Canadian College Radio Charts

Since I am a college radio DJ the charts are something that interests me. Basically up here there are two different charts. One is compiled by Chart Magazine. The other is compiled by the the National Campus and Community Radio Association (NCRA) and is part of their effort called Earshot, which has it's own website (an excellent web zine really) and also is in the print edition of Exclaim Magazine.

The charts vary a bit and are timed differently but interesting to see the differences. By the way sorry for the formatting differences but I'm just cutting and pasting here.

Anyways here is the top ten from Chart Magazine for this week, ending March 31. To view the whole chart you can go here.

1. NEKO CASE Fox Confessor Brings The Flood (Mint/Outside)
2. PINK MOUNTAINTOPS Axis Of Evol (Jagjaguwar/Scratch)
3. BELLE AND SEBASTIAN The Life Pursuit (Matador/Beggars)
4. MAGNETA LANE Dancing With Daggers (Paper Bag/Universal)
5. CAT POWER The Greatest (Matador/Beggars)
6. DESTROYER Destroyer's Rubies (Merge/FAB)
7. ARCTIC MONKEYS Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not (Domino/Outside)
8. MOGWAI Mr. Beast (Matador/Beggars)
9. CALEXICO Garden Ruin (Quarterstick/FAB)
10. DIABLEROS You Can't Break The Strings In Our Olympic Hearts (Baudelaire/Outside)

Here is the Earshot charts for the week ending April 4th. To see the entire chart head here.

1 Pink Mountaintops Axis Of Evol JagJaguwar/Scratch
2 Neko Case Fox Confessor Brings The Flood Mint
3 Magneta Lane Dancing With Daggers Paper Bag
4 They Shoot Horses Don't They? Boo Hoo Hoo Boo Kill Rock Stars
5 Destroyer Destroyer's Rubies Merge
6 Belle And Sebastian The Life Pursuit Matador
7 Calexico Garden Ruin Quarterstick
8 Mogwai Mr Beast Matador
9 Various See You On The Moon Paper Bag
10 Stereolab Fab Four Suture Too Pure

Here is the CJAM charts (my home station for those of you just joining me). This is from the week of March 31.

1 Neko Case Fox Confessor Brings The Mint
2 NOFX Never Trust A Hippy FatWreckChords
3 Robert Pollard From A Compound Eye Merge
4 Destroyer * Destroyer's Rubies Merge
5 Pink Mountaintops * Axis Of Evol Jagjaguwar
6 Deadboy And Elephant We Are Night Sky Fat Possum
7 Mogwai Mr. Beast Matador
8 Sutekh Born Again: Collected Rem The Leaf Label
9 Belle And Sebastian The Life Pursuit Matador
10 Califone Roomsound Thrill Jockey

This from the week of April 4.

1 Drive-By Truckers A Blessing And A Curse New West
2 Glen Kotche Mobile Nonesuch
3 Calexico Garden Ruin Quarterstick
4 Mclusky Mcluskyism Too Pure
5 Mogwai Mr Beast Matador
6 Shawn Lee's Ping Pong Orchestra Strings And things Ubiquity
7 Belle And Sebastian The Life Pursuit Matador
8 Band Of Horses Everything All The Time Sub Pop
9 Delta 5 Singles And Sessions 1979-1981 Kill Rock Stars
10 Lanterna Desert Ocean Jimez Mountain