Throughout the year, CJSW 90.9 FM adds an incredible number of new releases to our chartlist. Here are the top 100 releases of 2017!
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*Canadian **Local
100. Agnes Obel – Citizen of Glass (PIAS)
99. Loscil* – Monument Builders (Kranky)
98. kawfee* – Fate Will Lead the Way (Inner Ocean)
97. Keith O’Rourke* – Sketches from the Road (Chronograph Records)
96. King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard – Flying Microtonal Banana (ATO Records)
95. Hermitess** – Hermitess (Self-Released)
94. Afro-Haitian Experimental Orchestra – Afro-Haitian Experimental Orchestra (Glitterbeat Records)
93. Saltland* – A Common Truth (Constellation)
92. Karriem Riggins – Headnod Suite (Stones Throw)
91. Coastal Miner* – Coastal Miner II (Polar Seas)
90. Yabra** – Yabra (Self-Released)
89. Ugly Beauties* – Strange Attractions (Self-Released)
88. Gabriel Garzón-Montano – JardÃn (Stones Throw)
87. Steve Adamyk Band* – Graceland (Green Noise Records)
86. Detractions* – Jorts (Transistor 66)
85. Swamp Thing* – Pray to Science (Urbnet)
84. Run the Jewels – RTJ3 (Run the Jewels)
83. Holzkopf* – Place Out of Context (Pseudo Laboratories)
82. Courtney Barnett, Kurt Vile – Lotta Sea Lice (Matador)
81. Needles//Pins* – Good Night, Tomorrow (Mint Records)
80. Mastodon – Emperor of Sand (Reprise)
79. Jack Moore** – Groove Tape V.001 (Self-Released)
78. Skatalites – Foundation Ska (Studio One)
77. Locomotive Ghost** – Into the Glow (Self-Released)
76. Tim Darcy* – Saturday Night (Jagjaguwar)
75. Stegosarahs** – Experimentations (Self-Released)
74. Syrinx – Tumblers From the Vault (1970-1972) (RVNG Intl)
73. Kamasi Washington – Harmony of Difference (Young Turks)
72. No Aloha* – Sway (Self-Released)
71. Com Truise – Iteration (Ghostly International)
70. Christopher.** – James (Self-Released)
69. Thundercat – Drunk (Brainfeeder)
68. Sore Points* – Demo (Self-Released)
67. Souljazz Orchestra* – Under Burning Skies (Do Right! Music)
66. Various** – Calgary Folk Music Festival (Calgary Folk Fest)
65. Black Tremor, Sea Witch* – Black Tremor / Sea Witch (Hypnotic Dirge Records)
64. American Lips* – Kiss the Void (Self-Released)
63. Alex Cuba* – Lo Único Constante (Caracol Records)
62. Bats Pajamas* – Uh Oh (Self-Released)
61. Private Investigators, The Relaxation Company* – Private Investigators / The Relaxation Company (Pseudo Laboratories)
60. Raleigh** – Powerhouse Bloom (Self-Released)
59. Oneohtrix Point Never – Good Time OST (Warp Records)
58. bobbitopickles* – Kava Kava (Haju Tapes)
57. Pat LaBarbara Kirk MacDonald Quartet* – Silent Voices (Jazz Compass)
56. FOONYAP** – Apropos (Self-Released)
55. Oh Susanna* – A Girl in Teen City (Stella Records)
54. Kobra and the Lotus** – Prevail (Napalm)
53. Slowdive – Slowdive (Dead Oceans)
52. Mac DeMarco* – This Old Dog (Captured Tracks)
51. Five Alarm Funk* – Sweat (Self-Released)
50. TOPS* – Sugar at the Gate (Arbutus)
49. Moon Duo – Occult Architecture Vol. 1 (Sacred Bones)
48. Alestorm – No Grave But the Sea (Napalm)
47. Rebecca Hennessy’s Fog Brass Band* – Two Calls (Self-Released)
46. Forbidden Dimension** – It’s a Morbid, Morbid, Morbid World! (Self-Released)
45. Joerg Kaufmann, Johannes Welsch – Now & Zen (Sonic Flame)
44. A Winged Victory For The Sullen – Iris (Erased Tapes)
43. PremRock, Fresh Kils* – Leave in Tact (Urbnet)
42. White Poppy* – The Pink Haze of Love (Lone Hand)
41. Child Actress** – Milking a Dead Cow (Wyatt)
40. Robbie Bankes** – Foothills (Self-Released)
39. The Garrys* – Warm Buds (SACS)
38. Evaporators* – Ogopogo Punk (Mint Records)
37. AM Static** – Rise & Shine (Self-Released)
36. Cherry Glazerr – Apocaplipstick (Secretly Canadian)
35. Faith Healer* – Try (Mint)
34. Jean-Willy Kunz, Andre Moisan, Hélène Lemay, Frédéric Alarie & Paul Picard* – Impressions (ATMAClassique)
33. Do Make Say Think* – Stubborn Persistent Illusions (Constellation)
32. Jessica Moss* – Pools of Light (Constellation)
31. Jean-Michel Blais, CFCF* – Cascades (Arts & Crafts)
30. Woodhawk** – Beyond the Sun (Self-Released)
29. Bonobo – Migration (Ninja Tune)
28. Gordon Grdina, Francois Houle, Kenton Loewen, Benoit Delbecq* – Ghost Lights (Songlines)
27. Velvet Glacier, Hazy Montagne Mystique* – Le Retour des Rois (Jeunesse Cosmique)
26. Daniel Romano* – Modern Pressure (You’ve Changed / New West)
25. Cindy Lee* – Malenkost (W.25TH)
24. Century Palm* – Meet You (Deranged Records)
23. She-Devils – She-Devils (Secretly Canadian)
22. Courtneys* – The Courtneys II (Flying Nun Records)
21. Aphni** – Tabrecn (Beer on the Rug)
20. Various** – DRAFT: Live Sessions From CJSW 90.9 FM (CJSW 90.9 FM)
19. Audrey Ochoa Trio* – After Thought (Chronograph Records)
18. Kline** – Eastern Capital (Modern Math)
17. Timber Timbre* – Sincerely, Future Pollution (City Slang)
16. Godspeed You! Black Emperor* – Luciferian Towers (Constellation Records)
15. Alvvays* – Antisocialites (Polyvinyl)
14. Aidan Baker, Claire Bentnall* – Delirious Things (Pleasance Records / Gizeh)
13. Xandria – Theater of Dimensions (Napalm)
12. Crystal Eyes** – The Female Imagination (Sweetie Pie Records)
11. Chad VanGaalen** – Light Information (Flemish Eye)
10. Godfrey & Tod** – Godfrey & Tod (Self-Released)
9. Sufjan Stevens, Bryce Dessner, Nico Muhly, James McAlister – Planetarium (4AD)
8. Eric Mingus, David Amram, Larry Simon, Groove Bacteria – Langston Hughes – The Dream Keeper (Mode/Avant)
7. Kid Koala* – Music To Draw To: Satellite (Arts & Crafts)
6. The Shiverettes** – Dead Men Can’t Cat Call (Transistor 66)
5. Avec le Soleil Sortant de sa Bouche* – Pas Pire Pop, I Love You So Much (Constellation)
4. Dream Whip** – Dream Whip (Self-Released)
3. Valiska** – On Pause (Trouble in Utopia)
2. Napalmpom** – The Core Competencies of Napalmpom (Teenage Rampage Records)
1. Ghostkeeper** – Sheer Blouse Buffalo Knocks (Self-Released)