myspace.com/hannahgeorgas Even though Hannah Georgas is nominated for a Juno for both New Artist of the Year and Songwriter of the Year tonight (March 27), she seemed at ease and glowed through her JunoFest performance at the Drake Hotel last night in Toronto. After playing 'Chit Chat' and 'Lovers Breakdown' from her latest album, 'This is ...

Chromewaves Neil Young will be honored at Sunday's (March 27) Juno Awards in Toronto with the 2011 Allan Waters Humanitarian Award and will be paid tribute by Dallas Green of City and Colour/Alexisonfire, among other artists. But he and his band Crazy Horse were given a salute early Saturday morning by Horsey Craze, a somewhat mysterious ...

Pop Machine In the last month, Vancouver's Said the Whale had gear stolen from their van in Sacramento, Calif., toured the states and played SXSW. It's been a rocky American road, so coming back to their native land to celebrate their Juno Award nomination for Best New Group seemed to lift spirits all around at their JunoFest performance. ...

Adventure Boys Club Victoria, B.C. singer-songwriter Aidan Knight dropped his debut album, 'Versicolour,' a year ago after earning his stripes as a backing musician for the likes of the Zolas, Counting Heartbeats and Maurice. But Knight's self-sufficiency has been bolstered by his band, the Friendly Friends. The Friendly Friends are Julia ...

XYZ Records | Kidstreet Even though Canadian Music Week was ramping down, two bands brought their dreamy dance tracks to life Saturday evening as if the party just got started. Madrid, a Toronto duo who have been together for seven years but just released their first album, and Kidstreet, a sugary, young trio of siblings from Waterloo, ON., ...

Courtesy of We Are the City Kelowna, B.C., pop rock band We Are the City used their Saturday night Canadian Music Week set at the Garrison to debut new material in Toronto. Playing several songs from their 'High School' EP -- due out March 22 -- they proved that their boyish charm and maturing sound will get them far. The trio, made up of ...

Last Gang "We're having the time of our lives over here!" Nightbox singer Jake Bitove said to the audience gathered at Toronto's Underground Garage Friday night. The young Toronto (by way of Wicklow, Ireland) electro-pop quintet have called Canada home for the last few years, and were clearly excited for their second appearance at Canadian ...