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Charts and hot wax – Jan 30, 2023

January 31, 2023

The CJSR charts are of interest to all of Earth’s advanced cyborgs with enhanced hearing implants.

 

You can read cjsr’s charts anytime at https://www.earshot-online.com/charts/cjsr.cfm.
Matthew’s Sure Shots


Cinephonic – Visions [Marlow]
Ottawa, ON        Rock/Pop
An entire album based on ancient medieval and baroque themes, but updated with elements of cinematic soul, psychedelic rock and spiritual jazz from the Souljazz Orchestra.


Polypores – Praedormitium [Castles In Space]
Preston, UK        Electronic
Synthesizer ambient. Pleasant activity in each song.


Donny Don’t – Graveyard Personalities [Self-Released]
Vancouver, BC        Rock/Pop
RIYL: Wild Nothing, Destroyer, Felt, Luna, The Cleaners From Venus
Local Adds


Smokey – Horsecock [Self-Released]
Folk


Adam Johan Bergren – Dissipation Dynamics [Self-Released]
Electronic


Paula Eve Kirman – The Crow [Self-Released]
Folk

CJSR CHARTS – January 30, 2023

* indicates a Canadian artist.
Artists in red are local!
Chart ranking reflects airplay during the week ending 01-30-2023.
 

Top 30

30-Jan-2023 

RANK    ARTIST    TITLE    LABEL

1    Sammy Volkov*    Be Alright!    Self-Released

2    Alvvays*    Blue Rev    Polyvinyl

3    Various*    Ear Worms: Live Sessions From CJSW 90.9 FM    Self-Released

4    Daphni*    Cherry    Jiaolong

5    Dumb*    Pray 4 Tomorrow    Mint

6    RJ LeBlanc*    HEYDAY    Multiple Chord Music

7    The Trade Offs*    Let Go, Give In, Fall Down    Aakuluk

8    Pigeon Breeders & Ghost Cars*    Stasis    Pseudo Laboratories

9    Electricity for Everybody!*    The Husk    Fake Mistake

10    Joe Nolan*    Lost Verses    Fallen Tree

11    Junior Boys*    Waiting Game    City Slang

12    Sloan*    Steady    Yep Roc

13    Self-Cut Bangs*    Circle Around the Free    Self-Released

14    The Dirty Sample*    Beats To Murder Rappers To    Hand’Solo

15    Pony Girl*    Enny One Will Love You    Paper Bag

16    Weyes Blood    And In The Darkness, Hearts Aglo    Sub Pop

17    Cemetery Orbit*    Future Dread    Self-Released

18    The Provincial Archive*    Dopamine Chase [single]    Consonant

19    Mali Obomsawin    Sweet Tooth: Suite For Indigenous Resistance    Out Of Your Head

20    Leland Whitty*    Anyhow    People’s Champ

21    Various    Rare Global Pop 1980s (Crammed Archives 2)    Crammed Discs

22    Winter    What Kind Of Blue Are You    Bar/None

23    Larynx*    J’aimais mieux les maquettes    Bonbonbon

24    Gloin*    We Found This    Mothland

25    Wallgrin*    Yet Again The Wheel Turns    Self-Released

26    Run The Jewels    RTJ CU4TRO    BMG

27    Best Fern*    Earth Then Air    Youngblood

28    Always a Bad Thing*    he who lies with robots    Baffled Octopi

29    Lou Reed    Words & Music May 1965    Light In The Attic

30    TSHA    Capricorn Sun    Ninja Tune

 

 

Electronic

30-Jan-2023 

RANK    ARTIST    TITLE    LABEL

1    Daphni*    Cherry    Jiaolong

2    Junior Boys*    Waiting Game    City Slang

3    Best Fern*    Earth Then Air    Youngblood

4    TSHA    Capricorn Sun    Ninja Tune

5    Daniel Avery    ultra truth    Mute

6    Nebular Wave*    A Polarized Planetoid    Self-Released

7    Bristol Manor*    A Distant Urban Forest    Self-Released

8    Selina Martin*    Time Spent Swimming    Self-Released

9    Dawn to Dawn*    Postcards From the Sun to the Moon    SSURROUNDSS

10    Actress    Dummy Corporation    Ninja Tune

 

 

Hip Hop

30-Jan-2023 

RANK    ARTIST    TITLE    LABEL

1    The Dirty Sample*    Beats To Murder Rappers To    Hand’Solo

2    Run The Jewels    RTJ CU4TRO    BMG

3    Seun Kuti & Black Thought    African Dreams    SKE80

4    Cakes Da Killa    Svengali    Young Arts Records

5    Ezra Collective    Where I’m Meant to Be    Partisan

6    Duckwrth    Chrome Bull    SuperGood/The Bling Youth

7    Snotty Nose Rez Kids*    I’m Good, HBU    Self-Released

8    Dizzy Walka*    Right Here, Right Now EP    Self-Released

9    bigmcenroe x Alvaro Rojas*    Noodles (Extended)    Peanuts & Corn

10    Little Simz    No Thank You    Forever Living Originals

 

 

International

30-Jan-2023 

RANK    ARTIST    TITLE    LABEL

1    Various    Rare Global Pop 1980s (Crammed Archives 2)    Crammed Discs

2    Abraxas    Monte Carlo    Suicide Squeeze

3    Didon    Tunisian Tale    Electrofone Music

4    Farid El Atrache    Nagham Fi Hayati [reissue]    WeWantSounds

5    Djivan Gasparian    I Will Not Be Sad In This World    All Saints

6    Hermanos Gutiérrez    El Bueno y El Malo    Easy Eye Sound

7    Djivan Gasparian    Moon Shines At Night    All Saints

8    Tinariwen    Kel Tinariwen    Wedge

9    Okaidja Afroso    Jaku Mumor    Chechekule Records

10    Khruangbin and Vieux Farka Toure    Ali    Dead Oceans

 

 

Jazz

30-Jan-2023 

RANK    ARTIST    TITLE    LABEL

1    RJ LeBlanc*    HEYDAY    Multiple Chord Music

2    Mali Obomsawin    Sweet Tooth: Suite For Indigenous Resistance    Out Of Your Head

3    Leland Whitty*    Anyhow    People’s Champ

4    Up and Over Trio*    Up and Over    Bent River

5    Jim Head*    Prismatic    Self-Released

6    PJ Perry*    No Hugs    Cellar

7    Anita Eccleston*    Gala Gardens    Self-Released

8    Winnipeg Jazz Orchestra*    Voices – A Musical Heritage    Self-Released

9    Dan McCarthy*    Songs Of The Doomed: Some Jaded, Atavistic Freakout    TPR

10    Ezra Collective    Where I’m Meant to Be    Partisan

 

 

Loud

30-Jan-2023 

RANK    ARTIST    TITLE    LABEL

1    Greber*    Fright Without    No Funeral

2    Greybeard*    Dark Age    Self-Released

3    New Jacobin Club*    Empire of Dis    Manticore

4    White Lung*    Premonition    Domino

5    ex-cowboy*    ex-cowboy EP    Self-Released

6    Quit It!*    Spilling Out    Wasted Wax

7    Greenwing*    Late Bloomer    Self-Released

8    All Else Fails*    The Incident At Black Lake EP    Self-Released

9    Counterparts*    A Eulogy For Those Still Here    New Damage

10    Swords    III    Massacre

 

 

Folk/Roots/Blues

30-Jan-2023 

RANK    ARTIST    TITLE    LABEL

1    The Trade Offs*    Let Go, Give In, Fall Down    Aakuluk

2    Joe Nolan*    Lost Verses    Fallen Tree

3    Cynthia Hamar*    Joint & Marrow    Neon Moon

4    Status/Non-Status*    January 3rd    You’ve Changed

5    Field Guide*    Field Guide    Birthday Cake

6    Ila Barker*    Fool Under Water    Self-Released

7    Angelo De Augustine    “27” / “Hologram”    Asthmatic Kitty

8    Eddie 9V*    Capricorn    Ruf

9    Indigo Sparke    Hysteria    Sacred Bones

10    Payphones*    Rioting Heart    Self-Released

 

 

courtesy earshot-online.com

Charts and hot wax – Jan 23, 2023

January 24, 2023

Don’t miss the CJSR charts just because you’re driving!

 
 
 

You can read cjsr’s charts anytime at https://www.earshot-online.com/charts/cjsr.cfm.

 

Matthew’s Sure Shots


Rozi Plain – Prize [Memphis Industries]
asdfadsf          Rock/Pop
Slow groove indie rock with nice vocal lines and subtle use of electronic and other instrumentation.


Yves Malone – A Hello To A Goodbye [Castles In Space]
Toronto, ON        Electronic
Classic style instrumental synthesizer music  (like monophonic synths). Would be good for a game soundtrack.


Leland Whitty – Anyhow [Innovative Leisure]
Toronto, ON        Jazz
Atmospheric and cool jazz instrumentals with 70s pop and film soundtrack influence from a member of Badbadnotgood. For Fans Of: BadBadNotGood, Lil Silva, Robert Glasper, Teebs, Kokoroko


Various Artists – Mainstream Disco Funk [WeWantSounds]
New York, NY        Rock/Pop
A collection of rare Disco and Funk tracks from Mainstream Records only briefly issued on 7” singles in the mid 70s. I have liked a lot of WeWantSounds’ reissues. Good label.


Fixtures – Hollywood Dog [Bobo Integral/Naturally]
New York, NY        Rock/Pop
Not complicated, nice midtempo rock.

 

 
Local Adds


Up and Over Trio – Up and Over [Bent River]
Jazz


Alton Upbeat – 2077 Mixtape [Self-Released]
Rock/Pop

 

 

CJSR CHARTS – January 23, 2023

* indicates a Canadian artist.
Artists in red are local!
Chart ranking reflects airplay during the week ending 01-23-2023.
 

Top 30

23-Jan-2023 

RANK    ARTIST    TITLE    LABEL

1    Various*    Ear Worms: Live Sessions From CJSW 90.9 FM    Self-Released

2    Alvvays*    Blue Rev    Polyvinyl

3    Ezra Collective    Where I’m Meant to Be    Partisan

4    Sammy Volkov*    Be Alright!    Self-Released

5    Sloan*    Steady    Yep Roc

6    Electricity for Everybody!*    The Husk    Fake Mistake

7    The Provincial Archive*    Dopamine Chase [single]    Consonant

8    Quit It!*    Spilling Out    Wasted Wax

9    RJ LeBlanc*    HEYDAY    Multiple Chord Music

10    Lee Paradise*    & Co    Telephone Explosion

11    Christine and the Queens    Redcar les Adorables Etoiles    Because Music

12    Arjuna Oakes & Serebii    Final Days    Innovative Leisure

13    Run The Jewels    RTJ CU4TRO    BMG

14    Mykki Blanco    Stay Close To Music    Transgressive/PIAS

15    Guerilla Welfare*    Evidence I Was Here [2022 Analog Remaster]    Self-Released

16    Cemetery Orbit*    Future Dread    Self-Released

17    No Museums*    Folk Terrors    Self-Released

18    Preoccupations*    Arrangements    Flemish Eye

19    Daphni*    Cherry    Jiaolong

20    Dumb*    Pray 4 Tomorrow    Mint

21    Greenwing*    Late Bloomer    Self-Released

22    The Dirty Sample*    Beats To Murder Rappers To    Hand’Solo

23    PJ Perry*    No Hugs    Cellar

24    The Trade Offs*    Let Go, Give In, Fall Down    Aakuluk

25    Pony Girl*    Enny One Will Love You    Paper Bag

26    Various*    Quebec This Vol. 3    Self-Released

27    Bon Enfant*    Diorama    Duprince

28    L’omelette*    You Are Here    Self-Released

29    Kuri*    I love You, You’re Welcome    Nevado

30    Dan McCarthy*    Songs Of The Doomed: Some Jaded, Atavistic Freakout    TPR

 

 

Electronic

23-Jan-2023 

RANK    ARTIST    TITLE    LABEL

1    Lee Paradise*    & Co    Telephone Explosion

2    Daphni*    Cherry    Jiaolong

3    Sam Wilkes & Jacob Mann    Perform the Compositions of Sam Wilkes & Jacob Mann    Leaving

4    Best Fern*    Earth Then Air    Youngblood

5    Junior Boys*    Waiting Game    City Slang

6    Bristol Manor*    A Distant Urban Forest    Self-Released

7    Oeuf Korreckt*    Podweek [20th anniversary reissue]    No Type

8    Actress    Dummy Corporation    Ninja Tune

9    Rival Consoles    Now Is    Erased Tapes

10    Nebular Wave*    A Polarized Planetoid    Self-Released

 

 

Hip Hop

23-Jan-2023 

RANK    ARTIST    TITLE    LABEL

1    Ezra Collective    Where I’m Meant to Be    Partisan

2    Run The Jewels    RTJ CU4TRO    BMG

3    Mykki Blanco    Stay Close To Music    Transgressive/PIAS

4    The Dirty Sample*    Beats To Murder Rappers To    Hand’Solo

5    Cakes Da Killa    Svengali    Young Arts Records

6    Sampa The Great    As Above So Below    Loma Vista

7    L.TEEZ*    Studio Blue    Hydrophonik

8    Snotty Nose Rez Kids*    I’m Good, HBU    Self-Released

9    bigmcenroe x Alvaro Rojas*    Noodles (Extended)    Peanuts & Corn

10    Duckwrth    Chrome Bull    SuperGood/The Bling Youth

 

 

International

23-Jan-2023 

RANK    ARTIST    TITLE    LABEL

1    Various    Rare Global Pop 1980s (Crammed Archives 2)    Crammed Discs

2    Djivan Gasparian    I Will Not Be Sad In This World    All Saints

3    Tinariwen    Kel Tinariwen    Wedge

4    Abraxas    Monte Carlo    Suicide Squeeze

5    Farid El Atrache    Nagham Fi Hayati [reissue]    WeWantSounds

6    Hermanos Gutiérrez    El Bueno y El Malo    Easy Eye Sound

7    La Femme    Teatro lúcido    Disque Pointu

8    Joy Lapps*    Girl In The Yard    Self-Released

9    Horace Andy    Midnight Scorchers    On-U Sound

10    Okaidja Afroso    Jaku Mumor    Chechekule Records

 

 

Jazz

23-Jan-2023 

RANK    ARTIST    TITLE    LABEL

1    Ezra Collective    Where I’m Meant to Be    Partisan

2    RJ LeBlanc*    HEYDAY    Multiple Chord Music

3    PJ Perry*    No Hugs    Cellar

4    Dan McCarthy*    Songs Of The Doomed: Some Jaded, Atavistic Freakout    TPR

5    Sam Wilkes & Jacob Mann    Perform the Compositions of Sam Wilkes & Jacob Mann    Leaving

6    Jim Head*    Prismatic    Self-Released

7    Mali Obomsawin    Sweet Tooth: Suite For Indigenous Resistance    Out Of Your Head

8    Winnipeg Jazz Orchestra*    Voices – A Musical Heritage    Self-Released

9    Andrew Littleford Quintet*    Far As The Eye Can See    Self-Released

10    Dave Soldier & William Hooker    LeWitt Etudes    Mahakala

 

 

Loud

23-Jan-2023 

RANK    ARTIST    TITLE    LABEL

1    Quit It!*    Spilling Out    Wasted Wax

2    Greenwing*    Late Bloomer    Self-Released

3    White Lung*    Premonition    Domino

4    Greybeard*    Dark Age    Self-Released

5    Off!    Free LSD    Fat Possum

6    Abduction    Black Blood    Spinefarm

7    All Else Fails*    The Incident At Black Lake EP    Self-Released

8    Counterparts*    A Eulogy For Those Still Here    New Damage

9    Greber*    Fright Without    No Funeral

10    Swords    III    Massacre

 

 

Folk/Roots/Blues

23-Jan-2023 

RANK    ARTIST    TITLE    LABEL

1    Ila Barker*    Fool Under Water    Self-Released

2    The Trade Offs*    Let Go, Give In, Fall Down    Aakuluk

3    Indigo Sparke    Hysteria    Sacred Bones

4    Joe Nolan*    Lost Verses    Fallen Tree

5    Cynthia Hamar*    Joint & Marrow    Neon Moon

6    Evan Redsky*    Oblivion    Victory Pool

7    Field Guide*    Field Guide    Birthday Cake

8    Gunner & Smith*    Hear You In My Head    DevilDuck

9    magpie*    High Plains    Self-Released

10    Field Medic    grow your hair long if you’re wanting to see something that you can change    Run For Cover

 

 

courtesy earshot-online.com
 
 

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