Canadian Music Week - Indie Winners

Celebrating the best of independent music – both Canadian and international – the Jim Beam INDIES with Indie88, supported by The Ontario Media Development Corporation through the Ontario Music Fund, proved to be an unforgettable night for fans and industry alike.

ALBUM OF THE YEAR
Gord Downie - Introduce Yerself (Arts & Crafts)

SINGLE OF THE YEAR 
Death from Above 1979 - Freeze Me (Last Gang)

GROUP OF THE YEAR
The Glorious Sons (Black Box)

ARTIST OF THE YEAR
Jessie Reyez (FMLY)

SONGWRITER OF THE YEAR
July Talk - Beck + Call; Picturing Love (Performed by July Talk) (Sleepless)

ALTERNATIVE ARTIST/GROUP OF THE YEAR  
​Said the Whale (Hidden Pony)

ELECTRONIC/DANCE ARTIST/GROUP OF THE YEAR
DVBBS (Ultra Music)

FRANCOPHONE ARTIST/GROUP OF THE YEAR
Peter Peter (Audiogram)

INDIGENOUS ARTIST/GROUP OF THE YEAR                   
Iskwe (Iskwe Music)

POP ARTIST/GROUP OF THE YEAR 
Ria Mae (Ria Mae/Sony)

RAP/R&B ARTIST/GROUP OF THE YEAR  
Pierre Kwenders (Bonsound)

ROCK ARTIST/GROUP OF THE YEAR
Sam Coffey and the Iron Lungs (Dine Alone)

SINGER-SONGWRITER ARTIST/GROUP OF THE YEAR
Matt Mays (Sonic Records)

INTERNATIONAL ARTIST/GROUP OF THE YEAR
St. Vincent (Loma Vista Records)