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September marked the return of CJAMs Singles Club! Sixteens tracks from sixteen local artists were included. Here are the top 3! #1. PONY – “WebMD” #2. Dane Roberts – “Dancing in the Living Room” #3. Talking Violet – “Indigo” — Want to submit your track(s) to CJAMs Singles Club? Get all the details here…

* indicates Canadian artist. Chart ranking reflects airplay during the week ending 29-Sep-2020. 1    TOUGH AGE*     Which Way Am I? (Mint) 2    UNIFORM     Shame (Sacred Bones) 3    IDLES     Ultra Mono (Partisan) 4    RON LEARY*^     Musicians Make Great Construction Workers (Self-Released) 5    FIVE ALARM FUNK*     Big Smoke (Self-Released) 6    JEALOUS OF BIRDS     Peninsula (Canvasback) 7    BLACK […]

— RIP Toots Hibbert (1942-2020) — * indicates Canadian artist. // ^ indicates local Windsor/Detroit artist 1    TOOTS AND THE MAYTALS     Got To Be Tough (Trojan Jamaica/BMG) 2    PROTOMARTYR^     Ultimate Success Today (Domino) 3    VARIOUS*     EVER NEW (Ever New) 4    ANGEL OLSEN     Whole New Mess (Jagjaguwar) 5    SELF-CUT BANGS*     Self-Cut Bangs (Self-Released) 6    KEVIN CALIFORNIA*     Timeless […]

* indicates Canadian artist // ^ indicates local Windsor/Detroit artist 1    DREAM NAILS     Dream Nails (Dine Alone) 2    SELF-CUT BANGS*     Self-Cut Bangs (Self-Released) 3    TOUGH AGE*     Which Way Am I? (Mint) 4    ORVILLE PECK*     Show Pony (Columbia) 5    BOBBY RUSH     Rawer Than Raw (Deep Rush) 6    STARPAINTER*     Bury Me By My Family (Self-Released) 7    FORTUNATO […]

* indicates Canadian artist. // ^ indicates local Windsor/Detroit artist 1    THE BETHS     Jump Rope Gazers (Carpark) 2    JAMES O-L*^     No Fear (Self-Released) 3    NO JOY*     Motherhood (Joyful Noise) 4    POTTERY*     Welcome to Bobby’s Motel (Royal Mountain) 5    ANGEL OLSEN     Whole New Mess (Jagjaguwar) 6    THUNDERCAT     It Is What It Is (Brainfeeder) 7    BEDTIME KHAL ^    […]

Welcome to the CJAM Music Blog. There is not much here right now, but keep an eye on this space!

* indicates Canadian artist // ^ indicates local Windsor/Detroit artist 1    ORVILLE PECK*     Show Pony (Columbia) 2    POTTERY*     Welcome to Bobby’s Motel (Royal Mountain) 3    ARKELLS*     Campfire Chords (Universal) 4    FIVE ALARM FUNK*     Big Smoke (Self-Released) 5    METAWON*     The 12 Trials of Kinso (Make Believe) 6    NO JOY*     Motherhood (Joyful Noise) 7    THE JERRY CANS*     […]

* indicates Canadian artist // ^ indicates Windsor/Detroit artist 1    THE FAST ROMANTICS*     Pick It Up (Postwar) 2    PROTOMARTYR^     Ultimate Success Today (Domino) 3    TERRITORIES*     When The Day Is Done (Pirate’s Press) 4    DIZZY*     The Sun and Her Scorch (Royal Mountain) 5    THROTTLE ELEVATOR MUSIC     Emergency Exit (Wide Hive) 6    WASHED OUT     Purple Noon (SubPop) […]

* indicates Canadian artist. ^ indicates Windsor/Detroit artist. 1    THE JERRY CANS*     Echos (Aakuluk) 2    LIDO PIMIENTA*     Miss Colombia (Anti-) 3    TOUGH AGE*     Which Way Am I? (Mint) 4    THE BETHS     Jump Rope Gazers (Carpark) 5    JAMES O-L*^     No Fear (Self-Released) 6    REV HANK*     El Camino (Self-Released) 7    FIVE ALARM FUNK*     Big Smoke (Self-Released) 8    […]

RADIO BRAIN DRAIN is a week-long music party taking place over CJAMs airwaves. Originally beginning as an “Anniversary of Punk” – CJAMs Radio Brain Drain celebrates the first time The Ramones played as a 4 piece band at CBGB’s on August 16 1974.  And while this is by no means exactly when punk began, we […]