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Martina Sorbara’s music career has been like one one-night-stand after the next.

The lead singer of Electro-Pop group Dragonette has been involved in many projects – both as a solo singer and in group settings – but she has yet to be part of a follow up album – until now.

Dragonette’s second album Fixin to Thrill, was released last month, and Sorbara’s feeling of the album’s completion is sublime.

“It’s a huge deal for me,” Sorbara, 31, tells andPOP. “Just putting out a second album is kinda like a milestone. I just think that every time we finished a song, that was a big high point for myself.”

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Various items collected from the 2005 and 2006 Juno Awards — including posters and hockey jerseys signed by the likes of Broken Social Scene, Great Big Sea, The Tragically Hip and Alexisonfire — are set to be auctioned on eBay with the proceeds going to MusiCan.

Starting July 14, fans can bid on 30 autographed items from the Awards shows. The auction will close on July 24.

In addition to signed jerseys, hockey sticks from the 2005 and 2006 Juno Cup games will also be auctioned off.

A number of posters including autographs from the likes of Coldplay, Joel Plaskett and Pamela Anderson will also be sold off.

MusiCan is a music education program that helps support music programs across the country.

To bid, visit the auction page on eBay starting July 14 at: http://members.ebay.ca/aboutme/caras-junoawards