(andPOP) - Canada's top independent artists will be honoured during Canadian Music Week at the 2006 Indie Awards.
The Arcade Fire, Bedouin Soundclash, Feist and Divine Brown are each up for two awards.
Indies Hall of Fame inductees The Pursuit of Happiness and The Parachute Club, as well as many of the nominated artists, will take the stage to perform.
The awards will be handed out on the first day of CMW, March 1, at the Docks. Tickets are available through Ticketmaster.
Nominees:
XM SATELLITE RADIO FAVOURITE ALBUM
The Arcade Fire - Funeral
Broken Social Scene - Broken Social Scene
The New Pornographers - Twin Cinema
Theory Of A Deadman ? Gasoline
Wolf Parade - Apologies To The Queen Mary
FAVOURITE SINGLE
Bedouin Soundclash - When The Night Feels My Song
Divine Brown - Old Skool Love
Feist - Inside And Out
Matt Mays & El Torpedo - Cocaine Cowgirl
Sum 41 ? Pieces
FAVOURITE SOLO ARTIST
City and Colour feat. Dallas Green
Jason Collett
Luke Doucet
Melanie Durrant
Joel Plaskett Emergency
CHART FAVOURITE GROUP/DUO
Constantines
controller.controller
Death From Above 1979
Metric
Stars
FAVOURITE VIDEO
The Arcade Fire - Neighbourhood #3 (Power Out)
Bedouin Soundclash - When The Night Feels My Song
Feist - Inside & Out
Jakalope - Feel It
Stars ? Reunion
FAVOURITE INTERNATIONAL ARTIST/GROUP
Animal Collective
Bloc Party
Franz Ferdinand
M.I.A.
Sufjan Stevens
FAVOURITE INTERNATIONAL ALBUM
Antony and The Johnsons - I Am A Bird Now
Bloc Party - Silent Alarm
Hawthorne Heights - The Silence In Black and White
Sleater-Kinney - The Woods
Ying Yang Twins - U.S.A.: United States Of Atlanta
FAVOURITE NEW INTERNATIONAL ARTIST/GROUP
Annie
Disco Ensemble
Figurines
Iron On
Rumble In Rhodos
SYMPATICO.MSN FAVOURITE ARTIST WEBSITE
Jakalope - www.jakalope.net
Neverending White Lights - www.neverendingwhitelights.com
The Novaks - www.thenovaks.ca
Stutter - www.stuttermusic.com
Karl Wolf - www.karlwolf.com
FAVOURITE BLUES ARTIST/GROUP
Doug Cox & Sam Hurrie
Carlos Del Junco
Julian Fauth
Garrett Mason
Paul Reddick
FAVOURITE CHILDRENS' ARTIST/GROUP
Duplex!
Michael Mitchell
Kathryn Popham
Googol Power
Mike Whitla
