Canadian Music Week is pleased to announce the nominees for the 2022 INDIES – the 21st annual Independent Music Awards – presented by Jim Beam. International star Felix Cartal leads with four nominations, followed by hip hop sensations Snotty Nose Rez Kids and rockers Fake Shark with three nods each. The 21st Annual Jim Beam INDIE Awards takes place live on Saturday, June 11th at the iconic El Mocambo in Toronto. Get your tickets here.
The 2022 Jim Beam INDIE Awards Nominees are:
SiriusXM – ALBUM OF THE YEAR
Fake Shark – Time for the Future
Felix Cartal – Expensive Sounds for Nice People
Half Moon Run – Inwards & Onwards
Snotty Nose Rez Kids – Life After
Whitehorse – Modern Love
SiriusXM – ARTIST OF THE YEAR
Felix Cartal
Owen Pallett
Bbno$
William Prince
Charlotte Cardin
COUNTRY ARTIST/GROUP OR DUO OF THE YEAR
Dustin Bird
Gord Bamford
JoJo Mason
Karen Lee Batten
Teniile Arts
ELECTRONIC/DANCE ARTIST/GROUP OR DUO OF THE YEAR
Felix Cartal
Loud Luxury
Marcus James
Shaun Frank
The Halluci Nation
FRANCOPHONE ARTIST/GROUP OR DUO OF THE YEAR
Cœur de pirate
Les Louanges
Louis-Jean Cormier
Patrick Watson
Vincent Vallières
GROUP OR DUO OF THE YEAR
Comeback Kid
Dear Rouge
The Dead South
The Zolas
Whitehorse
HIP HOP/RAP/R&B ARTIST/GROUP OR DUO OF THE YEAR
Bbno$
Haviah Mighty
Mustafa the Poet
Snotty Nose Rez Kids
SonReal
SiriusXM – INDIGENOUS ARTIST/GROUP OR DUO OF THE YEAR
Adrian Sutherland
DJ Shub
Jayli Wolf
Logan Staats
Snotty Nose Rez Kids
POP ARTIST/GROUP OR DUO OF THE YEAR
Grae
Half Moon Run
Sam Drysdale
Sophie Simmons
Virginia to Vegas
ROCK/METAL/PUNK/ALTERNATIVE ARTIST/GROUP OR DUO OF THE YEAR
Cleopatrick
Fake Shark
PUP
Sate
The Glorious Sons
SONG OF THE YEAR
Charlotte Day Wilson – Keep Moving
Composers – Jack Rochon, Charlotte Wilson
Dear Rouge – Fake Fame
Composers – Thomas Knox D’arcy, Danielle McTaggart, Andrew McTaggart, Ryan Worsley
Fake Shark – Loser
Composer – Kevin James Maher
JJ Wilde – Off the Rails
Composers – Evan Kidd Bogart, Jillian Dowding, Tom B Peyton, Ryan Allen Spraker, Frederik Thaae
July Talk – I Am Water
Composers – Ian Docherty, Peter Goyette Dreimanis, Leah Fay Goldstein, Daniel P Miles, Danielle Elizabeth Nash, Josh Early Warburton, Kevin Drew
VIDEO OF THE YEAR
Charlotte Cardin – Anyone Who Loves Me
Felix Cartal – Happy Hour
Jayli Wolf – Child of the Government
PUP – Robot Writes a Love Song
SonReal – bank on me
