Jam! Showbiz Music, Canada — TORONTO - Subtlety has never been Nickelback's strong suit. Hitting people over the head with their hoser-friendly arena rock is more how they roll. more info

MTV.com News — My Chemical Romance outlast 30 Seconds to Mars, in Bigger Than the Sound's bracketology!By James Montgomery My Chemical Romance Photo: Jeff Kravitz/ FilmMagic When historians look back on MTV News' inaugural Musical March Madness tournament... more info

Spinner.com — Canadian Music Week's premiere event is its annual Indie Awards ceremony, honouring the creme of the country's independent musician crop. But what does indie even mean anymore? Does it mean stumbling out of bed at noon and moseying around one's hip... more info

Guardian Music — Band websites can be a bit of a joke, as anyone who's visited Nickelback.com can attest. So is the futuristic Plastic Beach site about to change all that?A band's internet presence is generally not something worth getting too excited about. A few vid... more info

Idolator — Did You Hear? :: Canada still matters a little even though we’ve reached the end of the Olympics—the Juno nominations are out, and Drake, Justin Bieber, Metric and adorable jingle-slave Michael Bublé are all up for awards. (Sorry, Nickelb... more info

Idolator — Canada’s closing ceremonies for the 2010 Winter Olympics featured tons of top-notch Canadian musical talent—Michael Bublé, Alanis Morissette, Avril Lavigne and, er… Nickelback. (What, was the pickle busy?) Check out a recap of all the p... more info

411 Mania — Plus, the band comments on playing the Olympics... more info

All About Jazz — A wide-ranging group of Canadian performers headlined the closing ceremonies of the 2010 Vancouver Olympic Games, including a surprise appearance by Neil Young, as well as songs from the likes of Michael Buble and Avril Lavigne. The performers had ... more info

Perfect Porridge — Toronto’s Times Neue Roman would have been a way better representation of Canada than Nickleback last night. Here’s the video for their new single, “Best est. 2019″, which comes out March 2nd. more info

Starpulse — Happy Birthday to: Spanish actor Javier Bardem (1969) 7th Heaven actor Adam LaVorgna (1981) "Saved By The Bell" star Mark-Paul Gosselaar (1974) Nickelback guitarist Ryan Peake (1973) "Eyes" ... more info