blog post Music Notes: Juno Awards, Sled Island, Dan Mangan, more!

See the entire list of winners from last night’s Juno Awards – CBC

Watch Juno award winner, Dan Mangan, perform “Rows of Houses” from the Juno Songwriters’ Circle – CBC

Calgary's Sled Island, June 20-23, announces even more acts!

Sarah McLachlan to appear on GST (in Vancouver) this Tuesday, Mother Mother to perform on Friday – CBC

Coeur de Pirate to perform on Q this Friday – CBC

Sloan talks about the “horrible” Juno Awards and their next album – Spinner

Mike O’Neill to work with Trailer Park Boys writer, Mike Clattenburg, co-writing the script for a new movie called The Guys Who Move Furniture, release date TBA – Exclaim!

Richie Hawtin interviews Skrillex and the generation gap widens – The Creators Project

Electro up and comer, d’Eon, talks about his album, Music For Keyboards, and what he finds intriguing about minimalist composers – FACT

Herohill releases The Bard of Montreal, a new compilation featuring 25 artists paying tribute to Leonard Cohen; download the entire record here.

Justin Bieber wins big at the Kids’ Choice Awards in LA on Saturday – Yahoo!

Hear the Kestrels' new album, A Ghost Story - Sonic Unyon

Hear Animal Nation's new album, The Basement Tapes Vol. 1 - Bandcamp

Hear a new Cold Specks track called “Blank Maps” – YMT

Hear the new mix from Digits featuring Bad Passion – CBC Music

Watch the new Radio Radio video for "Galope" - YouTube 

Watch Lisa LeBlanc’s viral new video for “Aujourd’hui, ma vie c’est d’la marde” – YouTube

Watch Hey Ocean! cover Arcade Fire’s “Sprawl II (Mountains Beyond Mountains)” – Chart

Watch Coeur de Pirate cover The Weeknd’s “Wicked Game” – Spinner

Watch Rococode perform for Exclaim! TV – YouTube

Watch Babe Rainbow showcased in this feature on MUTEK – Exclaim!

Imaginary Cities announce US dates – Amp

Trust announces a handful of tour dates – Exclaim!

Music supervisors explain how they find indie music for movies and TV – Hypebot

Rockers at Sea: a look at music themed cruises – NY Times

David Byrne discovers the sounds of London and the city beats at exactly 122.86 BPM – The Daily Swarm

Watch this video on the making of a Fender Stratocaster - YouTube

“Swag” and what it means – Slate

“Rock and Roll music” and a list of 49 other words and catch phrases banned from NY schools – Nylon