Live from Vancouver, CBC Radio 3’s Grant Lawrence gave out the Bucky Awards last week. The full results can be found on the CBC Radio 3 site, but we’ve got a few highlights for you here.
The first Bucky to be awarded was that for the Most Canadian Song. It went to Said the Whale, a native Vancouver band. The song they won it for? “Emerald Lake Alberta.” What a fine life we are living, indeed.
One of the awards I was super stoked for was the Bucky for the Best Lyric. The nominees were all good, but I had my fingers crossed (and votes cast) for Joel Plaskett, an artist I was able to see perform at Knox United this year. I guess my fellow Canadians were thinking the same thing, because he took the Bucky for the first line from “Through & Through & Through“: “I’m the Berlin Wall, I’m a communist/You’re a wrecking ball in a summer dress“.
As a late-French immersion student who was really proud to understand French and therefore a huge fan of Malajube, I was a little disappointed that Le Raison Meillure D’apprendre Le Français didn’t go to them. However, Coeur de Pirate was a deserving recipient with “Comme des Enfants.”
A few of the Bucky’s were given out via R3TV.
[youtube RMNz0YLph_w]My favourite category from these awards? Best Offstage Performance. Although it didn’t take home the Bucky, Billy Bob Revisited is a great laugh, especially if you saw the Billy Bob Thornton ‘Blow-up’ on Q. Like playing for mashed potatoes without gravy? I think not.
The Bucky for Best Offstage Performance was actually awarded to an awesome local Calgary band, The Dudes, for another R3TV episode – Dudeversity. You should definitely enroll in Awesome 101, and check out the wicked interview YAA scored with The Dudes, which we posted earlier today.
Hope you enjoyed the wrap up from the Bucky Awards, and even learned about some cool new Canadian artists!
