The 2015 AIM Awards nominees are…
BEST SMALL LABEL – in association with Disc Manufacturing Services
Basick Records
Erased Tapes
High Focus Records
Planet Mu Records
Rocket Girl
BEST ‘DIFFICULT’ SECOND ALBUM – in association with XFM
Alabama Shakes – Sound & Colour
Holly Herndon – Platform
Nadine Shah – Fast Food
The 2 Bears – The Night Is Young
Young Fathers – White Men Are Black Men Too
SPECIAL CATALOGUE RELEASE OF THE YEAR – in association with Amazon Music
Cities Of Darkscorch Boardgame
Frankie Goes To Hollywood – Inside The Pleasuredomeamazon
Bjork – Coloured Vinyl Catalogue Reissue
The Pretty Things – Bouquets From a Cloudy Sky
Imogen Heap – Sparks (Deluxe Boxset)
Oasis – (What’s The Story) Morning Glory? Reissue
HARDEST WORKING BAND OR ARTIST
Courtney Barnett
JME
Little Comets
Swans
Young Fathers
GOLDEN WELLY AWARD FOR BEST INDEPENDENT FESTIVAL – in association with AIF and DIY
ArcTanGent
Barn on the Farm
Brainchild Festival
Pete The Monkey
Truck Festival
INDEPENDENT BREAKTHROUGH OF THE YEAR
Courtney Barnett
FKA Twigs
Run The Jewels
Sonhoy Blues
Wolf Alice
INDIE CHAMPION AWARD – sponsored by CICI
Camilla Pia – BBC 6Music
Marc Riley – BBC 6Music
Peter Guy – Getintothis
Rupert Morrison – The Drift Record Shop
Tim Burgess – Songwriter & O Genesis Music Ltd
INDEPENDENT VIDEO OF THE YEAR – sponsored by Vevo
Alt-J – Hunger Of The Pine
Flying Lotus – Never Catch Mevevo 2014
Ghostpoet – Sorry My Love It’s You, Not Me
Ibeyi – River
Son Lux – Change Is Everything
BEST LIVE ACT – in association with Jack Daniel’s voted for by visitors to Songkick
All Time Low
Alt-J
Erasure
Thunder
To Kill A King
Twin Atlantic
INDEPENDENT TRACK OF THE YEAR – in association with Spotify
Alt-J – Every Other Freckle
Courtney Barnett – Pedestrian At Bestspotifynew
FKA Twigs – Two Weeks
Jamie XX – Loud Places
LA Priest – Oino
Major Lazer – Lean On
Mogwai – Teenage Exorcist
Neck Deep – Can’t kick Up The Roots
Unknown Mortal Orchestra – Multi-Love
Wiley – On A Level
INDEPENDENT ALBUM OF THE YEAR – in association with dotFans
Bjork – Vulnicuradotfans
Enter Shikari – The Mindsweep
Father John Misty – I Love you, Honeybear
Ghostpoet – Shedding Skin
JME – Integrity>
The Bug – Angels & Devils
The Charlatans – Modern Nature
The Xcerts – There Is Only You
Wolf Alice – My Love Is Cool
Young Fathers – White Men Are Black Men Too
INDEPENDENT LABEL OF THE YEAR – in association with Believe Digital
Epitaph RecordsBelieve Digital
Erased Tapes Records
Heavenly Recordings
Planet Mu Records
Transgressive Records
PPL AWARD FOR MOST PLAYED NEW INDEPENDENT ACT sponsored by PPL
FKA Twigs
Ghetts
Jungle
Ward Thomas
WINNERS
Some of our 2015 winners have already been decided by our esteemed judging panel!
INNOVATOR AWARD 2015 in association with Promostream : PETER QUICKE, MATT BLACK AND JONATHAN MORE, NINJA TUNE
PIONEER AWARD 2015 in association with The Orchard: DIGBY PEARSON, EARACHE RECORDS