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Howdy friends,

Your friendly CJLO Head Music Director here with the CJLO Top 100 of 2017.  HUGE thanks to CJLO Metal Music Director Andrew Wieler, host of Grade A Explosives for taking on the grueling task of tabulating this chart.  Per usual, CJLO's charts reflect actual airplay, and Andrew pulled this from all our playlists and past charts submitted in 2017 - apparently 465 different records charted over the year!  I managed to cobble together a sweet spotify playlist of the entire chart, counting down, so have some fun discovering new music.  Hi fives to Angelica of BVST for the sweet graphic!  Don't forget to catch our weekly chart show - Charts and Crafts Fridays 12-1pm ET

Some of you may know that I am now moving on from the Head Music Director position, it's time for me to disappear into the sunset from Music Director land and become one with The Force.  I'd like to welcome Zach Carriere, host of Slax Trax, as the new Head Music Director here at CJLO.  You can reach Zach at the new MD email - music@cjlo.com

And with that - I am incredibly happy to announce METZ as this years most spun artist at CJLO!  METZ has been a mainstay on CJLO's airwaves from their first 7"s on We Are Busy Bodies to their amazing trio of lps for Sub Pop.  Asides from being fellow Canadians, METZ also has been huge supporters of CJLO, lugging their gear up for a session, contributing a track to one of our fundraising comps, contributng a track to a Medium Rotation 7" that was released at a CMJ party that CJLO sponsored and they DJ'd, and routinely calling in to the CJLO airwaves whenever they have new music to share.  Their latest record, Strange Peace, also topped the charts the most this year, 4 weeks in a row in 2017.  Couldn't be happier that this band is on top of the last chart I send out as Music Director here.

Happy trails, and don't fret, you'll still be able to find me hosting Hooked on Sonics every Thursday 6-8pm ET!

Rank	Artist	Album
1	METZ	STRANGE PEACE
2	LCD SOUNDSYSTEM	AMERICAN DREAM
3	BROTHER ALI	ALL THE BEAUTY IN THIS WHOLE LIFE
4	IN THE NAME OF HAVOC / LOOSE TEETH	SPLIT TAPE
5	GUTSER	GUTSER SUCKS! EP
6	PRIESTS	NOTHING FEELS NATURAL
7	BISON	YOU ARE NOT THE OCEAN YOU ARE THE PATIENT
8	ALVVAYS	ANTISOCIALITES
9	SHE-DEVILS	SHE-DEVILS
10	AMERICAN LIPS	KISS THE VOID
11	DANIEL ROMANO	MODERN PRESSURE
12	RUN THE JEWELS	RUN THE JEWELS 3
13	PARTNER	IN SEARCH OF LOST TIME
14	VINCE STAPLES	BIG FISH THEORY
15	NOT YOU	MISTY
16	BROKEN SOCIAL SCENE	HUG OF THUNDER
17	BELIEFS	HABITAT
18	GUTSER	KILLED THE RADIO STAR LIVE @ CJLO
19	A TRIBE CALLED QUEST	WE GOT IT FROM HERE… THANK YOU 4 YOUR SERVICE
20	MAUNO	TUNING
21	AIM LOW	SCRATCHED OUT 12"
22	KESTRELS	KESTRELS
23	JAPANDROIDS	NEAR TO THE WILD HEART OF LIFE
24	RITUAL MASTER	OBSCURUS
25	NO JOY	CREEP EP
26	BECOMES ASTRAL	PALEBLOOD SKY
27	(SANDY) ALEX G	ROCKET
28	HEAT	OVERNIGHT
29	EXALT	THE SHAPE YOU TOOK BEFORE THE ACHE
30	MAC DEMARCO	THIS OLD DOG
31	LONGHOUSE	II: VANISHING
32	SLOWDIVE	SLOWDIVE
33	CHAD VANGAALEN	LIGHT INFORMATION
34	MASTODON	EMPEROR OF SAND
35	JAPANESE BREAKFAST	SOFT SOUNDS FROM ANOTHER PLANET
36	CONVERGE	THE DUSK IN US
37	TEENANGER	TEENANGER
38	KESTRELS / KINDLING	SPLIT 12"
39	CLOUD NOTHINGS	LIFE WITHOUT SOUND
40	JONATHAN EMILE	PHANTOM PAIN
41	COLOUR WHEEL	COLOUR WHEEL
42	WALRUS	FAMILY HANGOVER
43	BLESSED	EP 2
44	YOO DOO RIGHT	EP2
45	EX DEO	THE IMMORTAL WARS
46	KID KOALA F/ EMILIANA TORRINI	MUSIC TO DRAW TO: SATELLITE
47	CODE ORANGE	FOREVER
48	IRON REAGAN	CROSSOVER MINISTRY
49	TOPS	SUGAR AT THE GATE
50	RITUAL MASTER	A HORRIFIC RETURN
51	BIG BRAVE	ARDOR
52	FREDY V.	#ITTAKESAVILLAGE
53	WAXAHATCHEE	OUT IN THE STORM
54	NO ALOHA	SWAY
55	AFGHAN WHIGS	IN SPADES
56	THE NEW PORNOGRAPHERS	WHITEOUT CONDITIONS
57	CO/NTRY	CELL PHONE 1
58	MOGWAI	EVERY COUNTRY'S SUN
59	COMMON HOLLY	PLAYING HOUSE
60	BULLY	LOSING
61	LAND OF TALK	LIFE AFTER YOUTH
62	RIDE	WEATHER DIARIES
63	WOLF PARADE	CRY CRY CRY
64	TY SEGALL	TY SEGALL
65	NORTHUMBRIA	MARKLAND
66	CASPER SKULLS	MERCY WORKS
67	CHILDISH GAMBINO	AWAKEN MY LOVE
67	PALLBEARER	HEARTLESS
69	FLOATING WIDGET	THE SOUNDS OF EARTH
70	YOO DOO RIGHT	NOBODY PANICKED AND EVERYBODY GOT ON
71	DEADMAU5	STUFF I USED TO DO
72	TERAMOBIL	MAGNITUDE OF THOUGHTS
73	ZEAL AND ARDOR	DEVIL IS FINE
74	ODONIS ODONIS	NO POP
75	FASHAWN	MANNA
76	PROFANE ORDER	TIGHTENED NOOSE OF SANCTIMONY
77	THE JESUS AND MARY CHAIN	DAMAGE AND JOY
78	FLEECE	VOYAGER
79	OH SEES	ORC
80	LOSCIL	MONUMENT BUILDERS
81	AVEC LE SOLEIL SORTANT DE SA BOUCHE	PAS PIRE POP (I LOVE YOU SO MUCH)
82	LIARS	TFCF
83	P.O.S.	CHILL, DUMMY
84	THE WAR ON DRUGS	A DEEPER UNDERSTANDING
85	SEER	VOL 5
86	CENTURY PALM	MEET YOU
87	COUNTERPARTS	YOU'RE NOT YOU ANYMORE
88	DUCHESS SAYS	SCIENCES NOUVELLES
89	CLOAKROOM	TIME WELL
90	GUY MADONNA	BALLER'S REMORSE
90	JIDENNA	THE CHIEF
92	KING WOMAN	CREATED IN THE IMAGE OF SUFFERING
93	THE DIRTY NIL	MINIMUM R&B
94	NXWORRIES	YES LAWD!
95	BECK	COLORS
96	STRIKER	STRIKER
97	SLIGHT	THE HUSTLE IS A MANY SPLENDORED THING
98	ONI	IRONSHORE
99	BEST FERN	COVERS EP
99	NOTION	HEART ON MY SLEEVE

CJLO is celebrating 5 years of the Anatomy of Caribbean Music (Saturdays from 8-10pm) and the Birthday of its loveable host, Gordon Weekes!!

Join us at Casa del Popolo (4873 St Laurent Blvd) on February 24th for good conversation and drink, as well as a live broadcast of Anatomy of Caribbean Music from 8-10pm and live musical performances from 10pm-12am. Details on live performances are coming soon! RSVP on Facbeook to be kept up to date. 

Doors open at 8pm // Cost of Entry: $10 (Pay what you can - No one turned away due to a lack of funds)

Keeping it's resolution to make 2018 a better year for you than the dumpster fire that was 2017, Grade A Explosives will be treating you to an interview with former Unexpect bassist Frédérick Filiatrault about his solo project Vvon Dogma I this Sunday, January 21st.

He'll talk about the new EP, Communion, the role of his previous band in shaping the Montreal metal landscape, and what he's looking forward to most in 2018.

All of this from 4 - 6PM on Grade A Explosives, this upcoming Sunday!

Tune and enjoy.

Hosted by Patricia Petit Liang

Stories by Allison O'Reilly, Ana Bilokin and Loren O’Brien-Egesborg

Produced by Patricia Petit Liang