2024 Charts: EXPERIMENTAL/NEO-CLASSICAL & LOUD

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I think we can all agree that 2024 was an insane year for music. So many good releases flowed through our airwaves, and we’ve got the top of the charts ready for you right here! We’ve tracked down the top 20 across 7 genres, as well as the overall top 20 releases that charted on the stations airwaves.

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EXPERIMENTAL/NEO-CLASSICAL

  1. Various Artists** – TRANS RIGHTS = HUMAN RIGHTS (Lavender Dream)
  2. Osmanthus** – Between Seasons (Self-Released)
  3. Ghostkeeper** – Cîpayak Joy (Victory Pool Records)
  4. Buildings and Food* – Echo the Field (Self-Released)
  5. Various Artists – Solidarity Soundwaves (Gaza Fundraiser) (4000 Records)
  6. Jeremy Gignoux** – Odd Stillness (Self-Released)
  7. Yoo Doo Right* – The Sacred Fuck EP (Mothland)
  8. Friesen / Hume / Waters** – Nightspeak (Shaking Box)
  9. Rodney Sharman & Rachel Kiyo Iwaasa* – Known and Unknown: Solo Piano Works by Rodney Sharman (Redshift Records)
  10. The Nausea* – Requiem (Absurd Explosion / Buried In Slag and Debris)
  11. Who Cares** – Simple Lines of Enquiry (Self-Released)
  12. FYEAR* – FYEAR (Constellation)
  13. Arooj Aftab – Night Reign (Verve Records)
  14. ASKO* – ASKO (Dine Alone Records)
  15. A Pact Between Strangers** – Disco (Self-Released)
  16. Josh Zubot Strings* – Josh Zubot Strings (Drip Audio)
  17. Brion Gysin* – Junk (Wewantsounds)
  18. Web Peril* – Some Exercise (Swish Swash Records)
  19. Colin Fisher* – Suns of the Heart (We Are Busy Bodies)
  20. Mortimer, Be Quiet.* – Persimmon (Self-Released)

LOUD

  1. NECHT** – The Prophecy of Karnifor (Self-Released)
  2. ATOMIS** – Welcome to the Void (Public Library)
  3. Toxic Fem** – Toxic Fem Just Won’t Shut Up! (Self-Released)
  4. Pissed Jeans – Half Divorced (Sub Pop)
  5. Rubber Cement** – EP 2024 (Self-Released)
  6. Ectoplasmic Worm** – Forgotten Room (Self-Released)
  7. Liquor Store** – Alkonaut (Self-Released)
  8. WACK** – Lateral Adderall (Self-Released)
  9. Guttrot** – DEMO 2024 (Self-Released)
  10. Various Artists* – Bring ‘Em In Vol. 1 (Outhouse Records)
  11. CAT PISS** – DEMO (wet bed)
  12. Strigampire* – All To Dominate (Self-Released)
  13. Julius Sumner Miller** – Nobody Cares (Meter Records)
  14. Bootlicker* – 1000 Yd. Stare (Neon Taste Records)
  15. Alien Boys* – The Weight Of It All (Self-Released)
  16. Die Verlierer – Notausgang (Mangel Records)
  17. The Aphelion* – Nascence (Self-Released)
  18. MAHESHVARA – Om Tat Sat (Downfall Records / Black Vulture Records)
  19. Amyl & The Sniffers – Cartoon Darkness (B2B)
  20. Art of Attrition* – …And It Will All End Forever (Self-Released)

* Canadian
** Local (Calgary area)

Check back tomorrow for the top 20 charts for the rest of our categories: Folk/roots/blues, Hip Hop/R&B/Soul, Regional/Reggae, and the overall top 20 chart toppers!