Charts and Hot Wax – May 12, 2025

| & filed under Top 30.

Enjoy the CJSR charts and new music in the bath in the 80s. Charts for the period May 5 – May 11.

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GENRE ARTIST ALBUM LABEL
Country EZRA Froggy’s Demise Adhyâropa
Experimental/Ambient Rosevere, Lee Float Self-Released
Experimental/Classical Dirty Projectors & David Longstreth & Stargaze Song of The Earth Transgressive/PIAS
Jazz Karneef It’s How You Say It Self-Released
Jazz/Soul Sure Fire Soul Ensemble, The Gemini Colemine
Punk Jivebomb Ethereal Flatspot
Punk P-ANT-8 No Escape From What You Are Sudden Death
Punk Paint Drying Luncheon Moon Self-Released
Rock/Pop Babe Rainbow Slipper imp and shakaerator pdoom records/Virgin
Rock/Pop CocoRosie Little Death Wishes Joyful Noise
Rock/Pop Hamilton, Annie stop and smell the lightning Self-Released
Rock/Pop Maz NPC EP Winspear
Rock/Pop Noonzy Puppies EP [PIAS]
Rock/Pop Oh No Noh As Late As Possible Teleskop
Rock/Pop OHYUNG You Are Always On My Mind NNA/Phantom Limb
Rock/Pop Population II Maintenant Jamais Bonsound
Rock/Pop Ribbon Skirt Bite Down Mint
Rock/Pop Somebody’s Child When Youth Fades Away Frenchkiss
Rock/Pop Taxpayers, The Circle Breaker Ernest Jenning
Rock/Pop Trovaire Stonefruit Sessions Self-Released
Rock/Pop Unknown Mortal Orchestra IC-02 Bogotá Jagjaguar
Rock/Pop Wareham, Dean That’s the Price of Loving Me Carpark
Soul/R&B Golden, Lotti Motor-Cycle [reissue] High Moon

 


Librarian’s Picks


Unknown Mortal Orchestra
IC-02 Bogotá [Jagjaguar]
Portland, OR         Rock/Pop
Repetitive but sonically and rhythmically interesting instrumental music from a project where they improvise albums in specific cities.


Karneef
It’s How You Say It [Self-Released]
Montreal, QC        Jazz
Strange jazz


The Sure Fire Soul Ensemble
Gemini [Colemine]
San Diego, CA        Jazz/Soul
Tasty


Various Artists
No Escape From What You Are [Sudden Death]
Canada          Punk
Covers of DOA songs

 


Local Adds


Paint Drying
Luncheon Moon [Self-Released]
Jazz

 


CJSR CHARTS – May 12, 2025

* indicates a Canadian artist.
Artists in red are local!
Chart ranking reflects airplay during the week ending 05-12-2025.

 

Top 30

12-May-2025 

RANK    ARTIST    TITLE    LABEL

1    0stella*    Pendulum State    Dead Doll

2    Bonnie Trash*    Mourning You    Hand Drawn Dracula

3    The Burning Hell*    Ghost Palace    You’ve Changed

4    TOKiMONSTA    Eternal Reverie    Young Art

5    Famous Strangers*    I’ll See You In The Stars    Self-Released

6    Destroyer*    Dan’s Boogie    Merge

7    Bria Salmena*    Big Dog    Sub Pop

8    Frog Eyes    The Open Up    Paper Bag

9    Brett Hansen*    Confluence    Self-Released

10    Celeigh Cardinal*    Boundless Possibilities    Self-Released

11    Brad Sucks*    Naturally    Self-Released

12    Lou-Adriane Cassidy    Journal d’un Loup-Garou    Bravo musique

13    Jason Kent*    Jukebox Boy    Self-Released

14    R Sheaves*    Mary Spins    Milltown

15    Johnny Ferguson*    Family Daze    Self-Released

16    Alex Runions*    Above the Clouds and On the Ground    Self-Released

17    Mount Eerie    Night Palace    P.W. Elverum & Sun

18    Japanese Breakfast    For Melancholy Brunettes (& Sad Women)    Dead Oceans

19    Saint Etienne    The Night    [PIAS]

20    Courting    Lust for Life, Or ‘How to Thread The Needle And Come Out The Other Side to tell the Story’    Lower Third / PIAS

21    Ebo Taylor Adrian Younge & Ali Shaheed Muhammad    Ebo Taylor JID022    Jazz Is Dead

22    Ora the Molecule    Dance Therapy    Mute Artists

23    Moonchild Sanelly    Full Moon    Transgressive/PIAS

24    Kat Von D    My Side of the Mountain    Self-Released

25    POSTNAMERS*    Lives of the Saints    Self-Released

26    Solotet*    Live @ the Aviary Noise Cafe (March 18, 2025)    Self-Released

27    Bitter Fictions*    Phantoms    Shaking Box

28    Moat Bells*    Nap Bud    A Person Disguised As People

29    No Frills*    Sad Clown    We Are Busy Bodies

30    Holy Void*    All Will Be Revealed in Time    Self-Released

 

 

Electronic

12-May-2025 

RANK    ARTIST    TITLE    LABEL

1    TOKiMONSTA    Eternal Reverie    Young Art

2    Ora the Molecule    Dance Therapy    Mute Artists

3    Nicolas Bougaïeff*    Primal Extensions EP    Mute

4    Hifi Sean & David McAlmont    Twilight    Plastique

5    Baynk    Senescence    Virgin

6    sunflwr    heard it in a dream    Unbelievably Spectacular Records

7    pseudo-antigone*    lovers (confusing and messy is what i am here for)    Self-Released

8    Maddie Jay*    I Can Change Your Mind    Self-Released

9    Marie Davidson    City of Clowns    Because Music

10    Yasin Elahee*    SOMEWHERE BETWEEN HERE, THERE & EVERYWHERE    Self-Released

 

 

Hip Hop

12-May-2025 

RANK    ARTIST    TITLE    LABEL

1    Moonchild Sanelly    Full Moon    Transgressive/PIAS

2    Dirty Dev*    Nah, The Other Other    Self-Released

3    Kaboom Atomic & The Dirty Sample*    2 Cents    Hand’Solo

4    boutique feelings    Boutique Feelings    Mothland

5    Amp Sessions*    Baby Ruth    Self-Released

6    Clipping.    Dead Channel Sky    Self-Released

7    Ant    Collection of Sounds 4    Rhymesayers

8    Naya Ali*    We Did The Damn Thing    Bonsound

9    Jeshi    Airbag Woke Me Up    Because Music

10    Brian Nasty    Anywhere, But Here With You    Big Dada

 

 

International

12-May-2025 

RANK    ARTIST    TITLE    LABEL

1    Ebo Taylor Adrian Younge & Ali Shaheed Muhammad    Ebo Taylor JID022    Jazz Is Dead

2    Siach Hasadeh*    Hapam Yilaveh    Self-Released

3    Sons of Membertou*    Wapna’kik: The People of the Dawn    Smithsonian Folkways

4    Ammar El Sherei    Music From the East    WeWantSounds

5    Pierre Kwenders*    Tears On The Dance Floor    Moonshine

6    Kazdoura*    Ghoyoum    Self-Released

7    Joao Selva    Onda    Underdog

8    Various    Sweet Rebels ? The Golden Era of Algerian Pop-Raï    WeWantSounds

9    Miramar    Entre Tus Flores    Ansonia Records

10    Farnaz Ohadi    Breath    Air

 

 

Jazz

12-May-2025 

RANK    ARTIST    TITLE    LABEL

1    Brett Hansen*    Confluence    Self-Released

2    Ebo Taylor Adrian Younge & Ali Shaheed Muhammad    Ebo Taylor JID022    Jazz Is Dead

3    Whispering Worlds    Cosmic Cliffs    Adhyaropa

4    The Misery Mountain Boys*    Somebody Stole My Peaches    Self-Released

5    Cinephonic*    Refuge    Marlow

6    Rachel Therrien*    Mi Hogar II    Lula World Records

7    Dan Fortin*    Cannon    Elastic Recordings

8    Brian Baggett*    Travel Past the Aftermath    Self-Released

9    Jacob Wutzke*    You Better Bet    Cellar

10    Jacob Chung    The Sage    Cellar

 

 

Loud

12-May-2025 

RANK    ARTIST    TITLE    LABEL

1    Famous Strangers*    I’ll See You In The Stars    Self-Released

2    Real Sickies*    Under A Plastic Bag    Stomp

3    Valley Of Despair*    Burn At The Stake    Oddball

4    Grindmother*    Age of Destruction    Self-Released

5    The Gits    Frenching The Bully (2024 Remaster)    Sub Pop

6    Slaughterhouse    Sick and Tired EP    Pirates Press

7    Viagra Boys    Viagr Aboys    YEAR0001

8    Circle The Wolves*    Mirror Mirror    Catalyst

9    Closetalkers*    Path to Peace    Neon Taste

10    Fresh Wax*    Picture Perfect World    Self-Released

 

 

Folk/Roots/Blues

12-May-2025 

RANK    ARTIST    TITLE    LABEL

1    Celeigh Cardinal*    Boundless Possibilities    Self-Released

2    Alex Runions*    Above the Clouds and On the Ground    Self-Released

3    John Hewitt*    Which Side Are You On?    Second Sunset

4    Eliza Niemi*    Progress Bakery    Tin Angel

5    Rose Cousins*    Conditions Of Love – Vol 1    Nettwerk

6    Sons of Membertou*    Wapna’kik: The People of the Dawn    Smithsonian Folkways

7    Sophie Jamieson    I still want to share    Bella Union

8    Smokey*    Ready To Die    Lonesome

9    Avi C. Engel*    Nocturne (Soundtrack for an Invisible Film)    Self-Released

10    Nico Paulo*    Interval_o    Forward Music Group

 

 

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