Canadian Music Week – SiriusXM Indies Awards 2012

The Sheepdogs and Paul Rodgers at The Indies 2012

March 24 2012 – Tonight the 12th annual Indies Awards took over the Royal York Hotel. If you are not familiar with The Indies here is what their website tells us:

SiriusXM Indies Awards are part of Canadian Music Week

The Canadian Independent Music Awards known as “The Indies” acknowledge, promote and honour the achievements of Canadian and International independent artists in the independent music sector. The winners of The Indies are determined by a combination of fan and industry voting. An Artist must be a Canadian citizen or landed immigrant. At least 50% of the Group or Duo must be Canadian citizens or landed immigrants. 50% of the nominee’s songwriting and recording must be 100% Canadian. Exception: International categories.

The night was great fun and features performances by Pavlo, The Pack A.D., Young Empires, Treble Charger (who were inducted into The Indies Hall of Fame), Dan Mangan, The Sheepdogs, Rich Aucoin and Passion Pit. Winners are determined by voting as mentioned above so it should come as no surprise that the band that won a popularity contest on Rolling Stone magazine, also swept all four awards they were nominated for. The Sheepdogs who were relative unknowns last year became the first unsigned band to ever appear on the cover of Rolling Stone magazine by getting over 1.5 million votes on the “choose the cover” competition and graced the cover on August 18 2011. The Sheepdogs are exactly the music that we focus on here at TMAK World and they were the main reason why we attended The Indies. As they went up to the podium to gather one of their multiple awards they told the audience to stick around for a very special guest. If you ever wondered what happens in the back room after a band wins an award, here is an exclusive behind the scenes look after The Sheepdogs collected their 3rd trophy (guitar).

When it was The Sheepdogs time to perform they blasted the audience with 3 songs (Who?, I Don’t Know, “a song from our upcoming album”) Then they introduced their special guest for the next 3 songs (I’ll Be Creepin’, I’m A Mover, All Right Now) – Mr. Paul Rodgers lead singer of Free, Bad Company, The Firm (Jimmy Page’s band after Led Zeppelin), and Queen. Oh, and to put his stature in perspective for the young ‘uns the guy has sold 90 million albums. For Classic Rock fans like us not only did the Sheepdogs (and Paul Rodgers) steal the show, they gave us the highlight of Canadian Music Week 2012.

Young Empires at The Indies 2012

Treble Charger at The Indies 2012

Dan Mangan at The Indies 2012

The Sheepdogs at The Indies 2012

Paul Rodgers and The Sheepdogs

The Sheepdogs at The Indies 2012

Paul Rodgers at The Indies 2012

The full list of winners is below

WINNERS

Favorite Pop Artist or Group of the Year
Neverest

Favorite Jazz Artist or Group of the Year
Jill Barber

Favorite Blues Artist or Group of the Year
Suzie Vinnick

Favorite Folk/Roots Artist or Group of the Year
Elliott Brood

Favorite Country Artist or Group of the Year
Doc Walker

Favorite Children’s Artist or Group of the Year
Splash’N Boots

Favorite World Artist or Group of the Year
Minor Empire

Favorite Video of the Year
Marianas Trench – Haven’t Had Enough

Favorite Rock Artist or Group of the Year
The Sheepdogs

Favorite Single of the Year
The Sheepdogs – I Don’t Know

Favorite International Group of the Year
Bon Iver

Favorite International Solo Artist of the Year
Adele

Favorite International Breakthrough Artist or Group of the Year
Young The Giant

Favorite International Single of the Year
AWOLNATION – Sail

Favorite International Album of the Year
Adele – 21

Favorite International Video of the Year
Gotye – Somebody That I Used To Know (feat. Kimbra)

Favorite Solo Artist of the Year
Dan Mangan

Hall of Fame Inductees
Treble Charger

Favorite Francophone Artist or Group of the Year
Coeur De Pirate

Favorite Electronic Artist or Group of the Year
Deadmau5

Favorite Urban Artist or Group of the Year
The Weeknd

Favorite Alternative Artist or Group of the Year
Library Voices

Favorite Punk/Hardcore Artist or Group of the Year
Fucked Up

Favorite Metal Artist or Group of the Year
Protest The Hero

Favorite Live Artist/Group of the Year
The Sheepdogs

Group of the Year
The Sheepdogs

SiriusXM Emerging Artist of the Year
Rich Aucoin

Favorite Album of the Year
Fucked Up – David Comes To Life

Author: T-Mak

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