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Awards
IMPALA announces European Independent Album Of The Year
By CMU Editorial | Published on Thursday 1 March 2012
Pan-European indie labels trade body IMPALA has announced the winner of its European Independent Album Of The Year award, or the EIAOTY as the kids are calling it, and that winner is Adele. Which is a bit boring really. Not that Adele’s ’21’ isn’t a good album, but given she’s already won every other award going, it would have been nice if someone else had got this one.
IMPALA’s Executive Chair Helen Smith doesn’t agree though, telling CMU: “The ability of this exceptional album to touch so many people all over the world, is such an achievement for a European artist and makes ’21′” the well-deserved winner for this year’s award, whilst the complete list of 23 nominees demonstrate once again the diversity and vitality of the independent sector all over Europe”.
Adele added: “Yeah! All the fucking awards are mine! You got an award? I’ll have it. I don’t give a fuck”. Then she threw her middle finger in the air and stormed off. Well, she did in my head, anyway.
Meanwhile, in a bid to big up some independently released music from people not called Adele, here’s the full shortlist…
Adele – 21 (XL Recordings)
Ane Brun – It All Starts With One (Balloon Ranger Recordings)
Arrayan Path – Ira Imperium (Pitch Black Records)
Claude Hugo – Claude Hugo (Five-OMusic / Fakto Records)
Hladno Pivo – Svijet Glamura (Menart)
Iceage – New Brigade (Tambourhinoceros)
Justyna Majkowska – Zakochana Od Jutra (Anaconda)
Kaizers Orchestra – Violeta Violeta Vol 1 (Petroleum Records)
Kitty Daisy & Lewis – Smoking In Heaven (Sunday Best)
Little Dragon – Ritual Union (Peacefrog)
M83 – Hurry Up We’re Dreaming (Naïve)
Maia Vidal – God Is My Bike (Crammed Discs)
Modeselektor – Monkeytown (Monkeytown)
Nick & Simon – Symphonica In Rosso (Volendam Music)
Ocho Macho – Online A Vilag (CLS Music)
Pegasus – Human Technology (Muve Recordings)
Raphael Gualazzi – Reality And Fantasy (Sugar Music)
Rubik – Solar (Fullsteam)
Selah Sue – Selah Sue (Because Music)
SBTRKT – SBTRKT (Young Turks)
Sigur Ros – Inni (Krunk)
The Glockenwise – Building Waves (Lovers & Lollypops)
Vetusta Morla – Mapas (Pequeno Salto Mortal)
