The Junos are a bit more exciting that the Grammys, mostly because it's our own homegrown musicians being celebrated and the pool is a bit smaller, it makes things a bit more unpredictable. It's also fun watching bands like Metric being treated as important.
That being said, this year's Junos were a bit predictable. Of course, Justin Bieber and The Arcade Fire were the big winners. But, just like the Grammys, the real action for me happens in the awards not shown on TV. Give a look at the jazz, blues and roots nominees, you can easily say "Yeah, every one of those albums deserve to win the Juno."
Drake was shut out, which seemed surprising to me. Outside of Bieber, he's the biggest star we have in Canadian music. Shad ended up with the hip-hop album of the year. I'm no expert (or fan) of hip-hop, but perhaps this signals a turning away from celebration ofcommercial hip-hop?
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