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London Grammar have received four nominations for the Association of Independent Music (AIM) awards.

The three-piece group, who formed in 2012, have been nominated for Best Album, Best Indie Breakthrough, Live Act and Track of the Year for ‘Strong’, their hit single.

Other acts to have been handed multiple nominations include Arctic Monkeys, Bonobo and FKA Twigs, with the winners set to be named at a bash in London on September 2.

Meanwhile, musician Ben Watt – who is most famous for his work during 1980s and 90s as part of Everything But The Girl – has been nominated for the Best Difficult Second Album gong.

The glitzy event will also feature a number of other awards, including a prize for the Most Played New Independent Artist and an Outstanding Contribution to Music Prize, while a Pioneer award is to be handed to Martin Mills of the Beggars music group, which represents the likes of Adele and M.I.A.

AIM – which strives to recognise those acts and record companies that operate outside the major label system – is also set to name the Best Small Music Label.



Association of Independent Music awards nominations:



Best Difficult Second Album

Anna Calvi – One Breath

Ben Watt – Hendra

Blood Orange – Cupid Deluxe

The Pretty Reckless – Going To Hell

Withered Hand – New Gods



Best Live Act

Bonobo

Dan Le Sac vs Scroobius Pip

Five Finger Death Punch

London Grammar

Sophie Ellis-Bextor



Independent Album Of The Year

Actress – Ghettoville

Arctic Monkeys – AM

East India Youth – Total Strife Forever

Fred V & Graffix – Recognise

Gruff Rhys – American Interior

Kate Tempest – Everybody Down

London Grammar – If You Wait

Mogwai – Rave Tapes

Tune-Yards – Nikki Nack

Within Temptation – Hydra



Independent Breakthrough Of The Year

Courtney Barnett

Future Islands

London Grammar

Sohn

Young Fathers



Independent Track Of The Year

Arctic Monkeys – Do I Wanna Know?

FKA Twigs – Water Me

Future Islands – Seasons (Waiting On You)

Sampha – Too Much

Twin Atlantic – Heart and Soul



Indie Champion Of The Year

Alex Baker – Kerrang! Radio

Camilla Pia – BBC 6Music

Charles Caldas – Merlin

John Doran – The Quietus

Tim Palmer & Clemence Godard – Bird on the Wire



Special Catalogue Release Of The Year

Cabaret Voltaire – Collected Works 1983 – 1985

Nightmares on Wax – N.O.W.Is The Time

Small Faces – Here Comes The Nice – Immediate Years Box Set 1967 – 1969

The Twilight Sad: Fourteen Autumns & Fifteen Winters (Expanded Edition)

Various – Purple Snow – Forecasting The Minneapolis Sound



Golden Welly Award For Best Independent Festival

ArcTanGent

Barn on the Farm

Greenbelt

In The Woods

LeeFest



Hardest Working Band Or Artist

Bonobo

Femme

Gabby Young & Other Animals

Ghetts

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