The Best of 2014

December 22 2014 // CJLO 1690AM // Magazine // Features

Releases We Loved

There is a new and exciting year ahead of us, but we here at CJLO 1690AM want to take this chance to reminisce about the wonderful music 2014 had to offer. The folks at the "little station that does!" give you their top picks of the year, and the lists reflect the different styles of music that broadcasts on CJLO every day, as well as the eclectic tastes of our DJs!

And while you're here, have a look at our on-air schedule for more information on our programming, or click on a DJ's show page, all hyperlinked for your convenience below (because we care, man).

Be sure to check out our TOP 100 to see what charted at CJLO in 2014.

All the best to you and yours in 2015!

Yours truly,

CJLO 1690AM in Montreal

Michael Sallot is the new Station Manager at CJLO. He comes to us from CFRC in Kingston, and is also a frequent contributor at Cult MTL.

TOP 10 ALBUMS

Future Islands - Singles
Fucked Up - Glass Boys
Run the Jewels - Run the Jewels 2
Caribou - Our Love
Total Control - Typical System
Aphex Twin - Syro
Todd Terje - It's Album Time!
Vermont - Vermont
The War on Drugs - Lost in the Dream
The Horrors - Luminous

HONOURABLE MENTIONS

Jacques Greene - Phantom Vibrate EP
Ariel Pink - Pom Pom
Slim Twig - A Hound at the Hem
Death From Above 1979 - The Physical World
The Juan Maclean - In a Dream
Royksopp & Robyn - Do It Again
Operators - EP1
PS I Love You - For Those Who Stay

Song of the year is Caribou's "Can't Do Without You".

FAVOURITE SHOWS

Kraftwerk @ Metropolis
The Smiffs @ La Sala Rossa (Cult MTL's Halloween Party)

COOLEST THING THAT HAPPENED AT CJLO

Operators live in session during M for Montreal!

Andrew Wieler is the Program Director & Metal Music Director at CJLO and he hosts Grade A Explosives every Sunday from 4 to 6 PM. He occasionally hosts Champions of the Local Scene, which airs on Wednesday from 6 to 7 PM.

TOP 10 ALBUMS

10. Machine Head - Bloodstones & Diamonds

Though I didn't spend much time listening to this album, it made a lasting impression on me for this year. It may be one that actually I remember past the next couple months where inevitably I will forget many things on this list. Machine Head seems to be staying very samey with what they're doing for the past three albums, but hey, if it works...

9. Aphex Twin - Syro

Richard D James is a weirdo, but a loveable weirdo who makes amazing music. Why did it took so long to release a new Aphex Twin album? Why are all the song names put in some kind of weird computer language? Who knows, and who cares. The point is it's great and if you haven't gotten down with it, you are not.

8. Trap Them - Blissfucker

In addition to having the most badass name on this list, this sludgy hardcore album is easily the best of the sludge-laden records that got released this year. Of course Kurt Ballou is all over it because he is a super-genius who touches things and turns them to solid gold.

7. Mantar - Death By Burning

Hey, have you been missing a great High on Fire record? Well look no further than this half German half Turkey duo who are able to put out something far doomier than a ton of other releases this year. Don't miss out on this gem.

6. The Haunted - Exit Wounds

The Haunted prove why even though their members may or may not be total assholes, their music is consistently the best to come out of the Gothenburg scene. They haven't rested on their laurels and made sub-par music (I'm looking at you In Flames). Instead they put out this awesome album that kicks the ass of so much else. New bands, take note.

5. Biblical - Monsoon Season

Former Illuminati frontman starts a new band that is heavy on the ambience and the stoner-ness. Truly a great band to see live, it's one of the things that really locked me on how good this album is. If Biblical comes your way, make sure you do not miss them.

4. Death from Above 1979 - The Physical World

A truly triumphant return from these two guys after their last studio release in 2004. Through that time they had a fight and eventually learned the meaning of friendship, and "reunion cash grab." The difference is, though, that this is the best sounding reunion cash grab that pretty much anyone has ever done, so keep it rocking gentlemen, and I think we all learned that solo projects are not where your bread is buttered.

3. Mire - Inward Outward

So this year marks another in the sad and tragic years that Tool didn't release another album. With that in mind, might I present to you Mire. Though they were tired of being compared to Tool, the similarities were pretty striking and at no point did I get the impression that they were just copying them. Their works were wholly original and didn't have the frequent two to six minute diversions Tool likes to do. This work was the odd one that was both a breath of fresh air and a throw back to another time. Sadly, the band also broke up this year, once again reinforcing my idea that nothing good lasts and everything you love is always ripped away from you. Merry Christmas everyone!

2. Dirt Cannon - Tough Love

Holy shit. Managing to put together a stellar amount of punk and hardcore sensibilities and mixing it together with some southern flare, this Montreal group is the next continuation of those of us that listened to Every Time I Die's The Big Dirty and thought, "That's awesome! I wonder how far they'll take this," and then never hearing Every Time I Die do anything like that again. The sick thing is that these guys don't even want to really do this for a living; it's just for fun. What the fuck guys?! Get on that bull and ride it all the way "tour the country-palooza."

1. So Hideous - Last Poem/First Light

Had you told me at the beginning of the year that anything that vaguely comes close to black metal would be on my list, I would have been incredibly sceptical. However, So Hideous, with their amazing symphonic arrangements along with their black metal tinged styling, won me over thoroughly with this record. Though, if I told them that I mentioned them with black metal they would get incensed (something you can learn from my interview I did with them when it airs on January 4th, 2015), I think that they would be okay with me throwing it in as a descriptor of something they have going on. Definitely not one to be missed, so get to your nearest download space and pay them your damn money. That's the only way I get a fifty piece orchestra, so go do it.

HONOURABLE MENTIONS

Toothgrinder - Schziophrenic Jubilee EP. A good first offering of a band that's probably the next coming of the Dillinger Escape Plan.
Lydia Ainsworth - Right from Real. Pretty stellar offering of soulful vocals over weird electronics.
KMFDM - Our Time Will Come. KMFDM always puts out strong albums, but since they're the AC/DC of industrial, it's more comfort food, and comfort food, though good, never stands out when you compare it with all the meals you eat in a year.
Dog Fashion Disco - Sweet Nothings. These weirdos put out a pretty stellar release. It's not Adultery though.
Origin - Omnipresent. Brutal and amazing, these guys know to do aggressive right.
Double Experience - 721835. Nerd rockers make catchy songs about video games and X-Men... what's not to love?
Hey Sugar - The Smell of Burning Wood. These fine MTL boys know to rock and or roll with the best of them, and this album just cements it.
The Glitch Mob - Love, Death, Immortality. Easily one of the catchiest electronic albums of the year, and so dark too.
Harakiri For the Sky - Harakiri for the Sky. More "shoegaze black metal" whatever the fuck that is. Don't care what it's called, just go listen to this since it's great.
Royal Blood - Royal Blood. Heavy rock from jolly ol' England. What is it with two piece bands being so awesome this year?
Devin Townsend Project - Z2. The third disc about an alien and his search for the perfect cup of coffee. Fuckin' right it's amazing.
The Faint - Doom Abuse. The best thing they've done since "Danse Macabre".

Omar Sonics is the Head Music Director at CJLO and he hosts Hooked On Sonics every Thursday from 6 to 8 PM.

20 FAVOURITE ALBUMS

Cloud Nothings - Here and Nowhere Else
The Afghan Whigs - Do to the Beast
Sun Kil Moon - Benji
Young Widows - Easy Pain
Run the Jewels - Run the Jewels 2
Whirr - Sway
Grouper - Ruins
Nothing - Guilty of Everything
Ben Frost - A U R O R A
Alex G - DSU
FKA Twigs - LP1
La Dispute - Rooms of the House
The Bilinda Butchers - Heaven
Dum Dum Girls - Too True
Ryan Adams - Ryan Adams
Owen Pallett - In Conflict
Ought - More Than Any Other Day
White Lung - Deep Fantasy
Lydia Ainsworth - Right from Real
Perfect Pussy - Say Yes to Love

25 FAVOURITE TRACKS

Bob Mould, "The War"
Sylvan Esso, "Coffee"
TV on the Radio, "Happy Idiot"
Strands of Oak, "Goshen '97"
Interpol, "All the Rage Back Home"
Tigers Jaw, "Hum"
Bleeding Rainbow, "So You Know"
Mogwai, "Teenage Exorcists"
Alvvays, "Archie, Marry Me"
Greys, "Use Your Delusion"
Cheatahs, "Get Tight"
Sharon Van Etten, "Our Love"
Caribou, "Can't Do Without You"
Zola Jesus, "Dangerous Days"
Mogwai, "Remurdered"
Real Estate, "Talking Backwards"
Death From Above 1979, "Trainwreck 1979"
Ty Segall, "Susie's Thumb"
Operators, "True"
Wye Oak, "Glory"
White Sea, "Prague"
In-Flight Safety, "Blue Flares"
Braid, "Damages"
Field Mouse, "Tomorrow is Yesterday"
Spoon, "Do You"

10 HIDDEN GEMS OF 2014

I Love You But I've Chosen Darkness - Dust
We Need Secrets - Melancholy and the Archive
Medicine - Home Everywhere
Nadja - Queller
Archery Guild - Manitòk
Maicamia - Des Era
Eagulls - Nerve Damage
Mono - The Last Dawn / Rays of Darkness
United Nations - The Next Four Years
Picastro - You

15 FAVOURITE SHOWS

Spiritualized @ Massey Hall (NXNE)
The Afghan Whigs @ Theatre Corona
Failure @ Irving Plaza
Run the Jewels @ Adelaide Hall (NXNE)
Slowdive @ Le National
Swans @ Yonge/Dundas Square (NXNE)
Whirr @ The Ritz PDB (POP Montreal)
Andrew Sisk performs The Passing of the Buffalo @ Casa del Popolo
Sun Kil Moon @ The Ukranian Federation (POP Montreal)
Perfect Pussy @ The Great Hall (NXNE)
Sylvan Esso @ The Drake Underground (NXNE)
Fresh Snow @ The Great Hall (NXNE)
Deafheaven @ The Ritz PDB (POP Montreal)
The Constantines @ Le Belmont
The Knife @ Metropolis

COOLEST THING THAT HAPPENED AT CJLO

Andrew "Wheels" Wieler, aka CJLO's Swiss Army Knife, finally bringing home the Specialty Music Director of the Year award at CMJ '14.

TOP FIVE 5 SODEES OF 2014

Hansen's Natural Cane Soda Mandarin & Lime
San Pellegrino's Pompelmo
Villa Italia Italian Blood Orange Soda
San Pellegrino's Melograno e Arancia
Cherry Coca-Cola

Brian Döc Holidæ is the Hip Hop Music Director at CJLO and he hosts Phantastiq Cypha every Thursday from 10 PM to midnight.

TOP 10 RELEASES

Run the Jewels - Run the Jewels 2. Fav track: "Early"
9th Wonder Presents - Jamla is the Squad. Fav track: "Knock Knock"
Big K.R.I.T. - Cadillactica. Fav track: "Cadillactica"
Dilated Peoples - Directors of Photography. Fav track: "Show Me The Way"
Homeboy Sandman - Hallways. Fav track: "America The Beautiful"
Moka Only - Sex Money Moka. Fav track: "Go Mellow"
Schoolboy Q - Oxymoron. Fav track: "Hoover Street"
Tre Mission - Stigmata. Fav track: "Jessica"
PRhyme - PRhyme. Fav track: "Underground Kings"
Daley - Days & Nights. Fav track: "Alone Together"

Sugarface Nene is the World Music Director at CJLO and she hosts Beat The World every Saturday from noon to 2 PM.

TOP WORLD MUSIC PICKS

Alsarah & the Nubatones - Silt
Captain Planet - Esperanto Slang
Jjanice+ - Pierrot Couleur
The Souljazz Orchestra - Inner Fire
Eccodek - Singing in Tongues
Khun Narin's Electric Phin Band - Khun Narin's Electric Phin Band
Quantic - Magnetica
Tinariwen - Emmaar
Karol Conka - Batuk Freak
Sierra Leone's Refugee All Stars - Libation
Ogguere - Solar
Etana - I Rise
Drumhand - Contretemps
Muyei Power - Sierra Leone in 1970s USA
Kasai Allstars - Beware the Fetish

*CanCon #3,4,5,11,13

TOP "Must Listen" COMPILATIONS & REMIXED ALBUMS

Various - Unlog Complex #04
Alsarah & The Nubatones - Silt Remixed
Various - Afrolove Kizomba Special
Various - WHAT?! William Onyeabor Remix Series
Various - The Rough Guide to Psychedelic India

Marshall Vaillancourt is the Assistant Music Director at CJLO and he hosts Fear Of Music every Tuesday from 4 to 5 PM.

In no order...

ALBUMS

Caribou - Our Love
Weaves - Weaves
Ought - More than Any Other Day
Absolutely Free - Absolutely Free
Each Other - Being Elastic
Walrus - Glam Returns
FET.NAT - Poule Mange Poule
Avey Tare - Enter the Slasher House
Fountain - Fountain
Dean Blunt - Black Metal
St. Vincent - St. Vincent
Swans - To Be Kind

SONGS

Caribou, "Can't Do Without You"
Cold Specks, "Absisto"
Viet Cong, "Continental Shelf"
Panda Bear, "Mr Noah"
Absolutely Free, "Beneath the Air"
Swans, "A Little God in My Hands"
Avey Tare, "Little Fang"
Harsh Reality, "Debt"
This Many Boyfriends Club, "Fool Becomes an Ordinary Person" (live on CJLO)
Sheer Mag, "What You Want"
Vashti Bunyan, "Across the Water"

Lucy Marshall-Kiparissis is the Campus Outreach & Volunteer Coordinator at CJLO and she hosts The Belldog every Thursday from 9 to 10 PM.

TOP 10 ALBUMS

Maica Mia - Des Era
Ought - More Than Any Other Day
Real Estate - Atlas
Grouper - Ruins
Tara Jane O'Neil - Where Shine New Lights
The Hidden Cameras - Age
Anjou - Anjou
Picastro - You
Hiss Tracts - Shortwave Nights
Sun Kil Moon - Benji

Y'ALL DID GOOD, 20 HONOURABLE MENTIONS

Scott Walker + Sunn O))) - Soused
Swans - To Be Kind
Bonnie "Prince" Billy - Singer's Grave a Sea of Tongues
Inventions - Inventions
Odonis Odonis - Hard Boiled Soft Boiled
Owen Pallett - In Conflict
Watter - This World
Christopher Bissonnette - Essays in Idleness
Bitchin Bajas - Bitchin Bajas
Thee Silver Mt. Zion Memorial Orchestra - Fuck Off Get Free We Pour Light on Everything
Pachyderm - T-CE!
Marissa Nadler - July
Avec le soleil sortant de sa bouche - Zubberdust!
Hellenica - Blood Moon Wolf Head
Caribou - Our Love
Last Ex - Last Ex
Ben Frost - A U R O R A
Archery Guild - Manitòk
USA Out of Vietnam - Crashing Diseases and Incurable Airplanes
White Poppy - Dorval & Devereaux

TOP 10 EPS, SINGLES, & CASSETTES

Walrus - Glam Returns
WHIMM - Wm
Julianna Barwick - Rosabi
Thee Silver Mt. Zion Memorial Orchestra - Hang On To Each Other
Omhouse - Mooneye
Slight - Spirit School / Tasting
Small Teeth - Small Teeth Tape
Oneohtrix Point Never - Commissions I
The Backhomes - Talk / Backward Sunshine
Library Voices - For John

TOP FIVE COMPILATIONS

CJLO 1690AM - Baked in the Oven 1 & 2 (I mean, obviously)
Montreal Drone Day - Drones Against Drones
Optical Sounds - Psych Pop 2
Jeunesse Cosmique - C'est tripping creatures!
Various - Native North America (Vol. 1): Aboriginal Folk, Rock, and Country 1966 - 1985

TOP SIX REISSUES

What, I can't break out of the whole multiple-of-five thing here?

Slint - Spiderland
Bedhead - 1992-1998 (complete box set)
Songs: Ohia - Didn't It Rain
Lavender Country - Lavender Country
Linda Perhacs - Parallelograms
Rita Abatzi - I'm Burning, I'm Burning: Urban Greek Songs, 1933-37

MY MOM'S TOP FIVE ALBUMS

Brian Jonestown Massacre - Revelation
Sharon Van Etten - Are We There
Courtney Barnett - The Double EP: A Sea of Split Peas
July Talk - July Talk
War on Drugs - Lost in the Dream

Patrick McDowall is the Production Director at CJLO and he hosts Into the Coven every Wednesday from 9 to 10 PM.

TOP 10 ALBUMS

ÆVANGELIST - Writhes In The Murk
Nightbringer - Ego Dominus Tuus
Blut Aus Nord - Memoria Vetusta III: Saturnian Poetry
Horrendous - Ecdysis
Panopticon - Roads To The North
Hell - Trilogy Box Set
Thou - Heathen
The Body & The Haxan Cloak - I Shall Die Here
Thantifaxath - Sacred White Noise
Agalloch - The Serpent & The Sphere

HONOURABLE MENTIONS

Pallbearer - Foundations of Burden
Menace Ruine - Venus Armata
Dark Circles - MMXIV

FAVOURITE RECORD LABEL

Dark Descent Records

FAVOURITE TRACKS

Nightbringer, "I Am the Gateway"
Agalloch, "The Astral Dialogue"
Hell, "Decedre"
Blut Aus Nord, "Paien"
Horrendous, "The Stranger"

COOLEST THING THAT HAPPENED AT CJLO

"Too many cooks!" was enjoyed at CJLO and the world over.

Justine Smith is the Additional Content Editor at CJLO and is also a frequent contributor at Sound On Sight.

I thought about adding commentary or at least a disclaimer, but this is what I have in it's pure form. Letting it speak for the fact that I clearly spend more time watching movies than I do listening to music, I should probably work on striking a better balance.

BEST ALBUMS

D'Angelo - The Black Messiah
FKA Twigs - LP1
St. Vincent - St. Vincent
Sia - 1000 Forms of Fear
Lana Del Rey - Ultraviolence
Mr. Oizo - The Church
Azealia Banks - Broke with Expensive Taste
Dead Combo - A Bunch of Meninos
Taylor Swift - 1989
Leonard Cohen - Popular Problems

Stephanie Dee is the Magazine Editor at CJLO and she hosts Twee Time every Friday from 8 to 9 PM. She occasionally hosts Champions of the Local Scene, which airs every Wednesday from 6 to 7 PM.

This year, I left the little island of Montreal and travelled to Texas with Kelly from Beat The World! We spent three awesome days on the Carson Creek Ranch at Austin Psych Fest where I got to see some of my favourite bands and musicians, including Kadavar, Dead Meadow, Earthless, Shannon & the Clams, and Mikal Cronin... but the biggest dream come true for me was finally getting to watch Acid Mothers Temple perform. They LITERALLY set the stage on fire! Another stand-out was Kikagaku Moyo from Tokyo, Japan. I only caught the last 3 minutes of their set, but that's all I needed to immediately fell in love with the band. I ran to the merch table to buy their album, Forest of Lost Children, which got a lot of spins on my turntable since my return. My fondest Austin memory has got to be the people I met there. I feel so lucky! Here's a big shout out to Raul, Eric, Nathan, Karina, Chad, Sarah, Andreas, Bobcat, Zeek, Michael, and David. VC is good. Vinyl Community forever!

BEST RELEASES

PyPy - Pagan Day
Small Teeth - Small Teeth Tape
Nancy Pants - Total Nancy Pants
Parquet Courts - Sunbathing Animal
Hound - Out of Time
Obliterations - Poison Everything
Ty Segall - Manipulator
Kikagaku Moyo - Forest of Lost Children
Allah-Las - Worship the Sun
Hamish Kilgour - All of It and Nothing
David Kilgour and The Heavy Eights - End Times Undone
Habibi - Habibi
Ariel Pink - Pom Pom
Owen Pallett - In Conflict
Aphex Twin - Syro
Self Defense Family - Try Me
Mogwai - Raves Tapes

BEST VINYL REISSUES

Built to Spill - Ultimate Alternative Wavers
The Clean - Anthology
They Might Be Giants - Flood
The Unicorns - Who Will Cut Our Hair When We're Gone
All the Belle and Sebastian reissues on Matador Records, OMG

BEST COMPILATIONS

Various - Warfaring Strangers: Darkscorch Canticles
Various - Eccentric Soul: Capitol City Soul
Various - Native North America (Vol. 1): Aboriginal Folk, Rock, and Country 1966 - 1985
William Onyeabor - Box set, Vol 1. & Vol. 2

MEMORABLE SHOWS

Neutral Milk Hotel + Elf Power @ Olympia
Everything @ Austin Psych Fest!
Black Angels + Roky Eriksson @ Corona Theatre
Hanson Brothers @ Il Motore (when it was still Il Motore)
Kid Kongo & the Pink Monkey Birds @ Le Divan Orange
Ronnie Spector's Behind the Beehive + Bloodshot Bill @ The Rialto (POP Montreal)
Ty Segall + The Nymphets + La Luz @ Club Soda (POP Montreal)

COOLEST THING THAT HAPPENED AT CJLO

Heavy Night at McLean's Pub is right up there, but I have to say the coolest was that time when Angelica, Andrew, Katie, Omar, Denis, Patrick, and I spent 6 hours cleaning up The Oven, the main office, and the vinyl room at CJLO from top to bottom. Team building is cool! And I like to clean. And I like The Clean. "Twist Top" is my jam.

YOU WILL BE MISSED

RIP Robin Williams. Thank you for your talent, and the kindness you showed to all your fans.
A fond farewell to The Record Room. Thanks for all the 45s!

Katie Seline is the community representative at the CSBC, former CJLO station manager, former CJLO program director, and was the host of Wrong Side of the Bed.

TOP ALBUMS

The Afghan Whigs - Do to the Beast
Run the Jewels - Run the Jewels 2
Caribou - Our Love
Interpol - El Pintor
Sylvan Esso - Sylvan Esso
Dum Dum Girls - Too True
HAERTS - HAERTS
TV on the Radio - Seeds
Death from Above 1979 - The Physical World
Thom Yorke - Tomorrow's Modern Boxes

SINGLES ON REPEAT

Lykii Li, "Gun Shot"
Twin Shadow, "To the Top"
Charli XCX, "Boom Clap"
Zola Jesus, "Dangerous Days"
Future Islands, "Seasons"
Liars, "Vox Tuned D.E.D." & "Mess on a Mission"
Phantogram, "Black Out Days"
Kendrick Lamar, "i"
Sharon Van Etten, "Your Love is Killing Me"
FKA twigs, "Two Weeks"
First Aid Kit, "Stay Gold"
The War on Drugs, "Under the Pressure"

COOLEST THING THAT HAPPENED AT CJLO

Andrew "Weiler" Wieler, a man of many hats, ending his long run as the Susan Lucci of college radio and taking home the Specialty Music Director of the Year award at the 2014 CMJ Music Marathon College Day Awards. Great job Andrew!

Julie Matson is the CJLO representative at the CSBC and she hosts With Gay Abandon every Monday from 4 to 5 PM.

TOP 10 RELEASES

10) The Hidden Cameras - Age. There is only one track on this album that I have "unchecked" on my iTunes, to not play it, which I think is a good ratio. As always, this band puts together some great video footage, so be sure to check out their website to watch online.

9) Austra - Habitat. This release is a small teaser, with only 4 tracks, but they are all solid. Speaking of great videos, they released a video for the title track, "Habitat," that is so super hot I can guarantee you will watch it many times over.

8) Così e Così - Boi Meet Grl. A very new release, on cassette no less, by Montreal's darling underground heartthrob. He's been very active in the local scene, and this release is a great reflection on his great taste!

7) YlangYlang - Am I being overdramatic?. Another lovely local babe, this full length release has been grabbing the attention of many esteemed music blogs and DJs. Take a listen to discover why!!!

6) Andrew Sisk - The Passing Of the Buffalo by Buckskin. I love me some good Canadiana, and this is definitely right up there in that category. This release is an homage to a book that Andrew found, printed in 1916, about the fall of our first great resource, the buffalo. The poetic words, realized through music, definitely makes you think about the state of our world, which is always a great thing to be doing.

5) Swans - To Be Kind. You know those bands that have been around forever, have received cult status, put on great shows, then release new stuff, and you think to yourself, "oh why did they have to go and ruin a good thing?" Well, this band is NOT one of those bands. This album is AMAZING and gives me such hope for their upcoming future releases. I have decided Swans has yet to put out their most amazing album yet, since all of their releases are all so strong and good. I know they have more in them! Yay for the future!

4) Various - Native North America (Vol. 1): Aboriginal Folk, Rock, and Country 1966 - 1985. I have had this album on repeat since I bought it. That is a challenge, since it is on 3 LPs. A worthy challenge though. Each track is a stand alone star, together making an album that has induced small, silent tears in my eyes. Listening to it, you can get a sense of a long-lost musical craft, when people wrote about sh*t that mattered to them, not just about taking selfies or wearing fancy clothes. Sigh... That whole state of the world thing...

3) Grouper - Ruins. I know I have Grouper on all my top lists for whatever year she releases new stuff in, but there is definitely a reason for that. This latest LP is so painfully beautiful that you could almost feel the air in the room that she recorded it in. I got the special limited screen print version that was accompanied with a CD of field recordings she did in Iceland. Do I need to say more? FIELD RECORDINGS + ICELAND!! Dreams do come true...

2) Ben Frost - A U R O R A. I know there is a lot of shade cast toward Ben Frost regarding his "prima donna" attitudes, and crap he has pulled with promoters etc. Some say drama, some say particular tastes to really showcase his art form. All I can say I at least appreciate his attention to such details, and that I LOVE THIS ALBUM!!!! I am actually scared to see what my iTunes playlist play count is on this album. Everything about it is so energizing, and full. My year was made when a remix version of this album was released this month, Variant. ALSO, SO GOOD!!!

1) Owen Pallet - In Conflict. Number one... so much pressure to top a list... But this album has it all! Owen Pallett is Canadian, check! Produced by Brian Eno,(whattttt???!!!) check! Every track worthy of repeat listening, check! I honestly think I have listened to this for a week solid at one point. And by that I mean, the only thing I listened to for one solid week, allll day. When was the last time you did that? You should do that with this album!! While you're at it, watch the music videos too, everything is so well put together.. Another dreamy sigh... I have been a big fan of Owen Pallett for quite a while now, and I didn't know what I would think of a new album, since the old ones set the bar high. Then he put this one out, and oops, he did it again...

Angelica hosts BVST every Wednesday from 7 to 9 PM. She is also the Art Director at CJLO and a regular CJLO Magazine contributor.

2014 was an incredible year for live music, so my top ten this year is all gigs!

1. Trigger Effect's final show

It really sucked to have seen such an amazing show under such horrible circumstances, but the final Trigger Effect show following the death of lead singer Nick Babeu in late 2013 was an unforgettable, heart-wrenching moment. The band ripped through a 20 song set pulled from the band's 10 years of music, with guest vocalists from Bionic, Hashed Out, Gallows, Priestess, The Sainte Catherines, Barn Burner, and Dig It Up, as well as famed rocker and producer Ian Blurton, and former Trigger Effect members and friends. Most moving was a performance by Nick's wife, Alyssa, on Dare to Ride the Heliocraft's "Scientific Method", and the whole night was a reminder that "you cannot kill what you don't understand / Turbo Machine does not die".

You can watch the entire set here: Part 1 / Part 2.

2., 3., 4. Kvelertak, Kvelertak, Kvelertak

This might be a bit of a cheat, but I won't apologize for it, because this year I managed to see Norwegian pangenre masterminds, not once, not twice, but three separate times, which is a feat in and of itself. If you didn't read my diary of bad (brilliant) decisions in going to see them in Ottawa and New York in the span of 4 days, you can check that out here. I also caught that Mastodon/Gojira/Kvelertak tour once more at Metropolis here in Montreal, and all I can say is, Kvelertak is easily one of the best, if not the best, touring band today, and if you still haven't seen them, you are STILL missing out.

5. Maylene & The Sons of Disaster with He Is Legend

To do a description of this show justice, it would be easier for you to climb directly inside my mind and experience my memories from roughly a decade ago. The shortest explanation is that I had an extremely complicated love/hate relationship with He Is Legend (which continues to this day), and an instant compulsive fixation on Maylene & The Sons of Disaster, who united metal and country/southern rock influences in the most cohesive and compelling way I had ever heard before. Through a series of misfortunes, I managed to not see either band, with the exception of one song by Maylene (with Schuylar Croom from He Is Legend as a temporary vocal replacement for Maylene's Dallas Taylor) in November 2009, that is, until last month There's a strangeness to living through something you should have experienced 10 years earlier... a clash between who you once were, and who these bands once were, and who you, and they, are today. All this to say, it took a LONG time for me to finally see these two bands, and it was one of my favourite moments from this entire year.

6. Uncle Acid & the Deadbeats

This show could not have been more hotly anticipated, and really, serves as a testament to the fact that it is still possible to build an international fan base through word of mouth and excellent music. Uncle Acid slowly emerged from under a Myspace shaped rock, and three inspired albums later, finally made it to our neck of the woods on their first North American tour. The wait was worth it, and the audience flipped for the band's particular blend of throwback psychedelic doom. I was particularly lucky to have interviewed the now no longer anonymous lead singer of Uncle Acid, Kevin Starrs, and interview I'm very proud of and that will re-air on the New Year's Eve episode of BVST, December 31st, 2014 at 7 PM ET!

7. Metallica at Heavy Montreal

I generally avoid outdoor shows and festivals like the plague. The heat, the dust, the unnecessary shirtlessness, it's just not conducive to the enjoyment of live music. I'll take an indoor venue with good sight lines and air conditioning any day of the week. I made an exception this year, because a hookup to see Metallica is not a offer you turn down. Now, I'm not really a Metallica fan. I know and like their songs just fine, but I didn't (and ultimately still don't) really CARE, but after I saw Through The Never, their extravagant performance film, I realized that I had to see them live, at least once, and that this was my chance... and I LOVED it. Even though they were tiny little figures 100 feet in the distance, it was awesome to hear their classic songs live, and the gigantic screens and elaborate laser show added to the experience.

8. Death from Above 1979

This makes it on here for pure sentimentality and the righting of wrongs long past. See, I was supposed to go see DFA on a couple of different occasions in the early 2000s, right before they blew up and found themselves opening for Nine Inch Nails. Most notably, I missed their show at Barfly back in 2003 because I was sick, and then I missed their last small show at El Salon in 2005 because... honestly, I don't even remember anymore. The point is, I missed seeing this band back when it would have been cool, and so I settled for seeing them this year, and you know what? That's just fine. Sure, I would have loved seeing them in a smelly dive with a barely existent stage, but hearing all my favourite songs in the cavernous expanse of Metropolis still brought a big smile to my face. These guys still got it, and now that You're a Woman, I'm a Machine has cemented its place in Canadian rock history, I hope they keep bringing it for another 10 years.

9. The Lazys

Damn Aussie bands, they're such teases. You may get a chance to see them, but that may be your one and only. Given their lack of proximity to this part of the world, unless they blow up to AC/DC levels, seeing most Australian bands live is akin to spotting Halley's comet. The Lazys already have one cross country tour of Canada under their belt, so who knows, they may wind their way over here once again, but until then, I'll remember seeing them in a dim basement bar near the entrance to the Williamsburg Bridge as part of this year's CMJ Music Marathon. If you like your rock 'n' roll unadulterated and super sleazy, you will love The Lazys as much as I did.

10. GWAR

Oderus is dead, long live GWAR. This show is fresh on my mind, and I had a lot to say about recently, so if you missed it (and all the pretty pictures from the show), you should go read it here! This may end up being my last show of 2014, and what a way to end off a year, and an era. This year in memorable live gigs started with the remembrance of a loss, a couple of gigs that made up for lost time, and is now ending with another remembrance of a loss. What remains through all of this is that, at least in the world of music, nothing ever ends, and music is forever. Here's wishing you and yours all the best for 2015... see you at the show.

Our Lady Oracle, Amrew Weekes hosts The Limelight every Saturday from 6 to 8 PM.

There were quite a few EPs and mixtapes that came out this year, but not too many albums that stood out. It's all good because that means there's a lot to look forward to in 2015. Montrealers killed it in 2014, so I have a list of artists from our fab city that made my year.

CDS, ALBUMS, & EPS

In no particular order...

SamIAmMontolla - Made Her
Jai Nitai Lotus - Acknowledgement
Fool's Gold - Draft Pics
Cee - This is All I Know
Common - Nobody's Smiling
Childish Gambino - STN MTN
Amerigo Gazaway - The Big Payback
Electric Wire Hustle - Love Can Prevail
Rochelle Jordan - K I L L A H (hosted by Kitty Cash)
Elle Ray - Heartfelt

MONTREAL ARTISTS TO WATCH FOR

Sam I Am Montolla
Jai Nitai Lotus
Wayne Tennant
Shaun J Miller
L.E.S.
Liyah Greenidge
Elle Ray
Cee
Shash'U
Prince Akeem

Rebecca M. hosts The Commonwealth Conundrum every Friday from 4 to 6 PM.

This year was a stellar year for not only new albums, but hot new bands that hit our radar from all over the commonwealth. So when it came down to the age old tradition here at CJLO of picking our favourites from the past year, I had too many to mention, never mind putting them in some sort of order. Thus, I have just jotted done all the albums and songs from 2014 that really made my heart skip a beat and you can decide which ones you feel were the best!

TOP ALBUMS

In no specific order...

Owen Pallett - In Conflict
Odonis Odonis - Hard Boiled, Soft Boiled
Arctic Monkeys - AM
The Barr Brothers - Sleeping Operator
Po Lazarus - Po Lazarus EP
Alvvays - Alvvays
Le Trouble - Reality Strikes
Heat - Heat (EP)
The Amazing Snakeheads - Amphetamine Ballads
Sean Foster & the Vaqueros - Hollow Woods EP
Pink Mountaintops - Get Back
Blood and Glass - Museum With No Walls
Feathership - Howl
Casual Sex - The Bastard Beat EP
Les Deuxluxes - Traitement Deuxluxes EP
Frisky Kids - The Beach EP

BEST SONGS

Again, in no specific order... Well, except for one!

Po Lazarus, "Backyard Voodoo" (really, this tune is my #1 fave of 2014)
Owen Pallett, "The Riverbed"
Odonis Odonis, "Are We Friends"
FANS, "Another Way"
Stuck On Planet Earth, "Pain"
Alvvays, "Adult Diversion"
Casual Sex, "Pissing Neon"
The Amazing Snakeheads, "Can't Let You Go"
Les Deuxluxes, "On The Road"
Feathership, "Morning Love"
Arctic Monkeys, "Why'd You Only Call Me When You're High"

BEST SHOWS

The Jim Jones Revue @ Il Motore (now known as Bar le Ritz PDB)
The Unicorns @ Metropolis (POP Montreal)
Blood and Glass with guests Patrick Watson and Ariane Moffatt @ Sala Rossa

REBECCA M'S THINGS TO LOOK FORWARD TO IN 2015

There are two new albums that are scheduled to come out in 2015 that have me on the edge of my seat. The first is the buzz about The Libertines, who thankfully got back together this year. My beloved Pete Doherty is also getting all clean and shiny in Thailand, and they were just signed to Virgin Records (kinda disturbing to say the least) in the sun. So we can only hope for a brand new album sometime in 2015! The other, which has me all a tizzy is, the much anticipated album from Eddie Paul! He just released the video for his first single, "Shut Up And Dance", which was featured on the front cover of the hot British music mag, ArtRocker! So, this matched with his label, Emery Street Records, newly acquired studio Grand Lodge No.24 (formerly owned by Montreal's biggest musical export to date, Arcade Fire). I can only imagine how awesome this album will be, and it is set to be released in early 2015. Be sure to keep your eyes and ears locked on to The Commonwealth Conundrum, 'cuz we will bring it to you first!

HONOURABLE MENTION FOR 2015

This goes to Milo McMahon! I interviewed him and his band mate, Mikey Beaton, in mid-November and their performance took my breath away. According to Milo, they are working hard on a new album, but they do not have a specific release date as of yet. He did assure that he hopes to have something in the very near future.

Fatoumata Touré accueille le spectacle de la musique africaine a appelé "Safari" vendredi à 14 heures.

Coup de cœur de l'année

Yemi Alade, "Johnny"
PAPOU, "Comment ça va ?"
Tour 2 Garde, "Makassa"
Eddy Kenzo, "Sitya Loss"
Safi Diabaté, "Sabaar"
Skales, "Shake Body"
Mohamed Diaby, "Mogo Kan"

Chorégraphie

Toofan, "Gweta"
Tour 2 Garde, "Makassa"
Fally Ipupa, "Original"
Os Detroia, "Bela"
Youssou Ndour, "Souvenir"

Collaboration de l'année

Wizboyy Ofuasia, "Lovinjitis" feat. Teeyah
Bana C4, "Beauté Africaine" feat. Youssoupha
Davido, "Tchelete" feat. Mafikizolo
Museba, "African Mama" feat. J Martins
Patoranking, "Girlie O" feat. Tiwa Savage
Toofan, "Apero" feat. DJ Arafat
P Square, "Collabo" feat. Don Jazzy

Concert de l'année

Salif Keïta @ l'Olympia de Montréal

Mel P. is the former host of The Vibe Room, which aired on Tuesdays at 7 PM in 2014.

TOP ALBUMS

Jhené Aiko - Souled Out
Tinashe - Aquarius
Les Sins - Michael
The Weeknd - King of the Fall
BADBADNOTGOOD - III

Also note that I don't often listen to full albums. There are a lot of SoundCloud beatmaker collectives such as Soulection, Darker Than Wax, Flo-Fi, MELT, and HW&W Recordings that have artists and individual tracks that I really like too!

FAVOURITE TRACKS

These are just my faves that I discovered this year, in no particular order:

Amerie, "1 Thing" (Siik Remix)
SabishiiClan, "fake love"
Tinashe, "Cold Sweat"
Brandy, "I Wanna Be Down"
Marvel Alexander, "Babe, Please Don't Curve Me"
The Weeknd, "King Of The Fall"
Robert Glasper, "Afro Blue" feat. Erykah Badu and Phonte (9th Wonder's Blue Light Basement Remix)
starRo, "In Love"
Brandy, "Never Say Never" (Jaël Remix)
Amber London, "Servin Fiendz"
Robert Glasper Experiment, "Calls" feat. Jill Scott
Les Sins, "Talk About"
Three 6 Mafia, "Sippin' On Some Syrup"
Birocratic, "Since You've Asked"
YUNG BAE, "Anibabe"
Jordan Bratton, "Must Be" (esta. Remix)

BEST SHOWS

Luxry + TOKiMONSTA @ Output in Brooklyn, NYC (CMJ)
DJ Questlove @ Brooklyn Bowl, NYC (CMJ)
Les Sins @ Le Belmont
Moka Only + Illa J + Nick Wisdom @ Cabaret Underworld
Sango + Mr. Carmack + Da-P @ Le Belmont

COOLEST THING THAT HAPPENED AT CJLO

Exploring and getting lost in New York City at the CMJ Music Marathon.

Ethan Vestby hosts Station To Station every Tuesday from 11 AM to noon.

TOP ALBUMS

Pharmakon - Bestial Burden
Ariel Pink - Pom Pom
Swans - To Be Kind
Afghan Whigs - Do to the Beast
Scott Walker + Sunn O))) - Soused
Ratking - So It Goes
Run the Jewels - Run the Jewels 2
Future - Honest
Sean Nicholas Savage - Bermuda Waterfall
TV On the Radio - Seeds

HONOURABLE MENTIONS

Chromeo - White Women
FKA Twigs - LP1
tUnE-yArDs - Nikki Nack
Dirty Beaches - Stateless
Death Grips - Niggas on the Moon
Angel Olson - Burn Your Fire for No Witness
La Roux - Trouble in Paradise
Aphex Twin - Syro
Lykke Li - I Never Learn
The New Pornographers - Brill Bruisers

BEST SONGS

Future, "Move That Dope"
Swans, "A Little God in My Hands"
FKA Twigs, "Two Weeks"
Ariel Pink, "Black Ballerina"
Run the Jewels, "Close Your Eyes (And Count to Fuck)"
La Roux, "Sexotheque"
Spoon, "Inside Out"
Mac DeMarco, "Chamber of Reflection"
Schoolboy Q, "The Purge"
Mica Levi, "Love"

The K-Man hosts Beyond That Graveyard! III every Friday from 9 PM to midnight.

TOP METAL ALBUMS

Earth - Primitive and Deadly
Yob - Clearing the Path to Ascend
Overkill - White Devil Armory
Goatwhore - Constricting Rage of the Merciless
The German Panzer - Send Them All to Hell
Exodus - Blood In Blood Out
Mastodon - Once More Round the Sun
Kill of Rights - Sign of the Crimes
Triptykon - Melana Chasmata
Cro Magnum - Cro Magnum
Eagle Tears - Eagle Tears
Accept - Blind Rage
Mad Parish - Procession

TOP ALBUMS

Earth - Primitive and Deadly
Sturgill Simpson - Metamodern Sounds in Country Music
The War on Drugs - Lost in the Dream
Willie Nelson - Band of Brothers
Swans - To Be Kind
Sun Kil Moon - Benji
Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers - Hypnotic Eye

FAVOURITE CONCERTS

D.B.C. + Soothsayer + Kill of Rights + Warsenol @ Katacombes

I haven't seen such violent thrashing in a pit since Destruction/Kreator at the Spectrum circa '86 in Montreal. I refrained from joining the mayhem and signed a few CDs after my band's set and watched D.B.C. and Soothsayer from the balcony. It was like the '80s again with that ferocious fuck religion/society attitude that woke up the lame post disco/punk music scene here in Montreal back then, with a string of legendary metal/hardcore shows at The Rising Sun, Foufounes Electriques, and The Black Light. The lyrics and songs from these bands are more relevant now than ever. Those 350 fans will not soon forget this show. There's a fire to light under the asses of this present and lamest generation of kids since the '50s, that stand idly by—these are some of the bands that are doing it, flame thrower style.

Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers + Stevie Winwood @ The Bell Centre

The Heartbreakers were on fucking fire. Mike Campbell always blew my mind, he shredded. They hadn't played here in over 20 years. The place was roarin'. No shit, I couldn't believe the sick jams they pulled on songs like "Baby Please Don't Go", "Shadow People", "Runnin' Down a Dream" (duelling Firebirds). "Refugee" was fucking epic (duelling SGs), "Rebels", "Yer So Bad", "You Wreck Me", "I Should Have Known It", "You Get Me High", "Forgotten Man"—holy shit his new songs rip, no joke! Great show, The Heartbreakers were right on the money with the best cover of "Steppin' Stone" I've ever witnessed, and the many, many, guitars, oh the humanity!

Stevie Winwood destroyed, playing songs from his bands The Spencer Davis Group, Traffic, and Blind Faith: "I'm a Man", "Can't Find My Way Home", "Medicated Goo", "Empty Pages", "Low Spark of High Heeled Boys", "Mr. Fantasy", and "Feelin' Alright". He wailed on his keys on "Feelin' Alright" and "Empty Pages", and blew doors on his strat in "Dear Mr. Fantasy" and "Can't Find my Way Home". Winwood still has it, undeniably heavy grooves, his vocal performance was sick as well.

COOLEST THING THAT HAPPENED AT CJLO

Andrew becoming the program director.

Carmen R. hosts Plebeian Pleasures every Thursday from 9 to 10 AM.

TOP ALBUMS

Glass Animals - Zaba
Caribou - Our Love
Mogwai - Rave Tapes
Ariel Pink - Pom Pom
SOLIDS - Blame Confusion (2014 Fat Possum reissue)
La Dispute - Rooms of the House

FAVOURITE TRACKS

BADBADNOTGOOD, "Can't Leave the Night"
Phantogram, "Black Out Days"
Chet Faker, "Talk is Cheap"
Gesaffelstein, "Phoenix/Bankrupt!" (remix)
Alt-J, "Pusher"

FAVOURITE CONCERTS

Neutral Milk Hotel @ Olympia
Arcade Fire @ Parc Jean Drapeau
Dead Obies @ S.A.T
Phantogram @ Osheaga
July Talk @ Corona Theatre
Angus and Julia Stone @ Corona Theatre
Deafheaven @ Bar le Ritz PBD
Ty Segall @ Club Soda
Death from Above 1979 @ MRCY Block Party
Glitch Mob @ Osheaga

Fredy hosts Hiway 1 every Monday from 7 to 8 PM, he is also a regular CJLO Magazine contributor.

TOP ALBUMS

Christopher Owens - A New Testament
Brian Eno and Karl Hyde - High Life
The War On Drugs - Lost in the Dream
The Barr Brothers - Sleeping Operator
Angel Olsen - Burn Your Fire for No Witness
Cherry Glazerr - Haxel Princess
Caribou - Our Love
Damien Jurado - Brothers and Sisters of the Eternal Son
Ex Hex - Rips
Mac DeMarco - Salad Days
Owen Pallett - In Conflict
St. Vincent - St. Vincent
Sun Kil Moon - Benji
Todd Terje - It's Album Time
Habibi - Habibi

HONOURABLE MENTIONS

Bry Webb - Free Will
Christopher Bissonnette - Essays In Idleness
Freak Motif - La Casa Blanca: Remixes
The Hidden Cameras - Age
Kandle - In Flames
The Notwist - Close To The Glass
Old Crow Medicine Show - Remedy
Temples - Sun Structures
Yellow Ostrich - Cosmos

FAVOURITE TRACKS

Owls, "This Must Be How"
Brian Eno and Karl Hyde, "DBF"
Chad VanGaalen, "Frozen Paradise"
Christopher Owens, "My Troubled Heart"
Cherry Glazerr, "Grilled Cheese"
The Men, "Another Night"
Pink Mountaintops, "Sell Your Soul"
St. Vincent, "Digital Witness"
Sun Kil Moon, "Ben's My Friend"
Tokyo Police Club, "Through The Wire"

FAVOURITE SHOWS

Didn't get to go to as many as I wanted, but here are four that stuck out:

St. Vincent @ Metropolis
Jerrod Carmichael @ Théâtre Sainte-Catherine (comedian, during the Just for Laughs festival)
The Book of Mormon @ Place des Arts
Phish Halloween run in Las Vegas - My best three-night run of concerts all year. And the Musical Costume was Disney's "Chilling, Thrilling Sounds Of The Haunted House", it doesn't get much better than that.

COOLEST THING THAT HAPPENED AT CJLO

New permanent station manager & program director, woot woot!

Jacob Greco hosts Don't Mess This Up, Jacob every Thursday from 1:30 to 2 PM

Howdy! Here's my Top 10 list. It's more of a Top 5, and by more of a Top 5 I mean there are only 5 things on the list. Haters my hate if they wish.

TOP 10 (BUT REALLY JUST 5) ALBUMS

Freddie Gibbs & Madlib - Piñata
Mac DeMarco - Salad Days
Hannibal Buress - Live from Chicago
Chris Gethard - My Comedy Album
Flying Lotus - You're Dead!

OTHER MAGICAL OCCURRENCES

Hanging out with comedians Michael Che, Jerrod Carmichael, Todd Barry, James Adomian, and David O'Doherty. Just For Laughs was the greatest thing ever this year.
Seeing Mac DeMarco at SAT back in April. I wish I could remember the whole experience. I suppose that means I had a really, really great time.
Hosting and performing in Montreal Sketchfest for the first time. Truly a marvellous week of fun having.

Joana hosts Je Suis TBA every Monday from 11 PM to midnight.

REVUE DE L'ANNEE 2014 - TOP 15

-in ascending order-

Dead Obies - Montréal $ud
Theophilus London - Vibes
Deerhoof - La Isla Bonita
Black Milk - If There's A Hell Below
Chocolat - Tss Tss
FKA Twigs - LP1
Code Orange Kids - I Am King
Homeshake - In The Shower
Les Sins - Michael
Run The Jewel - Run The Jewels 2
BADBADNOTGOOD - III
Rocky Marsiano - Meu Kamba
CRi - Oda
Paloalto - Cheers

Remi Caron-Liss hosts At The Movies every Tuesday from 8 to 9 AM.

TOP ALBUMS

10) Coldplay - Ghost Stories. Inside of my most recent memory, being a die hard Coldplay fan, X & Y was their only album that put me though a sonic musical journey. After putting out a pop-ish Mylo Xyloto and conscious uncoupling, Chris Martin brought the band back together. Even though this is not their best work, it is nice to hear the band experimenting again.

9) Lana Del Rey - Ultraviolence. What I am happy about the most is that this album made me forget "Paradise", the B side of Born to Die, where Del Rey was going more for shock value. Most in part why this album works is the back-to-basics formula and the tight production of Dan Auerbach. Hearing "West Coast" for the first time reminded me of why Del Rey is one of the coolest female artists.

8) Foster The People - Supermodels. It has been three years since the bands debut album, Torches. It is nice to see that the band has kept their uppity rock-pop free LA spirit, which is what I like the most in their music. However I was quite pleasantly surprised with their stripped down acoustic song, "Fire Escape".

7) Guardians of the Galaxy - Awesome Mix Vol. 1. So this is a bit of a cheat because all the songs are not from 2014, but hear me out. The word "awesome" gets thrown out a lot, and don't think for a minute that it's pretentious to use the word "awesome" to describe this mixtape. It varies from pop, soul, glam, and rock, while reaming in the era of the '70s and '80s. This is one of the most memorable of the Marvel film soundtracks, if not one of the best soundtracks of this year.

6) The Black Keys - Turn Blue / Jack White - Lazaretto. I could not decide who would be #5 and #6 because in my opinion The Black Keys and Jack White did some great rock albums. Through it is not as good as the Keys' El Camino, or Jack White's first solo Blunderbuss, I still found them enjoyable. The Keys' take you on a psychedelic blues rock journey and Jack White takes you on a blues rock journey.

5) Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross - Gone Girl (soundtrack). Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross teamed up again to score David Fincher's new film, Gone Girl, and they capture each mood of the film. From the sweet and melodic "Sugar Storm" when Nick and Amy meet for the first time, to the eerie and dark tones of "The Way He Looks At Me". The soundtrack pairs nicely with nightmares of Rosamund Pike as Amy.

4) Ed Sheeran - X. When it was announced that Sheeran would be dropping a follow up to his 2011 album, + (which I hold as a great debut album), it was one of the albums that was on my anticipated list for 2014. Where songs might not be as deep and melodic as The A Team, X is a good album that centres around pop, R & B, acoustic ballads.

3) Beck - Morning Phase. If someone were to ask me, "Who is Beck?", my old response might have been a rap-grunge plaid-shirt wearing singer from the '90s. Then there was this year's Morning Phase by Beck. As "Cycle" crossfaded into "Morning", Beck grabbed my attention and I wanted to hear more. The haunting "Blue Moon" and "Turn Away" stayed in my mind for days.

2) Arcade Fire - Her (soundtrack). This is another cheat, but in fairness it was what I listened to the most in 2014, and I only got a hold of the "unofficial" soundtrack when my friend game me a copy this year. The music is as beautiful as the film was. Also, this can be my taking-it-back moment for leaving Her off the golden ticket nominations last year, even though it was my number one film of 2013.

1) Sam Smith - In The Lonely Hour. I first heard Sam Smith while watching an episode of Saturday Night Live with host Louis C.K. After hearing him live, I needed to hear more of this talented singer-songwriter, so In The Lonely Hour was one of the albums I was anticipating the most in 2014. When it was released, the soul/R&B Sam Smith did not disappoint, and I look forward to hearing new material in the near future.

ALBUMS THAT WERE LEFT OFF THE LIST LAST YEAR

Childish Gambino - Because the Internet
Kendrick Lamar - good kid. m.A.A.d city

UNPLEASANT SURPRISES

I did not need to have free music directly given to me, but apparently Bono did not get the memo.

SONGS

10) Coldplay, "Midnight". So this is my pick for a Coldplay song, because of the fact that it is a cool experiment. Martin's voice both echoes and gives shivers. The sound is very spacey, and reminded me of X & Y.

9) The Black Keys, "Fever". This was one of my go-to rock songs. The organ is not used enough in rock songs. The Black Keys do the instrument spooky justice in making this song.

8) Lana Del Rey, "Brooklyn Baby". This was one of the songs I did not listen to until the album was released, and it had to grow on me. The song is and ode that Del Rey, in her sweet melodic voice, echoes out her Americana singers, one of them being the late Lou Reed.

7) Foster the People, "Fire Escape". If one song emotionally moved me it would be Foster the People's "Fire Escape". Maybe because it was unexpected in their style of songs. However, the simple and haunting lyrics of Mark Foster put a human touch to an inanimate object in this stripped down to the core acoustic song.

6) Ed Sheeran, "Don't". Sheeran gives out the cool R&B vibes in this track, which blends both pop and R&B.

5) Jack White, "High Ball Stepper". This is the song that reminds me of Jack White's debut album, blending both the rock guitar and the piano. It showcases White's versatile talents as a musician.

4) Beck, "Morning". I heard this song for the first time with the If I Stay soundtrack, and this was the song that convinced me that I needed to listen to the album Modern Guilt.

3) Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross, "Sugar Storm". When the first light snow started falling in November, I did not have Frank Sinatra's "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas" in my head, I had "Sugar Storm" in my head.

2) Lana Del Rey, "West Coast". This would be the go-to song I listened to the most this year. Nothing but the coolest vibes coming from the guitar and the voice.

1) Beck, "Blue Moon". A song that haunted me this year that has stayed with me for a while after the album finished.

CONCERTS OF THE YEAR

It is a rarity of me to go to concerts, but this year I saw The Black Keys with opening acts Cage the Elephant and Daniel Lanois, who are great artists to see live. I missed Lana Del Rey and sadly I do not foresee myself wanting to see her summer tour with Courtney Love when she returns next year. So in the spirit of my review last year, something that I view a little more.

TOP FIVE MUSIC VIDEOS

5) The Black Keys, Fever
4) Childish Gambino, Sweatpants Ft. Problem
3) Foster The People, Coming of Age
2) Kendrick Lamar, I
1) Lana Del Rey, West Coast

COOLEST THING THAT HAPPENED AT CJLO

The DJs that go above and beyond, who are always giving 110%. We have the best team of volunteer DJs that not only produce their own show every week, but also help run the station by organizing events, helping with events, or working in the studio. Mad props and high fives all around. Happy holiday season and all the best for 2014!

Ariel "DJ Misschief" Reignier is the brain child behind CJLO's Beat & Brews and hosts Greedy Graffiti every Thursday from 2 to 3 PM.

TOP ALBUMS

DJ Supreme & Shaheed feat. Akil the MC - Champions of Truth
Quantic - Magnetica
Alt-J - This is All Yours
Venus 902.0
SBTRKT - Wonder Where We Land
Wu-Tang Clan - A Better Tomorrow

FAVOURITE TRACKS

MKO, "Daffodils"
Bonobo, "Flashlight"
"The Shady CXVPHER" feat. Eminem, Slaughterhouse, and Yelawolf (minus Eminem)

FAVOURITE CONCERTS

DJ Supreme & Shaheed feat. Akil the MC @ Lit Lounge in NYC
Sofar Sounds Fall Event

COOLEST THING THAT HAPPENED AT CJLO

CJLO's Beats & Brews event at Kafein the second Thursday of every month!

Richie hosts Cued For Thought every Tuesday from 1 to 2 PM.

I've done the research (sat on my ass and binge-watched), and have compiled a list of top TV shows of 2014. For those of you not really into skiing or all-inclusive tropical island getaways, make some hot chocolate, curl up in a blanket, open Netflix, and enjoy.

TOP TV SHOWS

1) True Detective Season 1 (HBO) - A cinematic, star-studded, murder mystery crime/drama with plenty of excitement and philosophical insight. I thoroughly enjoyed its first 8-episode storyline, which came to a satisfying conclusion.

2) Fargo Season 1 (FX) - Some things just don't need spin-offs or sequels. A perfect movie like Fargo seemed to me like one of those things... until I watched Season 1 of Fargo on FX. The series takes place in the same universe as the Coen Brothers' film, and brings in an entirely new storyline with unique characters and intertwining storylines. A must-watch for fans of the film, you betcha!

3) The Walking Dead Season 5A (AMC) - With showrunners coming-and-going, the quality of TWD has fluctuated over its first four seasons. The first half of Season 5 has exceeded expectations, with many plot twists and "holy shit" moments.

4) Louie Season 4 (FX) - Louis C.K.'s Woody-Allenesque series is ripe with surrealist humour and existential crises.

5) Mad Men Season 7A (AMC) - A strong beginning to the show's final season.

6) Archer Season 5 (FX) - This show is amazingly clever and well-written. Blink and you'll miss three jokes. With a new storyline, Archer is showing that it will stay fresh for more seasons.

7) Parks and Recreation Season 6 (NBC) - Miles ahead of its network prime-time sitcom cohorts. If you enjoyed The Office in its early seasons, definitely give Parks and Rec a go.

8) Californication Season 7 (Showtime) - Not a very memorable conclusion to the series, but it was certainly good for a few laughs.

REASONS TO LOOK FORWARD TO 2015

Better Call Saul Season 1
True Detective Season 2
Louie Season 5
Community Season 6
Fargo Season 2
Mad Men Season 7B (the final season)
Walking Dead Season 5B
Archer Season 6
It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia Season 10
Curb Your Enthusiasm Season 9? (Please, God!)

Happy Watching!

Sonja Hanson hosts Behind The Counter every Sunday from 1 to 2 PM.

TOP ALBUMS

Bad River - Button Battery Syndrome
Boyhood - Bits n Bobs
Dilly Dally - Candy Mountain 7"
Hey Mother Death - Highway
PC Worship - Social Rust

HONOURABLE MENTIONS

Last Ex - Last Ex
Cherry Glazerr - Haxel Princess

Colin Harris hosts Killer Baby Tomatoes every Sunday from 9 to 10 PM.

You should be listening to these 10 local releases:

NONI WO - U S B E P
Ought - More Than Any Other Day
Kurvi Tasch - On Firm Ground
Lydia Ainsworth - Right from Real
Year of Glad - Old Growth
Sea Oleena - Shallow
Nancy Pants - Total Nancy Pants
TOPS - Picture You Staring
‪Thee Silver Mt. Zion Memorial Orchestra - Fuck Off Get Free We Pour Light on Everything‬
Notta Comet - Success With Houseplants

DShade hosts Something For The Radio every Thursday from 3 to 4 PM.

TOP ALBUMS

Statik Selektah - What Goes Around
PRhyme - PRhyme
Freddie Gibbs and MadLib - Piñata
Run the Jewels - Run the Jewels 2
Common - Nobody's Smiling

HONOURABLE MENTIONS

Schoolboy Q - Oxymoron
Ghostface Killah - 36 Seasons
Pharoahe Monch - PTSD

FAVOURITE TRACKS

Common, "Speak My Piece"
PRhyme, "Courtesy"
Schoolboy Q, "Collard Greens" feat. Kendrick Lamar

Happy Holidays!
- DShade

Matthew Rogers hosts Exposé every Wednesday from 5 to 6 PM.

FAV ALBUMS

Timber Timbre - Hot Dreams
St. Vincent - St. Vincent
Wye Oak - Shriek
BADBADNOTGOOD - III
Flying Lotus - You're Dead
Run the Jewels - Run the Jewels 2
Zammuto - Anchor
Ty Segall - Manipulator
tUnE-yArDs - Nikki Nack
Caribou - Our Love
The War On Drugs - Lost in the Dream
Temples - Sun Structures
Fucked Up - Glass Boys
Warpaint - Warpaint
Mac DeMarco - Salad Days

FAV TRACKS

Timber Timbre, "Hot Dreams"
St. Vincent, "Birth in Reverse"
Run the Jewels, "Blockbuster Night Part 1"
BADBADNOTGOOD, "Confessions" feat. Leland Whitty
Flying Lotus, "Turkey Dog Coma"
Wye Oak, "Before"
Flying Lotus, "Never Catch Me" feat. Kendrick Lamar
Ty Segall, "It's Over"
St. Vincent, "Digital Witness"
third child, "Fiona Volpe Cannot Be Caged"
Wye Oak, "Sick Talk"
Small Teeth, "Dishwashers"
tUnE-yArDs, "Water Fountain"
Fucked Up, "Warm Change"
Zammuto, "Hegemony"
Ty Segall, "The Clock"
Caribou, "Silver"
Timber Timbre, "Beat the Drum Slowly"
BADBADNOTGOOD, "CS60"
Wye Oak, "Logic of Color"

Mike Vo hosts Beats from the East every Tuesday from 9 to 11 PM.

TOP 10 RELEASES

The Juan MacLean - In a Dream
Melissa Polinar - Calls & Echoes
Epik High - Shoebox
The Beatles - Live at the BBC Volume 2
Cynthia Lin and the Blue Moon Allstars - Midnight Echoes
DS455 - Sunday Afternoon
Jolly V - Have Faith
Jay Park - Evolution
Bambu - Party Worker
Weird Al Yankovic - Mandatory Fun

C.W. MacGregor hosts the Feel Good Hit of the Summer every Tuesday from 5 to 6 PM.

TOP 10 ALBUMS

Run the Jewels - Run the Jewels 2. Favourite track: "Close Your Eyes (and Count to Fuck)" feat. Zach de la Rocha
Cloud Nothings - Here and Nowhere Else. Favourite track: "Pattern Walks"
FKA Twigs - LP1. Favourite track: "Pendulum"
Angel Olsen - Burn Your Fire for No Witness. Favourite track: "Hi-Five"
St. Vincent - St. Vincent. Favourite track: "Huey Newton"
Mac DeMarco - Salad Days. Favourite track: "Chamber of Reflection"
Parquet Courts - Sunbathing Animal. Favourite track: "Dear Ramona"
Future Islands - Singles. Favourite track: "Seasons (Waiting on You)"
Caribou - Our Love. Favourite track: "Can't Do Without You"
Swans - To Be Kind. Favourite track: "A Little God in My Hands"

HONOURABLE MENTIONS

Ariel Pink - Pom Pom
Mastodon - Once More 'Round the Sun
Aphex Twin - Syro
Flying Lotus - You're Dead
Shabazz Palaces - Lese Majesty

Rebekah Glendinning hosts Behind The Counter every Sunday from 1 to 2 PM.

TOP RELEASES

BADBADNOTGOOD - BADBADNOTGOOD III
Bad River - Button Battery Syndrome
Dilly Dally - Candy Mountain 7"
Grouper - Ruins
Last Ex - Last Ex
PC Worship - Social Rust
The War on Drugs - Lost in the Dream

DJ Spacepirate hosts Burnt Offerings every Sunday from 6 to 8 PM.

Life is a buffet, especially the parts that are literally buffets. Therefore, it is in no particular godd*mn order that I give you DJ Spacepirate's Top 9 Canadian Metals of 2014.

MUTANK - M.E.C.H. Metal. We know our thrash here. These guys do it with wit and proficiency. 'Nuff said. Fav track: "MUTANK".

Crimson Shadows - Kings Among Men. Harsh and speedy power in the vein of Blackguard. Solid, well-rounded, just the right about of wank. Fav track: "Braving the Storm".

Devin Townsend Project - Z². OK, keep it cool. Gotta save face after last time. Ahem... Yeah, it's ok. Whatever, man. Fav tracks: "March of the Poozers off Dark Matters", and "Midnight Sun off Sky Blue".

Kobra and the Lotus - High Priestess. It was all chugga chugga and then it went meedly-mee and she was like "hwaaaaah!" Fav track: "High Priestess".

Primalfrost - Prosperous Visions. Do you need more Amon Amarth in your life? I don't, but I now have these guys anyway! Fav track: "Path of the Sky".

In the Name of Havoc - 1180 EP. Funky groovesludge. Orin will probably be annoyed/embarrassed that I put this here, but humbug right in his stupid face. I like it. Fav track: "Bloodlust Succubus".

Striker - City of Gold. Exemplary specimen of the new old school. RIYL West of Hell, Skull Fist, owning testicles. Fav track: "City of Gold".

Viathyn - Cynosure. Airy, almost soothing, yet not un-heavy melodic power metal that somehow avoids sounding generic. Fav track: "The Coachman".

Expain - Just the Tip. A unique blend of progressive thrash. Fruity notes and an oaky finish. Perhaps a hint of nutmeg. Fav track: "The King".

Honourable mention goes to Protokult - No Beer in Heaven. I'll be straight with you, I've barely listened to half of it. My problem is that the first track, "Get Me a Beer", is too awesome, such that I rarely feel much need to progress beyond it. It has earned a permanent place on my drinking metal playlist.

Gee Weekes hosts Anatomy of Caribbean Music every Saturday from 8 to 10 PM.

TOP ALBUMS

Alpha Blondy - Survivor
Sierra Leone's Refugee All Stars - Libation
Kaisha Lee - I Heart Reggae
Duane Stephenson - Dangerously Roots: Journey from August Town
Taurus Alphonso - Survivor

TOP SONGS

Farmer Nappy, "Big People Party"
Alpha Blondy, "When I Need You"
CANO, "Un Peu De Soleil" feat. Patience Dabany
Sierra Leone's Refugee All Stars, "Maria"
Ammoye, "Sorry"
Jade Faith, "I Won't Suffer"
Kaisha Lee, "Speak to You"
Taurus Alphonso, "Julie"
Fireman Hooper, "Soca Man"
Duane Stephenson, "Simply Beautiful"

Idle Matt hosts Radio Fun every Thursday from 8 to 9 PM.

TOP 10 ALBUMS

Ty Segall - Manipulator
White Lung - Deep Fantasy
Mogwai - Rave Tapes
Mastodon - Once More 'Round the Sun
Death From Above 1979 - The Physical World
The New Pornographers - Brill Bruisers
OFF! - Wasted Years
TV on the Radio - Seeds
Thee Silver Mt. Zion Memorial Orchestra - Fuck Off Get Free We Pour Light on Everything
Fucked Up - Glass Boy (Slow Version... not the fast version)

BEST REISSUES

Sleater Kinney - Start Together
Fugazi - First Demo
The Velvet Underground - The Velvet Underground (Super Deluxe Edition)

FAVOURITE CONCERT MOMENT

Finally getting to see Stiff Little Fingers live!

Mourad & Julien B. host Stroll Around The Groove every Tuesday from 8 to 9 PM.

The following lists are un-ordered and do not really give justice to the fact that we've been mostly been focused on music released before 1990. Too much to study in the past. So you won't see mentions to albums such as Syro by Aphex Twin... Because we might wait 'til 2015 to take the time to press play.

However, 2014 has been a really productive year and we can't recommend the 10 following albums enough!

TOP ALBUMS

Yosi Horikawa - Vapor Remixed 1 (and his original album Vapor, released in 2013)
Various - Utopian Society[s] - Crevasses of Mind[s] (cutting edge electronic hip hop from Japan and beyond)
Morbin - Fragments (Can con, trip hop from the Montreal)
Mr. Bill - IRL (a masterpiece of precision from Australia)
Ben Frost - A U R O R A (such textures)
Bassilus C. - Euler State EP (unexpected side electronic project from half of The Gulf Stream)
Forever Pavot - Rhapsode (Fantastic Planet like psychedelic trip, but made in 2014)
Run the Jewels - Run the Jewels 2 (F**kin slo mo)
Various - Dub Warriors Vol. 2 - Rudimentary Structure Expansion (a compilation of forward-thinking psychedelic/electronic music)
Hubwar - Eikonoklastes LP (Remixes) (the remix album is a good start to discover the original album, that's how it happened for us)

HONOURABLE MENTIONS

Seriously, click on this link.
All the people at the station.
www.unlog.info

FAVOURITE TRACK

John Cage, "4:33"

FAVOURITE SHOW

DJ Brace opened for the Paul's Boutique premiere show (Solid Steel's tribute to the Beastie), adding live video scratching for the first time in his show. Basically, everyone was like...

Sarah Stupar hosts Best Of The West every Wednesday from 9 to 10 AM, and she is a regular CJLO Magazine contributor.

Hey CJLO Listeners and happy holidays! Sarah Stupar here from Best of the West. I don't know about you, but I've had an amazing year. Here are my picks for top albums released in 2014, and keeping with the theme of my show, they's all from Western Canada :)

TOP ALBUMS

In no particular order...

T. Nile - Tingle & Spark
The Ruffled Feathers - Bottom of the Blue
Various - Come Together - PEAK Boot Camp 2014 (BC and Alberta Peak Performance Artists)
Laura Reznek - Who Came Before Us
Imaginary Cities - Fall of Romance
David Dewberry - Desire Lines
Young Liars - Tidal Wave
Jom Comyn - In the Dark on 99 (All the Time, All the Time)
The Tourist Company - Space Race
Wooden Horseman - Wooden Horseman

HONOURABLE MENTIONS

AKA not from Western Canada!

The Balconies - Fast Motions
The Elwins - And I Thank You

CONCERTS

My favourite concerts this year was the two times I saw The Balconies live, once in Toronto at the Horseshoe Tavern and once in Montreal at Le Divan Orange. They kick some serious ass and front woman Jacquie is a born entertainer. Do not miss an opportunity to see this group live!

FAVOURITE TRACKS

Laura Reznek, "The Ones You Love"
Samantha Savage Smith, "Kids in the Basement"
Young Liars, "Young Again"
Royal Canoe, "Exodus of the Year"
Dan Mangan, "Vessel"
Windmills, "Corona"
Goodwood Atoms, "Red Wine, Old News"
The Tourist Company, "Irrepressible Future"
SAVK, "Everstone"
The Perpetrators, "Smokes and Chicken"

THE COOLEST THING THAT HAPPENED AT CJLO

As for the coolest thing that happened at CJLO in 2014... Well for me just being a part of CJLO was the coolest thing! Having Jom Comyn come in an record some live tracks for Best of the West was pretty cool (you can check that out on the sessions page) but also getting to interview The Elwins about their Twin Peaks TV Blog for HuffPost Music was really fun! You can see the interview in my CJLO Magazine article.

Denis Arsenault hosts Dirty Work every Thursday from 4 to 6 PM.

LIVE SHOWS THAT I ENJOYED

Cloud Nothings @ Il Motore (February)
Mogwai @ Metropolis (May)
Wye Oak + Braids @ Il Motore (April)
Bear in Heaven + Absolutely Free @ Sala Rossa (August)
The Book of Mormon @ Place des Arts (December)
Weekend + Nothing @ Casa del Popolo (January)
Whirr, SOLIDS, Cloakroom, + Kestrels @ Bar le Ritz PDB (September) (POP Montreal)
Slowdive + Low @ Le National (October)
Last Ex + Maicamia @ Bar le Ritz PDB (December)
Sensei @ Casa del Popolo (March) (Under the Snow)
Stephen Malkmus and the Jicks + Disappears @ Café Campus (February)
Constantines + Cousins @ Le Belmont (October)

SOME OTHER HIGHLIGHTS

Interviewing John Cummings from Mogwai on the phone while I was in the coat closet at work
Live session & interview with Operators, vaping with Dan Boeckner
Las Vegas trip for my birthday. Ate a $600 meal, sipped a giant margarita wearing a solids tank top, had a 51st floor suite with a view of the Bellagio Fountains...
Boston road trip for my wife's birthday. Had amazing food, drank fantastic beer, created inside jokes about flatulent dogs, had the Canada M. Fox driving tour, used a shower with 10 jets, temp control and LED coloured lights...
And of course there was the five day blitz of Halifax Pop Explosion which counts against both.

Dj Serius hosts More Fyah every Saturday from 4 to 6 PM

TOP 10 REGGAE / DANCE HALL TUNES

Jah Bouks, "Call Angola"
Kranium, "Nobody Has to Know"
Alkaline, "Bruck Out"
Spice, "So Mi Like It"
Jah Cure, "All Of Me" (cover)
Peter Lloyd, "Blood on Your Hands"
Vybz Kartel, "Miami Vice Episode"
Vybz Kartel, "Make Di Star Shine"
Mr. Vegas, "Road"
Etana, "Richest Girl"

HONOURABLE MENTION

Vybz Kartel for releasing so many tracks once again this year despite being incarcerated.

COOLEST THING THAT HAPPENED AT CJLO

More Fyah in studio interview with reggae artist Jah Bouks.

Chubby Nnebe hosts Aloof Future every Sunday from 2 to 3 PM.

TOP 10 ALBUMS

Azealia Banks - Broke with Expensive Taste
FKA Twigs - LP1
Schoolboy Q - Oxymoron
Junglepussy - Satisfaction Guaranteed
Sango - Da Rocinha 2
Mikos Da Gawd - Caffeine, Vol. 1
PARTYNEXTDOOR - PARTYNEXTDOOR TWO
GoldLink - The God Complex
Promnite - Love Songs for What?
Tinashe - Aquarius

TOP FIVE EPS & SINGLES

Majid Jordan - A Place Like This EP
Jamie XX - All Under One Roof Raving (Single)
Jamie XX - Girl/Sleep Sound (Single)
Doja Cat - Purrr! EP
Zhu - The Nightday EP

TOP 10 TRACKS

Tinashe, "2 On"
Majid Jordan, "A Place Like This"
Azealia Banks, "Soda"
Liz, "Don't Say" feat. Tyga
PARTYNEXTDOOR, "Persian Rugs"
Tom Misch & Carmody, "Release You"
Promnite, "Used to Be (Unity)"
Tinashe, "Aquarius"
FKA Twigs, "Pendulum"
Junglepussy, "Satisfaction Guaranteed"

TOP FIVE REMIXES

Doja Cat, "So High" (Beshken Remix)
Azealia Banks, "Chasing Time" (KRS Bootleg)
KRS, "So Close" (Tom Misch Bootleg)
PARTYNEXTDOOR, "West District" (Marvel Alexander Bachata Remix)
Jhene Aiko, "The Worst" (DJ GetEm x Young Kid Jersey Club Remix)

TOP FIVE MONTREAL GEMS

Goldbloc, "Days Are Dreaming" (WYLN Remix)
No Kliché, "Up" feat. Gabe Nandez
Faith Evans, "All Night Long" (Shash'U Remix)
Black Atlass, "Blossom"
Kaytranada, "Leave Me Alone" feat. Shay Lia

TOP "Top 40" TRACK

Rae Sremmurd, "No Type"

HONOURABLE MENTIONS

Run the Jewels - Run The Jewels 2
Ibeyi - Oya EP
Tennyson - Blamer EP
J.u.D. - St. Flower EP
Drake, "The Language" (Rook Milo Remix)
PARTYNEXTDOOR, "Bout It"
Doja Cat, "No Police"
Jahkoy, "Poison"
CRi, "380B"
Mariah Carey, "Faded"

Oncle Ian Macpherson hosts The Go-Go Radio Magic Show every Friday from 6 to 8 PM.

ONCLE IAN'S FAVOURITE ALBUMS OF 2014

In no particular order...

White Fence - For the Recently Found Innocent
Ty Segall - Manipulator
Chocolat - Tss Tss
Brian Jonestown Massacre - Revelation
Fresh & Onlys - House of Spirits
Woods - With Light and With Love
Allah-Las - Worship the Sun
PyPy - Pagan Day
Total Control - Typical System
Jack Name - Light Show
The Growlers - Chinese Fountain
Sungod - Sungod
Space Raft - Space Raft
The GT's - Good Times
Quilt - Held in Splendor
Jesuslesfilles - Le Grain D'Or
Viet Cong - Cassette
Natural Child - Dancin' with Wolves
Curtis Harding - Soul Power
The Men - Tomorrow's Hits
Mystic Braves - Desert Island
Morgan Delt - Morgan Delt
Shimmering Stars - Bedrooms of the Nation
Reigning Sound - Shattered
Skygreen Leopards - Family Crimes
The Range of Light Wilderness - The Range of Light Wilderness
The Afghan Whigs - Do to the Beast
Operators - EP1
Peter Buck - I Am Back Again to Blow Your Mind
Lenguas Largas - Come on In
Drug Train - Roll with it Scully
Axxa + Abraxas - Axxa + Abraxas
Blank Realm - Grassed In
Together Pangea - Badillac
Elephant Stone - The Three Poisons
Holy Wave - Relax
Froth - Patterns
Goat - Commune
Pink Mountaintops - Get Back
King Tuff - Black Moon Spell
New Bums - Voices in a Rented Room
Nothing - Guilty of Everything
Purling Hiss - Weirdon
Spoon - They Want My Soul
Thee Oh Sees - Drop
Wand - Ganglion Reef
Wildest Dreams - Wildest Dreams
Amen Dunes - Love
David Novick - Your Sister's Hand
Pixies - Indie Cindy

FAVOURITE LIVE SHOWS

La Luz + Ty Segall @ Club Soda
Tashaki Myaki + Allah-Las @ Café Campus
Neutral Milk Hotel @ Olympia
Red Mass + Natural Child + Black Lips @ Theatre Corona
Spoon + Dan Deacon + Arcade Fire @ Parc Jean Drapeau
Chocolat + King Khan & BBQ Show + Black Lips @ Club Soda
Red Mass @ Quaies Des Brumes
Red Mass @ Drone
King Gizzard & the Wizard Lizzard + White Fence @ Bar le Ritz PDB
Jack Name @ Casa De Popolo
Alex Calder + Quilt + Woods @ Cabaret Playhouse
Auks + Birds of Paradise + The GT's @ Suite William
Fresh & Onlys @ Casa de Popolo
Nancy Pants + The Garden + The Growlers @ Bar le Ritz PDB
Violent Femmes @ Metropolis
Pixies @ Metropolis
The Afghan Whigs @ Corona Theatre

DJ So-So is an honorary CJLO family member and the former host of The Kids Are So-So, ex-news director, ex-CJLO Magazine editor, and ex-pat Canadian.