Juno

That blog title ought to insure some mis-directed visits to our lonely little corner of the internet. Now to get down to business…

Last night the Juno Awards were handed out in Calgary and we lost. L-O-S-T. Talk about a good way to ruin a European tour! And as anyone who knows us will tell you, we’re one competitive bunch, so we were frothing at the mouth. However, the results of today’s globeandmail.com online poll have served as salve for our wounds. Because if you can’t trust an unscientific poll on a newspaper’s website then what can you trust?

The Juno Awards weren’t all sorrow and bitter disappointment for Holy Fuck as our friends, labelmates and bandmates Wintersleep walked away with the Juno for Best New Artist! And deservedly so as their record is fantastic. However, when an eight year-old band with three records wins Best New Artist it suggests to me that the possibility of Ryan Malcolm winning Best Female Artist is not so far-fetched.

Tonight we’re in Brighton, one of my favourite stops in the UK. Unfortunately, Snooper’s Paradise, the junk shop that is the source of about half our set list, was closed and we couldn’t procure any more hit machines. Free Blood is currently playing but I’m caught in a bass trap as I write this so I’m going to move and watch them coax and cajole the crowd with their hot soul and dance concoctions.

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