Idles playing Live At Leeds 2018 (Gary Mather / Live4ever)
Idles, Shame and Young Fathers are among the nominees for this year’s AIM Independent Music Awards.
Shortly before the release of their second album, Idles have been nominated in categories including Best Live Act and Best Video, while Shame’s debut record Songs Of Praise is up for the Independent Album Of The Year prize.
The ceremony takes place on September 4th at The Brewery in Clerkenwell, London and will be raising money for the Young Urban Arts Foundation. “We are absolutely delighted to be this year’s charity partner for the AIM Awards,” the charity’s CEO Kerry O’Brien says.
“The Young Urban Arts Foundation’s ethos heavily focuses on improving mental health and empowering young people to become independent, especially those wishing to pursue a career in the creative industries – so it is a perfect fit for us to raise awareness of our charity and Skip To The Beat programme.”
“We’re honoured to have this opportunity and looking forward to the night, to generate as much funding possible for our Skip To The Beat programme and help young people go places.”
AIM Independent Music Awards 2018 selected nominations:
Independent Album Of The Year
Charlotte Gainsbourg – Rest (Because Music)
Jorja Smith – Lost & Found (FAMM)
Kamaal Williams – The Return (Warp Records)
Kamasi Washington – Heaven and Earth (XL Recordings)
Let’s Eat Grandma – I’m All Ears (Transgressive)
Nadine Shah – Holiday Destination (1965 Records/[PIAS])
Phoebe Bridgers – Stranger In The Alps (Dead Oceans)
Shame – Songs Of Praise (Dead Oceans)
Sophie – Oil Of Every Pearl’s Un-Insides (Transgressive)
Young Fathers – Cocoa Sugar (Ninja Tune)
Independent Track Of The Year
Bicep – Glue (Ninja Tune)
Christine and the Queens – Girlfriend (Because Music)
Dave – Question Time (Dave)
Peggy Gou – It Makes You Forget (Itgehane) (Ninja Tune)
Charlotte Gainsbourg – Deadly Valentine (Because Music)
Ghostpoet – Immigrant Boogie (Play It Again Sam)
Let’s Eat Grandma – Falling Into Me (Transgressive)
Phoebe Bridgers – Motion Sickness (Dead Oceans)
Shame – One Rizla (Dead Oceans)
Wolf Alice – Don’t Delete The Kisses (Dirty Hit)
Best Sophomore Release
Fever Ray – Plunge (Rabid Records)
Gwenno – Le Kov (Heavenly Recordings)
King Krule – The OOZ (XL Recordings)
Let’s Eat Grandma – I’m All Ears (Transgressive)
Nines – Crop Circle (XL Recordings)
UK Breakthrough Of The Year
AJ Tracey (self-released)
Goat Girl (Rough Trade Records)
Idles (Partisan Records)
Jorja Smith (FAMM)
Sophie (Transgressive)
International Breakthrough Of The Year
Cigarettes After Sex (Partisan Records)
Confidence Man (Heavenly Recordings)
Moses Sumney (Jagjaguar)
Phoebe Bridgers (Dead Oceans)
Zeal & Ardor MVKA)
Best Live Act
Cassia (Distiller Records)
DMA’s (Infectious Music)
Erasure (Mute Records)
Idles (Partisan Records)
Steps (Absolute Label Services)
Hardest Working Group Or Artist
Dawn (Dawn Richard) (Our Dawn Entertainment)
Idles (Partisan Records)
King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard (Heavenly Recordings)
Mogwai (Rock Action Records)
Tom Misch (Beyond The Groove)
Independent Label Of The Year
Brownswood Recordings
Ninja Tune
Transgressive
Dirty Hit
Deads Oceans
Best Small Label
Black Acre Records
Rocket Recordings
Rock Action Records
On the Corner Records
Houndstooth
Independent Video Of The Year
Idles – Colossus (Partisan Records) / Directed by Will Hooper
Leon Vynehall – Movements (Chapter III) (Ninja Tune) / Directed by Young Replicant
Moses Sumney – Doomed (Jagjaguar) / Directed by Allie Avital
Novo Amor – Birthplace (AllPoints) / Directed by Sil van der Woerd & Jorik Dozy
Superorganism – Everybody Want to Be Famous (Domino Records) / Directed by Robert Strangers
