NOMINEES ANNOUNCED FOR THE 2006 INDIES – THE 6TH ANNUAL INDEPENDENT MUSIC AWARDS
Canadian Music Week is proud to announce the nominees for the 2006 Indie Awards. Taking place on Wednesday, March 1, 2006 at The Docks Concert Theatre (11 Polson Street) in Toronto, The Indies celebrate the best in independent music. Presented by Sympatico.MSN.ca, and sponsored by Max Trax, Eye Weekly, FACTOR, XM Satellite Radio, Galaxie, The SOCAN Foundation, CAAMA, and Chart, this year’s Indie Awards show will be hosted by the Trailer Park Boys and feature performances from several of the nominees, as well as Indies Hall of Fame inductees The Pursuit of Happiness and The Parachute Club. Early bird tickets for The Indies are $20 and are available now through Ticketmaster – www.ticketmaster.ca or 416.870.8000 – and on the Canadian Music Week website, www.cmw.net.
Nominees are selected by committees of industry professionals from all areas of the music scene and winners will be decided by a combination of public and industry voting.
And the nominees are…
XM SATELLITE RADIO FAVOURITE ALBUM
The Arcade Fire - Funeral
Broken Social Scene - Broken Social Scene
The New Pornographers - Twin Cinema
Theory Of A Deadman – Gasoline
Wolf Parade - Apologies To The Queen Mary
FAVOURITE SINGLE
Bedouin Soundclash - When The Night Feels My Song
Divine Brown - Old Skool Love
Feist - Inside And Out
Matt Mays & El Torpedo - Cocaine Cowgirl
Sum 41 – Pieces
FAVOURITE SOLO ARTIST
City and Colour feat. Dallas Green
Jason Collett
Luke Doucet
Melanie Durrant
Joel Plaskett Emergency
CHART FAVOURITE GROUP/DUO
Constantines
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Death From Above 1979
Metric
Stars
FAVOURITE VIDEO
The Arcade Fire - Neighbourhood #3 (Power Out)
Bedouin Soundclash - When The Night Feels My Song
Feist - Inside & Out
Jakalope - Feel It
Stars – Reunion
FAVOURITE INTERNATIONAL ARTIST/GROUP
Animal Collective
Bloc Party
Franz Ferdinand
M.I.A.
Sufjan Stevens
FAVOURITE INTERNATIONAL ALBUM
Antony and The Johnsons - I Am A Bird Now
Bloc Party - Silent Alarm
Hawthorne Heights - The Silence In Black and White
Sleater-Kinney - The Woods
Ying Yang Twins - U.S.A.: United States Of Atlanta
FAVOURITE NEW INTERNATIONAL ARTIST/GROUP
Annie
Disco Ensemble
Figurines
Iron On
Rumble In Rhodos
SYMPATICO.MSN FAVOURITE ARTIST WEBSITE
Jakalope - www.jakalope.net
Neverending White Lights - www.neverendingwhitelights.com
The Novaks - www.thenovaks.ca
Stutter - www.stuttermusic.com
FAVOURITE BLUES ARTIST/GROUP
Doug Cox & Sam Hurrie
Carlos Del Junco
Julian Fauth
Garrett Mason
Paul Reddick
FAVOURITE CHILDRENS' ARTIST/GROUP
Duplex!
Michael Mitchell
Kathryn Popham
Googol Power
Mike Whitla
FAVOURITE CLASSICAL ARTIST/GROUP
James Ehnes
Karina Gauvin
Angela Hewitt
Marie-Nicole Lemieux
Tafelmusik Orchestra
FAVOURITE COUNTRY ARTIST/GROUP
Gord Bamford
Lisa Hewitt
Brad Johner
Johnny Reid
The Road Hammers
FAVOURITE ELECTRONICA ARTIST/GROUP
Caribou
The Hermit
Junior Boys
Koushik
Marc Leclair
FAVOURITE FOLK ARTIST/GROUP
Belinda Bruce
Corb Lund
Fembots
Alana Levandoski
Lynn Miles
FAVOURITE FRANCOPHONE ARTIST/GROUP
Dany Bédar
France D'Amour
Boom Desjardins
Eric Lapointe
Annie Villeneuve
FAVOURITE JAZZ ARTIST/GROUP
Sandro Dominelli
Ranee Lee & Oliver Jones
Joel Miller
Brad Turner Trio
Dave Young Quintet
FAVOURITE LATIN ALTERNATIVE ARTIST/GROUP
Bomba
CACHE
Diego Marulanda & Pacande
Jorge Miguel
Luis Mario Ochoa & Cimarron
FAVOURITE METAL/HARDCORE ARTIST/GROUP
Comeback Kid
Cryptopsy
Cursed
A Perfect Murder
Protest The Hero
FAVOURITE POP ARTIST/GROUP
Kathleen Edwards
Final Fantasy
Cory Lee
Rosette
Andy Stochansky
FAVOURITE ROCK ARTIST/GROUP
Black Mountain
Boys Night Out
The Deadly Snakes
Default
Wolf Parade
FAVOURITE URBAN ARTIST/GROUP
Divine Brown
Chicharones
K'naan
Massari
Rochester aka Juice
FAVOURITE WORLD ARTIST/GROUP
Kiran Ahluwalia
Beautiful Nubia
DobaCaracol
Mary Jane Lamond
Muna Mingole
Fans will have the opportunity to cast their votes for their favourite independent artists at www.cmw.net, as of 9:00 AM on Monday, January 16th. The voting polls will be open for four weeks, closing at midnight the night of Sunday, February 12th
In addition to the above Awards, this year will also include the presentation of the Galaxie Rising Stars Award, which helps new artists make a name for themselves in the Canadian music industry. This year the Award will be a Critics’ Choice where music journalists across Canada vote to determine the winner. Nominees for the 2006 Galaxie Rising Stars Award will be announced soon.
For more information please visit the Canadian Music Week web site at www.cmw.net or call 905-858-4747.
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About Canadian Music Week
Canadian Music Week is Canada’s largest annual entertainment event dedicated to the expression and growth of the country’s music, media and entertainment industries. Combining two information-intensive conferences; a cutting-edge trade exposition; five awards shows and the Canadian Music Week Festival, CMW spans a four-day period from March 1 to March 4, 2006 at the Fairmont Royal York and various downtown Toronto venues, attracting participants from across the globe.
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