Independent Music Awards

The 6th Annual Canadian Independent Music Awards show (The Indies) will be taking place at The Docks Night Club and Concert Theatre in Toronto, kicking off on Wednesday, March 1, 2006.

The show will run from March 1st until March 4th. Tickets are available now at the advance price of $21.40 (plus applicable taxes) at all Ticketmaster outlets, and at www.ticketmaster.com.

Fans were able to start casting their votes on Monday, January 16th at 9:00 AM at www.cmw.net. The voting polls are open for four weeks, closing at midnight on Sunday, February 12th.

Click below to find out who the 2006 Indie Awards Nominees are..

The 2006 Indie Awards Nominees are:

XM SATELLITE RADIO FAVORITE 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

FAVORITE 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

FAVORITE SOLO ARTIST
City and Colour feat. Dallas Green
Jason Collett
Luke Doucet
Melanie Durrant
Joel Plaskett Emergency

CHART FAVORITE GROUP/DUO
Constantines
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Death From Above 1979
Metric
Stars

FAVORITE VIDEO
The Arcade Fire - Neighbourhood #3 (Power Out)
Bedouin Soundclash - When The Night Feels My Song
Feist - Inside & Out
Jakalope - Feel It
Stars - Reunion

FAVORITE INTERNATIONAL ARTIST/GROUP
Animal Collective
Bloc Party
Franz Ferdinand
M.I.A.
Sufjan Stevens

FAVORITE 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

FAVORITE NEW INTERNATIONAL ARTIST/GROUP
Annie
Disco Ensemble
Figurines
Iron On
Rumble In Rhodos

SYMPATICO.MSN FAVORITE 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

FAVORITE BLUES ARTIST/GROUP
Doug Cox & Sam Hurrie
Carlos Del Junco
Julian Fauth
Garrett Mason
Paul Reddick

FAVORITE CHILDRENS' ARTIST/GROUP
Duplex!
Michael Mitchell
Kathryn Popham
Googol Power
Mike Whitla

FAVORITE CLASSICAL ARTIST/GROUP
James Ehnes
Karina Gauvin
Angela Hewitt
Marie-Nicole Lemieux
Tafelmusik Orchestra

FAVORITE COUNTRY ARTIST/GROUP
Gord Bamford
Lisa Hewitt
Brad Johner
Johnny Reid
The Road Hammers

FAVORITE ELECTRONICA ARTIST/GROUP
Caribou
The Hermit
Junior Boys
Koushik
Marc Leclair

FAVORITE FOLK ARTIST/GROUP
Belinda Bruce
Corb Lund
Fembots
Alana Levandoski
Lynn Miles

FAVORITE FRANCOPHONE ARTIST/GROUP
Dany Bédar
France D'Amour
Boom Desjardins
Eric Lapointe
Annie Villeneuve

FAVORITE JAZZ ARTIST/GROUP
Sandro Dominelli
Ranee Lee & Oliver Jones
Joel Miller
Brad Turner Trio
Dave Young Quintet

FAVORITE LATIN ALTERNATIVE ARTIST/GROUP
Bomba
CACHE
Diego Marulanda & Pacande
Jorge Miguel
Luis Mario Ochoa & Cimarron

FAVORITE METAL/HARDCORE ARTIST/GROUP
Comeback Kid
Cryptopsy
Cursed
A Perfect Murder
Protest The Hero

FAVORITE POP ARTIST/GROUP
Kathleen Edwards
Final Fantasy
Cory Lee
Rosette
Andy Stochansky

FAVORITE ROCK ARTIST/GROUP
Black Mountain
Boys Night Out
The Deadly Snakes
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Wolf Parade

FAVORITE URBAN ARTIST/GROUP
Divine Brown
Chicharones
K'naan
Massari
Rochester aka Juice

FAVORITE WORLD ARTIST/GROUP
Kiran Ahluwalia
Beautiful Nubia
DobaCaracol
Mary Jane Lamond
Muna Mingole

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