The Juno nominations came out this week and what we do know is that Nickelback (pictured here with lead singer Chad Kroeger's corset obviously on backwards) was not nominated for anything, so it can't be all bad. Neil Young is scheduled to appear, Justin Bieber is slated to appear, Drake will rap minus his cohorts back on Degrassi Street and both the Arcade Fire and Broken Social Scene are slated to perform.
But like the Grammys, the organizers are still a little bit behind the times. For example the best new artist category has two nominees who have been around a while including Caribou who is currently working on his fourth studio album. Or basically three more albums that a best new artist should not have in their catalogue.
A few other snafus are apparent in terms of artists being nominated for artist or group of the year yet their album not up for album of the year, but regardless, the 40th anniversary should be fairly decent, even if it is held at the cavernous Air Canada Centre.
There is a bright side in that a number of artists playing the Grammys or appearing are homegrown talent. So the glass is half full, isn't it?
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