15 January 2020

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2020 New Music Now –  Indie Rock ‘n’ Folk.

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Hinds by Erik Tanner

1. Hinds – Riding Solo
2. Black Leather Jacket – Village People
3. Wolf Parade – Julia Take Your Man Home
4. Vampire Weekend (ft Danielle Haim) – We Belong Together
5. J.S. Ondara – American Dream
6. Rob Drabkin – Two Left Feet (The Way You Move)
7. Baron.E – Danser dans le noir
8. Karina Vismara – No Se Deja Conquistar
9. Emmrose – Hopeless Romantics
10. Ashley Ann McMillen (ft Mary Bragg) – Little Bitty Ring
11. Andy Shauf – Things I Do
12. Jack Peñate – Murder
13. Bombay Bicycle Club – I Can Hardly Speak
14. Videoclub – What Are You So Afraid Of
15. Circa Waves – Jacqueline
16. Beatific – Perpetual Contemplation of an Infinite Glory
17. Mighty Oaks – Forget Tomorrow
18. Zach Heckendorf – Lust & Wonder
19. Reuben And The Dark (ft AG) – Hold Your Head High
20. William Prince – Always Have What We Had
21. Emily Afton – Lonestar
22. Sons of The East – Come Away (Unplugged)
23. Artists for Peace and Justice – Under the Supermoon
24. CoCo Zandi (ft Wild Child) – Angel
25. The Mowgli’s – Wasting Time
26. Cornershop – No Rock: Save in Roll

 also on The Workout Mix of New Indie Rock & Folk playlist (as of the publication of this chart)

  also appears on the Sweet Summer Mellow Playlist

  also appears on The 2020 Top Summer Party Tunes Playlist

 also appears on the Protest! playlist.

1 January 2020

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2020 New Music Now –  Indie Rock ‘n’ Folk.

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Nahko And Medicine for the People (from Instagram)

1. Nahko and Medicine for the People – Slow Down
2. Trampled by Turtles – Ooh La La
3. Vampire Weekend (ft Danielle Haim) – Married in a Gold Rush
4. The Dandy Warhols – Sins are Forgiven
5. Black Pumas – Old Man
6. Dylan LeBlanc – Renegade
7. Joshua Hyslop – Behind the Light
8. Donovan Woods – While All the While
9. Jenn Grant (ft Mary Bragg) – The Party
10. Sudan Archives – Glorious
11. Sans Chateaux – Messengers
12. Wild Rivers – Thinking ‘Bout Love
13. Mighty Oaks – Lost Again
14. Peter Bjorn and John – Reason to be Reasonable
15. Hey Hey My My – Plastic Life
16. Alberta Cross – Something Real to Defend
17. Big Little Lions – Here We Go Again
18. Overcoats (Joey Pecoraro remix) – The Fool
19. Said The Whale – Level Best – For Bedtime
20. Bombay Bicycle Club – Racing Stripes
21. Dan Edmonds – Softie
22. Half Moon Run – Natural Disaster
23. Sons of The East – You Ain’t Going Nowhere
24. Jamestown Revival – This Too Shall Pass
25. Son Little – hey rose
26. City and Colour – Living in Lightning
27. SONTALK – I am a War Machine (Acoustic)
28. Washington – American Spirit
29. E^ST – FLIGHT PATH

 also on The Workout Mix of New Indie Rock & Folk playlist (as of the publication of this chart)

  also appears on the Sweet Summer Mellow Playlist

  also appears on The 2020 Top Summer Party Tunes Playlist

 also appears on the Protest! playlist.

Top 125 Picks of 2019

Top: The Strumbellas (from Facebook); Taylor Janzen (by Callie Lugosi); Vampire Weekend (by Tom Oxley); Wintersleep (from Facebook). Middle: Khruangbin (by Pooneh Ghan) with Leon Bridges (by Sam Wilson); Tariq (from Creative BC); Sorrey (by Paul Atwood); Twin Shadow (by Milan Zrnic). Bottom: Louise Burns (from The Vancouver Sun); Our Native Daughters (by Daniel Mendoza).

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1. The Strumbellas – Running Scared (Desert Song)

2. Taylor Janzen – Dennis Quaid
3. Vampire Weekend – Harmony Hall
4. Wintersleep – Never Let You Go
5. Khruangbin (ft Leon Bridges) – Texas Sun
6. Tariq – First Draft
7. Sorrey – Talking to Them
8. Twin Shadow – Broken Horses
9. Louise Burns – Just Walk Away
10. Our Native Daughters  – Quasheba, Quasheba
11. The Small Glories – Oh My Love
12. Jim Bryson – Better on Drugs
13. Jenn Grant – Keep a Light On
14. Valerie June – Cosmic Dancer
15. Wintersleep – Into the Shape of Your Heart
16. Maggie Rogers – Burning
17. Milk & Bone (ft Alex Lustig) – Peaches
18. Post Malone – Circles
19. Gary Clark Jr. – Gotta Get into Something
20. Reuben and The Dark – Hold Me Like a Fire
21. Josh Ritter – Blazing Highway Home
22. Garrett Kato – Distant Land
23. Justin Rutledge – Passages
24. John Mayer – I Guess I Just Feel Like
25. Canyon City – The Boys of Summer
26. Lanikai – Wild Indigo
27. Bad Flamingo – Howlin at the Moon
28. Sturgill Simpson – Mercury in Retrograde
29. Leeroy Stagger – Strange Attractor
30. Liam Gallagher – Now That I’ve Found You
31. Vampire Weekend – This Life
32. Tariq – Walking Dead
33. Lucette – Angel
34. Lily & Madeleine – Can’t Help the Way I Feel
35. Deidre & the Dark – Bad Day
36. Florence + The Machine – Moderation
37. Metric – Risk
38. The Black Keys – Lo/Hi
39. Jason Camp and The Posers – Gotta Get Back to Haida Gwaii (Ambitious Paddle)
40. Matt Mays – Let There Be Love (acoustic)
41. Wild the Coyote – The Scarecrow
42. Harlequin Gold – Want You More
43. The Black Fever – Marketing
44. Sudan Archives – Limitless
45. Arlo Parks – Sophie
46. Louise Burns – Cheers
47. Caveboy – Silk for Gold
48. Jake Bugg – Kiss Like the Sun
49. Sans Chateaux – Above a Shoe Store Furled the Sails
50. Big Little Lions – The Outside
51. The Strumbellas – The Party
52. Lindi Ortega – Gracias a la Vida
53. Maneli Jamal – Toward Dusk
54. Noah Cyrus (ft Leon Bridges) – July
55. New Wales – Winnipeg
56. The Sunset Kids – Volcano
57. Half Moon Run – Flesh and Blood
58. Harlequin Gold – I Was Your GirlK.
59. K.Flay – This Baby Don’t Cry
60. Elisapie – Arnaq
61. Jain – Gloria
62. Tom Odell – Summer Day
63. Murray A. Lightburn – Changed My Ways
64. Tariq – Coquihalla
65. Lee Harvey Osmond – Forty Light Years
66. Hawksley Workman – Battlefords
67. Todd Hunter Band – Take It Slow
68. Lady Clementine’s Fantastic Party – East Coast
69. Fruit Bats – Humbug Mountain Song
70. The Brazen Youth – Contemplation, Twilight
71. Wintersleep – Beneficiary
72. Boy & Bear – Hold Your Nerve
73. Cage the Elephant – Ready to Let Go
74. girl in red – bad idea!
75. Aquakultre – I Doubt It
76. A Tribe Called Red (ft El Dusty, Black Bear) – Tanokumbia
77. Elisapie – The Ballad of the Runaway Girl
78. Louise Burns – Cry
79. Deidre & the Dark – Bad Day
80. Rose Cousins (ft Christof van der Ven) – I Would Die 4 U
81. Lanikai – Where Do You Go
82. X Ambassadors – BOOM
83. girl in red – we fell in love in october
84. Broken Social Scene – All I Want
85. Joy Williams – When Does a Heart Move On
86. Cage the Elephant – House of Glass
87. Wintersleep – Forest Fire
88. Madison Violet – Second Hand Fiction
89. Twin Shadow – Truly
90. Black Pumas – Fire
91. Matt Andersen – Been My Last
92. Ocie Elliott – Mingle in Pine
93. Jon Batiste – Don’t Stop
94. Les Trois Accords – Ouvre tes yeux Simon!
95. Mo Kenney – Ahead of Myself
96. Sons of The East – It Must Be Luck
97. Anderson .Paak (ft Smokey Robinson) – Make It Better
98. Better Oblivion Community Center (Phoebe Bridgers, Conor Oberst) – Little Trouble
99. Riit – qaumajuapik
100. Partner – Les ailes d’un ange
101. Palehound – Killer
102. Shovels & Rope – Mississippi Nuthin’
103. Jon and Roy – Headstrong
104. ABAKOS – Run
105. Caamp – Wolf Song
106. City and Colour – Astronaut
107. Tanika Charles – Tell Me Something
108. Milo Greene – Worth the Wait – Acoustic
109. Navet Confit (ft Carl-Éric Hudon) – nous sommes tous de jeunes professionnels maintenant
110. City and Colour – Strangers
111. The Black Keys – Walk Across the Water
112. K.Flay – Not In California
113. Gary Clark Jr. – When I’m Gone
114. The Stanfields – Rules Have All the Fun
115. Leon Bridges – That Was Yesterday
116. Tegan and Sara – I’ll Be Back Someday
117. The Regrettes – Has It Hit You?
118. Lily Kershaw (ft Jon Bryant) – The Sea
119. Sorrey – Flash
120. The Blue Stones – Shakin’ Off the Rust
121. Hey Major – Flying Freak Flags
122. Michael Kiwanuka – Hero
123. Norah Jones (with Mavis Staples) – I’ll Be Gone
124. Sorrey – Full Bloom
125. Aldous Harding – The Barrel

15 December 2019

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Khruangbin by Pooneh Ghan and Leon Bridges by Sam Wilson

1. Khruangbin (ft Leon Bridges) – Texas Sun
2. Lindi Ortega – Gracias a la Vida
3. Maneli Jamal – Toward Dusk
4. The Strumbellas – The Party
5. Basia Bulat – Your Girl
6. Sarah Harmer – New Low
7. Best Coast – For the First Time
8. Nahko And Medicine for the People – Lifeguard
9. William Prince – The Spark
10. KAYTRANADA (ft Charlotte Day Wilson) – What You Need
11. Alex Ebert – Stronger
12. Parekh & Singh – Drum Machine
13. Jenn Grant – Raven (Acoustic)
14. Megan Bonnell – Breakup
15. Caveboy – Landslide
16. Metric (ft Sergio Acosta, Rodrigo Guardiola, Sanchez Dub, Capri) – Common Lives
17. Alanis Morissette – Reasons I Drink
18. Beach Bunny – Ms. California
19. Dylan LeBlanc – Unanswered Questions
20. Susto – If I Was
21. Sarah Jane Scouten – Crossing the Bar
22. The Staves – Nothing’s Gonna Happen
23. Morningsiders – To Seattle
24. The Flaming Lips & Deap Vally (aka Deap Lips) – Hope Hell High
25. King Charles – Deeper Love
26. Jane’s Party – Satellite
27. Peter Bjorn and John – Idiosyncrasy
28. Tame Impala – Posthumous Forgiveness

 also on The Workout Mix of New Indie Rock & Folk playlist (as of the publication of this chart)

  also appears on the Sweet Summer Mellow Playlist

  also appears on The 2019 Top Summer Party Tunes Playlist

 also appears on the Protest! playlist.

1 December 2019

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Sans Chateaux by Meredith Thorina Juliana

1. Sans Chateaux – Above a Shoe Store Furled the Sails
2. Big Little Lions – The Outside
3. Noah Cyrus (ft Leon Bridges) – July
4. Bombay Bicycle Club – Everything Else has Gone Wrong
5. New Wales – Winnipeg
6. Regina Spektor – One Little Soldier
7. Valerie June – Little Wing
8. Louise Burns – Sky (Every Album Needs a Ballad)
9. Norah Jones (with Tarriona “Tank” Ball) – Playing Along
10. Jason Camp and The Posers – Gotta Get Back to Haida Gwaii (Ambitious Paddle)
11. Sera Cahoone (ft Tomo Nakayama) – Crows
12. The Shins – Waimanalo (Fug Yep)
13. Michael Franti & Spearhead – This World is so Fucked up (But I Ain’t Ever Giving up on It)
14. Maggie Rogers – Love You for a Long Time
15. Aspen Jacobsen – Don’t Go
16. Daisy the Great – I’m Fine
17. Courtney Love – Mother
18. Arlo Parks – Paperbacks
19. The Ballroom Thieves (ft Darlingside) – Unlovely
20. The Handsome Family – Capitol City
21. The Franklin Electric – Trouble
22. Caamp – By and By
23. Bear’s Den – Only Son of the Falling Snow
24. Dustbowl Revival – Mirror
25. pâle regard – Appel d’air
26. The Gerry Hatricks – Together We’ll Land
27. Brunettes Shoot Blondes – Houston
28. Joshua Hyslop – Something More
29. Matt the Electrician – Thank You
30. The End of America – He was a friend of mine
31. Blanco White – Papillon
32. Devendra Banhart – Is this Nice?
33. Fruit Bats – The Bottom of It
34. Coast Modern – Puppy Llama

 also on The Workout Mix of New Indie Rock & Folk playlist (as of the publication of this chart)

  also appears on the Sweet Summer Mellow Playlist

  also appears on The 2019 Top Summer Party Tunes Playlist

 also appears on the Protest! playlist.

15 November 2019

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Matt Mays (from Facebook)

1. Matt Mays – Let There Be Love (acoustic)
2. Jake Bugg – Kiss Like the Sun
3. Louise Burns – Cry
4. Arlo Parks – Sophie
5. Michael Kiwanuka – Solid Ground
6. Winston Surfshirt – Since I Saw You There
7. Fat Freddy’s Drop – Special Edition
8. Neon Indian – Toyota Man
9. Bonnie Prince” Billy” – Squid Eye
10. The Divine Comedy – Queuejumper
11. of Montreal – Peace to All Freaks
12. Half Moon Run – Jello on My Mind
13. Milky Chance – Oh Mama
14. Neon Trees – Used to Like
15. Beck – Everlasting Nothing
16. Kito (with Empress Of) – Wild Girl
17. Patrick Watson – The Wave
18. Caveboy – Silk for Gold
19. Alexis Neon – Understand You
20. Soda Blonde – The New Lovers Dance
21. Tennis – Runner
22. Skip Marley (with H.E.R.) – Slow Down
23. Rufus Wainwright – Trouble in Paradise
24. AWOLNATION – The Best
25. Twenty One Pilots – The Hype

 also on The Workout Mix of New Indie Rock & Folk playlist (as of the publication of this chart)

  also appears on the Sweet Summer Mellow Playlist

  also appears on The 2019 Top Summer Party Tunes Playlist

 also appears on the Protest! playlist.

1 November 2019

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Sudan Archives (by Kristyna Archer)

1. Sudan Archives – Limitless
2. Louise Burns – Cheers
3. The Muffs – A Lovely Day Boo Hoo
4. The Sunset Kids – Volcano
5. Michael Kiwanuka – Piano Joint (This Kind of Love)
6. J.B. Boone – The World Shrinker
7. Run River North – Monsters
8. The Dead South – Diamond Ring
9. Jenn Grant – Boys of Summer
10. Mumford & Sons – Blind Leading the Blind
11. Patrick Watson – Here Comes the River
12. Caribou – Home
13. The Milk Carton Kids – I Meant Every Word I Said
14. Coldplay – Orphans
15. Half Moon Run – Favourite Boy
16. The Franklin Electric – Anything for Love
17. Holy Ghost! – Anxious
18. Reuben and The Dark – dancer
19. Harrison Storm – You & I
20. Vancouver Sleep Clinic – Yosemite
21. Port Cities – Sorry
22. The East Pointers – Elmira
23. Caroline Polachek – So Hot You’re Hurting My Feelings
24. Anna of the North – My Love
25. Broken Bells – Good Luck
26. Andrew Combs – Stars of Longing
27. Hawksley Workman – Around Here
28. Amason – Marry Me Just for Fun
29. BANNERS (ft Young Bombs) – Where the Shadow Ends

 also on The Workout Mix of New Indie Rock & Folk playlist (as of the publication of this chart)

  also appears on the Sweet Summer Mellow Playlist

  also appears on The 2019 Top Summer Party Tunes Playlist

 also appears on the Protest! playlist.