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 – December 14, 2020

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2020, alternative, band, Bernice, Burial, Canada, Casper Skulls, Cecile Believe, CHUO FM, CLYPSO, Dance, Dawn to Dawn, Edwin Raphael, electronica, Elori Saxi, 박혜진 Park Hye Jin, folk, Four Tet, Georgia, Group, indie, James Blake, Jamie xx, Joy Division, Kate Bush, Kelly Finnigan, Kelly Lee Owens, Kid Cudi, Michael Feuerstack, Music, Music Video, Musicians, Neneh Cherry, Nick Schofield, Nosaj Thing, Ottawa, Peeling, Phoebe Bridgers, pop, Radio, Review, Rock, Roosevelt, S Club 7, Spice Girls, Taylor Swift, Teke::Teke, Tess Roby, The Antlers, The Avalanches, The Flying Pickets, Thom Yorke, UK, USA, Youssou N’Dour, Youtube

Have a listen to the last show of music for No Filter – Home Edition for 2020 on CHUO 89.1 FM.

Tenacious D – Time Warp [Music Video]

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2020, America, band, Eric Andre, Ezra Miller, George Takei, Group, Halloween, Ilana Glazer, Jamie Lee Curtis, Jeff Black, John Heilemann, John Waters, Karen O, King Princess, Mayor Pete Buttigieg, Michael Peña, Music, Musicians, Peaches, Phoebe Bridgers, Reggie Watts, Sarah Silverman, Senator Elizabeth Warren, Susan Sarandon, Time Warp, USA

In time for Halloween and the USA Election to “Rock-y the Vote”.
Tenacious D dropped the music video with their cover of Time Warp from Rocky Horror Picture Show.
Watch and dance to the Time Warp.

No Filter – June 22, 2020

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2020, Advertisement, alternative, band, Braids, Canada, CHUO FM, Dance, Dream Wife, electronica, Elisapie, Evening Hymns, Fast Romantics, folk, Group, Gum Country, Hannah Georgas, indie, Jónsi, Jockstrap, Julianna Barwick, Kathleen Edwards, Khruangbin, Music, Music Video, Musicians, New Bleach, New Fries, No Joy, Ottawa, Phoebe Bridgers, Plants and Animals, pop, Radio, Rock, Sault, Scratch, Shred Kelly, Thanya Iyer, The Streets, UK, Untitled (Black Is), USA, Video Age, Zoon

Have a listen to No Filter – Home Edition on CHUO 89.1 FM for June 22, 2020.

No Filter – May 25, 2020

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2020, Aidan Knight, alternative, Among Authors, band, Canada, Carly Rae Jepsen, CHUO FM, Dance, Disclosure, Dream Wife, electronica, Evening Hymns, 박혜진 Park Hye Jin, folk, Fonkynson, Group, HAIM, Helado Negro, indie, Jeff Rosenstock, John Jayes, Kathleen Edwards, Khruangbin, Marie-Clo, Mouse on the Keys, Music, Music Video, Musicians, Ottawa, Owen Pallett, Pacer, Phoebe Bridgers, pop, Pup, Radio, Remi Wolf, Rich Aucoin, Rock, Sharon Van Etten, singular balance, Venus Furs, Xenia Rubinos

Have a listen to No Filter – Home Edition on CHUO 89.1 FM for May 25, 2020.

No Filter – April 13, 2020

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2020, Alison Mosshart, alternative, Angel Olsen, band, Basia Bulat, Baths, Canada, Caribou, Cecile Believe, CHUO FM, Dance, Devon Williams, Eamon McGrath, electronica, Evening Hymns, folk, Georgia, girl in red, Gorillaz, Group, Hania Rani, Houses of Heaven, Imaginary Softwoods, indie, Joey O'Neil, Johnny Jewel, Julien Baker, Laura Marling, Luka Kulpowsk, Methyl Ethel, Morgan Geist, Music, Musicians, mxmtoon, Ottawa, Peter Hook, Peter Katz, Phoebe Bridgers, pop, Pure X, Radio, Rock, Rone, Shade, Spotify, STRFKR, Trace Mountains, UK, USA, Valotihkuu, Washed Out

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
The show won’t be broadcast live on CHUO FM.
But here is the playlist I made on Spotify that would have been played on the radio.

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.
Hour One

Hour Two

2019 Christmas Edition of No Filter

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2019, Alesia Cara, artist, band, Basia Bulat, Beach House, Brandon Wolfe Scott, Canada, Chris Rea, Christmas, CHUO FM, Club Sofa, Coldplay, Darlene Love, Fiona Apple, Girlfriend Material, Group, Hey Rosetta!, Jane's Party, Jay McCarrol, Kathleen Edwards, Kristian Noel Pedersen, Lucy Dacus, Mariah Carey, Matt Berninger, Mike Edel, Music, Music Video, Musicians, Nat King Cole, Ottawa, Phoebe Bridgers, Radio, Rufus Wainwright, Ryuichi Sakamoto, Sasami, Sharon Van Etten, singer, Smaller Hearts, Speed, Tariq, The Dirty Nil, The Pogues, The Ronettes, U.S. Girls, U2, UK, USA, Wham!

Merry Christmas edition of No Filter on CHUO 89.1 FM for December 22, 2019 (aka Christmas Eve’s Eve”.
It’s becoming an annual thing on the show to start and end off with one of the greatest Christmas songs which is Darlene Love’s Christmas (Baby Please Come Home) and Mariah Carey’s All I Want For Christmas is You.
Also played some tracks from this year’s The Line of Best Fit‘s Ho! Ho! Ho! Canada 11.
Have a listen to the show!
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Hour Two:

MERRY CHRISTMAS AND A HAPPY NEW YEAR!

December (Christmas) 2019 Playlist

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2019, artist, BALLEN, band, Bastille, Bear's Den, Bryan Adams, Canada, Chelsea Cutler, Christmas, Eli Rose, Europe, Fiona Apple, Fox Glove, Good Lovelies, Group, Jane's Party, Jay McCarrol, Johnny Orlando, Johnny Utah, Kacey Musgraves, Kathleen Edwards, Katy Perry, Lana Del Rey, Langhorne Slim, Lucy Dacus, Matt Berninger, Matt Epp, Molly Burch, Mt. Joy, Music, Musician, Musicians, Oh Wonder, Ottawa, Pablo Paddy, Phoebe Bridgers, Preservation Hall Jazz Band, Robbie Williams, Sasami, singer, Smaller Hearts, Spotify, Tamia, Taylor Swift, The Lone Bellows, The Lumineers, UK, USA, Wild Child

Decided to change it up for December’s playlist.
Since it is the Christmas holidays, I’ve decided to choose the Christmas music that is out in 2019.
Enjoy this playlist I’ve made.