the nominees for the 2014 SiriusXM Indies – 14th Annual Independent Music Awards. Arcade Fire, City and Colour, Shad, The Weeknd, Arctic Monkeys, Vampire Weekend and Chance the Rapper are among the nominated artists being honoured across 37 categories on Saturday May 10th, 2014 at the Kool Haus in Toronto.
See: Full list of nominees
PERFORMANCES BY NOMINEES AS WELL AS A SPECIAL CONCERT PERFORMANCE BY LITTLE DRAGON
Celebrating the best of independent music – both Canadian and International – the show will feature special performances from nominated artists, including Hollerado, Mounties, Born Ruffians, Ponctuation and The Strumbellas. Sweden’s internationally acclaimed Little Dragon will headline the SiriusXM Indies with an exclusive concert performance, along with Canadian legends The Hidden Cameras.
LIVE TO AIR ON SIRIUSXM
Hosted by SiriusXM Canada’s Jeff Leake (@theleake), the 2014 SiriusXM Indies will be broadcast live for SiriusXM subscribers in Canada and the U.S. on “The Verge” (XM 173) and “Iceberg” (Sirius 161).
PRESENTATION OF THE SIRIUSXM EMERGING ARTIST OF THE YEAR
English and French winners of the Emerging Artist of the Year categories will receive a $5,000 bursary from SiriusXM Canada.
HELP US CHOOSE THE WINNERS
Both public and industry votes decide the winners. Fans can vote online for their favourites right here.
TICKETS
Tickets for the show are available now through Ticketweb, Rotate This and Soundscapes, here on the site, or 1.855.985.5000 to charge by phone.
2014 NOMINEES
2013 HIGHLIGHTS
2013 HIGHLIGHTS
2014 Nominees
ALBUM OF THE YEAR
Arcade Fire – Reflektor (Merge Records)
Basia Bulat – Tall Tall Shadow (Secret City Records)
City and Colour – The Hurry and the Harm (Dine Alone Records)
Shad – Flying Colours (Black Box Recordings)
The Weeknd – Kiss Land (XO)
SINGLE OF THE YEAR
City and Colour – The Lonely Life (Dine Alone Records)
Classified – Inner Ninja ft. David Myles (Half Life Records)
Head of the Herd – By This Time Tomorrow (Independent)
July Talk – Guns & Ammunition (July Talk / Sleepless Records)
Mounties – Headphones (Light Organ Records)
GROUP OR DUO OF THE YEAR
Born Ruffians (Paper Bag Records)
Half Moon Run (Indica Records)
Hollerado (Royal Mountain Records)
Monster Truck (Dine Alone Records)
Mother Mother (Last Gang Records)
ARTIST OF THE YEAR
Basia Bulat (Secret City Records)
City and Colour (Dine Alone Records)
Classified (Half Life Records)
Shad (Black Box Recordings)
The Weeknd (XO)
FEMALE ARTIST OF THE YEAR
Basia Bulat (Secret City Records)
Hannah Georgas (Dine Alone Records)
Jessy Lanza (Geej Recordings / Hyperdub)
Maylee Todd (Do Right! Music)
Mia Martina (CP Music Group)
MALE ARTIST OF THE YEAR
Brendan Canning (Draper Street / SQE)
Daniel Romano (Normaltown Records)
Hayden (Arts And Crafts)
Sebastien Grainger (Last Gang Records)
Tim Hecker (Paper Bag Records)
LIVE ARTIST/GROUP OR DUO OF THE YEAR
City and Colour (Dine Alone Records)
Half Moon Run (Indica Records)
Hollerado (Royal Mountain Records)
USS (Ubiquitous Synergy Seeker) (Coalition Music)
Wildlife (Wax Records)
SONGWRITER OF THE YEAR
Basia Bulat (Secret City Records)
Belly (CP Music Group)
Hayden (Arts And Crafts)
Jenson Vaughan (Ultra Music)
Mother Mother (Last Gang Records)
VIDEO OF THE YEAR
Arcade Fire – Reflektor (Merge Records)
City and Colour – Thirst (Dine Alone Records)
Hollerado – So It Goes (Royal Mountain Records)
Said The Whale – I Love You (Hidden Pony Records)
Shad – Remember to Remember ft. Lights (Black Box Recordings)
MUST FOLLOW ARTIST OF THE YEAR
Born Ruffians (Paper Bag Records)
City and Colour (Dine Alone Records)
Massari (CP Music Group)
Mia Martina (CP Music Group)
The Weeknd (XO)
COLLABORATION OF THE YEAR
Classified – Inner Ninja ft. David Myles (Half Life Records)
JRDN – Can’t Choose ft. Kardinal Offishall (Kuya Productions / Fontana North)
SonReal & Rich Kidd – The Closers (Black Box Recordings)
The Weeknd – Live For ft. Drake (XO)
Tim Chaisson – Beat This Heart ft. Serena Ryder (Bumstead Productions)
MOST PLAYED INDEPENDENT ARTIST/GROUP OR DUO OF THE YEAR
City and Colour (Dine Alone Records)
Classified (Half Life Records)
Head of the Herd (Head of the Herd)
J.V. Project (Ultra Music)
Monster Truck (Dine Alone Records)
BEST-SELLING INDEPENDENT RELEASE OF THE YEAR
Arcade Fire – Reflektor (Merge Records)
City and Colour – The Hurry and the Harm (Dine Alone Records)
Classified – Inner Ninja ft. David Myles (Half Life Records)
deadmau5 – > album title goes here < (Ultra Music)
Monster Truck – Furiosity (Dine Alone Records)
ALTERNATIVE ARTIST/GROUP OR DUO OF THE YEAR
July Talk (July Talk / Sleepless Records)
Suuns (Secret City Records)
THE DARCYS (Arts And Crafts)
We Are Wolves (Dare To Care Records)
Wildlife (Wax Records)
BLUES ARTIST/GROUP OR DUO OF THE YEAR
David Gogo (Cordova Bay Records)
Downchild (Linus Entertainment)
Little Miss Higgins & The Winnipeg Five (Independent)
MonkeyJunk (Stony Plain Records)
Sunday Wilde (Independent)
CHILDREN’S ARTIST/GROUP OR DUO OF THE YEAR
Charlie Hope (Independent)
Gary Rasberry (Independent)
Helen Austin (Independent)
Marlowe & the MiX (Independent)
Splash’N Boots (Independent)
COUNTRY ARTIST/GROUP OR DUO OF THE YEAR
Daniel Romano (Normaltown Records)
Dean Brody (Open Road Recordings)
Small Town Pistols (604 Records)
The Good Family (Latent Recordings)
Tim Hicks (Open Road Recordings)
DANCE ARTIST/GROUP OR DUO OF THE YEAR
Born Gold (Independent)
J.V. Project (Ultra Music)
Mia Martina (CP Music Group)
Porsha (Ultra Music)
Rosette (Ultra Music)
ELECTRONIC ARTIST/GROUP OR DUO OF THE YEAR
A Tribe Called Red (Pirates Blend Records)
Austra (Paper Bag Records)
Braids (Flemish Eye)
Pick A Piper (Mint Records)
Ryan Hemsworth (Last Gang Records)
FOLK/ROOTS ARTIST/GROUP OR DUO OF THE YEAR
Basia Bulat (Secret City Records)
Lee Harvey Osmond (Latent Recordings / Fontana North)
The Deep Dark Woods (Six Shooter Records)
The Sadies (Outside Music)
The Strumbellas (Six Shooter Records)
FRANCOPHONE ARTIST/GROUP OR DUO OF THE YEAR
Alex Nevsky (Audiogram)
Hôtel Morphée (Audiogram)
Jason Bajada (Audiogram)
Karim Ouellet (Coyote Records / Abuzive Muzik)
Ponctuation (Bonsound)
JAZZ ARTIST/GROUP OR DUO OF THE YEAR
Chet Doxas (Addo)
Christine Jensen Jazz Orchestra (Justin Time)
Colin Stetson (Constellation)
Diana Panton (eOne Music Canada)
Matt Dusk (eOne Music Canada)
METAL ARTIST/GROUP OR DUO OF THE YEAR
Blood Ceremony (Metal Blade)
Gorguts (Season of Mist)
Kataklysm (Nuclear Blast / Fontana North)
KEN mode (New Damage Records)
Voivod (Century Media)
POP ARTIST/GROUP OR DUO OF THE YEAR
Fast Romantics (Pipe & Hat)
Groenland (Bonsound)
JRDN (Kuya Productions / Fontana North)
Mise en Scene (Pipe & Hat)
Two Hours Traffic (Bumstead Productions)
PUNK/HARDCORE ARTIST/GROUP OR DUO OF THE YEAR
Cancer Bats (Distort Inc. / Fontana North)
Protest The Hero (Independent)
PUP (Royal Mountain Records)
The Flatliners (New Damage Records)
The Mahones (eOne Music Canada)
RAP/HIP-HOP ARTIST/GROUP OR DUO OF THE YEAR
Classified (Half Life Records)
Grand Analog (Shadow Cabinet)
Rich Kidd (Black Box Recordings)
Shad (Black Box Recordings)
SonReal (Black Box Recordings)
ROCK ARTIST/GROUP OR DUO OF THE YEAR
Danko Jones (Hidden Pony Records)
Monster Truck (Dine Alone Records)
One Bad Son (604 Records)
The Balconies (Coalition Music)
Wildlife (Wax Records)
SOUL/R&B ARTIST/GROUP OR DUO OF THE YEAR
Chloe Charles (Athena Music International)
Jessy Lanza (Hyperdub)
Maylee Todd (Do Right! Music)
Nuela Charles (Independent)
Zaki Ibrahim (Pirates Blend Records)
WORLD ARTIST/GROUP OR DUO OF THE YEAR
David Buchbinder & Odessa/Havana (Tzadik)
Jaron Freeman-Fox & the Opposite of Everything (Independent)
Kobo Town (Independent)
Lemon Bucket Orkestra (Independent)
Sultans of String (Independent)
INTERNATIONAL GROUP OR DUO OF THE YEAR
Disclosure (PMR Records)
Foals (Transgressive)
Jimmy Eat World (Dine Alone Records)
The National (4AD)
Vampire Weekend (XL Recordings)
INTERNATIONAL ARTIST OF THE YEAR
Blood Orange (Domino)
Danny Brown (Fool’s Gold Records)
Janelle Monáe (Wondaland Art Society / Bad Boy Records)
Kurt Vile (Matador Records)
Neko Case (Anti-)
INTERNATIONAL ALBUM OF THE YEAR
Arctic Monkeys – AM (Domino)
Chance The Rapper – Acid Rap (MTC Records)
Disclosure – Settle (PMR Records)
My Bloody Valentine – m b v (Independent)
Queens of the Stone Age – ...Like Clockwork (Matador Records)
INTERNATIONAL SINGLE OF THE YEAR
Arctic Monkeys – Do I Wanna Know? (Domino)
Capital Cities – Safe and Sound (Lazy Hooks)
Icona Pop – I Love It ft. Charli XCX (TEN Music Group)
Macklemore & Ryan Lewis – Can’t Hold Us (Macklemore)
Vampire Weekend – Diane Young (XL Recordings)
INTERNATIONAL BREAKTHROUGH ARTIST/GROUP OR DUO OF THE YEAR
Chance The Rapper (MTC Records)
CHVRCHES (Glassnote Records)
Disclosure (PMR Records)
MS MR (IAMSOUND Records)
Phantogram (Indica Records)
INTERNATIONAL VIDEO OF THE YEAR
Atoms For Peace – Ingenue (XL Recordings)
Calvin Harris – Sweet Nothing ft. Florence Welch (Ultra Music)
Janelle Monáe – Q.U.E.E.N. ft. Erykah Badu (Wondaland Art Society / Bad Boy Records)
Macklemore & Ryan Lewis – Can’t Hold Us (Macklemore)
Phoenix – Trying to Be Cool (Glassnote Records)
SIRIUSXM EMERGING ARTIST OF THE YEAR (English)
Fur Trade (Last Gang Records)
The Glorious Sons (Black Box Recordings)
Head of the Herd (Independent)
Michael Bernard Fitzgerald (Trauma2 Records)
The Matinee (Light Organ Records)
The Motorleague (Sonic Records)
Mounties (Light Organ Records)
PUP (Royal Mountain Records)
Royal Canoe (Nevado Records)
Wake Owl (Rezolute Music)
SIRIUSXM EMERGING ARTIST OF THE YEAR (French)
Jason Bajada (Audiogram)
Keith Kouna (L-A be)
Klô Pelgag (Coyote Records / Abuzive Muzik)
Lac Estion (Poulet Neige)
Les Hay Babies (Simone Records)
Oothèque (Bonsound)
Ponctuation (Bonsound)
Rouge Pompier (Slam Disques)
Sally Folk (Entourage Musique)
VioleTT Pi (L-A be)
Arcade Fire – Reflektor (Merge Records)
Basia Bulat – Tall Tall Shadow (Secret City Records)
City and Colour – The Hurry and the Harm (Dine Alone Records)
Shad – Flying Colours (Black Box Recordings)
The Weeknd – Kiss Land (XO)
SINGLE OF THE YEAR
City and Colour – The Lonely Life (Dine Alone Records)
Classified – Inner Ninja ft. David Myles (Half Life Records)
Head of the Herd – By This Time Tomorrow (Independent)
July Talk – Guns & Ammunition (July Talk / Sleepless Records)
Mounties – Headphones (Light Organ Records)
GROUP OR DUO OF THE YEAR
Born Ruffians (Paper Bag Records)
Half Moon Run (Indica Records)
Hollerado (Royal Mountain Records)
Monster Truck (Dine Alone Records)
Mother Mother (Last Gang Records)
ARTIST OF THE YEAR
Basia Bulat (Secret City Records)
City and Colour (Dine Alone Records)
Classified (Half Life Records)
Shad (Black Box Recordings)
The Weeknd (XO)
FEMALE ARTIST OF THE YEAR
Basia Bulat (Secret City Records)
Hannah Georgas (Dine Alone Records)
Jessy Lanza (Geej Recordings / Hyperdub)
Maylee Todd (Do Right! Music)
Mia Martina (CP Music Group)
MALE ARTIST OF THE YEAR
Brendan Canning (Draper Street / SQE)
Daniel Romano (Normaltown Records)
Hayden (Arts And Crafts)
Sebastien Grainger (Last Gang Records)
Tim Hecker (Paper Bag Records)
LIVE ARTIST/GROUP OR DUO OF THE YEAR
City and Colour (Dine Alone Records)
Half Moon Run (Indica Records)
Hollerado (Royal Mountain Records)
USS (Ubiquitous Synergy Seeker) (Coalition Music)
Wildlife (Wax Records)
SONGWRITER OF THE YEAR
Basia Bulat (Secret City Records)
Belly (CP Music Group)
Hayden (Arts And Crafts)
Jenson Vaughan (Ultra Music)
Mother Mother (Last Gang Records)
VIDEO OF THE YEAR
Arcade Fire – Reflektor (Merge Records)
City and Colour – Thirst (Dine Alone Records)
Hollerado – So It Goes (Royal Mountain Records)
Said The Whale – I Love You (Hidden Pony Records)
Shad – Remember to Remember ft. Lights (Black Box Recordings)
MUST FOLLOW ARTIST OF THE YEAR
Born Ruffians (Paper Bag Records)
City and Colour (Dine Alone Records)
Massari (CP Music Group)
Mia Martina (CP Music Group)
The Weeknd (XO)
COLLABORATION OF THE YEAR
Classified – Inner Ninja ft. David Myles (Half Life Records)
JRDN – Can’t Choose ft. Kardinal Offishall (Kuya Productions / Fontana North)
SonReal & Rich Kidd – The Closers (Black Box Recordings)
The Weeknd – Live For ft. Drake (XO)
Tim Chaisson – Beat This Heart ft. Serena Ryder (Bumstead Productions)
MOST PLAYED INDEPENDENT ARTIST/GROUP OR DUO OF THE YEAR
City and Colour (Dine Alone Records)
Classified (Half Life Records)
Head of the Herd (Head of the Herd)
J.V. Project (Ultra Music)
Monster Truck (Dine Alone Records)
BEST-SELLING INDEPENDENT RELEASE OF THE YEAR
Arcade Fire – Reflektor (Merge Records)
City and Colour – The Hurry and the Harm (Dine Alone Records)
Classified – Inner Ninja ft. David Myles (Half Life Records)
deadmau5 – > album title goes here < (Ultra Music)
Monster Truck – Furiosity (Dine Alone Records)
ALTERNATIVE ARTIST/GROUP OR DUO OF THE YEAR
July Talk (July Talk / Sleepless Records)
Suuns (Secret City Records)
THE DARCYS (Arts And Crafts)
We Are Wolves (Dare To Care Records)
Wildlife (Wax Records)
BLUES ARTIST/GROUP OR DUO OF THE YEAR
David Gogo (Cordova Bay Records)
Downchild (Linus Entertainment)
Little Miss Higgins & The Winnipeg Five (Independent)
MonkeyJunk (Stony Plain Records)
Sunday Wilde (Independent)
CHILDREN’S ARTIST/GROUP OR DUO OF THE YEAR
Charlie Hope (Independent)
Gary Rasberry (Independent)
Helen Austin (Independent)
Marlowe & the MiX (Independent)
Splash’N Boots (Independent)
COUNTRY ARTIST/GROUP OR DUO OF THE YEAR
Daniel Romano (Normaltown Records)
Dean Brody (Open Road Recordings)
Small Town Pistols (604 Records)
The Good Family (Latent Recordings)
Tim Hicks (Open Road Recordings)
DANCE ARTIST/GROUP OR DUO OF THE YEAR
Born Gold (Independent)
J.V. Project (Ultra Music)
Mia Martina (CP Music Group)
Porsha (Ultra Music)
Rosette (Ultra Music)
ELECTRONIC ARTIST/GROUP OR DUO OF THE YEAR
A Tribe Called Red (Pirates Blend Records)
Austra (Paper Bag Records)
Braids (Flemish Eye)
Pick A Piper (Mint Records)
Ryan Hemsworth (Last Gang Records)
FOLK/ROOTS ARTIST/GROUP OR DUO OF THE YEAR
Basia Bulat (Secret City Records)
Lee Harvey Osmond (Latent Recordings / Fontana North)
The Deep Dark Woods (Six Shooter Records)
The Sadies (Outside Music)
The Strumbellas (Six Shooter Records)
FRANCOPHONE ARTIST/GROUP OR DUO OF THE YEAR
Alex Nevsky (Audiogram)
Hôtel Morphée (Audiogram)
Jason Bajada (Audiogram)
Karim Ouellet (Coyote Records / Abuzive Muzik)
Ponctuation (Bonsound)
JAZZ ARTIST/GROUP OR DUO OF THE YEAR
Chet Doxas (Addo)
Christine Jensen Jazz Orchestra (Justin Time)
Colin Stetson (Constellation)
Diana Panton (eOne Music Canada)
Matt Dusk (eOne Music Canada)
METAL ARTIST/GROUP OR DUO OF THE YEAR
Blood Ceremony (Metal Blade)
Gorguts (Season of Mist)
Kataklysm (Nuclear Blast / Fontana North)
KEN mode (New Damage Records)
Voivod (Century Media)
POP ARTIST/GROUP OR DUO OF THE YEAR
Fast Romantics (Pipe & Hat)
Groenland (Bonsound)
JRDN (Kuya Productions / Fontana North)
Mise en Scene (Pipe & Hat)
Two Hours Traffic (Bumstead Productions)
PUNK/HARDCORE ARTIST/GROUP OR DUO OF THE YEAR
Cancer Bats (Distort Inc. / Fontana North)
Protest The Hero (Independent)
PUP (Royal Mountain Records)
The Flatliners (New Damage Records)
The Mahones (eOne Music Canada)
RAP/HIP-HOP ARTIST/GROUP OR DUO OF THE YEAR
Classified (Half Life Records)
Grand Analog (Shadow Cabinet)
Rich Kidd (Black Box Recordings)
Shad (Black Box Recordings)
SonReal (Black Box Recordings)
ROCK ARTIST/GROUP OR DUO OF THE YEAR
Danko Jones (Hidden Pony Records)
Monster Truck (Dine Alone Records)
One Bad Son (604 Records)
The Balconies (Coalition Music)
Wildlife (Wax Records)
SOUL/R&B ARTIST/GROUP OR DUO OF THE YEAR
Chloe Charles (Athena Music International)
Jessy Lanza (Hyperdub)
Maylee Todd (Do Right! Music)
Nuela Charles (Independent)
Zaki Ibrahim (Pirates Blend Records)
WORLD ARTIST/GROUP OR DUO OF THE YEAR
David Buchbinder & Odessa/Havana (Tzadik)
Jaron Freeman-Fox & the Opposite of Everything (Independent)
Kobo Town (Independent)
Lemon Bucket Orkestra (Independent)
Sultans of String (Independent)
INTERNATIONAL GROUP OR DUO OF THE YEAR
Disclosure (PMR Records)
Foals (Transgressive)
Jimmy Eat World (Dine Alone Records)
The National (4AD)
Vampire Weekend (XL Recordings)
INTERNATIONAL ARTIST OF THE YEAR
Blood Orange (Domino)
Danny Brown (Fool’s Gold Records)
Janelle Monáe (Wondaland Art Society / Bad Boy Records)
Kurt Vile (Matador Records)
Neko Case (Anti-)
INTERNATIONAL ALBUM OF THE YEAR
Arctic Monkeys – AM (Domino)
Chance The Rapper – Acid Rap (MTC Records)
Disclosure – Settle (PMR Records)
My Bloody Valentine – m b v (Independent)
Queens of the Stone Age – ...Like Clockwork (Matador Records)
INTERNATIONAL SINGLE OF THE YEAR
Arctic Monkeys – Do I Wanna Know? (Domino)
Capital Cities – Safe and Sound (Lazy Hooks)
Icona Pop – I Love It ft. Charli XCX (TEN Music Group)
Macklemore & Ryan Lewis – Can’t Hold Us (Macklemore)
Vampire Weekend – Diane Young (XL Recordings)
INTERNATIONAL BREAKTHROUGH ARTIST/GROUP OR DUO OF THE YEAR
Chance The Rapper (MTC Records)
CHVRCHES (Glassnote Records)
Disclosure (PMR Records)
MS MR (IAMSOUND Records)
Phantogram (Indica Records)
INTERNATIONAL VIDEO OF THE YEAR
Atoms For Peace – Ingenue (XL Recordings)
Calvin Harris – Sweet Nothing ft. Florence Welch (Ultra Music)
Janelle Monáe – Q.U.E.E.N. ft. Erykah Badu (Wondaland Art Society / Bad Boy Records)
Macklemore & Ryan Lewis – Can’t Hold Us (Macklemore)
Phoenix – Trying to Be Cool (Glassnote Records)
SIRIUSXM EMERGING ARTIST OF THE YEAR (English)
Fur Trade (Last Gang Records)
The Glorious Sons (Black Box Recordings)
Head of the Herd (Independent)
Michael Bernard Fitzgerald (Trauma2 Records)
The Matinee (Light Organ Records)
The Motorleague (Sonic Records)
Mounties (Light Organ Records)
PUP (Royal Mountain Records)
Royal Canoe (Nevado Records)
Wake Owl (Rezolute Music)
SIRIUSXM EMERGING ARTIST OF THE YEAR (French)
Jason Bajada (Audiogram)
Keith Kouna (L-A be)
Klô Pelgag (Coyote Records / Abuzive Muzik)
Lac Estion (Poulet Neige)
Les Hay Babies (Simone Records)
Oothèque (Bonsound)
Ponctuation (Bonsound)
Rouge Pompier (Slam Disques)
Sally Folk (Entourage Musique)
VioleTT Pi (L-A be)
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