A2IM Names Libera Indie Music Award Nominees

The FKA Twigs, Run the Jewels and Aphex Twin top the nominees for the 4th annual A2IM Libera Awards. The awards honor successes in the indie music sector and spotlight creative marketing plans, innovative syncs, Independent label of the year and more.

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The winners will be named during a ceremony at the Highline Ballroom on June 25.

2015 Libera Award Nominees

Marketing Genius Award

311 'STER3OL1TH1C' PledgeMusic album release campaign (marketing lead: Rich Lyne) (311 Music)
Aphex Twin 'Syro' album release campaign (marketing lead: Steven Hill) (Warp)
Little Dragon '1-800-NABUMA' campaign (marketing lead: Adam Farrell) (Loma Vista)
Run the Jewels 'Meow the Jewels / Tag the Jewels' (marketing lead: Run the Jewels) (Mass Appeal)
Various Artists 'Or Thousands of Prizes: Merge 25' Campaign (marketing lead: Becky Mormino) (Merge)
Various Artists 'Ten Bands One Cause: Pink Vinyl' (marketing lead: Alex Brody) (RED)
William Onyeabor 'William Onyeabor Box Set' campaign (marketing lead: Eric Welles Nystrom) (Luaka Bop)

Hardest Working Artist of the Year

Andy Grammer (S-Curve)
Father John Misty (Sub Pop)
Future Islands (4AD)
Pop Evil (eOne)
Run the Jewels (Mass Appeal)
Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings (Daptone)
Steve Earle (New West)

Best Sync Usage (sponsored by Silva Screen/So Recordings)

Family of the Year "Hero" (usage: 'Boyhood') (Nettwerk)
FKA Twigs "Video Girl" (usage: Google Glass Commercial) (Young Turks)
Hudson Mohawke "Chimes" (usage: Apple MacBook Air Ad: 'The Notebook People Love') (Warp)
Nick Waterhouse "Times All Gone" (usage: Lexus Commercial) (Innovative Leisure)
Passenger "Let Her Go" (usage: Budweiser Puppy Bowl) (Nettwerk)
Syl Johnson "I'm Talking About Freedom" (usage: Nike Free SB Commercial) (Numero Group)
tUnE-yArDs "Water Foundtain" (usage: Sonos Commercial) (4AD)
Woody Guthrie "This Land Is Your Land" (usage: 'Sonic Highways') (Smithsonian Folkways)

Marketplace Ally

Bandcamp
The Orchard
PledgeMusic
Rdio
Record Store Day
Spotify
Synchtank

Independent Champion

KEXP
Merlin
NPR
Pandora
SiriusXM
SoundExchange
WFMU

Creative Packaging Award (sponsored by A to Z Media)

Aphex Twin 'Syro' (Warp)
As Tall As Lions 'As Tall As Lions' (Triple Crown)
Belle and Sebastian 'Girls in Peacetime Want to Dance' (Matador)
Ibeyi 'Ibeyi' (XL)
Leadbelly 'The Smithsonian Folkways Collection' (Smithsonian Folkways)
Panda Bear 'Panda Bear Meets the Grim Reaper' (Domino)
Various Artists 'Warfaring Strangers: Darkscorch Canticles' (Numero Group)

Groundbreaking Album of the Year (sponsored by INgrooves)

Azealia Banks 'Broke With Expensive Taste' (Prospect Park)
Benjamin Booker – Benjamin Booker (ATO)
Caribou 'Our Love' (Merge)
FKA Twigs 'LP1' (Young Turks)
Flying Lotus 'You're Dead!' (Warp)
John Luther Adams 'Become Ocean' (Cantaloupe Music)
Run the Jewels 'Run the Jewels 2' (Mass Appeal)

Heritage Album of the Year

Dr. John 'Ske-Dat-De-Dat: The Spirit of Satch' (Concord Records)
Lucinda Williams 'Down Where The Spirit Meets the Bone' (Highway 20 Records/Thirty Tigers)
Miles Davis 'Prestige 10" LP Collection, V.1' (Prestige/Fantasy)
Naomi Shelton & The Gospel Queens 'Cold World' (Daptone)
Nikki Lane 'All of Nothin' (New West)
Shovels & Rope 'Swimmin Time' (Dualtone)
Sturgill Simpson 'Metamodern Sounds in Country Music' (High Top Mountain/Thirty Tigers)

Breakthrough Artist of the Year