Edmonton artists are taking bit of a bashing.
1. Earlier this week, Cadence Weapon was criticized for picking Douglas Coupland's Generation X as his choice for CBC Radio's annual Canada Reads contest. (I thought it was a safe selection, others felt he should have opted for an Edmonton author.)
2. Shout Out Out Out Out was dissed in the latest issue of GQ. The local electro-rockers topped the magazine's annual list of terrible band names. (Hey, I can think of a lot worse. Septic Flesh, for starters. And, as much as I like 'em, The Rural Alberta Advantage doesn't exactly roll off the tongue.)
Oddly enough, GQ is the second New York magazine to make fun of the name of an Edmonton artist. "Finally, what the fuck is a Cadence Weapon?" Michael Hogan asked in a Vanity Fair column about bad band names. Well, it's definitely not a band name.
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