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Canada Indies Awards The Complete Winners List

by Paul Cashmere on May 13, 2018

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Canadian Music Week was on in Toronto this week.

Here is the complete winners list for The Indies:

ALBUM OF THE YEAR
Alvvays – Antisocialites (Royal Mountain)
Daniel Caesar – Freudian (Golden Child)
WINNER: Gord Downie – Introduce Yerself (Arts & Crafts)
July Talk – Touch (Sleepless)
Weaves – Wide Open (Buzz Records)

SINGLE OF THE YEAR
Allan Rayman – 13 (Communion Music)
WINNER: Death from Above 1979 – Freeze Me (Last Gang)
DVBBS – Not Going Home ft. Gia Koka & CMC$ (Ultra Music)
Mother Mother – The Drugs (Mother Mother Music Inc.)
Virgina to Vegas – Lights Out (Wax)

GROUP OF THE YEAR
Broken Social Scene (Arts & Crafts)
Hollerado (Royal Mountain)
Stars (Last Gang)
WINNER: The Glorious Sons (Black Box)
The Rural Alberta Advantage (Paper Bag)

ARTIST OF THE YEAR
Daniel Caesar (Golden Child)
WINNER: Jessie Reyez (FMLY)
Lido Pimienta (Lido Pimienta)
Mac DeMarco (Royal Mountain/Captured Tracks)
PartyNextDoor (OVO Sound)

SONGWRITER OF THE YEAR
Alvvays – Dreams Tonite; In Undertow (Performed by Alvvays) (Royal Mountain)
Daniel Caesar – Get You; We Find Love (Performed by Daniel Caesar) (Golden Child)
WINNER: July Talk – Beck + Call; Picturing Love (Performed by July Talk) (Sleepless)
PartyNextDoor – Wild Thoughts (Performed by DJ Khaled ft. Rihanna, Bryson Tiller) / Not Nice(Performed by PartyNextDoor) / Damage (Performed by PartNextDoor ft. Halsey) (OVO Sound)
Shaun Frank – No Future (Performed by Shaun Frank ft. Dyson) (Ultra Music)

ALTERNATIVE ARTIST/GROUP OF THE YEAR
Fast Romantics (Light Organ)
Partner (You’ve Changed)
WINNER: Said the Whale (Hidden Pony)
The Courtneys (Flying Nun Records)
The New Pornographers (Dine Alone)

ELECTRONIC/DANCE ARTIST/GROUP OF THE YEAR
WINNER: DVBBS (Ultra Music)
Grandtheft (Mad Decent)
Jacques Greene (Vase Music/Arts & Crafts)
Neon Dreams (Dreaming Out Loud Entertainment)
Shaun Frank (Ultra Music)

FRANCOPHONE ARTIST/GROUP OF THE YEAR
Canailles (Dare to Care)
Catherine Leduc (Dare to Care)
Corridor (Corridor)
Mara Tremblay (Audiogram)
WINNER: Peter Peter (Audiogram)

INDIGENOUS ARTIST/GROUP OF THE YEAR
WINNER: Iskwe (Iskwé Musik)
JB the First Lady (JB The First Lady)
Mob Bounce (RPM Records)
The Jerry Cans (Aakuluk Music)
Wolf Saga (Mukwa Records)

POP ARTIST/GROUP OF THE YEAR
Christian Hudson (Mathurmatics)
Coleman Hell (604)
Marianas Trench (604)
Ralph (604)
WINNER: Ria Mae (Ria Mae/Sony)

RAP/R&B ARTIST/GROUP OF THE YEAR
Allie (Oracle)
Majid Jordan (OVO Sound)
WINNER: Pierre Kwenders (Bonsound)
Quake Matthews (Fontana North)
SonReal (Black Box)

ROCK ARTIST/GROUP OF THE YEAR
Big Wreck (ole)
Bleeker (Five Seven)
One Bad Son (604)
WINNER: Sam Coffey and the Iron Lungs (Dine Alone)
The Wild (eOne)

SINGER-SONGWRITER ARTIST/GROUP OF THE YEAR
Leeroy Stagger (True North)
Leif Vollebekk (Secret City)
WINNER: Matt Mays (Sonic Records)
The Barr Brothers (Secret City)
The Weather Station (Outside)

INTERNATIONAL ARTIST/GROUP OF THE YEAR
J. Cole (Dreamville Records/Interscope)
Migos (Quality Control Music)
Run The Jewels (Run The Jewels Inc.)
Sampha (Young Turks)
WINNER: St. Vincent (Loma Vista Records)

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