Thursday, February 23, 2012

2012 Independent Music Awards (Indies) - nominees


The Canadian Association for the Advancement of Music & The Arts (C.A.A.M.A.) has announced the nominees for the 12th Annual Independent Music Awards, also known as the Indies.

Both The Sheepdogs and Rich Aucoin led with four nominations each. The Sheepdogs were nominated for Single of the Year, Group or Duo of the Year, Live Artist/Group or Duo of the Year and Rock Artist/Group or Duo of the Year. Rich Aucoin received his nods for Solo Artist of the Year, Live Artist/Group or Duo of the Year, Electronic Artist/Group or Duo of the Year and Emerging Artist of the Year.

Those receiving three nods were The Pack A.D., Coeur de Pirate, Danny Fernandes and Timber Timbre. Other nominees included Feist, Bruce Cockburn, Fucked Up, The Weeknd, Deadmau5, Adele and AWOLNATION.

Although they have categories for various genres including jazz and world music, they exclude classical and opera. Many "legit" performers are independent musicians as well.

Previously, it was announced that Treble Charger will be inducted into the SiriusXM Indies Hall of Fame. Founding members Greig Nori and Bill Priddle will reunite for the induction after a almost decade apart.

Nominees for the Indies are chosen by members of the industry, but both the public and industry select the winners by voting online at www.indies.ca.

The 12th Annual Independent Music Awards take place in Toronto at the Fairmont Royal York Hotel on Saturday, March 24 during Canadian Music Week.

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Complete list of nominees for the 12th Annual Independent Music Awards

ALBUM OF THE YEAR
Austra – Feel It Break (Paper Bag)
City and Colour – Little Hell (Dine Alone)
Feist – Metals (Arts & Crafts)
Fucked Up – David Comes To Life (Matador/Beggars Canada)
Mother Mother – Eureka (Last Gang)

SINGLE OF THE YEAR
Alyssa Reid – Alone Again (Wax)
Crystal Castles – Not In Love (feat. Robert Smith) (Last Gang)
Kristina Maria – Let’s Play (MapleMusic)
Raghav – Fire (Cordova Bay)
The Sheepdogs – I Don’t Know (Dine Alone)

GROUP OR DUO OF THE YEAR
City and Colour (Dine Alone)
Hey Rosetta! (Sonic)
Mother Mother (Last Gang)
The Pack A.D. (Mint)
The Sheepdogs (Dine Alone)

SOLO ARTIST OF THE YEAR
Coeur de Pirate (Grosse Boîte)
Dan Mangan (Arts & Crafts)
Feist (Arts & Crafts)
Rich Aucoin (Sonic)
The Weeknd (Independent)

VIDEO OF THE YEAR
Coeur de Pirate – Adieu (Grosse Boîte)
Danny Fernandes – Hit Me Up (CP)
Marianas Trench – Haven’t Had Enough (604)
Neverending White Lights – Falling Apart (feat. Bed of Stars) (MapleMusic)
Timber Timbre – Woman (Arts & Crafts)

LIVE ARTIST/GROUP OR DUO OF THE YEAR
Deadmau5 (Mau5trap Recordings/Ultra)
Hollerado (Arts & Crafts)
Rich Aucoin (Sonic)
The Sheepdogs (Dine Alone)
Timber Timbre (Arts & Crafts)

ALTERNATIVE ARTIST/GROUP OR DUO OF THE YEAR
Braids (Flemish Eye)
Destroyer (Merge)
Grimes (Arbutus)
Library Voices (Nevado)
Sandro Perri (Constellation)

BLUES ARTIST/GROUP OR DUO OF THE YEAR
David Gogo (Cordova Bay)
Harry Manx & Kevin Breit (Stony Plain)
MonkeyJunk (Stony Plain)
Suzie Vinnick (Independent)
The 24th Street Wailers (Independent)

CHILDREN’S ARTIST/GROUP OR DUO OF THE YEAR
Jack Grunsky (Casablanca Kids Inc.)
Mike Whitla (Independent)
Splash’N Boots (Splash Records)
The Kerplunks (Independent)
Will Stroet (Independent)

COUNTRY ARTIST/GROUP OR DUO OF THE YEAR
Dean Brody (Open Road)
Doc Walker (Open Road)
High Valley (Open Road)
Jason McCoy (Open Road)
Tara Oram (Open Road)

ELECTRONIC ARTIST/GROUP OR DUO OF THE YEAR
Austra (Paper Bag)
Crystal Castles (Last Gang)
Deadmau5 (Mau5trap Recordings/Ultra)
Junior Boys (Domino)
Rich Aucoin (Sonic)

FOLK/ROOTS ARTIST/GROUP OR DUO OF THE YEAR
Blackie And The Rodeo Kings (File Under: Music)
Bruce Cockburn (True North)
Elliott Brood (Paper Bag)
One Hundred Dollars (Outside)
The Deep Dark Woods (Six Shooter)

FRANCOPHONE ARTIST/GROUP OR DUO OF THE YEAR
Coeur de Pirate (Grosse Boîte)
Galaxie (C4)
Jimmy Hunt (Dare To Care)
Les Breastfeeders (Blow The Fuse)
Malajube (Dare To Care)

JAZZ ARTIST/GROUP OR DUO OF THE YEAR
Colin Stetson (Constellation)
Cory Weeds (Cellar Live)
Diana Panton (eOne)
Jill Barber (Outside)
Sophie Milman (eOne)

METAL ARTIST/GROUP OR DUO OF THE YEAR
Devin Townsend (Inside Out/eOne)
Fuck The Facts (eOne)
KEN Mode (Profound Lore)
Protest The Hero (Underground Operations)
Untimely Demise (Sonic Unyon)

POP ARTIST/GROUP OR DUO OF THE YEAR
Alyssa Reid (Wax)
Danny Fernandes (CP)
Kristina Maria (MapleMusic)
Mia Martina (CP)
Neverest (VicPark Group/Fontana North)

PUNK/HARDCORE ARTIST/GROUP OR DUO OF THE YEAR
Abandon All Ships (Underground Operations)
Cancer Bats (Distort)
Chixdiggit (Fat Wreck Chords)
Fucked Up (Matador/Beggars Canada)
Living With Lions (Black Box)

ROCK ARTIST/GROUP OR DUO OF THE YEAR
Sloan (Outside)
The Pack A.D. (Mint)
The Sheepdogs (Dine Alone)
The Trews (Bumstead)
Theory of a Deadman (604)

URBAN ARTIST/GROUP OR DUO OF THE YEAR
D-Sisive (Urbnet)
Danny Fernandes (CP)
JRDN (Kuya/Fontana North)
Swollen Members (eOne)
The Weeknd (Independent)

WORLD ARTIST/GROUP OR DUO OF THE YEAR
Aline Morales (Independent)
Kiran Ahluwalia (Independent)
Massiel Yanira (MapleMusic)
Minor Empire (Independent)
Pavlo (Fontana North)

INTERNATIONAL ALBUM OF THE YEAR
Adele – 21 (XL)
Bon Iver – Bon Iver (Jagjaguwar)
Fleet Foxes – Helplessness Blues (Sub Pop)
M83 – Hurry Up, We’re Dreaming (Naïve)
Taylor Swift – Speak Now (Big Machine/Open Road)

INTERNATIONAL SINGLE OF THE YEAR
Adele – Rolling In The Deep (XL)
AWOLNATION – Sail (Red Bull)
Gotye – Somebody That I Used to Know (feat. Kimbra) (Eleven)
Seether – Country Song (Wind-Up)
Young The Giant – My Body (Roadrunner)

INTERNATIONAL GROUP OR DUO OF THE YEAR
Beirut (Pompeii)
Bon Iver (Jagjaguwar)
M83 (Naïve)
Metronomy (Because)
Wilco (dBpm/Anti)

INTERNATIONAL SOLO ARTIST OF THE YEAR
Adele (XL)
Anna Calvi (Domino)
Taylor Swift (Big Machine/Open Road)
Tom Waits (Anti)
tUnE-yArDs (4AD)

INTERNATIONAL VIDEO OF THE YEAR
AWOLNATION – Sail (Red Bull)
Gotye – Somebody That I Used to Know (feat. Kimbra) (Eleven)
Lana Del Rey – Video Games (Independent)
The Black Keys – Lonely Boy (Nonesuch)
Tyler, the Creator – Yonkers (XL)

INTERNATIONAL BREAKTHROUGH ARTIST/GROUP OR DUO OF THE YEAR
AWOLNATION (Red Bull)
SBTRKT (Young Turks/XL)
The Jezabels (Dine Alone)
The Naked and Famous (Somewhat Damaged)
Young The Giant (Roadrunner)

SIRIUSXM EMERGING ARTIST OF THE YEAR
Adrian Glynn
Dinosaur Bones
Imaginary Cities
Indian Handcrafts
Low Level Flight
Nash
Rich Aucoin
The Pack A.D.
Timber Timbre
Wildlife

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