Canadian Music Week is currently underway in Toronto, and one of the festival's biggest events took place last night (May 4). The Indies were handed out at a ceremony at the Phoenix Concert Theatre, honouring some of the finest in Canadian and international independent music.
Grimes' took home Album of the Year for last year's effort Art Angels, while Wintersleep snagged the title for Single of the Year for "Amerika." The Stumbellas were awarded Group of the Year, while that award's solo artist counterpart went to Yoan.
In the specialty categories, Jazz Cartier took home Rap Artist of the Year, the Elwins were given Rock Group of the Year, and Dan Mangan took home the prize for Singer-Songwriter of the Year.
Find the full list of the night's winners listed below.
ALBUM OF THE YEAR
Carly Rae Jepsen - Emotion
Grimes - Art Angels
Majical Cloudz - Are You Alone?
Tobias Jesso Jr. - Goon
Viet Cong - Viet Cong
SINGLE OF THE YEAR
Arkells "Leather Jacket"
Coleman Hell "2 Heads"
Jocelyn Alice "Jackpot"
The Strumbellas "Spirits"
Wintersleep "Amerika"
GROUP OF THE YEAR
BADBADNOTGOOD
Metric
The Strumbellas
Whitehorse
Young Empires
ARTIST OF THE YEAR
Carly Rae Jepsen
City and Colour
Grimes
Lights
YOAN
SONGWRITER OF THE YEAR
City and Colour
Hayden
Tobias Jesso Jr.
Whitehorse
Young Empires
ABORIGINAL ARTIST/GROUP OF THE YEAR
A Tribe Called Red
Buffy Sainte-Marie
City Natives
Drezus
Tanya Tagaq
ALTERNATIVE ARTIST/GROUP OF THE YEAR
Destroyer
Half Moon Run
Mac DeMarco
The Zolas
Yukon Blonde
ELECTRONIC/DANCE ARTIST/GROUP OF THE YEAR
A-Trak
Braids
Keys N Krates
Pomo
Purity Ring
FRANCOPHONE ARTIST/GROUP OF THE YEAR
Chocolat
Galaxie
La Bronze
Louis-Jean Cormier
Marie-Pierre Arthur
POP ARTIST/GROUP OF THE YEAR
Coleman Hell
Dan Talevski
Jocelyn Alice
Ria Mae
Tyler Shaw
RAP/R&B ARTIST/GROUP OF THE YEAR
Daniel Caesar
Jazz Cartier
John River
SonReal
Spek Wo
ROCK ARTIST/GROUP OF THE YEAR
Dilly Dally
Hey Rosetta!
Monster Truck
The Elwins
The Glorious Sons
SINGER-SONGWRITER ARTIST/GROUP OF THE YEAR
Basia Bulat
Dan Mangan
Lindi Ortega
Patrick Watson
The Weather Station
INTERNATIONAL ARTIST/GROUP OF THE YEAR
Alabama Shakes
Courtney Barnett
Major Lazer
Mumford & Sons
Nathaniel Rateliff And The Night Sweats
Grimes' took home Album of the Year for last year's effort Art Angels, while Wintersleep snagged the title for Single of the Year for "Amerika." The Stumbellas were awarded Group of the Year, while that award's solo artist counterpart went to Yoan.
In the specialty categories, Jazz Cartier took home Rap Artist of the Year, the Elwins were given Rock Group of the Year, and Dan Mangan took home the prize for Singer-Songwriter of the Year.
Find the full list of the night's winners listed below.
ALBUM OF THE YEAR
Carly Rae Jepsen - Emotion
Grimes - Art Angels
Majical Cloudz - Are You Alone?
Tobias Jesso Jr. - Goon
Viet Cong - Viet Cong
SINGLE OF THE YEAR
Arkells "Leather Jacket"
Coleman Hell "2 Heads"
Jocelyn Alice "Jackpot"
The Strumbellas "Spirits"
Wintersleep "Amerika"
GROUP OF THE YEAR
BADBADNOTGOOD
Metric
The Strumbellas
Whitehorse
Young Empires
ARTIST OF THE YEAR
Carly Rae Jepsen
City and Colour
Grimes
Lights
YOAN
SONGWRITER OF THE YEAR
City and Colour
Hayden
Tobias Jesso Jr.
Whitehorse
Young Empires
ABORIGINAL ARTIST/GROUP OF THE YEAR
A Tribe Called Red
Buffy Sainte-Marie
City Natives
Drezus
Tanya Tagaq
ALTERNATIVE ARTIST/GROUP OF THE YEAR
Destroyer
Half Moon Run
Mac DeMarco
The Zolas
Yukon Blonde
ELECTRONIC/DANCE ARTIST/GROUP OF THE YEAR
A-Trak
Braids
Keys N Krates
Pomo
Purity Ring
FRANCOPHONE ARTIST/GROUP OF THE YEAR
Chocolat
Galaxie
La Bronze
Louis-Jean Cormier
Marie-Pierre Arthur
POP ARTIST/GROUP OF THE YEAR
Coleman Hell
Dan Talevski
Jocelyn Alice
Ria Mae
Tyler Shaw
RAP/R&B ARTIST/GROUP OF THE YEAR
Daniel Caesar
Jazz Cartier
John River
SonReal
Spek Wo
ROCK ARTIST/GROUP OF THE YEAR
Dilly Dally
Hey Rosetta!
Monster Truck
The Elwins
The Glorious Sons
SINGER-SONGWRITER ARTIST/GROUP OF THE YEAR
Basia Bulat
Dan Mangan
Lindi Ortega
Patrick Watson
The Weather Station
INTERNATIONAL ARTIST/GROUP OF THE YEAR
Alabama Shakes
Courtney Barnett
Major Lazer
Mumford & Sons
Nathaniel Rateliff And The Night Sweats