Wake Up, Canada

So the Juno nominations are out. And I cannot express how disappointed I am with the Canada Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences and this country's voters. If you haven't already heard, Nickelback leads the pack with SIX nominations! That's right. Not only are they nominated, they are actually nominated for the most number of Junos this year. The academy decided to stick with their status quo nominees of bland artists who sell a large number of boring albums. It's disappointing to see that they didn't provide a larger recognition to the Canadian indie scene that has practically taken over the music world the past year. Sure, Arcade Fire got 3 nominations, but Broken Social Scene, Metric, & Feist only managed one or two nominations each, and only Feist got one in one of the major categories, Single of the Year for "Inside and Out". But how Nickelback's "Photograph" also got nominated in that same category is mindboggling. And how can two mediocre Canadian idols each get into the Album of the Year category?! And Theory of a Deadman still exists?! *RAGE* What irks me is that there are people out there who actually buy this music. That's the only reason these crappy bands are still producing crappy albums and there. Who ARE you people!!

I guess I can't be too surprised; it's always like this with these types of awards. Award the best-sellers, ignore the best. Like I said, it's disappointing to see that the academy can't or is unwilling to understand the difference between crap and talent.

Actually, it's more like they are quite arbitrary in their crappiness versus talent decision - afterall, Massari and Shawn Desman were thankfully nominated for only one award each.

Full list of nominees can be found here.