2009 Nominees/Winners

Nominees

2009 INDIES WINNERS

ChartAttack.com FAVOURITE ALBUM
Hey Rosetta! – Into Your Lungs (Sonic Records)

ASTRAL MEDIA RADIO FAVOURITE SINGLE
Lights – Drive My Soul

FAVOURITE GROUP/DUO
USS

FAVOURITE SOLO ARTIST
Lights

FAVOURITE VIDEO
The Trews – Hold Me In Your Arms

FAVOURITE LIVE ARTIST/GROUP
The Trews

inDiscover.net FAVOURITE ARTIST/BAND WEBSITE
Hey Rosetta! – www.heyrosetta.com

FAVOURITE BLUES ARTIST/GROUP
Daddy Long Legs

FAVOURITE CHILDREN’S ARTIST/GROUP OR DUO
Jack Grunsky

FAVOURITE CLASSICAL ARTIST/GROUP
Canadian Brass

FAVOURITE COUNTRY ARTIST/GROUP
Doc Walker

FAVOURITE ELECTRONIC ARTIST/GROUP OR DUO
Crystal Castles

FAVOURITE FOLK/ROOTS ARTIST/GROUP
Kathleen Edwards

FAVOURITE FRANCOPHONE ARTIST/GROUP
Plants and Animals

FAVOURITE JAZZ ARTIST/GROUP
Nikki Yanofsky

FAVOURITE METAL ARTIST/GROUP
Annihilator

FAVOURITE POP ARTIST/GROUP
The Midway State

FAVOURITE PUNK/HARDCORE ARTIST/GROUP
Protest The Hero

FAVOURITE ROCK ARTIST/GROUP
Matt Mays & El Torpedo

FAVOURITE URBAN ARTIST/GROUP
Shad

FAVOURITE WORLD ARTIST/GROUP OR DUO
Eccodek

FAVOURITE INTERNATIONAL GROUP
Nine Inch Nails

FAVOURITE INTERNATIONAL SOLO ARTIST
Taylor Swift

FAVOURITE INTERNATIONAL ALBUM
Taylor Swift  – Fearless (Big Machine)

FAVOURITE INTERNATIONAL SINGLE
M.I.A.
Paper Planes

TOP

2009 NOMINEES

ChartAttack.com FAVOURITE ALBUM
Constantines – Kensington Heights (Arts & Crafts)
Fucked Up – The Chemistry Of Common Life (Matador)
Hey Rosetta! – Into Your Lungs (Sonic Records)
Theory Of A Deadman – Scars and Souvenirs (604 Records)
The Trews – No Time For Later (Bumstead)

ASTRAL MEDIA RADIO FAVOURITE SINGLE
Addictiv – “Tonite”
City and Colour – “Sleeping Sickness”
Lights – “Drive My Soul”
The Trews – “Hold Me In Your Arms”
USS – “Hollowpoint Sniper Hyperbole”

FAVOURITE GROUP/DUO
Arkells
Beast
Crystal Castles
Matt Mays & El Torpedo
USS

FAVOURITE SOLO ARTIST
Brendan Canning
Chad VanGaalen
City and Colour
Kathleen Edwards
Lights

FAVOURITE VIDEO
City and Colour – “Sleeping Sickness”
The Midway State – “Never Again”
Sam Roberts – “Them Kids”
The Trews – “Hold Me In Your Arms”
The Waking Eyes – “All Empires Fall”

FAVOURITE LIVE ARTIST/GROUP
Bedouin Soundclash
Matt Mays & El Torpedo
Stars
The Trews
The Weakerthans

inDiscover.net FAVOURITE ARTIST/BAND WEBSITE
Hey Rosetta! – www.heyrosetta.com
Kathleen Edwards – www.kathleenedwards.com
Martha Wainwright – www.marthawainwright.com
The Midway State – www.themidwaystate.com
We Are Wolves – www.wearewolves.net

FAVOURITE BLUES ARTIST/GROUP
Amos Garrett
Daddy Long Legs
Julian Fauth
Marshall Lawrence
Treasa Levasseur

FAVOURITE CHILDREN’S ARTIST/GROUP OR DUO
Bobs & Lolo
Étienne
The Funky Mamas
Jack Grunsky
Rik Barron

FAVOURITE CLASSICAL ARTIST/GROUP
Canadian Brass
The Gryphon Trio
Isabel Bayrakdarian
James Ehnes
Karina Gauvin

FAVOURITE COUNTRY ARTIST/GROUP
Aaron Pritchett
Doc Walker
Gord Bamford
The Higgins
Tara Oram

FAVOURITE ELECTRONIC ARTIST/GROUP OR DUO
Crystal Castles
Deadmau5
Fidgital
Ghislain Poirier
Woodhands

FAVOURITE FOLK/ROOTS ARTIST/GROUP
Elliott Brood
Fred Eaglesmith
Kathleen Edwards
NQ Arbuckle
One Hundred Dollars

FAVOURITE FRANCOPHONE ARTIST/GROUP
Bonjour Brumaire
Coeur de Pirate
Karkwa
Plants and Animals
We Are Wolves

FAVOURITE JAZZ ARTIST/GROUP
Elizabeth Shepherd
Francois Bourassa
Nikki Yanofsky
Oliver Jones
Susie Arioli

FAVOURITE METAL ARTIST/GROUP
Annihilator
Bison BC
Cryptopsy
Cursed
Fuck The Facts

FAVOURITE POP ARTIST/GROUP
Carly Rae Jepsen
Danny Fernandes
The Latency
Lights
The Midway State

FAVOURITE PUNK/HARDCORE ARTIST/GROUP
Brutal Knights
Cancer Bats
D.O.A.
Fucked Up
Protest The Hero

FAVOURITE ROCK ARTIST/GROUP
Black Mountain
Matt Mays & El Torpedo
The Stills
The Weakerthans
Wolf Parade

FAVOURITE URBAN ARTIST/GROUP
Cadence Weapon
D-Sisive
DL Incognito
Moka Only
Shad

FAVOURITE WORLD ARTIST/GROUP OR DUO
Beautiful Nubia
Constantinople
Eccodek
Jayme Stone & Mansa Sissoko
Lorraine Klaasen

FAVOURITE INTERNATIONAL GROUP
The Kills
My Morning Jacket
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
Nine Inch Nails
Radiohead

FAVOURITE INTERNATIONAL SOLO ARTIST
Adele
Bon Iver
Girl Talk
Santogold
Taylor Swift

FAVOURITE INTERNATIONAL ALBUM
Cut Copy – In Ghost Colours (Modular)
Elbow – The Seldom Seen Kid (Fiction)
Fleet Foxes – Fleet Foxes (Sub Pop)
Taylor Swift – Fearless (Big Machine)
Vampire Weekend – Vampire Weekend (XL)

FAVOURITE INTERNATIONAL SINGLE
Adele – “Chasing Pavements”
M.I.A. – “Paper Planes”
Radiohead – “Bodysnatchers”
Seether – “Rise Above This”
Taylor Swift – “Love Story”

INDIES HALL OF FAME
Anvil