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synecdoche:
Interesting thread... I think the article is good, and it sums up my reaction when I looked at the Juno nominees. And I also agree: Radio 3 is great, but it is only one night a week (well, plus the condensed recap). Brave New Waves is also cool, but it gets slotted at the midnight - 4am slot each night. Exclaim is also, in my opinion, a superior magazine (insofar as what it covers) than Spin or Rolling Stone, and it is free to boot.
The catch is that the only people who get these things are people who already know about them. Most people I know have never heard of even The Arcade Fire in spite of the buzz surrounding them. The Unicorns? Forget about it. Hot Hot Heat was fairly well known when I lived in Victoria but, well, they're from there.
But I think that the Canadian Content rules, while useful, are not being used the way they should. Just like another post says, they are used to play the big acts, the stuff that is getting airplay on American stations anyway, like Nickeback and Avril, which to me runs counter to their purpose.
I've always been a big supporter of Canadian music. It is something I think Canadians do consitently well, as opposed to (please no flames, this is my humble opinion!) television and literature (and yes, there are exceptions to this, I know). There is so much good Canadian music being produced, but we still see support thrown at the "safe" bets-- the ones who have made it in Canada (like the Tragically Hip, who could spit on a piece of vinyl and have it nominated for a Juno) or abroad.
I don't know that radio in the US is any better-- they like the safe bets, too-- but if we're going to have CanCon regulations, then damn, let's use them so we can hear something that is a bit different!
Johnny C:
Tragically Hip are ace, though.
synecdoche:
Yeah, I like 'em, but have they ever released something that has not been nominated?
japanese.gum:
--- Quote from: Awkward Silence ---It's starting to scare me more and more that people know about DFA 1979, but they haven't heard of DFA, the label.
--- End quote ---
I KNOW. aahh.
japanese.gum:
--- Quote from: synecdoche ---Interesting thread... I think the article is good, and it sums up my reaction when I looked at the Juno nominees. And I also agree: Radio 3 is great, but it is only one night a week (well, plus the condensed recap). Brave New Waves is also cool, but it gets slotted at the midnight - 4am slot each night. Exclaim is also, in my opinion, a superior magazine (insofar as what it covers) than Spin or Rolling Stone, and it is free to boot.
The catch is that the only people who get these things are people who already know about them. Most people I know have never heard of even The Arcade Fire in spite of the buzz surrounding them. The Unicorns? Forget about it. Hot Hot Heat was fairly well known when I lived in Victoria but, well, they're from there.
But I think that the Canadian Content rules, while useful, are not being used the way they should. Just like another post says, they are used to play the big acts, the stuff that is getting airplay on American stations anyway, like Nickeback and Avril, which to me runs counter to their purpose.
I've always been a big supporter of Canadian music. It is something I think Canadians do consitently well, as opposed to (please no flames, this is my humble opinion!) television and literature (and yes, there are exceptions to this, I know). There is so much good Canadian music being produced, but we still see support thrown at the "safe" bets-- the ones who have made it in Canada (like the Tragically Hip, who could spit on a piece of vinyl and have it nominated for a Juno) or abroad.
I don't know that radio in the US is any better-- they like the safe bets, too-- but if we're going to have CanCon regulations, then damn, let's use them so we can hear something that is a bit different!
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exclaim is good. most of the others aren't bad either- terminal city does a decent job from time to time, as well as a lot of the less...glossy ones published out of random college kid's basements that you see kicking about...
but you're right, people that use these resources don't really need them to be able to find the new canadian music out there- they're usually hounds for it.
DFA may be jerks who sue, but I must say
they have some good bands.
and i'm from the lower mainland BC for whoever was asking
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