Tonight, at Théâtre Plaza, Rej Laplanche hosted the 6th edition of the GAMIQ Quebec Indie Music Awards, with the fantastic help of house band Canailles. It was a fun, lively, unpretentious evening devoted to great local artists, featuring live performances from Géraldine et les Gamiq Jean, Buddy McNeil & The Magic Mirrors, Charlie Foxtrot, Meta Gruau, The Nils, Boogat, Dead Messenger, Half Moon Run and Dance Laury Dance. Good times!

The winners:

Artist of the Year presented by Artisti: Galaxie

Songwriter of the Year presented by SOCAN: Jimmy Hunt

Show of the Year: Galaxie

Song of the Year: Galaxie – Piste 1 (Written and composed by Olivier Langevin)

Video of the Year presented by MusiquePlus: Jimmy Hunt – Motocross (Directed by Yan Giroux)

Breakthrough Artist of the Year: Alaclair Ensemble

New Artist with the Most Potential: The Barr Brothers

Singer-songwriter Album of the Year: Jimmy Hunt – Jimmy Hunt

Electronic Album of the Year: Miracle Fortress – Was I The Wave?

Experimental Album of the Year: Colin Stetson – New History Warfare Vol.2: Judges

Folk/Country Album of the Year: Katie Moore – Montebello

Hip-Hop Album of the Year: Alaclair Ensemble – 4,99

Indie Rock Album of the Year: BRAIDS – Native Speaker

Metal/Hardcore Album of the Year: Kataklysm – Heaven’s Venom

Pop Album of the Year: Karim Ouellet – Plume

Punk Album of the Year: Les Guenilles – Aucun album

Rock Album of the Year: Galaxie – Tigre et diesel

Rock’n’Roll Album of the Year: Les Breastfeeders – Dans la gueule des jours

World Album of the Year: Colectivo – Tropical Trash

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