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The Hidden Cameras, a Toronto band which describes
what it plays as “gay folk church music”
has won the $2,000 Galaxie Rising Stars Award.
The prize, part of an ongoing campaign by the
CBC's continuous music network that offers Rising
Stars Awards at a number of music events in Canada,
was being presented during the second annual Canadian
Independent Music Awards, held February 27 in
Toronto. The awards are the “kick-off”
for Canadian Music Week, Feb. 27-March 3.
Rising Stars Awards were launched in 1998 to encourage,
promote, and champion up-and-coming Canadian artists.
The Award was being presented by Mike Giunta,
Galaxie’s director of English programming.
The Hidden Cameras have certainly been a “buzz”
band in Toronto in recent months. Led by the self-styled
“visionary” Joel Gibb, the group released
its first four-track recording, Ecce Homo, to
considerable acclaim, but it was the outfit’s
live shows that have marked The Hidden Cameras
as something special. Using projections, male
go-go dancers, and a highly energetic stage presentation,
the group mix pop music genres with style, affection
and understanding.
Galaxie is the most widely distributed pay audio
network in Canada, reaching more than two million
subscribers with a choice of 30 channels of music,
programmed without ads, talk or commercial interruption.
For more information on Galaxie, check the network’s
website: www.galaxie.ca
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