Bucky Award Nominess Announced!

The short list nominees have been announced for this year's CBC Radio 3 Bucky Awards and I have to say you have good taste. This year the nominees were thrown open to fans to do the nominating and list trimming and (in my personal opinion) it's far better than last year's list. Obviously there are a few that I'd like to slide in that didn't make the cut - but that's the problem with democracy, you don't get everything you want. Last year there were several categories where there was no one I wanted to vote for. This year I have hard choices to make all the way down the list.

As usual in these things I'm not going to push for anyone to vote for anyone in particular. I don't even want to say who I'm voting for - with one exception. I'm not fond of the Sexiest Musician category as it has nothing at all to do with music. I had nominated and urged votes for Damian Abraham - just to throw a wrench into the traditional definition of sexy but with Damian not making the cut - I'd urge you not to vote in this category at all. If, after all, the Juno's handed out an award for Sexiest musician - most people who really like music would have a fit. So Radio 3 shouldn't get away with it either.

Anyway, this year's Bucky Award short list goes:

Best Song:
Dan Mangan – Robots
Said the Whale – Camilo (The Magician)
The Joel Plaskett Emergency – Through & Through & Through
Metric – Gimme Sympathy
Great Lake Swimmers – Pulling on a Line
 
Most Canadian Song:
Maybe Smith – You Would Never Survive the Winters in this Province
      Said The Whale – Emerald Lake, AB
      Andrew Vincent – Canadian Dream
Will Currie and the Country French – Ontario
Classified – Oh…Canada
 
Best New Artist:
Hannah Georgas
Racoons
Zeus
Timber Timbre
The Mountains and the Trees
 
Best Vocals:
Dan Mangan
Hannah Georgas
Emily Haines
Gavin Gardiner
Ohbijou
 
Best Lyric:
Joel Plaskett/Through & Through & Through
Sunset Rubdown/Idiot Heart
The Burning Hell/Dancer Romancer
Gentleman Reg/To Some It Comes Easy
Metric/Gimme Sympathy
 
Best Live Act:
Hey Rosetta!
Elliott Brood
Joel Plaskett
Library Voices
Mother Mother
 
Best Video:
Jenn Grant – “You’ll Go Far”
Final Fantasy – “You Shut Up”
Jill Barber – “Oh My My”
Thunderheist – “Jerk It” (fan video)
Hey Rosetta! – “Red Song”
 
Best Reason to Learn French:
Coeur de Pirate
Malajube
La Patere Rose
Numbero #
We Are Wolves
 
Best New Band Name:
Timbre Timber
Coeur de Pirate
Gregory Pepper and His Problems
Brasstronaut
Ruby Jean & The Thoughtful Bees
 
Sexiest Musician:
Dan Mangan
Coeur de Pirate
Becky Ninkovic (You Say Party! We Say Die!)
Tim Baker (Hey Rosetta!)
Molly Guldemond (Mother Mother)

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