GOOD LUCK! Local 2016 Indie Award Nominations

Four incredible local acts are up for the 2016 Indie Awards (Part of  Canadian Music Week). Hopefully, they'll be taking some hardware home at the May 4th ceremony in Toronto.

Two Hamilton Rock bands, the Arkells (Single of the Year) and Monster Truck (Rock Group of the Year) are in the running.  Hammer town folk rock duo, Whitehorse were nominated for Group of the Year and Songwriter of the Year.

Links:  Whitehorse, More Whitehorse Stories, Video above courtesy of Six Shooter Records



Links: Monster Truck, More Monster Truck Stories, Video above courtesy of CBC Music

Talented St. Catharines artist City and Colour is also in the running for Songwriter of the Year and Artist of the Year.

Links: City and Colour, More City and Colour Stories, Video above courtesy of Dee Clements

GOOD LUCK EVERYONE!

Click here for the winners

Here's the complete list of nominees.

Single

• Arkells: Leather Jacket
• Coleman Hell: 2 Heads
• Jocelyn Alice: Jackpot
• The Strumbellas: Spirits
• Wintersleep: Amerika

Group

• Whitehorse
• BADBADNOTGOOD
• Metric
• The Strumbellas
• Young Empires

Artists

• City and Colour 
• Carly Rae Jepsen
• Grimes
• Lights 
• YOAN

Songwriter

• City and Colour 
• Whitehorse
• Hayden
• Tobias Jesso Jr.
• Young Empires

Rock Artist/Group

• Monster Truck
• Dilly Dally
• Hey Rosetta!
• The Elwins
• The Glorious Sons

Album:

• Carly Rae Jepsen: Emotion
• Grimes: Art Angels
• Majical Cloudz: Are You Alone? 
• Tobias Jesso Jr.:  Goon 
• Viet Cong: Viet Cong

Aboriginal Artist

• A Tribe Called Red (Six Nations)
• Buffy Sainte-Marie
• City Natives
• Drezus 
• Tanya Tagaq

Singer Songwriter

• Basia Bulat 
• Dan Mangan
• Lindi Ortega
• Patrick Watson
• The Weather Station

Alternative Artist

• Destroyer
• Half Moon Run
• Mac DeMarco
• The Zolas 
• Yukon Blonde

Electronic Dance Artist

• A-Trak
• Braids
• Keys N Krates
• Pomo
• Purity Ring

Francophone Artist

• Chocolat 
• Galaxie 
• La Bronze
• Louis-Jean Cormier
• Marie-Pierre Arthur 

Pop Artist

• Coleman Hell
• Dan Talevski 
• Jocelyn Alice
• Ria Mae
• Tyler Shaw

Rap/R&B Artist

• Daniel Caesar
• Jazz Cartier
• John River
• SonReal
• Spek Won

International Artist

• Alabama Shakes 
• Courtney Barnett
• Major Lazer 
• Mumford and Sons
• Nathaniel Rateliff and The Night Sweats

Blast from the Past: Last Year's Winners

Links: Indie Awards, More Indie Awards Stories

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