Here are the nominees for the 2023 Indie Music Awards

Canadian Music Week is coming up in Toronto next month and, as usual, part of the festivities include the Canadian Indie Music Awards. Here are your nominees. Public voting can be done here.

The 2023 Jim Beam® INDIES Nominees are:

Album of the Year – presented by SiriusXM
Alexisonfire – “Otherness”
Broken Social Scene – “Old Dead Young”
July Talk – “Remember Never Before”
MONOWHALES – “Tunnel Vision”
Tegan and Sara – “Crybaby”

Artist of the Year – presented by SiriusXM
Alexisonfire
Aysanabee
Ikky
Simple Plan
Tegan and Sara

Country Artist/Group or Duo of the Year
Brett Kissel
Jess Moskaluke
Madeline Merlo
Tim Hicks
Whitehorse

Electronic/Dance Artist/Group or Duo of the Year
DJ Shub
Felix Cartal
Kasablanca
LOSTBOYJAY
REZZ

Francophone Artist/Group or Duo of the Year
Daniel Bélanger
Gabrielle Shonk
Jean-Michel Blais
Les Louanges
Sophia Bel

Group or Duo of the Year
Broken Social Scene
Digging Roots
Stereos
Tegan and Sara
The Glorious Sons

Hip Hop/Rap Artist of the Year
AR Paisley
Dom Vallie
Duvy
Killy
Smiley

Independent Label of the Year
604 Records
Arts & Crafts Productions
Ishkōdé Records
Six Shooter Records
Wax Records

Indigenous Artist/Group or Duo of the Year – presented by SiriusXM
Aysanabee
Digging Roots
Julian Taylor
Logan Staats
noelle
William Prince

Pop Artist/Group or Duo of the Year
Grae
Josh Ramsay
LØLØ
Shawn Desman
Virginia to Vegas

Producer of the Year
Akeel Henry
Banx & Ranx
Hill Kourkoutis
Ikky
Mike Wise

Publisher of the Year – Presented by CMRRA
Anthem Entertainment
Arts & Crafts Music
CCS Rights Management
Kilometre Music Group
Third Side Music

R&B Artist/Group or Duo of the Year
Avenoir
Dylan Sinclair
Jon Vinyl
Loony
Zeina

Rock Artist/Group or Duo of the Year
Alexisonfire
Pup
Simple Plan
The Beaches
The Sadies

Roots/Folk Artist of the Year
Andy Shauf
Basia Bulat
The Bros. Landreth
Dan Mangan
The Dead South

Song of the Year – Presented by SOCAN
“We Could Get High” – Songwriter – Billy Raffoul – Performed by Billy Rafoul
“Do About Her” – Songwriters – Amanda Rheaume, Alida Kinny Star – Performed by Amanda Rheaume
“I Hope You Change Your Mind” – Songwriters – Donovan Woods, David Hodges – Performed by Donovan Woods
“I’m Not Your Lover”- Songwriter – Leif Vollebekk – Performed by Leif Vollebekk
“Casamigos”– Songwriters – Derik John Baker, Geoff Warburton, Michael Jared Robinson, Mike Wise, Seth Ennis – Performed by Virginia to Vegas

Video of the Year
Charlotte Cardin & Lubalin – “Phoenix (Reprise)”
Dom Vallie – “BEEN HIMMA”
July Talk – “After This”
MONOWHALES – “StuckintheMiddle”
Whitehorse – “If The Loneliness Don’t Kill Me”