Non-Canadian Albums of the Decade: 2010 – 2019

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2019, A Sunny Day in Glasgow, Adele, alternative, AlunaGeorge, Amen Dunes, Angel Olsen, band, Beach House, Beyonce, Björk, Bon Iver, Cate Le Bon, Cloud Nothings, Dance, Dirty Projectors, Disclosure, electronica, Europe, Fiona Apple, FKA twigs, Fleet Foxes, folk, Gil Scott-Heron, Group, Hip-Hop, indie, James Blake, Jamie xx, Japanese Breakfast, Justin Timberlake, Kanye West, Kelly Lee Owens, Kendrick Lamar, Lana Del Rey, LCD Soundsystem, Let's Eat Grandma, Lykke Li, M83, Mitski, Mount Eerie, Music, Musicians, Parquet Courts, Perfect Pussy, Perfume Genius, pop, punk, Radiohead, Robyn, Rock, SLeigh Bells, Slowdive, Solange, Spotify, Sufjan Stevens, Superorganism, Tame Impala, Taylor Swift, The National, The War on Drugs, The XX, Thom Yorke, Tune-Yards, UK, USA, Vampire Weekend, Wild Nothings

As previously posted.
Here are my favourite Non-Canadian albums that came out from 2010 – 2019.
Hope you enjoy this list.

1. Jamie xx – In Colour
2. Beach House – Bloom
3. Radiohead – A Moon Shaped Pool
4. Björk – Vulnicura
5. Taylor Swift – 1989
6. Robyn – Body Talk
7. The xx – I See You
8. TuNe-YaRdS – whokill
9. Vampire Weekend – Modern Vampires of the City
10. The National – High Violet

11. Adele – 21
12. Japanese Breakfast – Psychopomp
13. Tame Impala – Lonerism
14. Thom Yorke – Amina
15. LCD Soundsystem – Is This Happening
16. Gil Scott-Heron – We’re New Here
17. Lykke Li – I Never Learn
18. Sleigh Bells – Treats
19. Fiona Apple – The Idler Wheel Is Wiser Than the Driver of the Screw and Whipping Cords Will Serve You More Than Ropes Will Ever Do
20. Fleet Foxes – Helplessness Blues

21. Kanye West – My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy
22. Bon Iver – Bon Iver
23. Mitski – Puberty 2
24. Superorganism – Superorganism
25. Sufjan Stevens – Carrie & Lowell
26. Lana Del Rey – Born to Die
27. James Blake – James Blake
28. Cloud Nothings – Attack on Memory
29. M83 – Hurry Up, We’re Dreaming
30. The War on Drugs – Lost in the Dream

31. Disclosure – Settle
32. Justin Timberlake – 20/20 Experience
33. FKA twigs – LP1
34. Beyoncé – Lemonade
35. Dirty Projectors – Swing Lo Magellan
36. Angel Olsen – My Woman
37. Perfume Genius – No Shape
38. Mount Eerie – A Crow Looked at Me
39. Solange – A Seat at the Table
40. Let’s Eat Grandma – I’m All Ears

41. AlunaGeorge – Body Music
42. Wild Nothings – Nocturne
43. Kelly Lee Owens – Kelly Lee Owen
44. Perfect Pussy – Say Yes To Love
45. A Sunny Day in Glasgow – Sea When Absent
46. Slowdive – Slowdive
47. Cate Le Bon – Mug Museum
48. Amen Dunes – Freedom
49. Parquet Courts – Human Performance
50. Kendrick Lamar – Damn

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If I have missed some, you can leave a comment on the bottom.

No Filter – March 26, 2018

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2018, alternative, band, Beach House, Bernice, Björk, Bonjay, Cadence Weapon, Canada, CHUO FM, Dance, Dizzy, electronica, Erica Eso, Experimental, Future States, Group, hatis noit, indie, Interview, Jaunt, Kelly Lee Owens, Look Vibrant, Music, Music Video, Musicians, Ottawa, Peach Kelli Pop, pop, Preoccupations, punk, Radio, Rich Aucoin, Rock, Sarah Bradley, Spill Gold, Suuns, The Avulsions, Too Many Zooz, UK, USA, Wokewave, Yamanataka // Sonic Titan

Here is the March 26th edition of No Filter on CHUO 89.1 FM.
Had a phone interview with Cadence Weapon to talk about the show on March 29th at the 27 Club with Too Many Zooz and the album.
The interview is in the first hour around the 45 minute mark after the song My Crew (Wooo).

HOUR ONE:

HOUR TWO:

PLAYLIST:
Bernice – Don’t Wanna Be European
Erica Eso – Love-Gun
Sarah Bradley – I Chose Mine
Spill Gold – Seven’s March
Too Many Zooz – Subway Gawdz
hatis noit – Illogical Lullaby (Matmos Edit)
Björk – Arisen My Senses (Kelly Lee Owens Remix)
Cadence Weapon – Five Roses feat Blue Hawaii / My Crew (Wooo) / High Rise
Peach Kelli Pop – Crooked and Crazy
Top 5 Songs Of the Week
Postdata – Evil
Preoccupations – Disarray

The Avulsions – Mars
Dizzy – Pretty Thing
Look Vibrant – Last One to Survive
YAMANTAKA//SONIC TITAN – Dirt
Wokewave – Prenicium Uncompetent
Suuns – Make It Real

No Filter – January 1, 2018

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2017, 2018, alternative, Alvvays, band, Best Of, Best of 2017, Björk, Blue Hawaii, Bonnie Doon, Boyhood, Canada, Century Palm, Chad VanGaalen, Dance, electronica, Europe, Experimental, folk, Gorillaz, Group, Her Harbour, Homeshake, indie, Japanese Breakfast, Jay Som, Kelly Lee Owens, Land Of Talk, LCD Soundsystem, Leif Vollebekk, Mount Eerie, Mozart's Sister, Music, Music Video, Musicians, New Swears, Ottawa, Partner, Photay, pop, punk, Rock, Said The Whale, Telecomo, The Luyas, The National, The XX, Tops, UK, USA, You'll Never Get To Heaven

January 1, 2018 edition of No Filter on CHUO 89.1 FM.
Counting down the Top 17 Canadian Albums of 2017.
Also the Top 10 Non-Canadian Albums of 2017.
Had James from The Mixtape Session to join in and have a chat about the albums.

Have a listen to the show

HOUR ONE:

HOUR TWO:

Top 17 Canadian Albums of 2017

1. Said The Whale – Miscarriage from As Long As Your Eyes Are Wide
2. Leif Vollebekk – All Night Sedans from Twin Solitude
3. Land Of Talk – Heartcore from Life After Youth
4. Mozart’s Sister – Moment 2 Moment from Field of Love
5. The Luyas – Self-Unemployed from Human Voicing
6. Telecomo – Long Gone from For Sale
7. Blue Hawaii – Versus Game from Tenderness
8. Homeshake – Not U from Fresh Air
9. Partner – Hey Partner Here / Comfort Zone from In Search of Lost Time
10. New Swears – Dance with the Devil from And the Magic of Horses
11. Century Palm – King of John Street from Meet You
12. Her Harbour – Momento Mori from Go Gently Into the Night
13. Bonnie Doon – Panty Twister from Dooner Nooner
14. You’ll Never Get To Heaven – Exquisite Tension from Images
15. Chad VanGaalen – Pine and Clover from Light Information
16. Tops – Further from Sugar at the Gates
17. Alvvays – Dreams Tonite from Antisocialites

Top 10 Non-Canadian Albums of 2017

1. Jay Som – 1 Billion Dogs from Everybody Works
2. Gorillaz – Andromeda (feat. DRAM) from Humanz
3. Kelly Lee Owens – Throwing Lines from self-titled
4. The National – Turtleneck from Sleep Well Beast
5. LCD Soundsystem – call the police from american dream
6. Bjork – Claimstaker from Utopia

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7. Mount Eerie – Real Death from A Crow Looked at Me
8. Photay – Outré Lux (feat. Madison McFerrin) from Onism
9. Japanese Breakfast – Boyish from Soft Sounds from Another Planet
10. The xx – I Dare You from I See You

Boyhood – Drivin’ [#1 Canadian Singles of 2017]

No Filter’s Top 5 Songs of the Week [Nov 20 – 26]

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2017, alternative, band, Canada, Charlotte Day Wilson, Dance, electronica, folk, Group, indie, Jaunt, Kelly Lee Owens, Music, Music Chart, Music Video, Musicians, Ottawa, Patrick Watson, pop, Rock, Young Galaxy

Here are this week’s Top 5 Songs of the week.
Don’t forget to tune in every Monday at 4pm on CHUO 89.1FM
This week at #1 is the new single from Charlotte Day Wilson.
New debut from Patrick Watson.
Note: () means last week and [] means total weeks.

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

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2017, alternative, band, Born Ruffians, Canada, Dance, electronica, folk, Group, indie, Jaunt, Kelly Lee Owens, Music, Music Chart, Music Video, Musicians, Ottawa, pop, Rock, Tune-Yards, Young Galaxy

Here are this week’s Top 5 Songs of the week.
Don’t forget to tune in every Monday at 4pm on CHUO 89.1FM
This week at #1 for the second week is Young Galaxy
New debuts from Tune-Yards and Kelly Lee Owens.
Note: () means last week and [] means total weeks.

Kelly Lee Owens covers Aaliyah’s More Than A Woman!

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2017, Aaliyah, artist, British, Cover, Dance, electronica, England, Kelly Lee Owens, London, More Than a Woman, Music, Musician, singer, Single, UK

Photo by Jason Williamson

One of my favorite albums of 2017.
Kelly Lee Owens has something up her sleeves before the year ends.
Today she releases a cover of Aaliyah’s “More Than A Woman” and a remix of her cover, available to stream today and for purchase digitally and on limited edition 12” on December 8th. In addition to the new 12″, Smalltown Supersound will also be releasing a deluxe edition of Kelly’s debut album, featuring brand new tracks, due out on 24th November 2017.
While I say it is a no-no to cover Aaliyah (God bless her soul!).
This is a cool laid back electro-dance pop version of the track!

Best of 2017 Songs (So Far)

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(Sandy) Alex G, 2017, Agent Blå, alternative, Austra, band, Best of 2017, Bill Plaskett, Bonnie Doon, Boyhood, Broken Social Scene, Cadence Weapon, Canada, Century Palm, CFCF, Charly Bliss, Colin Stetson, Dance, Diet Cig, Dirty Projectors, electronica, Experimental, Feist, Fleet Foxes, folk, Girlpool, Gorillaz, Group, HOAN, Hollerado, Homeshake, indie, Japandroids, Jay Som, Jean-Michel Blais, Jenn Grant, Joel Plaskett, Jon McKiel, Kelly Lee Owens, Kid Koala, Land Of Talk, LCD Soundsystem, Leif Vollebekk, Lydia Ainsworth, Mac DeMarco, Mount Eerie, Mouse on the Keys, Mozart's Sister, Music, Music Video, Musicians, Nathan Fake, New Swears, Ottawa, Partner, Peeling, Perfume Genius, pop, Prairie Cat, punk, Rock, Slowdive, The Luyas, The Rural Alberta Advantage, The XX, Tim Darcy, Timber Timbre, Tops, UK, USA, You'll Never Get To Heaven

Cross posted from here.
2017 is going very fast and June being the halfway mark of the year.
So why not compile what are my list of best songs of 2017 so far.
Most are compiled from my radio show No Filter where I do the Top 5 Songs of the Week.
Hope you enjoy this list.

Kelly Lee Owens – Kelly Lee Owens [Review]

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2017, Album, Album Review, artist, British, Dance, electronica, Jenny Hval, Kelly Lee Owens, London, Music, Music Video, Musician, pop, Review, singer, UK

While trying to find whatever music to play on my radio show.
I accidentally found this artist on this site and when I listened to this album.
I was blown away by the music!
This is the British artist Kelly Lee Owens with her self-titled debut album.
Heare is the details:
“An album that bridges the gaps between cavernous techno, spectral pop, and krautrock’s mechanical pulse, the 27­ year ­old Londoner has made a debut album brimming with exploratory wonder, establishing a personal aesthetic that is as beguiling as it is thrillingly familiar.”
With the popularity of EDM from the likes of The xx, Austra and Grimes.
This album is a mix of dreamy electronic sounds to hard-pulse electronic dance beats.
The standout track is Anxi which features Jenny Hval.
I call her the British version of Jessy Lanza, Caribou, Blue Hawaii and Austra mixed into one!
This one of the surprising albums to check out in 2017!

Best tracks:

• S.O
• Anxi feat. Jenny Hval
• Lucid
• Evolution
• Throwing Lines
• Keep Walking

I’d give this album:
/10