March 2025

The Weather Station

The Weather Station climbs to the top of the earshot Top 200 for the month of February 2025 with Humanhood on Next Door
Marlaena Moore is at number 2 with Because You Love Everything while Lambrini Girls (Who Let The Dogs Out), Gus Englehorn (The Hornbook) and former #1 OMBIIGIZI (SHAME) round out the Top 5.

Lots is happening over on the weekly charts. Check it out!

Specialty Charts #1s
Electronic:	Caribou - Honey - (Merge)
Hip Hop:	Kendrick Lamar - GNX - (pgLang)
International:	Amir Amiri Ensemble - Ajdad - Ancestors - Echoes of Persia - (Latitude 45)
Jazz:	Carson Tworow and David Lavoie - Teardown - (Self-Released)
Loud:	Amyl and the Sniffers - Cartoon Darkness - (Rough Trade)
Folk/Roots/Blues:	Skinny Dyck - Easygoing - (Victory Pool)

Check out all the latest chart action on the weekly charts.

Features

TW	Artist - Title - (Label)
!earshot Top 200 of 2021 For January to December 2021
1	TEKE::TEKE Shirushi - (Kill Rock Stars)
2	The Halluci Nation One More Saturday Night - (Radicalized)
3	Chad VanGaalen World's Most Stressed Out Gardener - (Flemish Eye)
4	The Weather Station Ignorance - (Next Door)
5	Kiwi Jr. Cooler Returns - (Kiwi Club)
6	Arlo Parks Collapsed In Sunbeams - (Transgressive)
7	Ada Lea one hand on the steering wheel the other sewing a garden - (Next Door)
8	Sook-Yin Lee & Adam Litovitz jooj two - (Mint)
9	Suuns The Witness - (Secret City)
10	Andy Shauf Wilds - (Arts & Crafts)
*View the full !earshot Top 200*

Specialty Charts #1s
Electronic:	The Halluci Nation - One More Saturday Night - (Radicalized)
Hip Hop:	Cadence Weapon - Parallel World - (Self-Released)
International:	Lakou Mizik and Joseph Ray - Leave The Bones - (Anjunadeep)
Jazz:	Adrian Younge - The American Negro - (Jazz Is Dead)
Loud:	Tunic - Exhaling - (Artoffact)
Folk/Roots/Blues:	Allison Russell - Outside Child - (Fantasy)

Latest Charts

CJUM Folk/Roots/Blues #1 Bonnie 'Prince' Billy 32 minutes ago
CJUM Loud #1 Vacuous 35 minutes ago
CJUM Hip Hop #1 Clipping. 39 minutes ago
CJUM Electronic #1 Panda Bear 47 minutes ago
CJUM Top 30 #1 Bonnie 'Prince' Billy 58 minutes ago
CKUA Top 30 #1 Brock Geiger 2 hours ago
CKUA Folk/Roots/Blues #1 Brock Geiger 2 hours ago
CJSF Top 30 #1 Devours 2 hours ago
CFMU Top 30 #1 Casper Skulls 7 hours ago
CFRC Top 30 #1 Hot 8 Brass Band 1 day ago
Electronic #1 Marie Davidson 2 days ago
Top 50 #1 Art d'Ecco 2 days ago
CFUV Folk/Roots/Blues #1 Nico Paulo 3 days ago
CFUV Loud #1 Spiritbox 3 days ago
CFUV Jazz #1 Nick Hempton & Cory Weeds 3 days ago
More Charts...
Adds This Week

TW	Artist - Title - (Label)
!earshot Top 50 For the Week Ending: Tuesday, April 15, 2025
1	Art d'Ecco Serene Demon - (Self-Released)
2	Men I Trust Equus Asinus - (Self-Released)
3	Basia Bulat Basia's Palace - (Secret City)
4	Marie Davidson City of Clowns - (Because Music)
5	Yves Jarvis All Cylinders - (Next Door)
6	cootie catcher Shy At First - (cooked raw)
7	Charlie Houston Big After I Die - (Arts & Crafts)
8	The Burning Hell Ghost Palace - (You've Changed)
9	Frog Eyes The Open Up - (Paper Bag)
10	Saya Gray SAYA - (Dirty Hit)
*View the full Top 50*

Specialty Charts #1s
Electronic:	Marie Davidson - City of Clowns - (Because Music)

TW	Artist - Title - (Label)
!earshot February Top 200 For the Month of February 2025
1	The Weather Station Humanhood - (Next Door)
2	Marlaena Moore Because You Love Everything - (Self-Released)
3	Lambrini Girls Who Let The Dogs Out - (City Slang)
4	Gus Englehorn The Hornbook - (Secret City)
5	OMBIIGIZI SHAME - (Arts & Crafts)
6	N NAO Nouveau Langage - (Mothland)
7	Maddie Jay I Can Change Your Mind - (Self-Released)
8	Skinny Dyck Easygoing - (Victory Pool)
9	FKA twigs EUSEXUA - (Atlantic Records)
10	Motherhood Thunder Perfect Mind - (Forward Music Group)
*View the full !earshot Top 200*

Specialty Charts #1s
Electronic:	Caribou - Honey - (Merge)
Hip Hop:	Kendrick Lamar - GNX - (pgLang)
International:	Amir Amiri Ensemble - Ajdad - Ancestors - Echoes of Persia - (Latitude 45)
Jazz:	Carson Tworow and David Lavoie - Teardown - (Self-Released)
Loud:	Amyl and the Sniffers - Cartoon Darkness - (Rough Trade)
Folk/Roots/Blues:	Skinny Dyck - Easygoing - (Victory Pool)

TW	Artist - Title - (Label)
!earshot Top 200 of 2021 For January to December 2021
1	TEKE::TEKE Shirushi - (Kill Rock Stars)
2	The Halluci Nation One More Saturday Night - (Radicalized)
3	Chad VanGaalen World's Most Stressed Out Gardener - (Flemish Eye)
4	The Weather Station Ignorance - (Next Door)
5	Kiwi Jr. Cooler Returns - (Kiwi Club)
6	Arlo Parks Collapsed In Sunbeams - (Transgressive)
7	Ada Lea one hand on the steering wheel the other sewing a garden - (Next Door)
8	Sook-Yin Lee & Adam Litovitz jooj two - (Mint)
9	Suuns The Witness - (Secret City)
10	Andy Shauf Wilds - (Arts & Crafts)
*View the full !earshot Top 200*

Specialty Charts #1s
Electronic:	The Halluci Nation - One More Saturday Night - (Radicalized)
Hip Hop:	Cadence Weapon - Parallel World - (Self-Released)
International:	Lakou Mizik and Joseph Ray - Leave The Bones - (Anjunadeep)
Jazz:	Adrian Younge - The American Negro - (Jazz Is Dead)
Loud:	Tunic - Exhaling - (Artoffact)
Folk/Roots/Blues:	Allison Russell - Outside Child - (Fantasy)

Latest Charts
CJUM Folk/Roots/Blues #1 Bonnie 'Prince' Billy 32 minutes ago
CJUM Loud #1 Vacuous 35 minutes ago
CJUM Hip Hop #1 Clipping. 39 minutes ago
CJUM Electronic #1 Panda Bear 47 minutes ago
CJUM Top 30 #1 Bonnie 'Prince' Billy 58 minutes ago
CKUA Top 30 #1 Brock Geiger 2 hours ago
CKUA Folk/Roots/Blues #1 Brock Geiger 2 hours ago
CJSF Top 30 #1 Devours 2 hours ago
CFMU Top 30 #1 Casper Skulls 7 hours ago
CFRC Top 30 #1 Hot 8 Brass Band 1 day ago
Electronic #1 Marie Davidson 2 days ago
Top 50 #1 Art d'Ecco 2 days ago
CFUV Folk/Roots/Blues #1 Nico Paulo 3 days ago
CFUV Loud #1 Spiritbox 3 days ago
CFUV Jazz #1 Nick Hempton & Cory Weeds 3 days ago
More Charts...
Adds This Week

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