JUNO Awards 2012

And Your Nominees Are…

 

Artist of the Year

City & Colour

Deadmau5

Drake

Feist

Michael Bublé

 

Group of the Year

Arkells

Down With Webster

Hedley

Nickelback

Sam Roberts Band

 

New Artist of the Year

Alyssa Reid

Dan Mangan

Diamond Rings

JRDN

Lindi Ortega

 

New Group of the Year

Braids

Hey Rosetta!

Mother Mother

Rural Alberta Advantage

The Sheepdogs

 

Album of the Year

Avril Lavigne- Goodbye Lullabye

Drake- Take Care

Justin Bieber- Under the Mistletoe

Michael Buble- Christmas

Nickelback- Here and Now

 

Alternative Album of the Year

Braids- Native Speaker

Dan Mangan- Oh Fortune

Destroyer- Kaputt

Fucked Up- David Comes to Life

Timber Timbre- Creep On Creepin’ On

 

Rock Album of the Year

Arkells- Michigan Left

Matthew Good- Lights of Endangered Species

Sam Roberts Band- Collider

Sloan- The Double Cross

The Sheepdogs- Learn & Burn

 

Pop Album of the Year

Avril Lavigne- Goodbye Lullabye

Hedley- Storms

Down With Webster- Time to Win Vol 11.

Lights- Siberia

Mariana’s Trench- Ever After

 

International Album of the Year

Adele- 21

Coldplay- Mylo Xyloto

Lady Gaga- Born This Way

LMFAO- Sorry For Party Rocking

Rihanna- Loud

 

JUNO Fan Choice Award

Arcade Fire

Avril Lavigne

City & Colour

Deadmau5

Drake

Ginette Reno

Hedley

Justin Bieber

Michael Bublé

Nickelback

 

These are just your basics. Head on over to the JUNO Awards site to see the full list of nominees.
 

JUNOs 2011

Top JUNO

Moments

As Experienced by Yours Truly

 

1. Sitting on stage at Massey Hall, 10 feet behind Dan Hill as he sang “Sometimes When We Touch” and Randy Bachman’s performance of “Taking Care of Business” (The crowd went nuts!)

2. Hearing Randy Bachman talk about how “These Eyes” used to be “These Arms” in his dressing room before Songwriters’ Circle.

3. Sharing a mutual love for Sarah Slean with Royal Wood (her husband).

4. Dallas Green kicking kids out for fighting during the City & Colour set at JUNO Block Party. Seriously, who fights during a City & Colour set? Probably the same douche who tried to start a mosh pit at Tegan and Sara’s show last year…

5. Standing around outside for almost 5 hours in -20something weather for the Block Party, wearing a small volunteer T-shirt pulled over my winter coat. Ok, probably not my finest moment.

6. Cheering on favourite friends, bands and hockey players at JUNO Cup. Oh, and finally meeting Carlton the Bear!

7. Holding a real (and super heavy) JUNO award as the “Trophy Manager” during the Non-Broadcast JUNO Gala. Sooo glad I didn’t drop it.

8. Getting to escort Neil Young from the stage after his win at said Gala. Arcade Fire won later in the night, I was like a mother duck leading all 500 members backstage.

9. Élage Diouf holding my hand in pure excitement, all the way from the stage to the artist holding room after winning World Music Album of the Year.

10. Dearly Beloved dedicating ‘You Are the Jaguar’ to my knee-high Converses during their JUNOFest set at the Rivoli.

Not to mention all the awesome friends I made at each and every event! Until next year!

JUNOs 2011

JUNO Week 2011

Events Worth Checking Out

 

Believe it or not, the JUNOs aren’t just a one night event!  In fact, this year marks JUNOs 40th anniversary and to celebrate, there’s gonna be a crapload of music events all over Toronto. Here are a few you should check out:

Songwriters’ Circle: Wed. Mar 23rd, 8pm @ Massey Hall

Songs and stories from artists like Randy Bachman, Dan Hill, Luke Doucet & Royal Wood. Hosted by Johnny Reid.

JUNO Block Party: Thurs. Mar 24th, 7pm @ Metro Hall

City & Colour put on a free show with Hannah Georgas. I’d get there early.

JUNO Cup: Fri. Mar 25th, 7:30pm @ Ricoh Coliseum

What could be better than music or hockey? Musicians & ex-NHLers playing hockey together? *Swoon*

JUNO Fest: Fri. Mar 25th & Sat. Mar 26th

100 bands take over the city for 2 nights of pre-JUNO performances. Download the “Grid” to see where these awesome bands are playing:

• Bedouin Soundclash
• Birthday Massacre
• Dearly Beloved
• Die Mannequin
• Elliott Brood
• Hannah Georgas
• Radio Radio
• The Planet Smashers

Catch the actual JUNO Awards on Sunday March 27th @ 8pm on CTV.