CFBX Top 30 Charts to May 16, 2024

* indicates Canadian Content
** indicates a local artist

Artist – Album (Label)

1) Sean Luciw** – Jazz for Jinkies (Ulusulu)
2) Psychic Pollution* – Verboten (Eat Glass)
3) Dominique Fils-Aime* –  Our Roots Run Deep (Ensoul)
4) Shawn Kellerman* – Kell’s Kitchen (Songsurfer)
5) Michael Peter Olson* – Narrative of a Nervous System (Hand Drawn Dracula)
6) Elliott Brood* – Country (Six Shooter)
7) Jeen* – Gold Control (Independent)
8) Pretty Math* – Day Boy EP (Independent)
9) Rooster37* – Bodacious EP (Independent)
10) EKKSTACY* – EKKSTACY (Dine Alone)
11) Kee Avil* – Spine (Constellation)
12) Andrea Superstein* – Oh Mother (Cellar)
13) TR/ST* – TR/ST EP (Dais)
14) Sean Riley and the Water – Stone Cold Hands (Pugnacious)
15) Garret T. Willie* – Same Pain (Independent)
16) Carla Cargal – Leap Year (Independent)
17) The Grind Down Cafe* – Code-Named Carlos (Independent)
18) The Wicked Lo-Down – Out of Line (Gulf Coast)
19) Jack de Keyzer* – Solo (Blue Star)
20) The Breathe of My Leaves* – The Radiant Believers (Independent)
21) Gustavo Cortinas – Live in Chicago (Desafio Candente)
22) Mike Goudreau Band* – Just Wanna Have Fun (Independent)
23) Phuture Memoriez* – Play Cobra (Nerve Wrecking)
24) PACKS* – Melt the Honey (Fire Talk)
25) The Bearskins* – Had Too Much to Think EP (Independent)
26) The Good Lovelies* – We Will Never Be the Same (Outside)
27) The Sun Harmonic* – Spring (Independent)
28) Kristjan Eastman* – Power Man and Astro Girl (Independent)
29) Kiran Ahluwalia* – Comfort Food (Independent)
30) Noah Zacharin* – Points of Light (Independent)

Specialty Charts for Mid-May 2024

Top 10 Jazz Albums

1. Andrea Superstein* – Oh Mother (Cellar)
2. Gustavo Cortinas – Live in Chicago (Desafio Candente)
3. Jun Iida – Evergreen (OA2)
4. Malleus Trio* – On/Off (Independent)
5. Felix Tellier Pouliot* – Hometown Zero (Independent)
6. Kris Davis* – Live at the Village Vanguard (Pyroclastic)
7. Mike Downes* – The Way In (Independent)
8. Chris Rottmeyer – Being (Shifting Paradigm)
9. Ethan Iverson – Technically Acceptable (Blue Note)
10. Nicole Rampersaud* – Saudade (Ansible Editions)

Top 10 Worldbeat/International Albums

1. Kiran Ahluwalia* – Comfort Food (Independent)
2. Jason Wilson and Ashara* – Ashara (Wheel)
3. Digital Hobo* – Power of Compassion (Independent)
4. Arturo Rojas* – Arturo Rojas (Independent)
5. Jace Carillo* – Phenomena (Independent)
6. Otava Yo – Loud and Clear (ARC Music)
7. Jose Lobo* – In All Good Hope (Victory Pool)
8. Esbe – La Serenissima (New Cat)
9. Florence K* – Bresil Mon Amour (Ad Litteram)
10. Los Ruphay – The Three Seasons of the Andes (ARC Music)

Top 10 Metal/Loud/Punk Albums

1. The Grind Down Cafe* – Code-Named Carlos (Independent)
2. The Grinning Barretts* – Bottle Hymns (Independent)
3. Death Cassette* – Get Rid of It (High End Denim)
4. Older Siblings* – Unfinished Basement (Independent)
5. Chop Sue Me* – Chop Sue Me (Independent)
6. Hot Garbage* – Precious Dream (Mothland)
7. Psychic Void* – Cemetery Eyes (Independent)
8. Malled* – Malled EP (Independent)
9. pooched* – pooched (Independent)
10. Deully* – This is It (Independent)

Top 10 Electronic Albums

1. Psychic Pollution* – Verboten (Eat Glass)
2. Michael Peter Olson* – Narrative of a Nervous System (Hand Drawn Dracula)
3. Pretty Math* – Day Boy EP (Independent)
4. TR/ST* – TR/ST EP (Dais)
5. Rooster37* – Bodacious EP (Independent)
6. Minor Sine Project* – Until Next Time (Independent)
7. MSTRBSTRD* – Fire! Under the Light of the Moon (Further Beyond)
8. The Breathe of My Leaves* – The Radiant Believers (Independent)
9. DJ Phoenix* – Pray for My Enemies (Independent)
10. Keys N Krates* – In-Tension (Last Gang)

Top 10 Hip-Hop/Rap Albums

1. Jacobus* – Le Deces d’un Artiste (Bonsound)
2. JAYDIOS x Black Pluto* – Synergy 77 (Independent)
3. Or Bleu* – Beaucoup (Disque 7ieme Ciel)
4. Colby Friesinger** – Just Another Youth (Independent)
5. Aphrose* – Roses (LRK)
6. K-Riz* – One Way Ticket (Birthday Cake)
7. Super Duty Tough Work* – Paradigm Shift (Next Door)
8. Gary Beals* – The Melody Within (Independent)
9. Beyond Dope* – Beyond Dope (Independent)
10. The Gumshoe Strut* – Extra! Extra! (Styles Make Fights)

Top 10 Roots Albums

1. Elliott Brood* – Country (Six Shooter)
2. Noah Zacharin* – Points of Light (Independent)
3. Various Artists* – Imaginational Anthem XIII: The Songs of Bruce Cockburn (Tompkins Square)
4. The Good Lovelies* – We Will Never Be the Same (Independent)
5. Mark Thackway* – Mark Thackway (Independent)
6. The Dead South* – Chairs and Stakes (Six Shooter)
7. Ezra – Ezra (Adhyaropa)
8. Jessica Heine* – Build Again (Fallen Tree)
9. Tom Gala – Free Wheelin’ Fools (Independent)
10. Paul Benoit – The King’s Dream (Zebediah)

Top 10 Blues Albums

1. Jack de Keyzer* – Solo (Blue Star)
2. Garret T. Willie* – Same Pain (Independent)
3. Canned Heat – Finyl Vinyl (Ruf)
4. Mike Goudreau Band* – Just Wanna Have Fun (Independent)
5. Sue Foley* – Live in Austin Vol. 1 (Stony Plain)
6. Shawn Kellerman* – Kell’s Kitchen (Songsurfer)
7. Sean Riley and the Water – Stone Cold Hands (Pugnacious)
8. Katie Henry – Get Goin’ (Ruf)
9. The Wicked Lo-Down – Out of Line (Gulf Coast)
10. T. Bear – The Way of the World (Quarto Valley)

Top 5 Classical Albums

1. Anne Vanschothorst – That I Did Always Love (Big Round)
2. Lee Hinkle – Modern American Percussion Concerti (Ravello)
3. Kamala Sankaram – Crescent (Neuma)
4. Angela Dubeau and la Pieta* – Ludovico Einaldi: Portrait (Analekta)
5. Yosef Gutman Levitt – The World and Its People (Soul Song)
   

 

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