AIM AWARDS OUT!

The AIM Independent Music Awards 2013 are out, and what a fantastic night it was! Well done to all of the winners - truly representative of the creative talent, innovation and eclecticism in the UK’s independent music community:

BEST LIVE ACT
Enter Shikari

BEST SMALL LABEL
Alcopop! Records

HARDEST WORKING BAND OR ARTIST:
Frankie & The Heartstrings

Double winners Macklemore & Ryan Lewis

INDEPENDENT BREAKTHROUGH OF THE YEAR
Macklemore & Ryan Lewis

BEST 'DIFFICULT' SECOND ALBUM
The xx - Coexist

INDEPENDENT TRACK OF THE YEAR
Vampire Weekend - Diane Young

INDEPENDENT ALBUM OF THE YEAR
Daughter – Youth

INDEPENDENT VIDEO OF THE YEAR
Django Django - WOR

SPECIAL CATALOGUE RELEASE OF THE YEAR
Various Artists - Scared to Get Happy: A Story of Indie Pop 1980-89

GOLDEN WELLY AWARD FOR BEST INDEPENDENT FESTIVAL
In The Woods

PPL AWARD FOR MOST PLAYED NEW INDEPENDENT ACT
Macklemore & Ryan Lewis

Billy Bragg

INDIE CHAMPION AWARD
Gilles Peterson - BBC 6Music

INDEPENDENT LABEL OF THE YEAR
Warp

SPECIAL RECOGNITION AWARD
Steve Lamacq, BBC 6Music

OUTSTANDING CONTRIBUTION TO MUSIC
Billy Bragg

PIONEER AWARD
Geoff Travis, Rough Trade