CMW – The Awards and the Award Winners
Synthpop power house Lights added to her still relatively new trophy rack by picking up two awards for Best Single and Best Solo Artist. Back stage, the 21-year-old Timmins native seemed more than a little flabbergasted by the attention and the acclaim. “[I’ve been] incredibly surprised to be honest,” she said a little breathlessly. “This is the first kind of awards I’ve won in the last couple of days. So I’m really excited because I only have a six song EP out right now, so that’s a huge honour. Especially with all these people I’m up against in these categories.”
Wonderful. Fulfillment. Satisfaction. Vindication. Those were just some of the adjectives Anvil used to describe their induction into the Indies Hall of Fame. “I believed I would be successful,” said Steve "Lips" Kudlow. “But I never believed, and I don’t mean it negatively, that Canada would embrace this kind of music, or us, and it’s really, really beautiful that they have.”
The band credits the documentary about their life and career for getting their name back out their, but Anvil’s long time drummer Robb Reiner says that credit goes both ways. “If we weren’t around for that many years, there wouldn’t have been a movie to talk about or to write about. The story needed to be told, and it has been told, and it’s great that people are engaging it.”
Hall of Fame presenter Bif Naked had nothing but praise for Canada’s heavy metal godfathers. “It was a real privilege for me to be involved in this kind of awards presentation,” she said. “I’ve known the band for a long time and we had the same manager for a while. I’m just a big fan of those guys.”
Bif Naked added that Anvil had a big influence on her when she started making music. “All of my idols that I looked up to when I was a kid starting out were all guys, you know. […] There weren’t a lot of females in that genre and those guys were my mentors.”
The winner for best group was Toronto’s U.S.S. (or Ubiquitous Synergy Seeker), who were surprised themselves as much as anybody by beating the odds to take the prize. “I’m still trying to co-ordinate our band with my roofing schedule,” said Ashley Boo-Schultz, who credits good karma for their success. “I decided that every moment in my life I’d have good thoughts, speak good words and perform good deeds. And I swear making that decision in my life created the runway to doing stuff like this.”
“We’re karma cats,” adds bandmate Human Kebab. “Even if things don’t work out the way that you wanted to, it’s okay because you’re still going to go to bed tonight and wake up tomorrow.”
Here’s the full list of Indie winners:
The Indie Awards
ChartAttack.com FAVOURITE ALBUM
Hey Rosetta! - Into Your Lungs (Sonic Records)
ASTRAL MEDIA RADIO FAVOURITE SINGLE
Lights – “Drive My Soul”
FAVOURITE GROUP/DUO
USS
FAVOURITE SOLO ARTIST
Lights
FAVOURITE VIDEO
The Trews - Hold Me In Your Arms
FAVOURITE LIVE ARTIST/GROUP
The Trews
inDiscover.net FAVOURITE ARTIST/BAND WEBSITE
Hey Rosetta! - www.heyrosetta.com
FAVOURITE BLUES ARTIST/GROUP
Daddy Long Legs
FAVOURITE CHILDREN’S ARTIST/GROUP OR DUO
Jack Grunsky
FAVOURITE CLASSICAL ARTIST/GROUP
Canadian Brass
FAVOURITE COUNTRY ARTIST/GROUP
Doc Walker
FAVOURITE ELECTRONIC ARTIST/GROUP OR DUO
Crystal Castles
FAVOURITE FOLK/ROOTS ARTIST/GROUP
Kathleen Edwards
FAVOURITE FRANCOPHONE ARTIST/GROUP
Plants and Animals
FAVOURITE JAZZ ARTIST/GROUP
Nikki Yanofsky
FAVOURITE METAL ARTIST/GROUP
Annihilator
FAVOURITE POP ARTIST/GROUP
The Midway State
FAVOURITE PUNK/HARDCORE ARTIST/GROUP
Protest The Hero
FAVOURITE ROCK ARTIST/GROUP
Matt Mays & El Torpedo
FAVOURITE URBAN ARTIST/GROUP
Shad
FAVOURITE WORLD ARTIST/GROUP OR DUO
Eccodek
FAVOURITE INTERNATIONAL GROUP
Nine Inch Nails
FAVOURITE INTERNATIONAL SOLO ARTIST
Taylor Swift
FAVOURITE INTERNATIONAL ALBUM
Taylor Swift - Fearless (Big Machine)
FAVOURITE INTERNATIONAL SINGLE
M.I.A. – “Paper Planes”
Canadian Radio Music Awards:
Sass Jordan hosted a lively midday luncheon that doubled as the CRMAs which had good musical performances and high energy until… Well, I’ll get to that. The big winners of the afternoon were Hedley and Lights, with three and two awards, respectively. The rest of the trophies were handed out pretty evenly, and the whole show ended up with the induction of now Hall of Fame band April Wine.
The performances were pretty good be it Kreesha Turner’s impromptu drumline, or the deep and soulful, Alannah Myles like voice of Crystal Shawanda, the easy country charm of Jaydee Bixby and a surprisingly affecting live performance by Lights. Justin Hines, awarded with the Breakthrough Award, also performed well, winning the crowd with his low-key brand of John Mayer-esque genre of music that I like to call “harmless rock.” Presenters ran the gambit from “the demi-gods of Canadian heavy metal” Anvil to the demi-gods of Langley, B.C. alternative rock, The Februarys.
Overall, it was a pretty smooth show so far as rock and roll awards ceremonies go. That is until the final three awards of the afternoon were given to Hedley, and none of the members of the band were there to accept. It kind of ground the whole affair to a halt because it seemed like organizers were scrambling to find how to move past this little snafu. And Hedley – come on – you couldn’t spare one member of the band to take an hour’s break from making your next album to accept a couple of awards? C’est la vie. Here’s the rest of the winners’ list.
Best New Group/Solo (Mainstream A/C):
Lights
Best New Group or Solo Artist (Dance/Urban/Rhythmic)
Kreesha Turner
Best New Group/Solo Artist (CHR)
Crash Parallel
Best New Group or Solo Artist (ROCK)
Age of Daze
Best New Group/Solo (HOT A/C)
Lights
FACTOR Breakthrough
Justin Hines
Best New Group/Solo Artist (Country)
Crystal Shawanda
Song Of The Year Award
Hedley
Chart Topper Award
Hedley
Fan’s Choice Award
Hedley
Hall of Fame Tribute
April Wine
Canadian Music and Broadcast Industry Awards
I wasn’t in attendance for these awards, but here’s who came away with the hardware:
BROADCAST
MUSIC DIRECTOR OF THE YEAR (MAJOR MARKET)
BARRY STEWART, CHUM FM, TORONTO
MUSIC DIRECTOR OF THE YEAR (MEDIUM MARKET)
TRAPPER JOHN, THE WOLF, REGINA
MUSIC DIRECTOR OF THE YEAR (SMALL MARKET)
DARREN ROBERTSON, SUN FM, KELOWNA
PROGRAM DIRECTOR OF THE YEAR (MAJOR MARKET)
RYAN ZIMMERMAN, THE BEAR, EDMONTON
PROGRAM DIRECTOR OF THE YEAR (MEDIUM MARKET)
CHRIS MYERS, WIRED, SASKATOON
PROGRAM DIRECTOR OF THE YEAR (SMALL MARKET)
JASON MANNING, ROCK 105.3, MEDICINE HAT
ON-AIR TALENT OF THE YEAR
ROGER, DARREN & MARILYN, CHUM FM, TORONTO
PROMOTION OF THE YEAR
VANCOUVER TALENT EXPLOSION, JACK FM, VANCOUVER
STATION OF THE YEAR (SMALL MARKET)
THE DRIVE, KINGSTON
STATION OF THE YEAR (MEDIUM MARKET)
HTZ FM, ST. CATHARINES
STATION OF THE YEAR (COUNTRY)
CISN, EDMONTON
STATION OF THE YEAR (CHR)
HOT 899, OTTAWA
Z103.5, TORONTO
STATION OF THE YEAR (AC)
CHUM FM, TORONTO
STATION OF THE YEAR (ROCK)
THE BEAR, EDMONTON
STATION OF THE YEAR (CLASSIC GOLD)
Q107, TORONTO
STATION OF THE YEAR (NEWS/TALK/SPORTS)
680 NEWS – TORONTO
STATION OF THE YEAR (MULTICULTURAL)
WORLD FM, EDMONTON
LIVE TOURING
PEFORMING ARTS CENTRE OF THE YEAR (OVER 1,500 CAPACITY)
ORPHEUM THEATRE, VANCOUVER
PEFORMING ARTS CENTRE OF THE YEAR (UNDER 1,500 CAPACITY)
CENTREPOINTE THEATRE, OTTAWA
THE “AIR CANADA CENTRE” MAJOR FACILITY OF THE YEAR
(OVER 8,000 CAPACITY)
MTS CENTRE, WINNIPEG
THE “AIR CANADA CENTRE” MAJOR FACILITY OF THE YEAR
(UNDER 8,000 CAPACITY)
K-ROCK CENTRE, KINGSTON
MANAGEMENT COMPANY OF THE YEAR
MACKLAM/FELDMAN, VANCOUVER
BOOKING AGENCY OF THE YEAR
THE AGENCY GROUP
PROMOTER OF THE YEAR
RILEY O'CONNOR, LIVE NATION TORONTO
CASINO/SPECIALTY VENUE OF THE YEAR
CASINO RAMA, ORILLIA
CLUB VENUE OF THE YEAR
THE HORSESHOE TAVERN, TORONTO
RETAIL
INDEPENDENT RECORD STORE OF THE YEAR
CD WAREHOUSE, OTTAWA
DIGITAL MUSIC SERVICE OF THE YEAR
ITUNES
MASS MERCHANT/SPECIALTY RETAILER OF THE YEAR
CHAPTERS/INDIGO
RETAIL CHAIN OF THE YEAR
HMV CANADA
RECORDING INDUSTRY
RECORDING STUDIO OF THE YEAR
THE WAREHOUSE STUDIO, VANCOUVER
CANADIAN INDEPENDENT LABEL OF THE YEAR
ARTS & CRAFTS PRODUCTIONS
INDEPENDENT DISTRIBUTOR OF THE YEAR
FONTANA NORTH DISTRIBUTION
MUSIC PUBLISHER OF THE YEAR
EMI MUSIC PUBLISHING
MAJOR LABEL OF THE YEAR
UNIVERSAL MUSIC CANADA
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