Idolator

The announcement of the nominees for the 2008 Juno Awards—"Canada's Music Awards"—makes us wonder: Why do the Junos slay the Grammys this year? Well, it's because we don't actually have to live-blog the broadcast, where the canned dialogue will probably be less awkward but feature just as many quasi-celebrities tsk-tsk'ing us over illegal downloading. And it's also because they've brought together neo-krautrockers Holy Fuck and Tom "Life Is A Highway" Cochrane for the first (and likely last) time. (And the fact that Cochrane and Neil Young are apparently "adult alternative" now.) And it's also also because the nominees for "Best International Album" seem chosen specifically for their SoundScan numbers. (The Josh Groban Christmas album??) And it's also also also because the nominees include a band called God Made Me Funky and a rapper named Belly. And it's definitely also also also also because it's an awards ceremony where Leslie Feist is for once not up against indie rock bands and crossover dubstep producers, but Celine Dion. And Michael Bublé. And Avril. Which seems more, we dunno, fitting. (Speaking of Avril: we guess that out-of-court settlement with the Rubinoos means there's nothing hinky with Lukasz Gottwald being nominated for "Songwriter Of The Year" for Avril's "Girlfriend.") Too many categories to list in full, but we've included some of our favorite match-ups after the jump. More »