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Filed under: News , Awards Chromewaves If there's one thing that the 2011 Bucky Awards taught us it's that Canadian indie music fans heart Dan Mangan . The Vancouver singer-songwriter won Best Song back in 2009 for 'Robots' so he was all too happy to accept the honour again Dec. 7 for 'Row of Houses' at the CBC Radio 3 Awards, as voted by the online radio station's fervent fans. Mangan also walked away [...]

Earlier this week, CBC Radio 3 released the nomination lists for their annual Bucky Awards, which celebrate the best in independent Canadian music, and usually focuses on the indie pop that makes up pretty much all of the station's playlist. The winners are selected by fans and listeners, and you can head on over to the CBC Radio 3 website to vote for yourself . The awards are spread out over ten categories: Best Song, Most Canadian Song, Best Live Act, Best Reason To Learn French, Sexiest Artist, Best New Band [...]

From Regina, Saskatchewan's eight-piece indie-pop collective Library Voices, comes one of the most satisfying tracks of the year so far; granted I am a sucker for absorbing west-coast(ish) harmonies and sunshine-pop. Drinking Games can be found on the band's to-be-released debut full-length album "Denim On Denim" which is scheduled to land on shelves April 13, [...]

Yesterday, Vancouver's indie/folk-pop ingénue Hann ah Georgas walked away with CBC Radio 3 's Bucky Award for "Best New Artist". Not 10 minutes later, I received a text from a friend letting me know that Radio 3's best new artist was somehow missing from my blog that was supposed to highlight best new artists; she quickly followed this up with a comment regarding the amount of time I invest in fantasy football. First of all, I'm aware that fantasy football is not considered a sport. Secondly, I was waiting for someone to post Let's Talk to YouTube, as I think [...]

I've got another song for everyone tonight, this time coming from the Montreal indie-rock/pop act Islands . No You Don't comes from the band's 3rd full-length album Vapours , released on September 22nd of this year. Fans of the now defunct Canadian indie band The Unicorns will recognize key Islands members Nicholas Thorburn and Jamie Thompson, who are once again collaborating on a musical project. This particular song was long-listed for CBC Radio 3 's annual Bucky Award for song of the year this morning. Public voting for the Bucky long-lists will be [...]

R3TV Episode 74 - The Bucky Awards On Wednesday, December 17, CBC Radio 3 announced the winners of the 2008 Bucky Awards and here they are: 2008 Bucky Awards Winners Future Classic: Chad VanGaalen – "Willow Tree" Most Canadian Song: Jason Collett – "Charlyn, Angel Of Kensington" Best Live Act: Holy Fuck Rookie Of The Year: Plants And Animals – "Bye Bye Bye" Best Vocals: Mother Mother – "Body Of Years" Best Road Trip Song: Matt Mays And [...]