re: The Indies.

With all the music awards shows that are around, I only take a few seriously.

Here we have the CMF/Galaxie 10th Annual Independent Music Awards ("The Indies") Saturday March 13, 2010 8:00 p.m. at The Royal York Hotel. I looked at the nominees and thought I would present a few categories using a format of:

WILL WIN -

SHOULD WIN -

CHARTATTACK.COM FAVOURITE ALBUM
Alexisonfire - Old Crows / Young Cardinals
Great Lake Swimmers - Lost Channels
Japandroids - Post-Nothing
Joel Plaskett - Three
Metric - Fantasies

WILL WIN - METRIC

SHOULD WIN - GREAT LAKE SWIMMERS

ASTRAL MEDIA RADIO FAVOURITE SINGLE
Danny Fernandes - Fantasy

Deborah Cox - Beautiful U R

Faber Drive G-Get Up and Dance!
Marianas Trench - Cross My Heart

Metric - Gimme Sympathy

WILL WIN – METRIC

SHOULD WIN - METRIC

FAVOURITE GROUP/DUO
Constantines
Handsome Furs
Metric
Patrick Watson & The Wooden Arms
Tegan and Sara

WILL WIN – TEGAN AND SARA

SHOULD WIN - CONSTANTINES

FAVOURITE SOLO ARTIST

Coeur de Pirate
Dan Mangan
Joel Plaskett
Julie Doiron
Timber Timbre

WILL WIN – DAN MANGAN

SHOULD WIN - JULIE DOIRON

FAVOURITE LIVE ARTIST/GROUP
Alexisonfire
Arkells
Metric
The Trews
You Say Party! We Say Die!

WILL WIN - METRIC

SHOULD WIN - YOU SAY PARTY! WE SAY DIE!

FAVOURITE ELECTRONIC ARTIST/GROUP

A-Trak
Junior Boys
Peaches
Shout Out Out Out Out
Tiga

WILL WIN - PEACHES

SHOULD WIN - SHOUT OUT OUT OUT OUT

FAVOURITE FOLK/ROOTS ARTIST/GROUP
Catherine MacLellan
Dan Mangan
Deep Dark Woods
Great Lake Swimmers
The Wooden Sky

WILL WIN – DAN MANGAN

SHOULD WIN - GREAT LAKE SWIMMERS

FAVOURITE FRANCOPHONE ARTIST/GROUP
Jean Leloup
La Patère Rose
Malajube
Mara Tremblay
Marie-Pierre Arthur

WILL WIN – LA PATERE ROSE

SHOULD WIN - MALAJUBE

FAVOURITE METAL ARTIST/GROUP

3 Inches Of Blood
Augury
Protest The Hero
Sacrifice Sonic
Voivod Sonic

WILL WIN – 3 INCHES OF BLOOD

SHOULD WIN - 3 INCHES OF BLOOD

FAVOURITE POP ARTIST/GROUP
Chantal Kreviazuk
Danny Fernandes
Lights
Marianas Trench
Mother Mother

WILL WIN - LIGHTS

SHOULD WIN - MOTHER MOTHER

FAVOURITE PUNK/HARDCORE ARTIST/GROUP
Alexisonfire
Comeback Kid
Dead and Divine
Fucked Up
Propagandhi

WILL WIN - ALEXISONFIRE

SHOULD WIN - FUCKED UP

FAVOURITE ROCK ARTIST/GROUP
Arkells
Desperate Union
Die Mannequin
The Rural Alberta Advantage
Theory Of A Deadman

WILL WIN – ARKELLS

SHOULD WIN - ARKELLS

FAVOURITE URBAN ARTIST/GROUP
D-Sisive
Grand Analog
Kae Sun
Miles Jones
Swollen Members

WILL WIN – D-SISIVE

SHOULD WIN - GRAND ANALOG

FAVOURITE INTERNATIONAL ALBUM

Animal Collective - Merriweather

Girls - Album

Grizzly Bear - Veckatimest
Phoenix Wolfgang Amadeus - Phoenix
The XX - The xx

WILL WIN – ANIMAL COLLECTIVE

SHOULD WIN - THE XX

FAVOURITE INTERNATIONAL SINGLE

Cascada - Evacuate The Dancefloor
Franz Ferdinand - Ulysses
Phoenix - 1901
Pitbull - I Know You Want Me
Silversun Pickups - Panic Switch

WILL WIN – FRANZ FERDINAND

SHOULD WIN - SILVERSUN PICKUPS

FAVOURITE INTERNATIONAL GROUP
Arctic Monkeys
Dinosaur Jr.
Dirty Projectors
Phoenix
Silversun Pickups

WILL WIN – ARCTIC MONKEYS

SHOULD WIN - SILVERSUN PICKUPS

FAVOURITE INTERNATIONAL SOLO ARTIST

Atlas Sound
Neko Case
Speech Debelle
Tom Waits
Tune-Yards

WILL WIN – NEKO CASE

SHOULD WIN - NEKO CASE

FAVOURITE INTERNATIONAL BREAKTHROUGH ARTIST/GROUP
Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros
Fever Ray
Friendly Fires
Passion Pit
We Were Promised Jetpacks

WILL WIN – FEVER RAY

SHOULD WIN - FEVER RAY