2010 INDIES WINNERS

CHARTATTACK.COM FAVOURITE ALBUM Metric – Fantasies (Last Gang)

ASTRAL MEDIA RADIO FAVOURITE SINGLE Marianas Trench – Cross My Heart (604)

FAVOURITE GROUP/DUO Constantines (Arts & Crafts)

FAVOURITE SOLO ARTIST Joel Plaskett (MapleMusic)

FAVOURITE VIDEO Marianas Trench – Cross My Heart (604)

FAVOURITE LIVE ARTIST/GROUP Arkells (Dine Alone)

FAVOURITE BLUES ARTIST/GROUP Monkey Junk (Beefy Productions)

FAVOURITE CHILDREN’S ARTIST/GROUP The Bee’s Knees (The Children’s Group)

FAVOURITE CLASSICAL ARTIST/GROUP Quartetto Gelato (True North Records)

FAVOURITE COUNTRY ARTIST/GROUP Johnny Reid (Open Road Recordings)

FAVOURITE ELECTRONIC ARTI Peaches (XL Recordings)

FAVOURITE FOLK/ROOTS ARTIST/GROUP Great Lake Swimmers (Nettwerk)

FAVOURITE FRANCOPHONE ARTIST/GROUP La Patère Rose (Dare To Care)

FAVOURITE JAZZ ARTIST/GROUP Sophie Milman (True North Records)

FAVOURITE METAL ARTIST/GROUP Voivod (Sonic Unyon)

FAVOURITE POP ARTIST/GROUP Danny Fernandes (CP Records)

FAVOURITE PUNK/HARDCORE ARTIST/GROUP Fucked Up (Jade Tree)

FAVOURITE ROCK ARTIST/GROUP Die Mannequin (How To Kill Music)

FAVOURITE URBAN ARTIST/GROUP D-Sisive (Urbnet)

FAVOURITE WORLD ARTIST/GROUP Alex Cuba (Caracol)

FAVOURITE INTERNATIONAL ALBUM The XX – The xx (Young Turks/XL)

FAVOURITE INTERNATIONAL SINGLE Phoenix – 1901 (Glass Note)

FAVOURITE INTERNATIONAL GROUP Silversun Pickups (Dangerbird Records)

FAVOURITE INTERNATIONAL SOLO ARTIST Neko Case (Anti)

FAVOURITE INTERNATIONAL BREAKTHROUGH ARTIST/GROUP Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros (Community Music/Fairfax Recordings) GALAXIE RISING STARS AWARD The Rural Alberta Advantage – Hometowns (Paper Bag)

2010 INDIES NOMINEES

CHARTATTACK.COM FAVOURITE ALBUM Alexisonfire – Old Crows / Young Cardinals (Dine Alone) Great Lake Swimmers – Lost Channels (Nettwerk) Japandroids – Post-Nothing (Unfamiliar) Joel Plaskett – Three (MapleMusic) Metric – Fantasies (Last Gang)

ASTRAL MEDIA RADIO FAVOURITE SINGLE Danny Fernandes – Fantasy (CP) Deborah Cox – Beautiful U R (DECO/Image/E1) Faber Drive – G-Get Up and Dance! (604) Marianas Trench – Cross My Heart (604) Metric – Gimme Sympathy (Last Gang)

FAVOURITE GROUP/DUO Constantines (Arts & Crafts) Handsome Furs (Sub Pop) Metric (Last Gang) Patrick Watson & The Wooden Arms (Secret City) Tegan and Sara (Vapor/Sire)

FAVOURITE SOLO ARTIST Coeur de Pirate (Dare To Care) Dan Mangan (fileunder:music) Joel Plaskett (MapleMusic) Julie Doiron (Endearing) Timber Timbre (Arts & Crafts)

FAVOURITE VIDEO Alexisonfire – Young Cardinals (Dine Alone) Danny Fernandes – Fantasy (CP) Lights – Drive My Soul (Underground Operations) Marianas Trench – Cross My Heart (604) Theory Of A Deadman – All or Nothing (604)

FAVOURITE LIVE ARTIST/GROUP Alexisonfire (Dine Alone) Arkells (Dine Alone) Metric (Last Gang) The Trews (Bumstead) You Say Party! We Say Die! (Paper Bag)

FAVOURITE BLUES ARTIST/GROUP Colin James (MapleMusic) Colin Linden (True North Records) Harrison Kennedy (Electro-Fi) Jim Byrnes (Black Hen) Monkey Junk (Beefy Productions)

FAVOURITE CHILDREN’S ARTIST/GROUP The Bee’s Knees (The Children’s Group) Chris McKhool (Independent) Duplex! (Mint Records Inc.) The Funky Mamas (Independent) The Kerplunks (Independent)

FAVOURITE CLASSICAL ARTIST/GROUP Angele Dubeau (Analekta) Gerald Finley (Hyperion) James Ehnes (Onyx) Karina Gauvin (ATMA Classique) Quartetto Gelato (True North Records)

FAVOURITE COUNTRY ARTIST/GROUP Dean Brody (Broken Bow Records) Doc Walker (Open Road Recordings) Johnny Reid (Open Road Recordings) Road Hammers (Open Road Recordings) Victoria Banks (OnRamp)

FAVOURITE ELECTRONIC ARTIST/GROUP A-Trak (Fool’s Gold) Junior Boys (Domino) Peaches (XL Recordings) Shout Out Out Out Out (Normals Welcome) Tiga (Last Gang)

FAVOURITE FOLK/ROOTS ARTIST/GROUP Catherine MacLellan (True North Records) Dan Mangan (fileunder:music) Deep Dark Woods (Black Hen Music) Great Lake Swimmers (Nettwerk) The Wooden Sky (Black Box Music)

FAVOURITE FRANCOPHONE ARTIST/GROUP Jean Leloup (Dare To Care) La Patère Rose (Dare To Care) Malajube (Dare To Care) Mara Tremblay (Audiogram) Marie-Pierre Arthur (Bonsound)

FAVOURITE JAZZ ARTIST/GROUP Brandi Disterheft (Justin Time) Diana Panton (Independent) Don Thompson Quartet (Sackville) Oliver Jones (Justin Time) Sophie Milman (True North Records)

FAVOURITE METAL ARTIST/GROUP 3 Inches Of Blood (Century Media) Augury (Sonic Unyon) Protest The Hero (Underground Operations) Sacrifice (Sonic Unyon) Voivod (Sonic Unyon)

FAVOURITE POP ARTIST/GROUP Chantal Kreviazuk (Nettwerk) Danny Fernandes (CP Records) Lights (Underground Operations) Marianas Trench (604 Records) Mother Mother (Last Gang)

FAVOURITE PUNK/HARDCORE ARTIST/GROUP Alexisonfire (Dine Alone) Comeback Kid (Smallman) Dead and Divine (Distort) Fucked Up (Jade Tree) Propagandhi (Smallman)

FAVOURITE ROCK ARTIST/GROUP Arkells (Dine Alone) Desperate Union (Independent) Die Mannequin (How To Kill Music) The Rural Alberta Advantage (Paper Bag) Theory Of A Deadman (604 Records)

FAVOURITE URBAN ARTIST/GROUP D-Sisive (Urbnet) Grand Analog (Urbnet) Kae Sun (Urbnet) Miles Jones (Urbnet) Swollen Members (Suburban Noize)

FAVOURITE WORLD ARTIST/GROUP Alex Cuba (Caracol) Auresia (Independent) Sultans Of String (Independent) Vandana Vishwas (Independent)

FAVOURITE INTERNATIONAL ALBUM Animal Collective – Merriweather Post Pavilion (Domino) Girls – Album (True Panther Sounds) Grizzly Bear – Veckatimest (Warp) Phoenix – Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix (Glass Note) The XX – The xx (Young Turks/XL)

FAVOURITE INTERNATIONAL SINGLE Cascada – Evacuate The Dancefloor (Awesome) Franz Ferdinand – Ulysses (Domino) Phoenix – 1901 (Glass Note) Pitbull – I Know You Want Me (Calle Ocho) (Ultra) Silversun Pickups – Panic Switch (Dangerbird Records)

FAVOURITE INTERNATIONAL GROUP Arctic Monkeys (Domino) Dinosaur Jr. (Jagjaguwar) Dirty Projectors (Domino) Phoenix (Glass Note) Silversun Pickups (Dangerbird Records)

FAVOURITE INTERNATIONAL SOLO ARTIST Atlas Sound (Kranky) Neko Case (Anti) Speech Debelle (Big Dada) Tom Waits (Anti) Tune-Yards (Marriage/4AD)

FAVOURITE INTERNATIONAL BREAKTHROUGH ARTIST/GROUP Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros (Community Music/Fairfax Recordings) Fever Ray (Rabid Records) Friendly Fires (XL Recordings) Passion Pit (French Kiss) We Were Promised Jetpacks (FatCat Records)

GALAXIE RISING STARS AWARD Dan Mangan – Nice, Nice, Very Nice (fileunder:music) Handsome Furs – Face Control (Sub Pop) Japandroids – Post-Nothing (Unfamiliar) The Rural Alberta Advantage – Hometowns (Paper Bag) Timber Timbre – Timber Timbre (Arts & Crafts)