Some Canadian Music is Good, By the Way

The links below are from ChartAttack magazine, although some have been floating on MSN. All three deal with the Canadian music industry, post-Junos. The first is the Philosopher Kings discussing the lack of forums for music videos. The second is Kevin Drew of Broken Social Scene going off about Canadian Idol (I like Feist’s comments in this story). And the third is Kardinal Offishall speaking about the state of hip-hop in Canada. I felt all three of these stories are relevant to how some artists look at today’s music industry (and I think it’s obvious that I agree with most of what they have to say). My complaint about this year’s Junos was the oh-so obvious nominees for Fan Choice Award. I’m sure a lesser-known band (Arcade Fire, Stars) could have been put up there instead of Celine Dion. Branch out a little, folks!

http://www.chartattack.com/DAMN/2006/03/2401.cfm
http://www.chartattack.com/damn/2006/04/0437.cfm
http://www.chartattack.com/damn/2006/04/0307.cfm