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This Month

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

!earshot - june 2020 - top 200

All !earshot charts in this issue reflect actual airplay on campus/community stations during the month of June 2020. 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	Lido Pimienta	Miss Colombia	Anti-
2	Wares	Survival	Mint
3	Austra	HiRUDiN	Pink Fizz
4	Pantayo	Pantayo	Telephone Explosion
5	Tops	I Feel Alive	Musique TOPS
6	Nap Eyes	Snapshot Of A Beginner	Royal Mountain
7	Owen Pallett	Island	Domino
8	Dead Ghosts	Automatic Changer	Burger Records
9	Snotty Nose Rez Kids	Born Deadly	Self-Released
10	Perfume Genius	Set My Heart On Fire Immediately	Matador
11	Moses Sumney	græ	Jagjaguwar
12	Yves Tumor	Heaven To A Tortured Mind	Warp
13	The Pack A.D.	It Was Fun While It Lasted	Self-Released
14	Fiona Apple	Fetch the Bolt Cutters	Epic
15	Basia Bulat	Are You In Love	Secret City
16	Purity Ring	Womb	4AD
17	BACKXWASH	God Has Nothing To Do With This Leave Him Out Of It	Self-Released
18	Caribou	Suddenly	Merge
19	U.S. Girls	Heavy Light	Royal Mountain
20	Born Ruffians	Juice	Yep Roc Records
21	Thundercat	It Is What It Is	Brainfeeder
22	Run The Jewels	RTJ4	Jewel Runners
23	Pharis & Jason Romero	Bet On Love	Lula Records
24	The Dears	Lovers Rock	Dangerbird
25	Slow Leaves	Shelf Life	Birthday Cake
26	Waxahatchee	Saint Cloud	Merge
27	WHOOP-Szo	Warrior Down Remixes	You've Changed
28	Zoon	Bleached Wavves	Paper Bag
29	Aquakultre	Legacy	Black Buffalo
30	Ellis	Born Again	Royal Mountain
31	Little Simz	Drop 6 EP	AGE 101
32	Nobro	Sick Hustle	Dine Alone
33	Paragon Cause	What We Started	Self-Released
34	Markus Floats	Third Album	Self-Released
35	Deerhoof	Future Teenage Cave Artist	Joyful Noise
36	Yung Heazy	I UR BOY	Unbelievably Spectacular Records
37	Peach Pit	You and Your Friends	Columbia
38	Shabazz Palaces	The Don Of Diamond Dreams	Sub Pop
39	Jon McKiel	Bobby Joe Hope	You've Changed
40	Bloodshot Bill	Get Loose Or Get Lost	Goner
41	Les Deuxluxes	Lighter Fluid	Bonsound
42	Thao & The Get Down Stay Down	Temple	Domino
43	Mirabelle	Late Bloomer	Simone Records
44	Jordan Klassen	Tell Me What to Do	Fontana North
45	Jade Hairpins	Harmony Avenue	Arts & Crafts
46	Jeff Rosenstock	NO DREAM	Polyvinyl
47	Car Seat Headrest	Making a Door Less Open	Matador
48	Joel Plaskett	44	Pheromone Recordings
49	Fiver	You Wanted Country Vol. 1	You've Changed
50	The Tourist Company	St. Helens	Fontana North

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	Empress Of	I'm Your Empress Of	Self-Released
52	Diet Cig	Do You Wonder About Me?	Frenchkiss
53	Ayla Brook & The Sound Men	Desolation Sounds	Fallen Tree Records
54	Dragon Fli Empire	Banff Avenue	Makebelieve
55	Elvis Depressedly	Depressedelica	Run For Cover
56	Phoebe Bridgers	Punisher	Dead Oceans
57	Jimmy Hunt	Le silence	Grosse Boite
58	The Burying Ground	A Look Back	Self-Released
59	The Dirty Sample	NO!	Hand'Solo
60	Braids	Shadow Offering	Secret City
61	Hanni El Khatib	FLIGHT	Innovative Leisure
62	Sweet Dave	Pink Dreams	Yeah Right!
63	Sarah Harmer	Are You Gone	Arts & Crafts
64	Witch Prophet	DNA Activation	Self-Released
65	Luge	Luge	Self-Released
66	Nebullama	Vol. 1	Self-Released
67	Cayley Thomas	How Else Can I Tell You?	Self-Released
68	James O-L	No Fear	Self-Released
69	Marlaena Moore	Pay Attention, Be Amazed	Victory Pool
70	HiFiLo	Speak Your Name	Self-Released
71	Trace Mountains	Lost In The Country	Lame-O
72	Choir Boy	Gathering Swans	Dais
73	nation of language	Introduction, Presence	Self-Released
74	Naya Ali	Godspeed: Baptism (Prelude)	Coyote
75	Anzola	Caracas	Urbnet
76	Anachnid	Dreamweaver	Musique nomade
77	AMC Gremlin	Heavy Dust	Wildlife Sanctuary Sound
78	Hansmole	Pain Songs	Self-Released
79	Gum Country	Somewhere	Self-Released
80	Sleaford Mods	All That Glue	Rough Trade
81	Lucifer	Lucifer III	Century Media
82	Juniper Bush	Healing Through A Sonic Figure	Transistor 66
83	Cecile Believe	Made In Heaven	Self-Released
84	redress	peacebird	Self-Released
85	Amos The Kid	Mountain View	House Of Wonders
86	Asuquomo	DIOBU EP	Self-Released
87	Wu Fei & Abigail Washburn	Wu Fei & Abigail Washburn	Smithsonian Folkways
88	Zachary Gray	Plan B EP	A Person Disguised As People
89	Soft Plastics	5 Dreams	Paper Bag
90	Moka Only	It Can Do	Urbnet
91	Weak Size Fish	The Drift	Self-Released
92	Steve Hill	All About the Love (single)	Self-Released
93	Jess Knights	Best Kind of Light	Self-Released
94	STRFKR	Future Past Life	Polyvinyl
95	Aimee-Jo Benoit with Trio Velocity	Borjorner	Self-Released
96	Emily Rockarts	Little Flower	Self-Released
97	Fonkynson	Falling	Lisbon Lux
98	Melenas	Dias Raros	Trouble In Mind
99	Alexandra Lost	Alexandra Lost	Pantoum
100	Bluebird	Two Birds Landed on a Line	Baby Horse Records

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	Jaunt	All In One	Self-Released
102	Jennah Barry	Holiday	Forward Music Group
103	Wolf Parade	Thin Mind	Royal Mountain
104	Shrouded Amps	Make Me Strange	Self-Released
105	The Jerry Cans	Echos	Aakuluk
106	UUBBUURRUU	UUBBUURRUU	Mothland
107	Chicano Batman	Invisible People	ATO
108	Absolutely Free	Two Cares Due None OST	Boiled
109	Jai Nitai Lotus	An Offering	Self-Released
110	Dogleg	Melee	Triple Crown Records
111	Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith	The Mosaic of Transformation	Ghostly International
112	Jackie Lynn	Jacqueline	Drag City
113	Klo Pelgag	Rémora (single)	Secret City
114	White Poppy	Paradise Gardens	Not Not Fun
115	Frigs	Rave and Rupture in Music as Disaster	Self-Released
116	Mike Plume Band	Lonesome Stretch Of Highway	Royalty
117	SUSSY	Show & Tell	Self-Released
118	Louis-Jean Cormier	Quand la nuit tombe	Simone
119	Tom Misch & Yussef Dayes	What Kinda Music	Beyond The Groove / Blue Note / Caroline
120	Laura Marling	Song For Our Daughter	Chrysalis/Partisan
121	vice E roi	L'enfer chez les autres	Self-Released
122	I'm Glad It's You	Every Sun, Every Moon	6131
123	Slow Spirit	Nowhere No One Knows Where To Find You	Self-Released
124	The Mauskovic Dance Band	Shadance Hall EP	Dekmantel
125	Sinzere	Buy Back The Block	Self-Released
126	Ron Leary	Musicians Make Great Construction Workers	Self-Released
127	Frazey Ford	U kin B the Sun	Arts & Crafts
128	Rebecca Foon	Waxing Moon	Constellation
129	I Break Horses	Warnings	Bella Union
130	Princess Nokia	Everything Is Beautiful / Everything Sucks	Platoon
131	Land Of Talk	Weight of That Weekend (single)	Saddle Creek
132	Joe Nolan	Drifters	Fallen Tree Records
133	Daniel Romano	Content to Point the Way	You've Changed
134	Cartoon Lizard	Bless You, Thank You	Self-Released
135	Quelle Chris	Innocent Country 2	Mello Music Group
136	D.O.A.	Treason	Sudden Death
137	Malcolm	Vibey Rock	Self-Released
138	Christian Lee Hutson	Beginners	Anti-
139	Ghostly Kisses	Never Let Me Go	Akira
140	Lenoire	Off The Cuff	Self-Released
141	Lil Omar	Toddler Country	Self-Released
142	Capital 6	On The One	Self-Released
143	Suicide Machines	Revolution Spring	Fat Wreck Chords
144	Pure X	Pure X	Fire Talk
145	Cornershop	England Is A Garden	Ample Play
146	Whitney Rose	We Still Go To Rodeos	MCG
147	Bishop Nehru	Nehruvia: My Disregarded Thoughts	Self-Released
148	Man Man	Dream Hunting in the Valley of the In-Between	Sub Pop
149	Tijuana Panthers	Pull The Chute EP	Innovative Leisure
150	Ramzi	Cocon	FATi

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	Grimes	Miss Anthropocene	Crystal Math Music
152	Buscabulla	Regresa	Ribbon
153	Young RJ and Mega Ran	2HANDSUP	Ne'Astra Music Group
154	T-Rav the Transformer & Lambsbreath	Vol. 1	Self-Released
155	LA Priest	GENE	Domino
156	Nnamdi Ogbonnaya	Brat	Sooper Records
157	Tami Neilson	Chickaboom!	Outside
158	Houses Of Heaven	Silent Places	Felte
159	Lié	You Want It Real	Mint
160	Roy	Peace Love and Outer Space	Idee Fixe
161	Various	SUB075 - Essentials Compilation	Substation Recordings
162	Ghostpoet	I Grow Tired But Dare Not Fall Asleep	Play It Again Sam
163	Laila Biali	Out Of Dust	Chronograph
164	Real Sickies	Quarantined	Self-Released
165	Andy Shauf	Neon Skyline	Arts & Crafts
166	Tachichi & Moves	Pressure Posse EP	Hand'Solo
167	Yoo Doo Right / Acid Mothers Temple	Split 7"	Mothland
168	Bebe Buckskin	Asiskiy	Self-Released
169	GLUM	Lil Ripper	Self-Released
170	Himalayan Bear	Factual Past	Oscar St. Records
171	Tonye Aganaba	Something Comfortable	Self-Released
172	Crissi Cochrane	Heirloom	Soul City Music Co-op
173	Chiiild	Synthetic Soul	Avant Garden
174	Various	NB Calling Vol. 1	TwoFifteen Records
175	Suicide Helpline	Re:Generation	Self-Released
176	Rose Cousins	Bravado	Outside Music
177	Destroyer	Have We Met	Merge
178	X	Alphabetland	Fat Possum
179	Jess Williamson	Sorceress	Mexican Summer
180	Junkowl	Making Out With My Death	Self-Released
181	Junko Daydream	We Make an Idol of our Fears	Self-Released
182	ADULT.	Perception Is/As/Of Deception	Dais
183	Jake Ian	Half A Day Away	Self-Released
184	Gil Scott-Heron & Makaya McCraven	We're New Again : A Reimagining by Makaya McCraven	XL Recordings
185	No Age	Goons be Gone	Drag City
186	Ken Yates	Quiet Talkers	Self-Released
187	Alice Bag	Sister Dynamite	In The Red
188	Brain Bent	Obligatory Icebreaker	Self-Released
189	Nick Hakim	Will this Make Me Good	ATO Records
190	Braids	Young Buck (single)	Secret City
191	Logan and Nathan	The Happening	Self-Released
192	Momma	Two Of Me	Danger Collective
193	Sports Team	Deep Down happy	Bright Antenna
194	Gabriel Birnbaum	Nightwater	Self-Released
195	Vundabar	Either Light	Gawk
196	Westerman	Your Hero Is Not Dead	Partisan
197	100 Mile House	Love And Leave You	Fallen Tree Records
198	The Soul Motivators	Do The Damn Thing	Do Right!
199	Ron Leary and Dean Droulliard	As Long as I Ain't Thinking About the Future	Independent
200	Elephant Stone	Hollow	Elephants On Parade

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  January 2020 #1 Woolworm

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  Top 200 of 2012
  #1 Grimes
  Top 200 of 2011
  #1 Chad VanGaalen
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  #1 The Arcade Fire
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  #1 Joel Plaskett
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• Features: July 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

• Features: June 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

• Features: May 2020

  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.

  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

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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

• Features: April 2020

  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

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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