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  • May 2020

    Caribou is #1 on the !earshot Top 200 of April 2020
    Caribou

    Caribou's new album Suddenly moves to the top spot on the !earshot National Top 200 for April 2020. Newcomer TOPS takes of the number 2 spot with I feel Alive followed by U.S.Girls' Heavy Light at number 3. Nap Eyes (Snapshot Of A Beginner) and last month's number 1 Andy Shauf (Neon Skyline) round out the Top 5.

    Live music has been stopped cold by the Coronvirus pandemic. !earshot talk to industry insider Joelle May about the fallout for the many who work behind the scenes to bring live music to the stage.

    Check out all the latest action on the weekly charts

     

    Features

    Music venues are silent 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.

    Meredith Bates 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

    Our Best of 2019 coverage Starts Here

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

    Necking at Studio 6 Cutting Your Teeth With Necking
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    Latest Charts

    Folk/Roots/Blues #1 Laura Marling 14 hours ago
    Loud #1 The Pack A.D. 14 hours ago
    Jazz #1 Peripheral Vision 14 hours ago
    International #1 Lido Pimienta 14 hours ago
    Hip Hop #1 Dragon Fli Empire 14 hours ago
    Electronic #1 Austra 14 hours ago
    Top 50 #1 Tops 14 hours ago
    CHSR Top 30 #1 Jon McKiel 1 day ago
    CHSR Loud #1 The Pack A.D. 1 day ago
    CHSR Electronic #1 Nebullama 1 day ago
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    Adds This Week

  • !earshot Top 50 Charts RSS Feed

    Tops - I Feel Alive Lido Pimienta - Miss Colombia Austra - HiRUDiN
    For the Week Ending: Tuesday, May 26, 2020
    TW  Artist - Title - (Label)
    1 Tops CanCon
    I Feel Alive - (Musique TOPS)
    2 Lido Pimienta CanCon
    Miss Colombia - (Anti-)
    3 Austra CanCon
    HiRUDiN - (Pink Fizz)
    4 Fiona Apple CanCon
    Fetch the Bolt Cutters - (Epic)
    5 Nap Eyes CanCon
    Snapshot Of A Beginner - (Royal Mountain)
    6 Yves Tumor
    Heaven To A Tortured Mind - (Warp)
    7 Basia Bulat CanCon
    Are You In Love - (Secret City)
    8 Purity Ring CanCon
    Womb - (4AD)
    9 Wares CanCon
    Survival - (Mint)
    10 Slow Leaves CanCon
    Shelf Life - (Birthday Cake)
    View the full Top 50
    Specialty Charts #1s
    Electronic:  Austra - HiRUDiN - (Pink Fizz)
    Hip Hop:  Dragon Fli Empire - Banff Avenue - (Makebelieve)
    International: Lido Pimienta - Miss Colombia - (Anti-)
    Jazz:  Peripheral Vision - Irrational Revelation & Mutual Humiliation - (Self-Released)
    Loud: The Pack A.D. - It Was Fun While It Lasted - (Self-Released)
    Folk/Roots/Blues: Laura Marling - Song For Our Daughter - (Chrysalis/Partisan)

    !earshot April Top 200

    For the Month of April 2020
    Caribou - Suddenly Tops - I Feel Alive U.S. Girls - Heavy Light
    TW  Artist - Title - (Label)
    1 Caribou Can Con
    Suddenly - (Merge)
    2 Tops Can Con
    I Feel Alive - (Musique TOPS)
    3 U.S. Girls Can Con
    Heavy Light - (Royal Mountain)
    4 Nap Eyes Can Con
    Snapshot Of A Beginner - (Royal Mountain)
    5 Andy Shauf Can Con
    Neon Skyline - (Arts & Crafts)
    6 Basia Bulat Can Con
    Are You In Love - (Secret City)
    7 Soccer Mommy
    Color Theory - (Loma Vista)
    8 Sarah Harmer Can Con
    Are You Gone - (Arts & Crafts)
    9 Les Deuxluxes Can Con
    Lighter Fluid - (Bonsound)
    10 Frazey Ford Can Con
    U kin B the Sun - (Arts & Crafts)
    View the full !earshot Top 200
    Specialty Charts #1s
    Electronic:  Caribou - Suddenly - (Merge)
    Hip Hop:  Witch Prophet - DNA Activation - (Self-Released)
    International: Sergio Mendes - In The Key Of Joy - (Concord)
    Jazz: Ali Shaheed Muhammad and Adrian Younge - Jazz is Dead - (Self-Released)
    Loud:  Lié - You Want It Real - (Mint)
    Folk/Roots/Blues: Sarah Harmer - Are You Gone - (Arts & Crafts)

    !earshot Top 200 0f 2019

    For January 1 to December 31, 2019
    PUP - Morbid Stuff Orville Peck - Pony Royal Canoe - Waver
    TW  Artist - Title - (Label)
    1 PUP Can Con
    Morbid Stuff - (Little Dipper)
    2 Orville Peck Can Con
    Pony - (Royal Mountain)
    3 Royal Canoe Can Con
    Waver - (Paper Bag)
    4 Foxwarren Can Con
    Foxwarren - (Arts & Crafts)
    5 Black Mountain Can Con
    Destroyer - (Dine Alone)
    6 Necking Can Con
    Cut Your Teeth - (Mint)
    7 Daniel Romano Can Con
    Finally Free - (You've Changed)
    8 Dumb Can Con
    Club Nites - (Mint)
    9 Begonia Can Con
    Fear - (Rex Baby)
    10 Wintersleep Can Con
    In The Land Of - (Dine Alone)
    View the full !earshot Top 200
    Specialty Charts #1s
    Electronic:  Flying Lotus - Flamagra - (Warp)
    Hip Hop: Haviah Mighty - 13th Floor - (Self-Released)
    International:  Alex Cuba - Sublime - (Caracol)
    Jazz: Allison Au Quartet - Wander Wonder - (Self-Released)
    Loud:  PUP - Morbid Stuff - (Little Dipper)
    Folk/Roots/Blues: The Small Glories - Assiniboine & The Red - (Compass/Red House)

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