CMW: The Indies

The 12th Annual Independent Music Awards (a.k.a The Indies) took place at the Royal York Hotel in the Canadian Room on March 24, 2012. While awards are given out, the lineup of performers consistently makes this night one of the highlights of the festival. Fortunately, our contributor Jeff was there to capture some great photos of the night.

See the complete list of award winners (and the presenters) below. Congrats to all the winners!

Pavlo

The Pack a.d.

Young Empires

Hall of Fame inductee’s Treble Charger (presented by Brendan Canning)

Dan Mangan

The Sheepdogs (w/ guest Paul Rodgers)

Rich Aucoin

Passion Pit

AWARD WINNERS

ALBUM OF THE YEAR presented by Matt Webb & Mike Ayley (Marianas Trench)
Fucked Up – David Comes To Life (Matador/Beggars Canada)

SINGLE OF THE YEAR
The Sheepdogs – I Don’t Know (Dine Alone)

GROUP OR DUO OF THE YEAR presented by Mark Sasso & Stephen Pitkin (Elliott Brood)
The Sheepdogs (Dine Alone)

SOLO ARTIST OF THE YEAR presented by Ben & Mark Constantinovic (The Suburbians)
Dan Mangan (Arts & Crafts)

VIDEO OF THE YEAR presented by Sarah Blackwood & Gianna Luminati (Walk Off The Earth)
Marianas Trench – Haven’t Had Enough (604)

LIVE ARTIST/GROUP OR DUO OF THE YEAR presented by The Reason
The Sheepdogs (Dine Alone)

ALTERNATIVE ARTIST/GROUP OR DUO OF THE YEAR
Library Voices (Nevado)

BLUES ARTIST/GROUP OR DUO OF THE YEAR
Suzie Vinnick (Independent)

CHILDREN’S ARTIST/GROUP OR DUO OF THE YEAR
Splash’N Boots (Splash Records)

COUNTRY ARTIST/GROUP OR DUO OF THE YEAR
Doc Walker (Open Road)

ELECTRONIC ARTIST/GROUP OR DUO OF THE YEAR
Deadmau5 (Mau5trap Recordings/Ultra)

FOLK/ROOTS ARTIST/GROUP OR DUO OF THE YEAR
Elliott Brood (Paper Bag)

FRANCOPHONE ARTIST/GROUP OR DUO OF THE YEAR
Coeur de Pirate (Grosse Boîte)

JAZZ ARTIST/GROUP OR DUO OF THE YEAR
Jill Barber (Outside)

METAL ARTIST/GROUP OR DUO OF THE YEAR
Protest The Hero (Underground Operations)

POP ARTIST/GROUP OR DUO OF THE YEAR presented by Fefe Dobson & Rob Dyer
Neverest (VicPark Group/Fontana North)

PUNK/HARDCORE ARTIST/GROUP OR DUO OF THE YEAR
Fucked Up (Matador/Beggars Canada)

ROCK ARTIST/GROUP OR DUO OF THE YEAR presented by Maya Postepski (Austra)
The Sheepdogs (Dine Alone)

URBAN ARTIST/GROUP OR DUO OF THE YEAR
The Weeknd (Independent)

WORLD ARTIST/GROUP OR DUO OF THE YEAR
Minor Empire (Independent)

INTERNATIONAL ALBUM OF THE YEAR
Adele – 21 (XL)

INTERNATIONAL SINGLE OF THE YEAR
AWOLNATION – Sail (Red Bull)

INTERNATIONAL GROUP OR DUO OF THE YEAR
Bon Iver (Jagjaguwar)

INTERNATIONAL SOLO ARTIST OF THE YEAR
Adele (XL)

INTERNATIONAL VIDEO OF THE YEAR
Gotye – Somebody That I Used to Know (feat. Kimbra) (Eleven)

INTERNATIONAL BREAKTHROUGH ARTIST/GROUP OR DUO OF THE YEAR
Young The Giant (Roadrunner)

SIRIUSXM EMERGING ARTIST OF THE YEAR presented by Jeff Leake (host, The Verge)
Rich Aucoin