AWOLNATION, Battles, Bon Iver Nominated for Inaugural Libera Awards

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The American Association of Independent Music (A2IM) celebrates Indie Week this June with conference panels, presentations, and the first-ever Libera Awards. The intimate, invite-only awards ceremony at New York’s Le Poisson Rouge on June 21st is the first award show for independent artists and labels, nominated and voted on by independent artists and labels.

"This is our chance to celebrate the risk-takers of the music industry — the independent labels — and the amazing people we all work with every day, from music supervisors to designers," said Kill Rock Stars President and A2IM Board Member Portia Sabin. "We want to honor the people who do great work with independent artists, as well as our artists themselves. This is an exciting time for the independent community and we look forward to marking it with the A2IM Libera Awards ceremony."

The inaugural nominees indicate the diversity of the independent label community in terms of label sizes, geographic locations, and genres of music they release, as well as the critical and commercial success of independent labels investing in the creation of music by the artists they love.

AWOLNATION, Battles, and Taylor Swift are in the running for Road Warrior of the Year, while Bon Iver, Paul Simon, and The Civil Wars are after Album of the Year. 

Here are all of the 2012 Libera Award nominees! 

21st Century Award – celebrating the service or platform most beneficial to independent labels & artists •

  • eMusic • 
  • Next Big Sound • 
  • Pandora • 
  • Rdio • 
  • Spotify • 
  • SynchTank
Best Independent Sync Placement – the most creative or most impactful use of independent music in a film/tv/ad campaign •
  • Ana Tijoux for Breaking Bad (AMC) – Nacional Records • 
  • Dave Alvin for "Harlan County Line" in Justified (FX) – Yep Roc • 
  • GIVERS for Kindle Fire product launch – Glassnote Records • 
  • Mohammed Rafi for Heineken, "The Date" – Saregama • 
  • Motley Crue for Kia Commercial – Motley Records/Eleven Seven Music • 
  • The Real Tuesday Weld for National Chevrolet Traverse Advertisement – Six Degrees Records
Creative Packaging Award – celebrating the best or most creative packaging – including bundled packages, premium offerings or artwork/design packaging – from an independent label or artist •
  • Amon Tobin – ISAM limited edition Control Over Nature CD/Book (Ninja Tune) • 
  • AWOLNATION – Megalithic Symphony (Red Bull Records) • 
  • Battles – Dross Glop (Warp Records) • 
  • Jonathan Coulton – Level 4 Access Kit (Jonathon Coulton) • 
  • Lacuna Coil – Dark Adrenaline Medical Box Set (Century Media Records) • 
  • Okkervil River – I Am Very Far Deluxe Edition (Jagjaguwar) • 
  • The Dear Hunter – The Color Spectrum – complete collection (Triple Crown Records)
Independent Album of the Year presented by Official.FM •
  • Bon Iver – Bon Iver (Jagjaguwar) • 
  • M83 – Hurry Up We’re Dreaming (Mute) • 
  • Mac Miller – Blue Slide Park (Rostrum Records) • 
  • Paul Simon – So Beautiful or So What (Hear Music) • 
  • PJ Harvey – Let England Shake (Vagrant) • 
  • The Civil Wars – Barton Hollow (sensibility music)
Independent Video of the Year •
  • Arcade Fire – "Sprawl II (Mountains Beyond Mountains)" (Merge Records) • 
  • Battles – "My Machines" (Warp Records) • 
  • Bon Iver – "Holocene" (Jagjaguwar) • 
  • Grimes – "Oblivion" (4AD) • 
  • Kina Grannis – "In Your Arms" (One Haven Music) • 
  • Red Fang – "Wires" (Relapse Records)
Independent Label of the Year (5 full time employees or fewer) •
  • Acony Records • 
  • Daptone Records • 
  • Frenchkiss Records • 
  • Ghostly International • 
  • Rostrum Records • 
  • Surfdog Records
Independent Label of the Year (6 or more employees) •
  • Century Media Records • 
  • Concord Music Group • 
  • Epitaph/Anti- Records • 
  • Glassnote Records • 
  • Jagjaguwar • 
  • Smithsonian Folkways Recordings • 
  • Sub Pop Records
Light Bulb Award for Most Creative Marketing Campaign/Idea •
  • Amon Tobin – Control Over Nature art installation with Tessa Farmer (Ninja Tune) • 
  • Delta Spirit – Pub Crawl & Album premiere event in Brooklyn (Rounder Records) • 
  • Emperor X – Western Teleport geo-caching campaign (Bar/None Records) • 
  • Girls – The first-ever "nationwide" instore (Matador/True Panther) • 
  • Tom Waits – Invite-only online listening party (Anti-) • 
  • We The Kings – Interactive video (S-Curve Records)
Music Supervisor – celebrating the music supervisor/licensing person who was especially supportive of independent music labels and artists •
  • Andrea von Foerster (Firestarter Music) • 
  • Brian McNelis (Lakeshore Entertainment) • 
  • Gary Calamar (GO Music) • 
  • PJ Bloom (Neophonic) • 
  • Randall Poster (Search Party Music) • 
  • Thomas Golubic (SuperMusicVision)
Road Warrior of the Year – celebrating the independent label band/artist that was the most fan-engaged/worked hardest at their job in the last 12 months •
  • All That Remains (Razor & Tie/Prosthetic) • 
  • AWOLNATION (Red Bull Records) • 
  • Battles (Warp Records) • 
  • Charles Bradley (Daptone Records) • 
  • Dawes (ATO Records) • 
  • Hot Tuna (Red House Records) • 
  • Taylor Swift (Big Machine Records)
Up & Comer Award presented by eMusic – celebrating the next independent label superstar artist •
  • Dead Sara (Pocket Kid Records) • 
  • Emika (Ninja Tune) • 
  • JC Brooks and The Uptown Sound (Bloodshot Records) • 
  • Otherwise (Century Media Records) • 
  • The Dø (Six Degrees Records) • 
  • Twin Atlantic (Red Bull Records)
Categories: Industry Awards , Music News Posted by Michelle on 5/9/2012 1:51 PM
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