2008 Bucky Nominees Announced

11/14/08 6:11pm

by Kate Harper (CHARTattack)

Fucked Up, Chad VanGaalen and Kathleen Edwards lead the nominees for CBC Radio 3's 2008 Bucky Awards.

Fucked Up received a nod for best live act, while vocalist Pink Eyes was nominated for sexiest musician and the band's track with Katie Stelmanis, "Royal Swan," got them a nomination for best collaboration.

VanGaalen's "Willow Tree" and "Molten Light" were nominated for future classic and best video respectively, while he also earned a nod for best advice from an artist. Edwards received future classic, best lyric and artist's naughtiest bit nominations.

"It's stellar Canadian music," CBC Radio 3 host Grant Lawrence says. "The Buckys are our chance to honour the very best, the cream of the crop, from the hundreds of artists and thousands of songs we've played and talked about for the past 12 months."

You can vote for your favourite Canadian artists in the categories below from now until Nov. 28. The winners will be announced in a special live broadcast on Dec. 17.

Here are the nominees for the 2008 Bucky Awards:

Future Classic:
Cadence Weapon — "In Search Of The Youth Crew"
Crystal Castles — "Black Panther"
Kathleen Edwards — "The Cheapest Key"
Tokyo Police Club — "Tessellate"
Chad VanGaalen — "Willow Tree"

Most Canadian Song:
Jason Collett — "Charlyn, Angel Of Kensington"
Dragon Fli Empire — "CGY"
Veda Hille — "LuckLucky"
David Myles — "Cape Breton"
NQ Arbuckle — "Postcard From Princess"

Best Live Act:
Duchesss Says
Elliott Brood
Fucked Up
Holy Fuck
Ladyhawk

Rookie Of The Year:
Human Highway —"The Sound"
Jane Vane & The Dark Matter — "C'Mon Baby Say Bang Bang"
Plants And Animals — "Bye Bye Bye"
Women — "Black Rice"
Woodhands — "Dancer"

Best Vocals:
Bend Sinister — "The Same Things"
Destroyer — "Dark Leaves Form A Thread"
Kate Maki — "Blue Morning"
Mother Mother — "Body Of Years"
Wolf Parade — "Call It A Ritual"

Best Road Trip Song:
The D'Urbervilles — "Dragnet"
The I Spies — "To The City"
Matt Mays & El Torpedo — "Tall Trees"
Danny Michel — "Sweet Things"
Modernboys Moderngirls — "My Baby Says Boy, Don't You Ever Go"

Best Lyric:
Luke Doucet — "Blood's Too Rich" ("Because my blood's too rich for subway cars/And I'm too poor for a cab")
Kathleen Edwards — "The Cheapest Key" ("You always play me in the cheapest key")
Library Voices — "Stop Off The Map And Float" ("All the patron saints patronize me")
Sam Roberts — "Them Kids" ("You flip a man a quarter playing songs on his guitar/You're on a street corner, feeling like a patron of the arts")
Stars — "14 Forever" ("And if sometimes the kids all seem a little sad/It's 'cause they're saying goodbye to the youth they think they had")

Best Hook:
Black Mountain — "Stormy High"
Gonzales — "Working Together"
Islands — "The Arm"
King Khan & His Shrines — "Torture"
No Kids — "For Halloween"

Best Beat:
Cadence Weapon — "In Search Of The Youth Crew"
Hexes & Ohs — "Looking To Fight"
HILOTRONS — "Emergency Street"
Winter Gloves — "Factories"
Woodhands — "Dancer"

Best Collaboration:
Dragon Fli Empire featuring Cadence Weapon — "Outside Inn"
Fucked Up featuring Katie Stelmanis — "Royal Swan"
Hey Ocean! featuring Shad — "Vagabond"
Sweatshop Union featuring Mat The Alien — "Time Machine"
Will Currie & The Country French featuring Sloan — "Push Pins"

Best Band Name:
Beefdonut
Blind Tiger, Tiger
Fake Shark - Real Zombie
Japandroids
Library Voices

Sexiest Musician:
Laura Barrett
Alice Glass (Crystal Castles)
King Khan
Pink Eyes (Fucked Up)
Mark Sasso (Elliott Brood)

Best Reason To Learn French:
Bonjour Brumaire — "Le Candidate"
Paul Cargnello — "Une Rose Noire"
Chocolat — "Piano Elegant"
Karkwa — "Oublie Pas"
Les Dales Hawerchuck — "Le Reel Du P'tit Minou"

Most Unconventional Instrument:
Laura Barrett — "Wood Between Worlds" (Kalimba)
Fred Eaglesmith — "Sweet Corn" (Rotary Telephone)
Krista L.L. Muir — "Drugging The Drain" (Ukulele)
Wendy McNeil — "Stop" (Accordion)
The Real McKenzies — "The Lads Who Fought And Won" (Bagpipes)

Best Video:
Hayden — "Where And When"
The New Pornographers — "Myriad Harbour"
Said The Whale — "This Winter I Retire"
Shad — "The Old Prince Still Lives At Home"
Chad VanGaalen — "Molten Light"

Best Advice From An Artist:
Bison's James Gnarwell on "furnishing your band van"
Constantines' Will Kidman on "when to eat ribs"
Christine Fellows on "mosquito prevention"
Black Mountain's Stephen McBean on "babysitting tips"
Chad VanGaalen on "making music from junk"

Artist's Naughtiest Bit:
The Awkward Stage's Shane Nelken — "Leprechaun Love"
Kathleen Edwards — "Singing Naked Men"
Lily Fawn (Meat Draw) "Kissing A Prime Rib"
The Wet Secrets' Trevor Anderson — "Taxi And A Stripper"
Andrew Whiteman on Broken Social Scene/Apostle Of Hustle's "Sweaty Bra"