Indy Music Awards set to reward London's unsung heroes

by Alex Denney [Edit this content] ▾ 11 comments 16:45 March 23rd, 2007

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The Indy Music Awards ceremony will be honouring top independent venues, promoters and artists at London’s Clapham Grand on May 15.

The new awards scheme is aimed at recognising key players in the grassroots music industry and will include categories for best independent venue and fan of the year, as well as artist awards spanning six different musical genres.

Voting for venues and promoters is now closed, but if you get yo’ web-weary asses over to www.indyawards.co.uk before April 2 you can vote for your fave bands and break the spiralling trend of voter apathy etc etc etc.

The May ceremony will be hosted by Virgin Radio’s Greg Burns and will feature performances from established artists as well as the cream of the UK’S independent talent.

Tickets will be available from 9am on April 2 on the aforementioned website.

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hmm

as an alternative to the GASHNESS of the NME awards I support anyone celebrating real indie :)

amyblue | 23 Mar '07, 16:59 | X | Reply

london

unsung

rah rah rah rah rah rah rah i love the tube me, london is a very undersung city rah rah rah bollocks

elainepaige @amyblue | 24 Mar '07, 02:44 | X | Reply

2bob

No 2bob in the promoters section, no Fox in Lewisham in the venues, but they do list Dirty South. I'm not convinced.

chugnut @elainepaige | 24 Mar '07, 12:10 | X | Reply

"Indy"

*shudder*

shadyadie | 24 Mar '07, 12:14 | X | Reply

jesus

This sounds like one of those pathetic UKbands.net things. "Win the chance to spank-off in front of thousands of industry heads at an exclusive showcase".

The cream of the UK’S independent talent indeed.

timhulio | 26 Mar '07, 10:57 | X | Reply

isn't that how you spell "indy"

if you're indiana jones, but not indie andy jones?

MyOtherCarsAJag @shadyadie | 26 Mar '07, 14:33 | X | Reply

"The INDY Music Awards Sponsors and Partners will be announced shortly"

..... riiiiiiight.

MirriLondon @timhulio | 26 Mar '07, 22:54 | X | Reply

i'm still laughing at the concept of a

"fan of the year". Truly hilarious.

shakeandbake | 27 Mar '07, 13:50 | X | Reply

Their...

...hearts are in the right place but this is just a little bit rubbish isn't it? I shant say who, but I noticed one of the promoters sneaking in a nomination for their own band. Somebody say something about credibility?

345Boy | 27 Mar '07, 14:35 | X | Reply

Lets not get too cynical here...

amyblue - right on - this is about real indie - why can't a flute player or a hip hop artist be called indie. I don't like the way the name has been hijacked to exclude other forms of independent music. For that matter I hate the term unsigned as it implies unwashed, unclean, ungood - they are INDEPENDENT artists - all of them.

2bob - sorry we missed you out and the venue - maybe next year. This all started out as a bit of fun and we did all we could on very little resources to get to where we are now.

MyOtherCarsaJag - Yeah we spelt it with a Y cos IE has been hijacked to mean something else - see above.

timhulio - no it's not pathetic and it's not a competition either. Artists have been NOMINATED by the venues and promoters. Out of 40,000 emerging artists that played on their stages these are the top 200. Nor is it a showcase. The artists have already played - hundredes of times over many years, they have and still are paying their dues. We don't believe in media and mobile companies charging extortionate amounts for text voting to win prizes with no real value. Its exploitive!

345Boy - what's wrong with a) a promoter being in a band and b) nominating? It's not against the rules and their has been no SNEAKING IN. I know a lot of promoters who work tirelessly to help not just themselves but other artists around them - I think they are called collectives, very common in every aspect of the art world.

Finally folks, the reaction from nominated artists and their fans has been incredibly positive and for over 50% it has resulted in being offered better gigs, approaches by management and record companies and increases in fans.

Go check the bands and artists out on the site or go see them live - you will not be dissappointed.

INDYMusicAwards | 29 Mar '07, 16:37 | X | Reply

vote for us then..

Well not all the bands nominated for this are from london,

Projekt Mayhem from Leicester have been nominated for their consistant good gig turn outs in london so vote with your fingers for the midlands and do them a favour, under P obviously..

www.myspace.com/projektmayhemband

Kirky | 29 Mar '07, 20:56 | X | Reply