Best of 2020 [Top 10 Canadian + Non-Canadian Albums]

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2020, Album, Albums, alternative, artist, Backxwash, Basia Bulat, Best Of, Best of 2020, Canada, Caribou, CHUO FM, Cindy Lee, Dance, electronica, Empress Of, Experimental, Fiona Apple, folk, Hiroki Tanaka, indie, Kelly Lee Owens, Moaning, Montreal, Music, Music Video, Musician, Musicians, Ottawa, Pantayo, Peel Dream Magazine, Perfume Genius, Phoebe Bridgers, pop, punk, Radio, Rock, Sault, Sea Oleena, singer, The Avalanches, Tops, Toronto, U.S. Girls, UK, USA, Vancouver, Yaeji, Zoon

It is the time that I reveal the Top 10 Canadian and Non-Canadian albums in radio/podcast form!
Here is the Best of 2020 Edition of No Filter – Home Edition on CHUO 89.1 FM.
Giving props to Hiroki Tanaka and Pantayo to be in the Top 10 since 2020 has seen a lot of Asian acts releasing stellar albums.
Cindy Lee’s What’s Tonight To Eternity caught my ears and it is a mix of haunting and retro pop music.
Decided to pick U.S. Girls as the best Canadian album is because the album resonated with me and I loved hear the reworkings of three old songs.
Very last minute to add The Avalanches in the Top 10 but it was one those concept albums that is long forgotten in recent years.
Decided to pick Sault’s two albums as the best Non-Canadian because it is a powerful album that helped described 2020 with the pandemic and political uprise of Black Lives Matters.
I could have put Fiona Apple as #1 but Sault stood out the most.
Hope you enjoyed the Top 10 list of 2020.
Let’s make 2021 a better year!
See you next year!

No Filter – October 5, 2020

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2020, alternative, Area Resident, band, Bartees Strange, Born Ruffians, Canada, CHUO FM, Cindy Lee, Coeur de pirate, Dance, Deep Sea Diver, electronica, Emmy The Great, Fleet Foxes, folk, Gianna Lauren, Group, Gulfer, Hannah Georgas, indie, Jónsi, Kiwi Jr., Luka Kuplowsky, Maybe Babs, Mike Edel, Music, Music Video, Musicians, Odario, Ottawa, Partner, Plants and Animals, pop, Pup, Radio, Review, Robyn, Rock, Romy, Savage, Sean Nicholas, Slack Bridges, Slow Pulp, Suuns, Teenanger, The Elwins, The Flamingos Pink, UK, USA, Women

Happy October!
Have a listen to No Filter – Home Edition on CHUO 89.1 FM for October 5, 2020.

No Filter’s Top 5 Songs of the Week [April 13 – 19]

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2020, alternative, band, Canada, Cindy Lee, Dance, electronica, Evening Hymns, Felicity Williams, folk, Group, indie, Luka, Music, Music Video, Musicians, pop, punk, Rock, The Darcys, The Elwins

Here is this week’s Top 5 Songs of the week.
Due to the Covid-19 (Coronavirus) pandemic outbreak.
The Top 5 won’t be broadcast at its usual time-slot on CHUO 89.1FM but instead will be posted on here.
This week at #1 is a debut by Evening Hymns
I Can Only Be Good is taken from an upcoming album Heavy Nights which should be coming out on June 26, 2020 .
A new debut from Cindy Lee
Note: () means last week and [] means total weeks.

No Filter – March 2, 2020

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2020, A Tribe Called Red, Alex Nicol, alternative, band, Basia Bulat, Canada, Caribou, CHUO FM, Cindy Lee, Claude Munson, Dance, Disclosure, electronica, folk, Group, indie, Jarvis Cocker, Jonathan Pearce, Kikagaku Moyo, Land Of Talk, Mazzy Star, Mdou Moctar, Metz, Moaning, Music, Music Video, Musicians, Ottawa, Pantayo, Perfume Genius, Phoebe Bridgers, pop, Radio, Rock, Teke::Teke, U.S. Girls, Yumi Zouma

Have a listen to No Filter on CHUO 89.1 FM for March 2, 2020.
Shows to check out this week is Claude Munson • Alex Nicol • Jonathan Pearce at Cinqhole.
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Cindy Lee – What’s Tonight To Eternity [Review]

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2020, Album, Album Review, alternative, artist, Canada, Cindy Lee, Experimental, Music, Musician, Patrick Flegel, pop, Review, singer, Single, Toronto, What's Tonight To Eternity

Was going to post this on Valentine’s Day but I got so sidetrack.
All I have to say that this record by Cindy Lee is one of the best for 2020!
What’s Tonight To Eternity is simply beautiful and haunting at the same time.
Mixing in lo-fi guitar to the tragic wispy vocals of Pat.
It is one of those albums for getting dumped or trying to get over someone!

No Filter – February 17, 2020

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2020, Alex Nicol, alternative, Andy Shauf, band, Basia Bulat, Born Ruffians, Britney Spears, Canada, CHUO FM, Cindy Lee, Dance, Dralms, electronica, folk, Grapetooth, Greenhouse, Group, Hua Li 化力, indie, Inhaler, Interview, Kiwi Jr., Lala Lala, Låpsley, Lido Pimienta, Luna Li, Maybel, Moaning, Mushy Gushy, Music, Music Video, Musicians, New Kids on the Block, Ottawa, pop, Radio, Radiohead, Rock, Teke::Teke, Tops, U.S. Girls

Have a listen to No Filter on CHUO 89.1 FM for February 17, 2020.
Had a phone interview with Hua Li 化力 in the second hour of the show.
Reminder that she will be in Ottawa at Pressed on February 20th (My birthday)
Another show to check out this weekend is Mushy Gushy, Kiwi Jr. and Expanda Fuzz at Live on Elgin this Saturday.
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No Filter – February 10, 2020

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2020, alternative, Andy Shauf, band, Basia Bulat, Canada, Carly Rae Jepsen, CHUO FM, Cindy Lee, Dance, David Bowie, Dboy, Disq, electronica, folk, Forever, Group, indie, Jasmine Trails, Jenn Grant, Katie Gately, Lido Pimienta, Melody English, Mirabelle, Music, Music Video, Musicians, Ottawa, Paper Idol, pop, Pottery, quietype, Radio, Riches, Rock, Teke::Teke, The Homesick, Tops, U.S. Girls

Have a listen to No Filter on CHUO 89.1 FM for February 10, 2020.
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No Filter – February 3, 2020

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2020, alternative, Austra, band, Braids, Canada, Caribou, CHUO FM, Cindy Lee, Dance, electronica, folk, Ghostly Kisses, Group, indie, Interview, Isaac Vallentin, Jasmine Trails, JORDANN, Kiwi Jr. Jeremie Albino, mal/aimé, MIster Nobu, Music, Music Video, Musicians, Nobro, Odario, Ottawa, Outfielder, Peel Dream Magazine, pop, Radio, Rock, Tops, U.S. Girls, Valence

Have a listen to No Filter on CHUO 89.1 FM for February 3, 2020.
Had a phone interview with Jeremie Albino (First hour 30 minute mark) and in the studio Outfielder (Second hour 25 minute mark).
Shows to check out this week and beyond:
Jeremie Albino and Dave Monks at Club Saw
Jasmine Trails, Isaac Vallentin and mal/aimé at Club Saw
Ghostly Kisses, Valence and JORDANN at Minotaure
Mushy Gushy, kiwi jr. and Expanda Fuzz at Live on Elgin

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No Filter’s Top 5 Songs of the Week [Feb 3 – 9]

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2020, alternative, band, Braids, Canada, Caribou, Cindy Lee, Dance, electronica, folk, Group, indie, Music, Music Video, Musicians, Nobro, pop, punk, Rock, Tops

Here is this week’s Top 5 Songs of the week.
Don’t forget to tune in every Mondays at 4pm on CHUO 89.1FM
This week at #1 for the second week is Montreal’s TOPS!
I Feel Alive is taken from the album of the same name dropping on April 3rd, 202
Debuts from Caribou and Braids.
Note: () means last week and [] means total weeks.

No Filter – January 27, 2020

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2020, Acapulco Gold, Alexandra Savior, alternative, Andy Shauf, band, Beyonce, Bombay Bicycle Club, Canada, CHUO FM, Cindy Lee, Dan Deacon, Dan Edmonds, Dance, Destiny's Child, Devon Gilfillian, Diet Cig, electronica, folk, Group, Heaps, India Yeshe Gailey, indie, Japan Man, Jaunt, Joel Plaskett, Khruangbin, Kobe Bryant, Leon Bridges, Loving, Material Girls, Music, Music Video, Musicians, mxmtoon, Nap Eyes, Nobro, Ottawa, Peel Dream Magazine, pop, Radio, Rock, Rosalìa, Sports Boyfriend, TANDM, Tops, U.S. Girls, Whoop-Szo

Have a listen to No Filter on CHUO 89.1 FM for January 27, 2020.
Shows to check out this week and beyond:
Jaunt with Dan Edmonds at Pressed
WHOOP-Szo / No Mistakes in Space / Zoon at Pressed
Material Girls (ATL) + Siberian Breaks at Cinqhole
Peel Dream Magazine (NYC) / Acapulco Gold / Fire Antlers at Cinqhole
Chrissy, Freaky Boos, India Yeshe Gailey and (dj) Pink Veil at Cinqhole
Joel Plaskett at the NAC Theatre

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