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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JAZZ
- Allison Burik* – Realm (Self-Released)
- Khruangbin – A LA SALA (Dead Oceans)
- Various Artists – Funk Tide: Tokyo Jazz-Funk From Electric Bird 1978-87 (Wewantsounds)
- Eric Chenaux Trio – Delights Of My Life (Constellation)
- Yusef Lateef – Eastern Sounds (Craft Recordings)
- Sam Wilson* – Wintertides (Self-Released)
- Carson Tworow and David Lavoie** – Teardown (Self-Released)
- Turboprop* – A Canadian Songbook (Self-Released)
- Various Artists – Remixes JID020 (Jazz Is Dead)
- Will Régnier* – Traces (Self-Released)
- Dun-Dun Band* – Pita Parka, Pt. I: Xam Egdub (Ansible Editions)
- Kate Gentile – Find Letter X (Pi Recordings)
- Rosie Lowe – Lover, Other (Blue Flowers / PIAS)
- Mary Halvorson – Cloudward (Nonesuch Records)
- Last Ark Out* – Lift (Self-Released)
- C’mon Tigre – Habitat (Intersuoni)
- The Brenan Brothers* – Valley of Silence (Self-Released)
- The Daniel Pelton Collective** – The Establishment Sessions (Self-Released)
- Jeremy Dutcher* – Motewolonuwok (Secret City)
- Aimee-Jo Benoit** – Horns of Hope (Chronograph Records)
ELECTRONIC
- Wyzaker** – Scarecrow EP (City of Fire)
- Annie-Claude Deschênes* – LES MANIÈRES DE TABLE (Bonsound / Italians Do It Better)
- La Sécurité* – Stay Safe! REMIXED (Mothland)
- TR/ST* – TR/ST EP (Dais)
- Stelar Door* – The Ritual (30/30)
- Phantom Orchid* – Pure Mother (Aubox Records)
- Easy Idiot** – Stock Music II (Self-Released)
- Shygirl* – Club Shy (Because Music)
- Renonce* – Nuisance Sonore (Verboden / Negative Gain)
- Ibibio Sound Machine – Pull The Rope (Merge Records)
- Health – Rat Wars (Loma Vista / Concord)
- Alix Fernz* – Bizou (Mothland)
- L’Impératrice – Pulsar (Microqlima)
- Off World* – 3 (Constellation)
- Witch Prophet* – Gateway Experience (Club Mix) EP (Heart Lake Records Inc)
- Rob Mitchelson** – Knightlaser 2048: The Another One EP (Self-Released)
- Minor Sine Project** – Until Next Time (Sengiley Recordings)
- D.Blavatsky* – YOUR CHOICE (Non/Being)
- Mark Adam Paul** – Suicide Grip EP (Move Instruction)
- Underground Wires** – A Kiss To Wake Soundtrack (Self-Released)
* Canadian
** Local (Calgary area)
Check back tomorrow for the top 20 charts for two more genres: Experimental/Neo-classical and Loud!