Music

Verge Music Award nominees announced, Arcade Fire and Broken Social Scene on top

by Jessica Lewis

Ah December, time of the year-end list. Quite possibly the most expensive Canadian list at the moment is the 2011 Verge Music Awards by XM Radio where both Artist and Album of the Year winners will get $25,000 and the Emerging Artist will get $5,000. The nominees were just announced, with artists such as Arcade Fire, Broken Social Scene, Forest City Lovers, Stars and Tokyo Police Club reigning strong.

The third annual award ceremony will take place on March 1 at Toronto’s Mod Club. Who wins depends on who you vote for, which you can do on Verge Music’s website until January 31st.

Last year, Dan Mangan took home the Artist of the Year, while Alexisonfire won Album of the Year with Old Crows/Young Cardinals.

Here are the full lists of nominees:

Album of the Year:

Arcade Fire – The Suburbs
Broken Social Scene – Forgiveness Rock Record
Forest City Lovers – Carriage
Gord Downie and the Country of Miracles – The Grand Bounce
Hot Hot Heat – Future Breeds
Luke Doucet – Steel City Trawler
Michou – Cardona
Paper Lions – Trophies
Plants and Animals – La La Land
Stars – The Five Ghosts
Tegan & Sara – Sainthood
The Acorn – No Ghost
The New Pornographers – Together
The Zolas – Tic Toc Tic
Tokyo Police Club – Champ
Wintersleep – New Inheritors
Zeus – Say Us

Artist of the Year:

Arcade Fire
Black Mountain
Broken Social Scene
Flash Lightnin
Forest City Lovers
Hawksley Workman
Jason Collett
Luke Doucet
Michou
Stars
Tegan & Sara
The Acorn
The New Pornographers
Tokyo Police Club
Zeus

Emerging Artist of the Year:

The Coppertone
Daniel Wesley
Elias
Hannah Georgas
Jay Malinowski
PS I Love You
The Rural Alberta Advantage