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  • December 2019

    Begonia is #1 for the second month for November 2019
    Begonia

    Begonia is ending the year strong with her debut Fear spending its second month at #1 on the !earshot National Top 200 for November 2019. The New Pornographers move up 2 spots to #2 with In the Morse Code of Brake Lights. The Top 5 is rounded out with Peach Pyramid (Bright Blue) at #3, Angel Olson (All Mirrors) at #4 and WHOOP-szo (Warrior Down) at #5.

    Jacques Greene's Down Chorus is the new #1 on the !earshot Electronic chart this month and there is a new #1 in the October Hip Hop chart with Danny Brown's U Know What I'm Sayin?

    Check back here for our Best of 2019 coverage with picks and pans for the year chosen by Music Directors and programmers from across the country and the Top 200 of 2019.

    Check out all the latest action on the weekly charts

    Features

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

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  • !earshot Top 50 Charts RSS Feed

    Common Holly - When I Say to You Black Lightning nêhiyawak - Nipiy Begonia - Fear
    For the Week Ending: Tuesday, December 10, 2019
    TW  Artist - Title - (Label)
    1 Common Holly CanCon
    When I Say to You Black Lightning - (Royal Mountain)
    2 nêhiyawak CanCon
    Nipiy - (Arts & Crafts)
    3 Begonia CanCon
    Fear - (Rex Baby)
    4 WHOOP-Szo CanCon
    Warrior Down - (You've Changed)
    5 Peach Pyramid CanCon
    Bright Blue - (Oscar Street)
    6 Corridor CanCon
    Junior - (Bonsound)
    7 Walrus CanCon
    Cool to Who - (Outside Music)
    8 Woolworm CanCon
    Awe - (Mint)
    9 Mount Eerie
    Lost Wisdom Pt. 2 - (P.W. Elverum & Sun)
    10 Leif Vollebekk CanCon
    New Ways - (Secret City)
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    Specialty Charts #1s
    Electronic:  Blue Hawaii - Open Reduction Internal Fixation - (Arbutus)
    Hip Hop:  Sampa The Great - The Return - (Ninja Tune)
    International:  Mazacote - Patria - (Justin Time)
    Jazz: Nick Fraser , Chris Davis & Tony Malaby - Zoning - (Astral Spirits)
    Loud:  Sandveiss - Saboteur - (Sexy Sloth)
    Folk/Roots/Blues: Zachary Lucky - Midwestern - (Self-Released)

    !earshot November Top 200

    For the Month of November 2019
    Begonia - Fear The New Pornographers - In the Morse Code of Brake Lights Peach Pyramid - Bright Blue
    TW  Artist - Title - (Label)
    1 Begonia Can Con
    Fear - (Rex Baby)
    2 The New Pornographers Can Con
    In the Morse Code of Brake Lights - (Concord)
    3 Peach Pyramid Can Con
    Bright Blue - (Oscar Street)
    4 Angel Olsen
    All Mirrors - (Jagjaguwar)
    5 WHOOP-Szo Can Con
    Warrior Down - (You've Changed)
    6 Common Holly Can Con
    When I Say to You Black Lightning - (Royal Mountain)
    7 Men I Trust Can Con
    Oncle Jazz - (Self-Released)
    8 Walrus Can Con
    Cool to Who - (Outside Music)
    9 Corridor Can Con
    Junior - (Bonsound)
    10 Woolworm Can Con
    Awe - (Mint)
    View the full !earshot Top 200
    Specialty Charts #1s
    Electronic: Jacques Greene - Dawn Chorus - (Arts & Crafts)
    Hip Hop: Danny Brown - U Know What I'm Sayin? - (Warp)
    International: The Souljazz Orchestra - Chaos Theories - (Do Right!)
    Jazz:  Baritone Madness - Baritone Madness - (Chronograph)
    Loud:  Sandveiss - Saboteur - (Sexy Sloth)
    Folk/Roots/Blues:  Kacy & Clayton - Carrying On - (New West)

    !earshot Top 200 of 2018

    For the Month of January to December 2018
    U.S. Girls - In A Poem Unlimited Nap Eyes - I'm Bad Now Ought - Room Inside the World
    TW  Artist - Title - (Label)
    1 U.S. Girls Can Con
    In A Poem Unlimited - (Royal Mountain)
    2 Nap Eyes Can Con
    I'm Bad Now - (You've Changed)
    3 Ought Can Con
    Room Inside the World - (Royal Mountain)
    4 Suuns Can Con
    Felt - (Secret City)
    5 Dumb Can Con
    Seeing Green - (Mint)
    6 Jennifer Castle Can Con
    Angels of Death - (Idee Fixe)
    7 Charlotte Day Wilson Can Con
    Stone Woman - (Self-Released)
    8 Frigs Can Con
    Basic Behaviour - (Arts & Crafts)
    9 Dilly Dally Can Con
    Heaven - (Dine Alone)
    10 Michael Rault Can Con
    It's A New Day Tonight - (Sleepless)
    View the full !earshot Top 200
    Specialty Charts #1s
    Electronic:  StegoSarahs - Simple Subtraction - (Self-Released)
    Hip Hop:  Cadence Weapon - Cadence Weapon - (eOne Music (E1))
    International: Kiran Ahluwalia - 7 Billion - (Six Degrees)
    Jazz: Peggy Lee - Echo Painting - (Songlines)
    Loud:  Fucked Up - Dose Your Dreams - (Arts & Crafts)
    Folk/Roots/Blues: Sue Foley - The Ice Queen - (Stony Plain)

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