The Association of Independent Music has announced the 2013 nominees for it's UK based indie music awards. Along with the nominees came the announcement of two winners: Billy Bragg for Outstanding Contribution to Music and Geoof Travis of Rough Trade will receive the Pioneer Award.
A full list of the AIM Indie Award nominees:
Winners will be announced at the AIM Awards ceremony, taking place at The Brewery in London on September 3.Best Live Actvoted for by visitors to the-fly.co.ukBellowheadBonoboEnter ShikariJohnny MarrThe NationalIndependent Breakthrough of the Year sponsored by 7digital The 1975DaughterMacklemore & Ryan LewisPalma VioletsPassengerPublic Service Broadcasting
Hardest Working Band or ArtistAlt-JThe ComputersEnter ShikariFrankie & The HeartstringsSam Lee
Best 'Difficult' Second Albumin association with XfmGhostpoet - Some Say I So I Say LightJohn Grant - Pale Green GhostsMajor Lazer - Free The UniverseVillagers - {Awayland}The xx - CoexistBest Small Labelsponsored by Disc Manufacturing ServicesAlcopop! RecordsGringo RecordsHyperdubRocket GirlToo Pure Singles Club
Special Catalogue Release of the Yearin association with AmazonBonobo - The North BordersInterpol - Turn On The Bright Lights 10th Anniversary EditionThe Horrors - HigherVarious Artists - Kenya SpecialVarious Artists - Scared to get Happy: A Story of Indie Pop 1980-89Golden Welly Award for Best Independent Festivalsponsored by UK Music in association with AIF & DIYHebridean Celtic FestivalIn The WoodsLeeFestTruck FestivalY Not Festival
Independent Video of the Yearsponsored by VevoChildhood - Solemn SkiesDavid Byrne & St Vincent - WhoDjango Django - WORGrimes - GenesisMacklemore & Ryan Lewis - Thrift ShopThe Ramona Flowers - Lust & Lies
Indie Champion Awardsponsored by Consolidated IndependentGilles Peterson - BBC 6musicJoe Sparrow - A New Band a DayJohn Kennedy - XfmLauren Laverne - BBC 6musicLawrence Montgomery - Rise Music
Independent Track of the Year
in association with Spotify
Daughter - Youth
Jagwar Ma - The Throw
Palma Violets - Best of Friends
Passenger - Let Her Go
TNGHT - Higher Ground
Vampire Weekend - Diane Young
Independent Album of the Year
in association with Record Store Day
Daughter - If You Leave
David Byrne & St Vincent - Love This Giant
Ghostpoet - Some Say I So I Say Light
Jagwar Ma - Howlin
John Grant - Pale Green Ghosts
Jon Hopkins - Immunity
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - Push The Sky Away
Public Service Broadcasting- Inform-Educate-Entertain
Vampire Weekend - Modern Vampires of the City
The xx - Coexist
Independent Label of the Year
in association with Coutts
Bella Union
Cooking Vinyl
Matador
[PIAS] Recordings
Warp
PPL Award for Most Played New Independent Act
The 2 Bears
Alabama Shakes
Alt J
Django Django
Macklemore & Ryan Lewis
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