Alt-J, Little Comets, The Charlatans nominated for fifth annual AIM Independent Music Awards

Little Comets (Photo: Andy Crossland for Live4ever)

Alt-J, Little Comets and The Charlatans are amongst those nominated for the fifth annual AIM Independent Music Awards.

Alt-J are up for Independent Video Of The Year, Best Live Act and Independent Track Of The Year, while Little Comets have been recognised as one of the year’s hardest working bands, and will compete for the prize with Courtney Barnett, Jme, Swans and Young Fathers.

The Independent Album Of The Year, meanwhile, will be contested by Bjork, Enter Shikari, Father John Misty, Ghostpoet, Jme, The Bug, The Charlatans, The Xcerts, Wolf Alice and Young Fathers.

The winners will be revealed at a ceremony hosted by XFM’s John Kennedy and Radio 1’s Alice Levine at The Brewery in Clerkenwell on September 8th.

Full list of nominees:

Best Small Label
Basick Records
Erased Tapes Records
High Focus Records
Planet Mu Records
Rocket Girl

Best Difficult Second Album
Alabama Shakes – Sound & Color
Holly Herndon – Platform
Nadine Shah – Fast Food
The 2 Bears – The Night is Young
Young Fathers – White Men Are Black Men Too

Special Catalogue Release of the Year
Cities of Darkscorch Boardgame
Frankie Goes To Hollywood – Inside the Pleasuredome
Bjork – Coloured Vinyl Catalogue Reissue
The Pretty Things – Bouquets From a Cloudy Sky
Imogen Heap – Sparks (Deluxe Boxset)
Oasis (What’s The Story) Morning Glory? Reissue

Hardest Working Band or Artist
Courtney Barnett
Jme
Little Comets
Swans
Young Fathers

Golden Welly Award for Best Independent Festival
ArcTanGent
Barn On The Farm
Brainchild Festival
Pete The Monkey
Truck Festival

Independent Breakthrough of the Year
Courtney Barnett
FKA twigs
Run The Jewels
Songhoy Blues
Wolf Alice

Indie Champion
Camilla Pia, BBC 6Music
Marc Riley, BBC 6Music
Peter Guy, Getintothis
Rupert Morrison, The Drift Record Shop
Tim Burgess, Songwriter & O Genesis Music Ltd

Independent Video of the Year
Alt-J – Hunger Of The Pine
Flying Lotus – Never Catch Me
Ghostpoet – Sorry My Love, It’s You Not Me
Ibeyi – River
Son Lux – Change Is Everything

Best Live Act
All Time Low
Alt-J
Erasure
Thunder
To Kill a King
Twin Atlantic

Independent Track of the Year
Alt-J – Every Other Freckle
Courtney Barnett – Pedestrian at Best
FKA twigs – Two Weeks
Jamie XX – Loud Places
LA Priest – Oino
Major Lazer – Lean On
Mogwai – Teenage Exorcists
Neck Deep – Can’t Kick Up The Roots
Unknown Mortal Orchestra – Multi-Love
Wiley – On A Level

PPL Award for Most Played New Independent Act
FKA twigs
Ghetts
Jungle
Ward Thomas

Independent Album of the Year
Bjork – Vulnicura
Enter Shikari – The Mindsweep
Father John Misty – I Love You, Honeybear
Ghostpoet – Shedding Skin
Jme – Integrity>
The Bug – Angels & Devils
The Charlatans – Modern Nature
The Xcerts – There Is Only You
Wolf Alice – My Love Is Cool
Young Fathers – White Men Are Black Men Too