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Here are the nominees for the 2026 JUNO Awards

The JUNO Awards are coming up in Hamilton, with celebrations extending from March 26-29. The award nominees were announced today (January 27). The full list can be found here, but let’s look at the rock categories.

Group of the Year

  • Arcade Fire
  • Mother Mother
  • Peach Pit
  • The Beaches
  • Three Days Grace

Alternative Album of the Year:

  • Edge of the Earth, Aysanabee
  • Who Will Look After the Dogs, PUP
  • Saya, Saya Gray
  • Sorry, It’s Overs, The OBGMs
  • All Cylinders, Yves Jarvis

Rock Album of the Year

  • Roll with the Punches, Bryan Adams
  • Intertia, grandson
  • No Hard Feelings, The Beaches
  • Metro, The Blue Stones
  • The Damn Truth, The Damn Truth
  • Alienation, Three Days Grace

Metal/Hard Music Album of the Year

  • Heaven Let Them Die, Counterparts
  • An Insatiable Violence, Cryptopsy
  • Shadow Work, DESPISED ICON
  • Antibloom, Silverstein
  • A Pathway to the Moon, Unreqvited

Adult Alternative Album of the Year:

  • My Second Last Album, Bahamas
  • Fantasy Life, Begonia
  • Uh Oh, Patrick Watson
  • Let It Hiss, The Barr Brothers
  • Humanhood, The Weather Station

Again, the full list is here.

Alan Cross

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