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De La Soul, Caroline Polachek, Blondshell and IDLES won in multiple categories at the 2024 A2IM Libera Awards, which were held on Monday (June 10) at Gotham Hall in New York City. Comedian Marcia Belsky hosted the show.
Mitski’s seventh studio album, The Land Is Inhospitable and So Are We (Dead Oceans), won record of the year.
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De La Soul’s classic 1989 debut album 3 Feet High and Rising won three awards – best reissue, creative packaging and a marketing genius award. The album, originally released on Tommy Boy Records, was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame this year. The reissue was released on AOI Records/Chrysalis Records.
Polachek’s Desire, I Want to Turn Into You, released on Perpetual Novice, won self-released record of the year and best alternative rock record.
Blondshell’s Blondshell, released on Partisan Records, won best rock record. The group also won breakthrough artist presented by Virgin Music Group.
IDLES, on Partisan Records, took awards for music video of the year (“Dancer”) and best short-form video (“Grace” teaser). Both tracks appear on the band’s fifth studio album, Tangk.
Killer Mike’s Michael, released on Loma Vista Recordings, which won a Grammy for best rap album on Feb. 4, won best hip-hop/rap record.
This year’s Libera Awards featured performances from Christian McBride’s New Jawn (Mack Avenue Music Group), classical pianist Lara Downes (Pentatone), Latin artist Pachyman (ATO Records), rapper Kari Faux (drink sum wtr), hotly-tipped NYC-trio Fcukers (Ninja Tune/Technocolour), and rising pop rock artist LØLØ (Hopeless Records).
The awards are presented by A2IM (The American Association of Independent Music, Inc.), a not-for-profit trade association that represents independent music recording owners.
The A2IM Libera Awards presented by Merlin boasted 36 categories honoring the best in independent music. This year saw the addition of three new categories: best record from games and interactive media, publisher of the year and distributor of the year.
This year, the Libera Awards honored Louis Posen, founder of Hopeless Records, with the 2024 Lifetime Achievement Award, recognizing his leadership in the independent sector.
Louis Posen with Hopeless Records and Lølø
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The Libera Awards will kick off A2IM’s annual Indie Week conference, which will begin Tuesday (June 11) and run through Thursday, June 13 at the InterContinental New York Times Square.
Here’s a complete list of nominations for the 2024 Libera Awards, with winners marked:
Record of the Year
L’Rain – I Killed Your Dog (Mexican Summer)
Killer Mike – MICHAEL (Loma Vista Recordings)
WINNER: Mitski – The Land Is Inhospitable and So Are We (Dead Oceans)
Caroline Polachek – Desire, I Want to Turn Into You (Perpetual Novice)
Wednesday – Rat Saw God (Dead Oceans)
Label of the Year (15 or more employees)
Dead Oceans
Domino Recording Company
Hopeless Records
Matador Records
Merge Records
WINNER: Partisan Records
Sub Pop Records
Third Man Records
Label of the Year (5 or fewer employees)
Bastard Jazz Recordings
Bayonet Records
FADER Label
Innovative Leisure
Oh Boy Records
Topshelf Records
WINNER: True Panther
Label of the Year (6-14 employees)
Captured Tracks
City Slang
Lex Records
WINNER: Light in the Attic
Mack Avenue Music Group
Photo Finish Records
Saddle Creek
Distributor of the Year
FUGA
Light in the Attic
The Orchard
WINNER: Redeye Worldwide
Secretly Distribution
Symphonic Distribution
Virgin Music Group
Publisher of the Year
Arts & Crafts Music
Domino Publishing Company
Reservoir Media
Rimas Publishing
WINNER: Secretly Publishing
Sub Pop Publishing
Warp Publishing
Independent Champion presented by Merlin
WINNER: Bandcamp
Downtown Music Holdings
Infinite Catalog
Light in the Attic
Peanut Butter Wolf
Jorge Brea
Thirty Tigers
Breakthrough Artist/Release presented by Virgin Music Group
BAMBII (Innovative Leisure)
bar italia (Matador Records)
WINNER: Blondshell – Blondshell (Partisan Records)
Indigo De Souza – All of This Will End (Saddle Creek)
Say She She – Silver (Colemine Records)
Slow Pulp (ANTI)
Wednesday (Dead Oceans)
Music Video of the Year
Black Pumas – “More Than a Love Song” (ATO Records)
Blondshell – “Salad” (Partisan Records)
Indigo De Souza – “Younger & Dumber” (Saddle Creek)
Geese – “Cowboy Nudes” (Partisan Records)
WINNER: IDLES – “Dancer” (Partisan Records)
Arlo Parks – “Blades” (Transgressive)
Shygirl – “Heaven (feat. Tinashe)” (Because Music)
Best Alternative Rock Record
Courtney Barnett – End of the Day (Mom+Pop)
Geese – 3D Country (Partisan Records)
Hotline TNT – Cartwheel (Third Man Records)
Mitski – The Land Is Inhospitable and So Are We (Dead Oceans)
WINNER: Caroline Polachek – Desire, I Want to Turn Into You (Perpetual Novice)
Wednesday – Rat Saw God (Dead Oceans)
Best American Roots Record
Charley Crockett – The Man From Waco Redux (Son Of Davy/Thirty Tigers)
Madi Diaz – “Don’t Do Me Good” (feat. Kacey Musgraves) (ANTI)
WINNER: MJ Lenderman – “Rudolph” (ANTI)
Hiss Golden Messenger – Jump for Joy (Merge Records)
Esther Rose – Safe to Run (New West Records)
Allison Russell – The Returner (Fantasy Records)
Best Blues Record
The Count Basie Orchestra – Basie Swings the Blues (Candid Records)
Robert Finley – Black Bayou (Easy Eye Sound)
WINNER: Christone “Kingfish” Ingram – Live in London (Alligator Records)
Bettye LaVette – LaVette! (Jay-Vee Records/MRI)
Various Artists – Tell Everybody! (21st Century Juke Joint Blues From Easy Eye Sound) (Easy Eye Sound)
Nick Waterhouse – The Fooler (Innovative Leisure)
Best Classical Record
Chick Corea & Orchestra da Camera della Sardegna – Sardinia (Candid Records)
Doeke – Bewondering (Nettwerk Music Group)
Lara Downes – Love at Last (Pentatone)
Erik Hall – Canto Ostinato (Western Vinyl)
WINNER: Hauschka – Philanthropy (City Slang)
Will Liverman – The Dunbar/Moore Sessions: Vol. I (Lexicon Classics)
Kelly Moran – Vesela (Warp Records)
Chick Corea & Orchestra da Camera della Sardegna – “Mozart Concerto No. 24 C Minor, K.491: II Larghetto” (Candid Records)
Best Country Record
Mya Byrne – Rhinestone Tomboy (Kill Rock Stars)
Colbie Caillat – Along the Way (Blue Jean Baby Records/Downtown Artist & Label Services)
The Pink Stones – You Know Who (Normaltown Records)
WINNER: Margo Price – Strays (Loma Vista Recordings)
Tanya Tucker – Sweet Western Sound (Fantasy Records)
Turnpike Troubadours – A Cat in The Rain (Bossier City Records/Thirty Tigers)
Best Dance Record
Aluna – MYCELiUM (Mad Decent)
Braxe + Falcon – Step by Step (Remixes) (Smugglers Way/Domino Recording Company)
Jayda G – Guy (Ninja Tune)
LP Giobbi – Light Places (Counter Records/Ninja Tune)
Peggy Gou – “(It Goes Like) Nanana” (XL Recordings)
Hudson Mohawke & Nikki Nair – Set the Roof (Warp Records)
WINNER: Romy – Mid Air (Young)
Best Electronic Record
Floating Points – “Birth4000” (Ninja Tune)
Sofia Kourtesis – Madres (Ninja Tune)
Little Dragon – Slugs of Love (Ninja Tune)
ODESZA, Yellow House – Flaws in Our Design (Foreign Family Collective/Ninja Tune)
Overmono – Good Lies (XL Recordings)
DJ Shadow – Action Adventure (Mass Appeal)
WINNER: Yaeji – With a Hammer (XL Recordings)
Best Folk Record
Julie Byrne – The Greater Wings (Ghostly International)
Laura Jane Grace – “Dysphoria Hoodie” (Polyvinyl Record Co.)
Kara Jackson – Why Does the Earth Give Us People to Love? (September Recordings)
Aoife O’Donovan – Age of Apathy Solo Sessions (Yep Roc Records)
Andy Shauf – Norm (ANTI)
WINNER: Sufjan Stevens – Javelin (Asthmatic Kitty Records)
Sunny War – Anarchist Gospel (New West Records)
Best Global Record presented by Redeye Worldwide
Altin Gün – Ask (ATO Records)
Asake – Work of Art (YBNL Nation / EMPIRE)
Bombino – Sahel (Partisan Records)
Pachyman – Switched-On (ATO Records)
Sampa the Great – As Above, So Below (Deluxe) (Loma Vista Recordings)
WINNER: WITCH – Zango (Desert Daze Sound)
Best Heavy Record
Beartooth – The Surface (Red Bull Records)
The Callous Daoboys – God Smiles Upon the Callous Daoboys (MNRK Music Group)
From Ashes to New – Blackout (Better Noise Music)
Fucked Up – One Day (Merge Records)
WINNER: Model/Actriz – Dogsbody (True Panther)
Soul Glo – “If I Speak (Shut the Fuck Up)” (Epitaph)
Zulu – A New Tomorrow (Flatspot Records)
Best Hip-Hop/Rap Record
Aesop Rock – Integrated Tech Solutions (Rhymesayers Entertainment)
Atmosphere – So Many Other Realities Exist Simultaneously (Rhymesayers Entertainment)
Danny Brown – Quaranta (Warp Records)
Conway The Machine – WON’T HE DO IT (Drumwork Music Group LLC/EMPIRE)
McKinley Dixon – Beloved! Paradise! Jazz!? (City Slang)
Kari Faux – REAL B*TCHES DON’T DIE! (drink sum wtr)
WINNER: Killer Mike – MICHAEL (Loma Vista Recordings)
billy woods, Kenny Segal – Maps (Backwoodz Studios/Fat Possum Records)
Best Jazz Record
Joey Alexander – Continuance (Mack Avenue Music Group)
Louis Cole – Some Unused Songs (Brainfeeder)
Sam Gendel & Marcella Cytrynowicz – AUDIOBOOK (Psychic Hotline)
Robert Glasper – In December (Loma Vista Recordings)
WINNER: John Carroll Kirby – Blowout (Stones Throw Records)
Christian McBride’s New Jawn – Prime (Mack Avenue Music Group)
Best Latin Record
El Búho – Strata (Wonderwheel Recordings)
Bebel Gilberto – João ([PIAS])
WINNER: Helado Negro – “LFO (Lupe Finds Oliveros)” (4AD)
Carla Morrison – “Todo Fue Por Amor (de la película “Con Esta Luz”)” (Cosmica Artists)
Pahua – Habita (Nacional Records)
Tagua Tagua – Tanto (Wonderwheel Recordings)
Best Outlier Record
Anjimile – The King (4AD)
ANOHNI – My Back Was a Bridge for You to Cross (Secretly Canadian)
Khruangbin – Live at Sydney Opera House (Dead Oceans)
WINNER: L’Rain – I Killed Your Dog (Mexican Summer)
Tirzah – trip9love…??? (Domino Recording Company)
yeule – softscars (Ninja Tune)
Best Pop Record
Belle and Sebastian – Late Developers (Matador Records)
CHAI – CHAI (Sub Pop Records)
Becca Mancari – Left Hand (Captured Tracks)
WINNER: Samia – Honey (Grand Jury Music)
Suki Waterhouse – “To Love” (Sub Pop Records)
Best Punk Record
CIVIC – Taken by Force (ATO Records)
WINNER: Mannequin Pussy – “I Got Heaven” (Epitaph)
Neck Deep – “Take Me With You” (Hopeless Records)
Scowl – Psychic Dance Routine (Flatspot Records)
Snõõper – Super Snõõper (Third Man Records)
Soul Glo – “If I Speak (Shut the Fuck Up)” (Epitaph)
Best R&B Record
Emily King – Special Occasion (ATO Records)
WINNER: Sampha – Lahai (Young)
Emeli Sandé – How Were We to Know (Chrysalis Records)
Jorja Smith – falling or flying (FAMM Limited (Jorja Smith))
Cleo Sol – Gold (Forever Living Originals / TuneCore)
Jamila Woods – Water Made Us (Jagjaguwar)
Best Record From Games and Interactive Media
Jon Everist – The Lamplighters League (Original Soundtrack) (Lakeshore Records)
WINNER: HEALTH – “HATEFUL” (Loma Vista Recordings)
Mr. Sauceman, ClascyJitto, Post Elvis – Pizza Tower (Materia Collective)
Matt Creamer, Retroware, Professor Shyguy ft. Nur-D – Prison City Original Soundtrack (Screenwave Media)
Best Reissue
Cymande – Cymande (Partisan Records)
WINNER: De La Soul – 3 Feet High & Rising (AOI Records/Chrysalis Records)
The Exploding Hearts – Guitar Romantic (Expanded and Remastered) (Third Man Records)
Jerry Garcia – Might as Well: A Round Records Retrospective (Round Records)
Jason Isbell – Southeastern (Southeastern Records / Thirty Tigers)
Neutral Milk Hotel – The Collected Works of Neutral Milk Hotel (Merge Records)
Best Remix
WINNER: Sudan Archives, ODESZA – “Selfish Soul (ODESZA Remix)” (Stones Throw Records under exclusive license to Foreign Family Collective/Ninja Tune)
Christine and the Queens – “To Be Honest” (SG Lewis Remix) (Because Music)
John Summit, deadmau5, Kaskade – “I Remember” (John Summit Remix) (mau5trap)
Jerry Garcia & LP Giobbi – Garcia (Remixed) (Round Records)
Margo Price – “Change of Heart” (feat. Sierra Ferrell) (Loma Vista Recordings)
Best Rock Record
Be Your Own Pet – Mommy (Third Man Records)
WINNER: Blondshell – Blondshell (Partisan Records)
Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit – Weathervanes (Southeastern Records)
Manchester Orchestra – The Valley of Vision (Loma Vista Recordings)
The National – First Two Pages of Frankenstein (4AD)
Queens of the Stone Age – In Times New Roman… (Matador Records)
Ratboys – The Window (Topshelf Records)
Best Short-Form Video
Blondshell – “Kiss City” Reel (Partisan Records)
De La Soul – Tribute to Dave (AOI Records/Chrysalis Records)
WINNER: IDLES – “Grace” Teaser (Partisan Records)
John Carroll Kirby – “Oropendola” (Stones Throw Records)
Mitski – The Land Is Inhospitable and So Are We (Dead Oceans)
Best Singer-Songwriter Record
Indigo De Souza – All of This Will End (Saddle Creek)
Madi Diaz – “Same Risk” (ANTI)
WINNER: Angel Olsen – Forever Means (Jagjaguwar)
Jess Williamson – Time Ain’t Accidental (Mexican Summer)
Jenny Owen Youngs – Avalanche (Yep Roc Records)
Best Soul/Funk Record
WINNER: Betty Davis – Crashin’ From Passion (Light in the Attic)
Black Pumas – Chronicles of a Diamond (ATO Records)
Robert Finley – Black Bayou (Easy Eye Sound)
Neal Francis – Francis Comes Alive (ATO Records)
Say She She – Silver (Colemine Records)
Best Spiritual Record
WINNER: Blind Boys of Alabama – Echoes of the South (Single Lock Records)
Lecrae, Tasha Cobbs Leonard – “Your Power” (Reach Records)
Katy Nichole – Jesus Changed My Life (Centricity Music)
J Rocc – Beatitudes (Stones Throw Records)
Lori Vambe – Space-Time Dreamtime (STRUT)
Best Sync Usage
Cat Power – Cover of Rihanna’s “Stay” in A24’s Past Lives trailer (Domino Recording Company)
Brittany Howard ft. Childish Gambino – “Stay High” in You People (ATO Records)
WINNER: Refused – “New Noise” in The Bear (Season 2) (Epitaph)
Sharon Van Etten – “Anything” in Priscilla trailer (Jagjaguwar)
Nilüfer Yanya – “Midnight Sun” in The Boogeyman (ATO Records)
Creative Packaging
Aphex Twin – Blackbox Life Recorder 21f / in a room7 F760 (Warp Records)
WINNER: De La Soul – 3 Feet High & Rising (AOI Records/Chrysalis Records)
Jerry Garcia – Heads and Tails: Vol. 1 (Round Records)
Neutral Milk Hotel – The Collected Works of Neutral Milk Hotel (Merge Records)
John Prine – The Oh Boy Singles Box Set (Oh Boy Records)
Various Artists – Sub Pop Singles Club Vol. 8 (Sub Pop Records)
Marketing Genius
Blonde Redhead – Sit Down for Dinner (section1)
Blondshell – Blondshell (Partisan Records)
WINNER: De La Soul – De La Soul Catalog Release (AOI Records/Chrysalis Records)
Peggy Gou – “(It Goes Like) Nanana” (XL Recordings)
Killer Mike – MICHAEL (Loma Vista Recordings)
Mitski – The Land Is Inhospitable and So Are We (Dead Oceans)
Self-Released Record of the Year
Laurel Halo – Atlas (Awe)
L’Queer – “Fuck Ron DeSantis” (L’Queer)
Michigander – It Will Never Be the Same (C3 Records)
Paris Texas – MID AIR (Paris Texas LLC)
WINNER: Caroline Polachek – Desire, I Want to Turn Into You (Perpetual Novice)
Tenacious D – “Video Games” (Tenacious D)
Louis Posen, founder of California-based label Hopeless Records, is set to receive the Lifetime Achievement Award at the 2024 A2IM Libera Awards. The awards, the world’s largest celebration of independent music, is set to take place on Monday, June 10 at Gotham Hall in New York. The gala dinner and concert event, featuring performances from a diverse range of artists, is open to the public.
As a board member for the Worldwide Independent Network (WIN) and Merlin and a two-time board member for A2IM, Posen has stood at the forefront of advocacy efforts within the United States and internationally.
“Louis’s dedication to nurturing artists and leveraging music for social change underscores his commitment to our industry and epitomizes the power of combining passion with purpose,” Dr. Richard James Burgess, MBE, president/CEO of A2IM, said in a statement. “Louis is a vital advocate for independent music, vigorously championing the causes he believes in. We salute Louis for his continued commitment to the independent sector and to community empowerment.”
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“What an unbelievable honor to be in the same company as some of my mentors and favorite labels,” Posen said in a statement. “… Thank you to the entire independent music community. Especially A2IM, whose amazing work promoting and protecting the value of independent music has created an industry environment where independent artists and companies like Hopeless can thrive.”
Previous A2IM Lifetime Achievement winners include Martin Mills (Beggars Group), Tom Silverman (Tommy Boy Records), Bruce Iglauer (Alligator Records), Patricia Chin (VP Records), Mike Curb (Curb Records), Ani DiFranco (Righteous Babe Records), Brett Gurewitz (Epitaph/ANTI-), Jonathan Poneman (Sub Pop), Seymour Stein (Sire Records) and Al Bell, Estelle Axton, Jim Stewart, and Deanie Parker (Stax Records).
This year, Hopeless Records celebrates its 30 year anniversary. Over the last three decades, it has grown from a bedroom label into one of the most successful companies in independent music, with more than 400 releases and millions of records sold.
Founded by Posen as an excuse to release a seven-inch by the band Guttermouth, the label spent much of the ’90s catering to pop-punk and ska fans with a short roster that included 88 Fingers Louie, Dillinger Four and Mustard Plug. As mainstream tastes shifted, so did the label, signing such acts as Avenged Sevenfold, All Time Low, Taking Back Sunday, Yellowcard, New Found Glory, Neck Deep, The Wonder Years and illuminati hotties.
This year’s Libera Awards will recognize achievements across 38 categories, including three new ones: publisher of the year, distributor of the year and best record from games and interactive media.
Tickets start at $299 for a single balcony ticket. They can be purchased here.
The American Association of Independent Music, Inc. is adding three new categories to the 2024 A2IM Libera Awards. They are: Publisher of the year, honoring the publishing company that has demonstrated exceptional commitment to songwriters, composers, and the broader independent industry. Distributor of the year, celebrating the distributor that has made significant contributions to the […]
A2IM (The American Association of Independent Music, Inc.) announced the nominees for the 2023 Libera Awards on Wednesday (March 22), and Wet Leg leads the pack with six nominations.
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The British indie rock group, led by founders Rhian Teasdale and Hester Chambers, is fresh off their first two Grammy wins, taking home the awards for best alternative music performance and best alternative music album at the 2023 ceremony.
Sudan Archives, Allison Russell, Fontaines D.C. and Soul Glo all have three nominations each at the Libera Awards, which will take place at the historic Town Hall in New York City on June 15. The A2IM is a not-for-profit trade association that represents independent music recording owners and advocates for music owners on a policy level to ensure fair compensation for their work.
“Huge congratulations to all our talented and accomplished nominees for the 12th annual A2IM Libera Awards,” Dr. Richard James Burgess, president and CEO of A2IM, said in a press statement. “The A2IM Libera Awards is the world’s largest award show for the diverse universe of independent music and this year’s event will be the biggest and best to date.”
See the full list of nominations below, and buy tickets to the ceremony here.
Record of the Year
Alvvays – Blue Rev (Polyvinyl Record Co.)Dry Cleaning – Stumpwork (4AD)Plains – I Walked With You A Ways (ANTI-)Soul Glo – Diaspora Problems (Epitaph)The Smile – A Light for Attracting Attention (XL Recordings)Wet Leg – Wet Leg (Domino Recording Co.)
Label of the Year (5 or fewer employees)
Don Giovanni RecordsFire TalkInnovative LeisureOh Boy RecordsTopshelf Records
Label of the Year (6-14 employees)
Captured TracksCity SlangDaptone RecordsGlassnote RecordsSaddle CreekYep Roc Records
Label of the Year (15 or more employees)
ATO RecordsHopeless RecordsMerge RecordsNew West RecordsNinja TunePartisan RecordsSub Pop RecordsThird Man RecordsWarp Records
A2IM Humanitarian Award
Allison RussellBjörkHopeless RecordsKiller MikeMargo PriceTegan and Sara
Independent Champion
Aaron AxelsenBandcampFUGARedeyeSecretly DistributionTuneCore
Video of the Year presented by YouTube Music
Amanda Shires – Hawk For The Dove (ATO Records)Fontaines D.C. – Jackie Down The Line (Partisan Records)JayWood – Thank You (Captured Tracks)NoSo – Parasites (Partisan Records)Wet Leg – Ur Mum (Domino Recording Co.)Yeah Yeah Yeahs – Spitting Off the Edge of the World (Secretly Canadian)
Breakthrough Artist/Release
Allison Russell (Fantasy Records)Charlotte Sands (CS Records/Lakeside)Soul Glo (Epitaph)Sudan Archives (Stones Throw Records)The Linda Lindas (Epitaph)
Best Alternative Rock Record
Alvvays – Blue Rev (Polyvinyl Record Co.)Dry Cleaning – Stumpwork (4AD)Mitski – Laurel Hell (Dead Oceans)Nilüfer Yanya – Painless (ATO Records)Wet Leg – Wet Leg (Domino Recording Co.)
Best American Roots Record
49 Winchester – Fortune Favors the Bold (New West Records)Angel Olsen – Big Time (Jagjaguwar)Calexico – El Mirador (ANTI-)Charley Crockett – The Man From Waco (Son of Davy/Thirty Tigers)Kevin Morby – This Is A Photograph (Dead Oceans)Nikki Lane – Denim & Diamonds (New West Records)
Best Blues Record
Ben Harper – Bloodline Maintenance (Chrysalis)Delbert McClinton – Outdated Emotion (Hot Shot Records/Thirty Tigers)North Mississippi Allstars – Set Sail (New West Records)Shemekia Copeland – Done Come Too Far (Alligator Records)G. Love – Philadelphia Mississippi (Philadelphonic Records/Thirty Tigers)John Mayall – The Sun Is Shining Down (Forty Below Records)
Best Classical Record
Dawn Richard & Spencer Zahn – Pigments (Merge Records)Deru – We Will Live On (Friends of Friends)doeke – memorie (Nettwerk Music Group)James Heather – Invisible Forces (Ahead Of Our Time)Jonas Colstrup – At the Crest (!7K Records)Sean Shibe – Lost & Found (Pentatone)
Best Country Record
Colter Wall – Cypress Hills and the Big Country (La Honda Records/Thirty Tigers)Dolly Parton – Run, Rose, Run (Butterfly Records)Joshua Hedley – Neon Blue (New West Records)Lavender Country – Blackberry Rose (Don Giovanni Records)Margo Price – Change of Heart (Loma Vista Recordings)Plains – I Walked With You A Ways (ANTI-)Steve Earle and The Dukes – JERRY JEFF (New West Records)
Best Dance Record
Bicep – Water (Ninja Tune)Jungle – GOOD TIMES / PROBLEMZ (AWAL)Kelela – Happy Ending (Warp Records)Logic1000 – Can’t Stop Thinking About (Therapy/Because Music)Romy feat. Fred Again… – Strong (Young)Theo Parrish – DJ-Kicks (!K7 Records)
Best Electronic Record presented by Ingrooves
Bonobo – Fragments (Ninja Tune)Charlotte Adigéry & Bolis Pupul – Topical Dancer (DEEWEE/Because Music)Jockstrap – I Love You Jennifer B (Rough Trade Records)Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith – Let’s Turn It Into Sound (Ghostly International)ODESZA – The Last Goodbye (Ninja Tune/Foreign Family Collective)Shygirl – Nymph (Because Music)Sylvan Esso – No Rules Sandy (Loma Vista Recordings)
Best Folk Record
Aoife O’Donovan – Age of Apathy (Yep Roc Records)Big Thief – Dragon New Warm Mountain I Believe In You (4AD)Christian Lee Hutson – Quitters (ANTI-)Julia Jacklin – PRE PLEASURE (Polyvinyl Record Co.)Skullcrusher – Quiet The Room (Secretly Canadian)
Best Global Record presented by Redeye Worldwide
Dungen – En Är För Mycket och Tusen Aldrig Nog (Mexican Summer)Ibibio Sound Machine – Electricity (Merge Records)Los Bitchos – Let the Festivities Begin! (City Slang)Mdou Moctar – Afrique Refait (Matador Records)Rodrigo y Gabriela – Weird Fishes/Arpeggi (ATO Records)Tinariwen – Kel Tinariwen (Wedge)Vieux Farka Touré et Khruangbin – Ali (Dead Oceans)
Best Heavy Record
Bad Omens – The Death of Peace of Mind (Sumerian Records)Beartooth – Riptide (Red Bull Records)black midi – Hellfire (Rough Trade Records)Russian Circles – Gnosis (Sargent House)Show Me The Body – Trouble The Water (Loma Vista Recordings)Soul Glo – Diaspora Problems (Epitaph)
Best Hip-Hop/Rap Record presented by Virgin Music
Danger Mouse & Black Thought – Cheat Codes (BMG)Denzel Curry – Melt My Eyez See My Future (Loma Vista Recordings)Kenny Beats – LOUIE (XL Recordings)Run The Jewels – RTJ CU4TRO (BMG)Saba – Few Good Things (Pivot Gang LLC)Sampa The Great – As Above, So Below (Loma Vista Recordings)
Best Jazz Record
Ezra Collective – Where I’m Meant To Be (Partisan Records)Kamasi Washington – The Garden Path (Young)Leland Whitty – Anyhow (Innovative Leisure)Sun Ra Arkestra – Living Sky (Omni Sound)Terri Lyne Carrington, Kris Davis, Linda May Han Oh, Nicholas Payton, Matthew Stevens – new STANDARDS Vol. 1 (Candid Records)
Best Latin Record
Adrian Quesada – Boleros Psicodélicos (ATO Records)Combo Chimbita – IRE (ANTI-)Eliane Elias – Quietude (Candid Records)Flora Purim – If You Will (STRUT Records)Helado Negro – Ya No Astoy Aquí (4AD)Sessa – Estrela Acesa (Mexican Summer)Silvana Estrada – Marchita (Glassnote Records)
Best Live/Livestream Act
Bartees Strange – Live at the Getty (4AD)Black Pumas – Colors Live at Abbey Road Studios (ATO Records)IDLES – Live on ‘From The Basement’ (Partisan Records)King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard – King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard at Red Rocks (KGLW)Low – Live (Sub Pop Records)Phoebe Bridgers – Glastonbury 2022 (Dead Oceans)Wet Leg – US 2022 tour (Domino Recording Co.)
Best Outlier Record
Animal Collective – Time Skiffs (Domino Recording Co.)Matisyahu – Matisyahu (Fallen Sparks Records/Thirty Tigers)Moor Mother – Jazz Codes (ANTI-)Nick Hakim – COMETA (ATO Records)NNAMDÏ – Please Have A Seat (Secretly Canadian/Sooper Records)yeule – Glitch Princess (Bayonet Records)
Best Pop Record
Björk – Fossora (One Little Independent/MRI)Let’s Eat Grandma – Two Ribbons (Transgressive Records)Lucius – Second Nature (Mom + Pop Music)MUNA – MUNA (Saddest Factory Records)NoSo – Stay Proud of Me (Partisan Records)Rina Sawayama – Hold The Girl (Dirty Hit)Tegan and Sara – Crybaby (Mom + Pop Music)
Best Punk Record
Big Joanie – Back Home (Kill Rock Stars)Special Interest – Endure (Rough Trade Records)The Linda Lindas – Growing Up (Epitaph)The Wonder Years – The Hum Goes On Forever (Hopeless Records)Wu-Lu – LOGGERHEAD (Warp Records)
Best R&B Record
Bettye LaVette – Let Me Down Easy: Bettye LaVette In Memphis Sun Records 70th / Remastered 2022 (Sun Label Group, LLC)Khruangbin & Leon Bridges – Texas Moon (Dead Oceans)Sudan Archives – Natural Brown Prom Queen (Stones Throw Records)Thee Sacred Souls – Thee Sacred Souls (Daptone Records)Yaya Bey – Remember Your North Star (Big Dada/Ninja Tune)
Best Re-Issue
Bon Iver – Bon Iver, 10th Anniversary Edition (Jagjaguwar)Fela Kuti – Fela with Ginger Baker Live! (Partisan Records)Karen Dalton – In My Own Time, 50th Anniversary Edition (Light In The Attic Records)Lou Reed – Words & Music, May 1965, Deluxe Edition (Light In The Attic Records)Nancy Sinatra – Nancy & Lee (Light In The Attic Records)Neko Case – Wild Creatures (ANTI-)Ray Charles – A Message From The People (Tangerine Records)
Best Remix
ACRAZE + Tiësto – Do It To It (Tiësto Mix) (Thrive Music)Bartees Strange – Wretched (keiyaA Remix) (4AD)Charlotte Adigéry & Bolis Pupul – Cliché (Soulwax Remix) (DEEWEE/Because Music)Clipping – Nothing Is Safe (remx) (Sub Pop Records)Hiatus Kaiyote – Get Sun (Georgia Anne Muldrow Remix) (Brainfeeder/Ninja Tune)Nilüfer Yanya – Midnight Sun (Sampha remix) (ATO Records)Wet Leg – Too Late Now (Soulwax Remix) (Domino Recording Co.)
Best Rock Record
Built to Spill – When The Wind Forgets Your Name (Sub Pop Records)Fontaines D.C. – Skinty Fia (Partisan Records)Jack White – Fear of the Dawn (Third Man Records)Soccer Mommy – Sometimes, Forever (Loma Vista Recordings)Spoon – Lucifer On The Sofa (Matador Records)
Best Short-Form Video
Belle And Sebastian – Scooter (Matador Records)Black Midi – Hellfire TikTok promotion (Rough Trade Records)Boy Harsher – The Runner (City Slang)Cigarettes After Sex – Pistol (Partisan Records)Kenny Beats – LOUIE 001 Instagram vignette series (XL Recordings)Toro y Moi – MAHAL TikTok series (Dead Oceans)
Best Singer-Songwriter Record
Aldous Harding – Warm Chris (4AD)Allison Russell Feat. Brandi Carlile – You’re Not Alone (Fantasy Records)Beth Orton – Weather Alive (Partisan Records)MJ Lenderman – Boat Songs (Dear Life Records)Weyes Blood – And in the Darkness, Hearts Aglow (Sub Pop Records)
Best Soul/Funk Record
Lee Fields – Sentimental Fool (Daptone Records)Ray Charles – Live In Stockholm 1972 (Tangerine Records)SERATONES – Love & Algorhythms (New West Records)St. Paul & The Broken Bones – The Alien Coast (ATO Records)Swamp Dogg – I Need A Job…So I Can Buy More Auto-Tune (Don Giovanni)
Best Spiritual Record
Brent Cobb – And Now, Let’s Turn to Page… (Ol’ Buddy Records/Thirty Tigers)Israel & New Breed – Worship Anywhere: Live from Camp NewBreed (District 11 Entertainment)Lecrae – Church Clothes 4 (Reach Records)Montell Fish – JAMIE (Lord’s Child)The Harlem Gospel Travelers – Look Up! (Colemine Records)
Self-Released Record of the Year
Echosmith – Cool Kids (our version) (Echosmith)Jessie Baylin – Jersey Girl (Missing Piece Record/The Orchard)Rita Wilson – Rita Wilson Now & Forever: Duets (Sing it Loud)Sarah Davachi – Two Sisters (Late Music)Totally Enormous Extinct Dinosaurs – When the Lights Go (Nice Age)
Best Sync Usage
Angel Olsen – Go Home, Empire of Light Trailer (Jagjaguwar)Fela Kuti – Water No Get Enemy, Airbnb (Partisan Records)Lawrence – Don’t Lose Sight, Microsoft (Beautiful Mind / Lakeside)Sinéad O’Connor – Drink Before the War, Euphoria (Chrysalis Records)Stereolab – A Flower Called Nowhere, Atlanta (Warp Records)
Creative Packaging
Black Country, New Road – Ants From Up There, Deluxe (Ninja Tune)Jack White – 2022 Collectors’ Set (Third Man Records)Lou Reed – Words & Music, May 1965, Deluxe Edition (Light In The Attic Records)Mitski – Laurel Hell (Dead Oceans)My Morning Jacket – Circuital, Deluxe Edition (ATO Records)Sleep – Dopesmoker, Weedian High-Fi Edition (Third Man Records)
Marketing Genius
Fontaines D.C. – Skinty Fia (Partisan Records)Ghost – IMPERA (Loma Vista Recordings)Sudan Archives – Natural Brown Prom Queen (Stones Throw Records)Wet Leg – Wet Leg (Domino Recording Co.)Yeah Yeah Yeahs – Cool It Down (Secretly Canadian)
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