Comments on: The Juno Award Nominations Provide A Stark Reminder Of Nickelback’s CanCon Status

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Thu, 05 Feb 2009 05:11:32 +0000

Also…The Junos are and have always been out of touch…
Please understand that this is the Canadian music industry of old timers patting itself on the back…for a job shittily done…

I am sorry…now please go and listen to some real people from here…
Black Mountain of course…and of course Pink Mountaintops…

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Thu, 05 Feb 2009 05:07:45 +0000

I am moving to Iceland thank you….

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Wed, 04 Feb 2009 12:55:29 +0000

ugh the album of the year are awful nominees.

both 70's volume 2 and lost in the 80's are cover albums. way to go for the creativity

By: Rob Murphy

Rob Murphy — Wed, 04 Feb 2009 12:54:53 +0000

“Something In Your Mouth” wuz robbed…

By: DJorn

DJorn — Wed, 04 Feb 2009 11:51:28 +0000

Bryan Adams. Artist of the Year.

Attention Canadians. This is why your country is often used as a punchline.

I mean, come on Canada, you guys are better than that. Also, Fucked Up is Canadian? See, there you go right there: better than that.

By: Cos

Cos — Wed, 04 Feb 2009 07:27:24 +0000

No Brendan Canning? Drag.

By: cassidy2099

cassidy2099 — Wed, 04 Feb 2009 06:46:24 +0000

I guess The Stills could be considered “new” since they’ve changed their line up so many times.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Wed, 04 Feb 2009 03:40:17 +0000

No fucking Triumph, I’m boycotting this bullshit.

By: dsven

dsven — Wed, 04 Feb 2009 03:11:59 +0000

@DJorn: Well in all fairness, unlike the Grammys, in almost all the categories you have to be Canadian to be eligible. That kind of narrows the playing field a bit.

As a Canadian myself though, not quite sure how Bryan Adams even was nominated. I guess he released an album this year that nobody listened to (he really has not been a commercial force up here since about 1995, same as in US)

By: ZipZapZopZoup

ZipZapZopZoup — Tue, 03 Feb 2009 11:09:11 +0000

@Thierry: No, there’s an album before this one as well, but it’s entirely instrumental and received approximately zero notice. Which may explain the new artist nomination.

By: Thierry

Thierry — Tue, 03 Feb 2009 11:07:01 +0000

@dulledsenses: Plants and Animals have an EP and an album, no?

How the hell was Shad not nominated? I imagine he fell outside of the timeframe to qualify, because otherwise he was robbed. Also, no Caribou?

By: kicking222

kicking222 — Tue, 03 Feb 2009 11:01:45 +0000

If this is any indication, it’s been a very, very, very sad twelve months for music. Very sad.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Tue, 03 Feb 2009 09:42:29 +0000

It's nice to see DL Incognito get the hip-hop nomination he deserves, and the R&B/Soul category has very strong contenders (although Deborah Cox will likely win based on name recognition alone).

@sicksteanein: Add Cancer Bats and Plants And Animals as two other supposedly new groups, despite each having two full-length releases to their names.

By: sicksteanein

sicksteanein — Tue, 03 Feb 2009 09:19:40 +0000

How are The Stills a New Artist while Tokyo Police Club aren't?

But ya, these are the worst Juno nominations in a while. I swear the same people get nominated for Adult Alternative Album every year.

And, in case you were wondering, no one really seems to care about Ron Sexsmith up here either.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Tue, 03 Feb 2009 09:03:19 +0000

@Maura Johnston: Word.

By: Maura Johnston

Maura Johnston — Tue, 03 Feb 2009 08:56:15 +0000

@kevink.: that black mountain record is the bomb.

By: kevink.

kevink. — Tue, 03 Feb 2009 08:54:33 +0000

all kinds of barf