |
wild kind
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West Ends |
Self-Released
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| 59 |
Colin James
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Miles to Go |
True North
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| 60 |
Boy Harsher
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Careful |
Nude Club
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| 61 |
Satanic Rights
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Blues Druid |
Transistor 66
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| 62 |
Milk
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Mattress Ranch |
Self-Released
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| 63 |
Tunic
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Complexion |
Self Sabotage
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| 64 |
Twist
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Distancing |
Buzz
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| 65 |
Jim Brenan
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50/50 |
Death Defying
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| 66 |
DAWN
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new breed |
Local Action
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| 67 |
Ivory Towers
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Queller |
Self-Released
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| 68 |
Lesser Evil
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EP |
Cult Nation
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| 69 |
PRIORS
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New Pleasure |
Slovenly
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| 70 |
Alien Boys
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Night Danger |
Desolate
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| 71 |
Maggie Rogers
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Heard It In A Past Life |
Capitol
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| 72 |
PIQSIQ
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Altering The Timeline |
Coax
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| 73 |
Guided By Voices
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Zeppelins Over China |
Guided By Voices, Inc. (GBV)
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| 74 |
The Lytics
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Float On |
LHM Records
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| 75 |
Dodie
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Human |
Self-Released
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| 76 |
Bob Sumner
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Wasted Love Songs |
Self-Released
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| 77 |
Broken Social Scene
|
Let's Try the After (Vol. 1) |
Arts & Crafts
|
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| 78 |
Juliana Hatfield
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Weird |
American Laundromat
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| 79 |
Twilight Sad
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It Won't Be Like This All The Time |
Rock Action
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| 80 |
Teen Daze
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Bioluminescence |
FLORA
|
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| 81 |
Allison Au Quartet
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Wander Wonder |
Self-Released
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| 82 |
KEN mode
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Loved |
New Damage
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| 83 |
Swervedriver
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Future Ruins |
Dangerbird
|
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| 84 |
The Flesh Eaters
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I Used To Be Pretty |
Yep Roc
|
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| 85 |
Steve Gunn
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The Unseen In Between |
Matador
|
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| 86 |
Oh Pep!
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I Wasn't Only Thinking Of You... |
ATO
|
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| 87 |
Julia Holter
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Aviary |
Domino
|
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| 88 |
lounge FM
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Love Will Let You Down |
Self-Released
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| 89 |
The Dirty Nil
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Master Volume |
Dine Alone
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| 90 |
Sarah Louise
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Nighttime Birds and Morning Stars |
Thrill Jockey
|
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| 91 |
Joseph Shabason
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Anne |
Western Vinyl
|
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| 92 |
Naya Ali
|
Higher Self |
Coyote Records
|
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| 93 |
Peach Pit
|
Being So Normal |
Self-Released
|
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| 94 |
Various
|
Moonshine: SMS For Location, Vol. 2 |
Moonshine
|
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| 95 |
Proper Operation
|
Video |
Self-Released
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| 96 |
Carly Dow
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Comet |
Self-Released
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| 97 |
Kate Weekes
|
Taken By Surprise |
Self-Released
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| 98 |
Eyedress
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Sensitive G |
Lex Ltd
|
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| 99 |
Simone Morris
|
Settling Up |
Self-Released
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| 100 |
Robert Ashley
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Private Parts |
Lovely
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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 |
Jean-Michel Blais
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Eviction Sessions EP |
Arts & Crafts
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| 102 |
Wicked Vices
|
Wicked Vices EP |
Self-Released
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| 103 |
Nuage Flou
|
Conversations Avec Nuage Flou |
Fishbum Records
|
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| 104 |
Radiant Baby
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Restless |
Lisbon Lux
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| 105 |
Weakened Friends
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Common Blah |
Don Giovanni Records
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| 106 |
Endrick & the Sandwiches
|
Endrick & the Sandwiches |
Self-Released
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| 107 |
Ghostly Kisses
|
This City Holds My Heart (EP) |
Self-Released
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| 108 |
Helena Deland
|
Altogether Unaccompanied Vol. III & IV |
Luminelle
|
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| 109 |
Ty Segall
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Fudge Sandwich |
In The Red
|
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| 110 |
DJ Hullewud & DJ Chase March
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The MIX(ed)TAPE 2 |
Self-Released
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| 111 |
Cherry Glazerr
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Stuffed & Ready |
Secretly Canadian
|
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| 112 |
Jonathan Personne
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Histoire Naturelle |
Self-Released
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| 113 |
King Of Foxes
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Salt & Honey |
Olivia Street
|
|
| 114 |
Various
|
Boots and Saddle & CKUW 95.9 Present A Night of Country Music |
CKUW 95.9FM
|
|
| 115 |
Divorcer
|
Debt Jubilee |
Comfortable On A Tightrope
|
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| 116 |
Bicicletas Por La Paz
|
Surfeando Un Cometa |
Self-Released
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| 117 |
Sarah MacDougall
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All The Hours I Have Left To Tell You Anything |
Label In Between
|
|
| 118 |
Snake River
|
Tread On To The Unkown You |
Self-Released
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| 119 |
Jessica Pratt
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Quiet Signs |
Mexican Summer
|
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| 120 |
Bring Me The Horizon
|
amo |
Columbia
|
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| 121 |
Part Time
|
Spell #6 |
Tough Love Records
|
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| 122 |
nêhiyawak
|
(score for the film) ôtênaw |
Self-Released
|
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| 123 |
Jacques Greene
|
Fever Focus |
LuckyMe
|
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| 124 |
Aspen King
|
Say Something |
Self-Released
|
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| 125 |
Miya Folick
|
Premonitions |
Terrible
|
|
| 126 |
Shoobies
|
Nevermind the Hardcore, Here's Shoobies |
Self-Released
|
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| 127 |
The Astounds
|
Get Right With The Astounds |
Self-Released
|
|
| 128 |
Lemongrab
|
It Doesn't Sound Good But It Feels Awesome |
Self-Released
|
|
| 129 |
Mori$$ Regal & Nicholas Craven
|
Forest Green |
Self-Released
|
|
| 130 |
Dayliner
|
III |
Self-Released
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| 131 |
Mike Krol
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Power Chords |
Merge
|
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| 132 |
Calvin Love
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Highway Dancer |
Modern Sky
|
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| 133 |
Laizlo
|
Orbit 5000 |
Self-Released
|
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| 134 |
Chrome Sparks
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Be On Fire |
Counter
|
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| 135 |
The Denim Daddies
|
Thinkin' EP |
Self-Released
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| 136 |
Did You Die
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Royal Unicorn |
Blew Rose
|
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| 137 |
Bob Mould
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Sunshine Rock |
Merge
|
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| 138 |
Nicola Cruz
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Siku |
ZZK
|
|
| 139 |
Beirut
|
Gallipoli |
4AD
|
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| 140 |
Carmanah
|
Speak In Rhythms |
Blue Heron
|
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| 141 |
Kinnie Starr
|
Feed the Fire |
Aporia
|
|
| 142 |
Tetrix
|
Drugs In The Water |
Self-Released
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| 143 |
Luge
|
Tall Is Just a Feeling |
Self-Released
|
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| 144 |
Lisa/Liza
|
Momentary Glance |
Orindal
|
|
| 145 |
Brandon Isaak
|
Rise'N'Shine |
Self-Released
|
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| 146 |
Tush
|
Do You Feel Excited? |
Do Right! Music
|
|
| 147 |
Alex Lilly
|
2% Milk |
Release Me Records
|
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| 148 |
Kurt Vile
|
Bottle It In |
Matador
|
|
| 149 |
Various
|
Invisible Channel: Live Sessions From CJSW 90.9 FM |
CJSW 90.9 FM
|
|
| 150 |
Arkells
|
Rally Cry |
Universal
|
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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 |
| 151 |
1010 Benja SL
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Two Houses |
Young Turks
|
|
| 152 |
Barbra Lica
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You're Fine |
Justin Time
|
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| 153 |
Autopilot
|
Afterglow |
Self-Released
|
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| 154 |
The Mandates
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Dead In The Face |
Teenage Rampage
|
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| 155 |
Future Peers
|
I'm Sorry |
Garment District
|
|
| 156 |
Urkimsher
|
Urkimsher |
Ernol
|
|
| 157 |
Fjord
|
Shallow Waters |
Self-Released
|
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| 158 |
Kandle
|
Holy Smoke |
Self-Released
|
|
| 159 |
Colin Fowlie
|
Harmony |
Self-Released
|
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| 160 |
FIDLAR
|
Almost Free |
Dine Alone
|
|
| 161 |
Broken Social Scene
|
All I Want (single) |
Arts & Crafts
|
|
| 162 |
Mutt
|
Buck Moon |
Self-Released
|
|
| 163 |
DE.VILLE
|
Sables EP |
Self-Released
|
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| 164 |
Danny Bell and His Disappointments
|
Good Timin' Man |
Good Egg Records
|
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| 165 |
Miles Davis & John Coltrane
|
The Final Tour: The Bootleg Series, Vol. 6 |
Legacy
|
|
| 166 |
Devon Welsh
|
Dream Songs |
You Are Accepted
|
|
| 167 |
Juice Girls
|
Juice Girls |
Self-Released
|
|
| 168 |
Joshua Van Tassel
|
Crossworlds |
Backward Music
|
|
| 169 |
Michael Jerome Browne
|
That's Where It's At! |
Borealis
|
|
| 170 |
Afro Cuban All Stars
|
A Toda Cuba Le Gusta |
World Circuit
|
|
| 171 |
future star
|
i will fight the devil and i will win |
Self-Released
|
|
| 172 |
Kallitechnis
|
Chromatic |
Self-Released
|
|
| 173 |
Mercury Rev
|
Bobbie Gentry's The Delta Sweete Revisited |
Partisan
|
|
| 174 |
Bloody Diamonds
|
Ghost -EP |
Self-Released
|
|
| 175 |
Various
|
Got It Covered: Saskatchewan Musicians Cover Each Other’s Music Vol. 2 |
Self-Released
|
|
| 176 |
Blue Odeur
|
Hyacinth |
Terrific Kids
|
|
| 177 |
Children of the Wave
|
Children of the Wave |
Good Egg Records
|
|
| 178 |
Buildings and Food
|
Quick Beat Save |
Number F
|
|
| 179 |
deM atlaS
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Bad Actress |
Rhymesayers
|
|
| 180 |
Kirsten Ludwig
|
We Get It Now |
Oscar Street
|
|
| 181 |
Malibu Ken
|
Malibu Ken |
Rhymesayers
|
|
| 182 |
J Mascis
|
Elastic Days |
Sub Pop
|
|
| 183 |
AWARDS
|
Warm Computer |
Animal Street
|
|
| 184 |
Stephen Carl O'Shea & Sylvia Platters
|
Shadow Steps (split) |
CIVL-FM
|
|
| 185 |
The Peptides
|
Galapagos, Vol. 1 |
Self-Released
|
|
| 186 |
Evan Leblanc
|
Keep Warm |
Self-Released
|
|
| 187 |
Night Shop
|
In the break |
Woodsist
|
|
| 188 |
Roger Doyle
|
Oizzo-no |
Cacophony
|
|
| 189 |
Madeleine Roger
|
Cottonwood |
Self-Released
|
|
| 190 |
The Tortoise The Hare & The Millionaire
|
The Tortoise the Hare & the Millionaire EP |
She Said Feck
|
|
| 191 |
inland island
|
dreamt |
Self-Released
|
|
| 192 |
Kat Danser
|
Goin' Gone |
Black Hen
|
|
| 193 |
Angelic Milk
|
Divine Biker Love |
PNKSLM
|
|
| 194 |
We Are The City
|
At Night |
Light Organ
|
|
| 195 |
Hot Pocket
|
A Slippery Slope |
Self-Released
|
|
| 196 |
Nat Vazer
|
We Used To Have Real Conversations |
Hotel Motel
|
|
| 197 |
Janowskii
|
Janowskii |
Self-Released
|
|
| 198 |
hajk
|
Drama |
Jansen Plateproduksjon
|
|
| 199 |
Stephanie Boulay
|
Ce Que Je Te Donne Ne Dispait Pas |
Grosse Boite
|
|
| 200 |
Fist of Facts
|
Fugitive Vesco |
Telephone Explosion
|
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Contributing stations:CFBX CFCR CFMH CFMU CFOU CFRC CFRU CFUR CFUV CHOP CHOQ CHRW CHSR CHUO CHYZ CICK CILU CISM CITR CIVL CJAM CJLO CJRU CJSF CJSR CJSW CJTR CJUM CKDU CKUA CKUT CKUW CKXU All !earshot charts in this issue reflect actual airplay on campus/community stations during the month of February 2019. 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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