For the first time in its 13 years, The Independent Music Awards (a.k.a. The Indies) took place at the Kool Haus on March 22, 2013. While generally the evening is full of short sets, this evening was a little different for those that packed the Kool Haus. Diamond Rings closed out the awards portion of the night with an extended performance before Matt Mays and Metric took the stage to perform complete sets. For fans of Canadian music, there was a little something for everyone and it was a great night to embrace our homegrown talent.
See the complete list of award winners, along with their presenters, below.
RIP Jay Smith.
AWARD WINNERS
ALBUM OF THE YEAR
Japandroids – Celebration Rock (Polyvinyl Recording Co.)
SINGLE OF THE YEAR
Carly Rae Jepsen – Call Me Maybe (604 Records)
GROUP OF THE YEAR presented by Graham Wright (Tokyo Police Club)
Metric (Metric Music International Inc.)
ARTIST OF THE YEAR
presented by Dirty Radio
Carly Rae Jepsen (604 Records)
FEMALE ARTIST OF THE YEAR
presented by Shad
Cold Specks (Arts & Crafts)
MALE ARTIST OF THE YEAR
presented by Alyssa Reid
Matt Mays (Sonic Records)
LIVE ARTIST OR GROUP OF THE YEAR
deadmau5 (Ultra Records)
SONGWRITER OF THE YEAR
Josh Ramsay (604 Records)
VIDEO OF THE YEAR
presented by Sharlene Chiu and Daniel Victor
Marianas Trench – Fallout (604 Records)
MUST FOLLOW ARTIST OF THE YEAR
Said The Whale (Hidden Pony Records)
COLLABORATION OF THE YEAR
presented by Scott Jackson
Artists Against Bullying – True Colors (Wax Records)
(accepted by Alyssa Reid)
MOST PLAYED INDEPENDENT ARTIST OR GROUP OF THE YEAR
Carly Rae Jepsen (604 Records)
BEST-SELLING INDEPENDENT RELEASE OF THE YEAR
Metric – Synthetica (Metric Music International Inc.)
ALTERNATIVE ARTIST OR GROUP OF THE YEAR
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Yukon Blonde (Dine Alone Records)
BLUES ARTIST OR GROUP OF THE YEAR
The Harpoonist and the Axe Murderer (Independent)
CHILDREN’S ARTIST/GROUP OR DUO OF THE YEAR
Jennifer Gasoi (Sparkling Productions)
COUNTRY ARTIST OR GROUP OF THE YEAR
Dallas Smith (604 Records)
DANCE ARTIST OR GROUP OF THE YEAR
Massari (CP Records)
ELECTRONIC ARTIST OR GROUP OF THE YEAR
Grimes (4AD/Arbutus Records)
FOLK/ROOTS ARTIST OR GROUP OF THE YEAR
The Wooden Sky (Black Box Recordings Inc)
FRANCOPHONE ARTIST OR GROUP OF THE YEAR
Lisa LeBlanc (Bonsound)
JAZZ ARTIST OR GROUP OF THE YEAR
Emilie-Claire Barlow (Empress Music Group Inc.)
METAL ARTIST OR GROUP OF THE YEAR
Devin Townsend Project (eOne Music Canada)
POP ARTIST OR GROUP OF THE YEAR
Marianas Trench (604 Records)
PUNK/HARDCORE ARTIST OR GROUP OF THE YEAR
METZ (Sub Pop Records)
RAP/HIP-HOP ARTIST OR GROUP OF THE YEAR
Cadence Weapon (Upper Class Recordings)
ROCK ARTIST OR GROUP OF THE YEAR
presented by Magneta Lane
Big Wreck (SRO Anthem)
SOUL/R&B ARTIST OR GROUP OF THE YEAR
The Weeknd (XO&co.)
WORLD ARTIST OR GROUP OF THE YEAR
The Souljazz Orchestra (Solidarity)
INTERNATIONAL GROUP OR DUO OF THE YEAR
The Black Keys (Nonesuch)
INTERNATIONAL ARTIST OF THE YEAR
Taylor Swift (Big Machine Records)
INTERNATIONAL ALBUM OF THE YEAR
Mumford & Sons – Babel (Glassnote)
INTERNATIONAL SINGLE OF THE YEAR
fun. – We Are Young (Fueled By Ramen)
INTERNATIONAL BREAKTHROUGH ARTIST OR GROUP OF THE YEAR
The Lumineers (Dualtone / Dine Alone Records)
INTERNATIONAL VIDEO OF THE YEAR
Macklemore & Ryan Lewis – Thrift Shop (Macklemore)
SIRIUSXM EMERGING ARTIST OF THE YEAR (English)
presented by Jeff Leake (host)
Poor Young Things (Bumstead Productions)
SIRIUSXM EMERGING ARTIST OF THE YEAR (French) presented by Andreanne Sasseville
Canailles (Grosse Boîte)
buying shots for bands 
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