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CMW is here! Finger Eleven will be inducted into the Indies Hall of Fame

The Indies, an annual event at Canadian Music Week for two dozen years, will reconvene this week at the Danforth Music Hall on Thursday (June 6). A ton of awards will be handed out and Finger Eleven will be inducted into the Jim Beam Indies Hall of Fame.

If you want to attend, tickets are available now through Ticketmaster.

Here’s who’s nominated for what.

The 2024 Jim Beam® INDIES Nominees are:

Album of the Year
City and Colour “The Love Still Held Me Near”
Charlotte Cardin “99 Nights”
Karan Aujla “Making Memories”
Metric “Formentera II”
The Beaches “Blame My Ex”

Artist of the Year – presented by SIRIUSXM
Allison Russell
AP Dhillon
City and Colour
Connor Price
Karan Aujla

Country Artist/Group or Duo of the Year
Brett Kissel
MacKenzie Porter
High Valley
Sacha
Tim Hicks

Electronic/Dance Artist/Group or Duo of the Year
Keys N Krates
LOSTBOYJAY
Loud Luxury
Rezz
Zeds Dead

Francophone Artist/Group or Duo of the Year
Boutot
Jean-Michel Blais
Karkwa
Salebarbes
FouKi

Group or Duo of the Year
Arkells
Loud Luxury
Walk Off The Earth
Sam Roberts Band
The Beaches

Hip Hop/Rap Artist of the Year – presented by SIRIUSXM
bbno$
Connor Price
Da Crook
Haviah Mighty
Shubh

Indigenous Artist/Group or Duo of the Year – presented by SIRIUSXM
Aysanabee
DJ Shub
Elisapie
Blue Moon Marquee
Shawnee Kish

Pop Artist/Group or Duo of the Year
Charlotte Cardin
Elijah Woods
Good Kid
Men I Trust
Shawn Desman

R&B Artist/Group or Duo of the Year
Charlotte Day Wilson
Jon Vinyl
OSÈ
Rhyan Douglas
Zeina

Rock Artist/Group or Duo of the Year
Finger Eleven
NOBRO
Simple Plan
The Beaches
The Glorious Sons

Roots/Folk Artist of the Year
Allison Russell
Andy Shauf
City and Colour
Julian Taylor
William Prince

Song of the Year – Presented by SOCAN
Allison Russell “The Returner” Allison Russell, JT Nero
Aysanabee “Somebody Else” Evan Pang, Derek Hoffman, Sean Sroka
Charlotte Cardin “Confetti” – Charlotte Cardin, Jason Brando and Lubalin
LU KALA “Hotter Now” James Norton, Nathan, Cunningham, Lukasz Gottwald, Vanessa Kalala, Vaughn Oliver
The Beaches “Blame Brett” Elizabeth Boland, Gustavo Coriandoli, Leandra Earl, Eliza Clara, Jordan Miller

Video of the Year
AP Dhillon “With You”
Charlotte Cardin “Confetti”
Connor Price & Haviah Mighty “Trendsetter”
Allison Russell “Demons”
Karan Aujla “Admirin’ You”

Independent Label of the Year
604 Records
Arts & Crafts
Cult Nation
Dine Alone Records
Monstercat

Producer of the Year
Hill Kourkoutis
Ikky
Lowell & Gus Van Go
WondaGurl
Shawn Everett

Publisher of the Year – Presented by CMRRA
Anthem
Arts & Crafts Music
High Priestess Publishing
Kilometre
Reservoir

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