The Indies 2007 Award Winners

Part of the opening day of Canada Music Week 2007, the 7th Annual Independent Music Awards ceremony recognises the best in Canadian independent music.

• Event: The 7th Annual Independent Music Awards ceremony
• Location: The Docks Entertainment Complex, Toronto, Canada
• Date: Wednesday March 7th 2007, 8.00pm
• The Indies

A Proper Award Show

I'm usually not that keen on awards shows. Many of them are just an excuse for overpaid and overhyped stars to pretend to be happy another celebrity won something they feel they should have. And something like the Oscars... well, let me just say that if you can win an award simply by marketing yourself as opposed to relying on actual talent, I rest my case on my stance on awards.

The Indies are different. Presented by inDiscover.net, the recipients of these particular awards truly are worthwhile. With so many independent labels and bands out there, recognition from your respected peers is the name of the day here, and the winners bore testament to that. So, in no particular order, here are the results from last night's show:

• CHART MAGAZINE FAVOURITE ALBUM OF THE YEAR Alexisonfire — Crisis
• FAVOURITE SINGLE OF THE YEAR Neverending White Lights — The Grace (my personal favourite, so I'm ecstatic!!)
• XM SATELLITE RADIO FAVOURITE GROUP OF THE YEAR Alexisonfire
• FAVOURITE SOLO ARTIST OF THE YEAR Feist
• FAVOURITE VIDEO OF THE YEAR City and Colour — Save Your Scissors
• FAVOURITE INTERNATIONAL ALBUM OF THE YEAR Arctic Monkeys — Whatever People Say I Am, That’s What I’m Not
• FAVOURITE INTERNATIONAL ARTIST/GROUP OF THE YEAR Wolfmother
• INDISCOVER.NET FAVOURITE ARTIST/BAND WEBSITE OF THE YEAR Ember Swift
• FAVOURITE BLUES ARTIST/GROUP OF THE YEAR Trouble and Strife
• FAVOURITE CHILDREN’S ARTIST/GROUP OF THE YEAR Splash’N Boots
• FAVOURITE CLASSICAL ARTIST/GROUP OF THE YEAR Measha Brueggergosman
• FAVOURITE COUNTRY ARTIST/GROUP OF THE YEAR Corb Lund
• FAVOURITE ELECTRONICA ARTIST/GROUP OF THE YEAR MSTRKRFT
• FAVOURITE FOLK/ROOTS ARTIST/GROUP OF THE YEAR The Sadies
• XM SATELLITE RADIO FAVOURITE FRANCOPHONE ARTIST/GROUP OF THE YEAR Malajube
• JAZZ ARTIST/GROUP OF THE YEAR Elizabeth Shepherd Trio
• FAVOURITE METAL/HARDCORE ARTIST/GROUP OF THE YEAR Cancer Bats
• FAVOURITE POP ARTIST/GROUP OF THE YEAR Billy Klippert
• FAVOURITE ROCK ARTIST/GROUP OF THE YEAR The Trews
• FAVOURITE URBAN ARTIST/GROUP OF THE YEAR Cadence Weapon
• FAVOURITE WORLD ARTIST/GROUP OF THE YEAR Eccodek
• GALAXIE RISING STARS AWARD OF THE CBC Toyko Police Club

I'd like to congratulate all the winners (but especially Neverending White Lights, who are AWESOME!), and wish them all the success in the year ahead.

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