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CJSW's weekly music charts are created based on the number of spins new titles are receiving at the station. Previous week's charts can be accessed from the menu on the right.

Radtastic is your guide to all things music at CJSW 90.9FM with weekly charts, hot new albums and local spotlights. To receive these weekly emails every Tuesday drop me a line at cjswfm@ucalgary.

The items on each chart are listed as follows: #. Artist - Title (Label)
* indicates Canadian artist.
** indicates local artist.

Charts for week ending February 23, 2010

Top 50! | Electronic | Hip Hop, Soul, Funk | World | Jazz | Folk | Metal | Experimental

Top 50!

  1. Various - Casual Victim Pile: Austin 2010 (Matador)
  2. The Magnetic Fields - Realism (Nonesuch)
  3. Woodpigeon** - Die Stadt Muzikanten (Boompa)
  4. Thee Silver Mt. Zion Memorial Orchestra* - Kollaps Tradixionales (Constellation)
  5. Stolen Organ Family Band* - Horse Treats (Babynuts)
  6. PJ Perry* - Nota Bene (Self-Released)
  7. Basia Bulat* - Heart Of My Own (Secret City)
  8. Various* - The Seven Year Itch (Paper Bag)
  9. Owen Pallett* - Heartland (For Great Justice)
  10. Gil Scott-Heron - I'm New Here (XL)
  11. Trans Am - What Day Is It Tonight? (Thrill Jockey)
  12. Various** - Sweet Treats: Live Sessions From CJSW 90.9 FM (CJSW)
  13. Holopaw - Oh, Glory. Oh, Wilderness. (Bakery Outlet)
  14. King Khan & BBQ Show - Invisible Girl (In The Red)
  15. Cold Cave - Love Comes Close (Matador)
  16. Kurt Vile - Childish Prodigy (Matador)
  17. Dudes** - Blood Guts Bruises Cuts (Load)
  18. RJD2 - The Colossus (RJ's Electrical Connections)
  19. Make Me Young* - Make Me Young (Self-Released)
  20. Los Campesinos! - Romance Is Boring (Arts & Crafts)
  21. The Album Leaf - A Chorus Of Storytellers (Sub Pop)
  22. Fanshaw* - Dark Eyes (Mint)
  23. Big John Bates* - Bangtown (Rookie)
  24. AFCGT - AFCGT (Sub Pop)
  25. The Soft Pack - The Soft Pack (Kemado)
  26. Martha & The Muffins* - Delicate (Self-Released)
  27. Oh No Ono - Eggs (Friendly Fire)
  28. Fucked Up - Couple Tracks: Singles 2002-2009 (Matador)
  29. Vampire Weekend - Contra (XL)
  30. The Polymorphines* - Transistor Sistor (Get Bent)
  31. The Paperbacks* - Lit from Within (Parliament of Trees)
  32. Various - The Byg Deal (Finders Keepers)
  33. Charlotte Gainsbourg - IRM (Because)
  34. Church Of The Very Bright Lights** - Church Of The Very Bright Lights (Self-Released)
  35. Clea Anais** - Heartstrings (Self-Released)
  36. Dojo Workhorse** - Weapons Grade Romantic (Load)
  37. Bird Sand Song* - Give This To My Children (Self-Released)
  38. Animal Collective - Fall Be Kind (Domino)
  39. We Are Wolves* - Invisible Violence (Dare To Care )
  40. Devil Eyes* - Devil Eyes (Signed By Force)
  41. El Perro Del Mar - Love Is Not Pop (Control Group)
  42. Ox* - Burnout (Weewerk)
  43. Mission Of Burma - The Sound The Speed The Light (Matador)
  44. Girls - Album (True Panther)
  45. Gossip - Music For Men (Columbia)
  46. Times New Viking - Born Again Revisited (Matador)
  47. Nix Dicksons** - Nix Dicksons (Self-Released)
  48. Hot Little Rocket** - Hot Little Rocket (Self-Released)
  49. Savk** - Savk (VK)
  50. Four Tet - There Is Love In You (Domino)

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Electronic

  1. RJD2 - The Colossus (RJ's Electrical Connections)
  2. Blockhead - The Music Scene (Ninja Tune)
  3. Hot Chip - One Life Strand (Astralwerks)
  4. CFCF* - Continent (Paper Bag)
  5. Another Electronic Musician - States Of Space (N5MD)
  6. Massive Attack - Heligo Land (Virgin)
  7. ENT - Welcome Stranger (N5MD)
  8. Toro Y Moi - Causers Of This (Carpark)
  9. DJ Center - Everything In Time (Push The Fader)
  10. Urban Legend - Tropical Techniques (Self-Released)

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Hip Hop, Soul, Funk

  1. Gil Scott-Heron - I'm New Here (XL)
  2. Strong Arm Steady - In Search Of Stoney Jackson (Stones Throw)
  3. Galactic - Ya-Ka-May (Anti)
  4. Various - Daptone Gold (Daptone)
  5. Chokeules* - Hypergraphia (Backburner)
  6. Slew - 1 (Puget Sound)
  7. Afroskull - To Obscurity And Beyond (Self-Released)
  8. Maiko Watson* - Sweet Vibration (Labeame)
  9. Dam-Funk - Toeachizown (Stones Throw)
  10. Blakroc - Blakroc (V2)

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World

  1. Various - Ghana Special: Modern Highlife, Afro-sounds & Ghanian Blues 1968-81 (Soundway)
  2. Bassekou Kouyate & Ngoni Ba - Speak Fula (Sub Pop)
  3. Zingaros - Cirkari: Gypsy Music From Eastern Europe (Arc)
  4. Beautiful Nubia & The Roots Renaissance Band - Irinajo (EniObanke)
  5. Jerry Leake - Cubist (Self-Released)
  6. Stephen Marley - Mind Control Acoustic (Tuff Gong)
  7. Pink Martini - Splendor In The Grass (Heinz)
  8. Various - The Biggest Reggae One-drop Anthems 2009 (Greensleeves)
  9. Youssou N'Dour - I Bring What I Love (Nonesuch)
  10. Various - Panama! 3: Calypso Panameno, Guajira Jazz & Cumbia Tipica On The Isthmus 1960-1975 (Soundway)

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Jazz

  1. PJ Perry* - Nota Bene (Self-Released)
  2. Mulatu Astatke - New York - Addis - London: The Story Of Ethio Jazz 1965-1975 (Strut)
  3. Pat Metheny - Orchestration (Nonesuch)
  4. Triodes* - Chunked (Self-Released)
  5. Myra Melford's Be Bread - The Whole Tree Gone (Firehouse)
  6. James Carney Group - Ways & Means (Songlines)
  7. Dave Young Quartet* - Mean What You Say (Self-Released)
  8. Ryan Blotnick - Everything Forgets (Songlines)
  9. Eri Yamamoto Trio - In Each Day, Something Good (Aum Fidelity)
  10. Elvis Bossa Nova!* - Elvis Bossa Nova! (Self-Released)

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Folk

  1. Pamela Royal* - Andy's Burnt Biscuits (Self Released)
  2. Daniel, Fred & Julie - Daniel, Fred & Julie (You've Changed)
  3. Christopher Smith* - Keep Sake (Self Released)
  4. Douglas Brothers** - The Possibilities Of More (Sundae Sound)
  5. John Rutherford** - Echo Broadcast (Self Released)
  6. Olof Arnalds - Vid Og Vid (One Little Indian)
  7. Dave Rawlings Machine - A Friend Of A Friend (Acony)
  8. Sheree Plett* - The Road To My Family (Anniedale)
  9. Feufollet - Cow Island Hop (Valcour)
  10. Leif Vollebekk - Inland (Nevado)

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Metal

  1. Dark Tranquility - Where Death Is Most Alive (Century Media)
  2. Fozzy - Chasing The Grail (Self-Released)
  3. Armageddon - Embrace The Mystery & Three (Century Media)
  4. Ihsahn - After (Candlelight)
  5. Dream Evil - In The Night (Century Media)
  6. Satan's Host - Power - Purity - Perfection …999 (Moribund)
  7. Devin Townsend Project - Addicted (InsideOut)
  8. Arkaea - Years In The Darkness (E1)
  9. Shining - Blackjazz (Indie)
  10. The Fleshy Consumed* - Unrepentant (Diminished Fifth)

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Experimental

  1. Mark Templeton* - Sea Point (Anticipate)
  2. Muskox* - 5 Pieces (Standard Form)
  3. subtractiveLAD* - Life At The End Of The World (N5MD)
  4. Trio Fibonacci* - 5 x 3 (Centrediscs)
  5. Max Richter - Memory House (FatCat)
  6. Chris Dadge** - The Tangled Woof Of Fact (Bug Incision)
  7. Depatterning* - The Forestry Lessons EP (Self-Released)
  8. Majutsu No Niwa - Frontera (Musik Atlach)
  9. If Then Do* - M70 (Self-Released)
  10. Micheal S. Horwood* - Percussionique (Albany)

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