.: Verge Album & Artist of the Year :.

XM Canada to host first-ever Verge Music Awards to celebrate Canadian music talent!

The Verge Music Awards will give $50,000 to winners of Album of the Year and Artist of the Year. Voting ends on September 1st 2008 and in conjunction with an XM Jury the winner will be announced on September 24th 2008 at The Tattoo Rock Parlour in Toronto, live-to-air with exciting live performances!

The Verge presents our nominees for... Best Artist and Best Album

Best Verge Artist
- 16mm
- Alexisonfire
- Amos the Transparent
- Amy Millan
- Apostle of Hustle
- Arcade Fire
- Arkells
- Attack in Black
- Bedouin Soundclash
- Bella
- Bellevue
- Billy Talent
- Birds of Wales
- Black Lungs
- Black Mountain
- Blood Meridian
- Born Ruffians
- Boy
- Brian Borcherdt
- Broken Social Scene
- Camaromance
- Caribou
- Carpenter
- Casey Baker & the Buffalo Sinners
- Chad VanGaalen
- Cinderpop
- City and Colour
- C'mon
- Constantines
- Creature
- Crystal Castles
- Cuff the Duke
- Culture Reject
- Dan Mangan
- DD/MM/YY
- Dearly Beloved
- Elliott Brood
- Emily Haines & the Soft Skeleton
- Feist
- Forest City Lovers
- Gonzales
- Great Lake Swimmers
- Handsome Furs
- Hawksley Workman
- Hayden
- Hey Rosetta!
- HILOTRONS
- Hollerado
- Hot Hot Heat
- Hot Springs
- Immaculate Machine
- Islands
- Jane Vain & the Dark Matter
- Jason Collett
- Jenn Grant
- Jeremy Fisher
- Jets Overhead
- Jim Bryson
- Joel Plaskett Emergency
- Julie Doiron
- Kevin Drew
- Kill the Lights
- Ladyhawk
- Land of Talk
- Luke Doucet
- Major Maker
- Mardeen
- Matt Mays & El Torpedo
- Matthew Barber
- Matthew Good
- Memphis
- Metric
- Miracle Fortress
- Moneen
- Mother Mother
- Museum Pieces
- Nassau
- Neverending White Lights
- Novillero
- NQ Arbuckle
- Octoberman
- Panurge
- Parkas
- Patrick Watson
- Pilot Speed
- Plants and Animals
- Pride Tiger
- Raising the Fawn
- Rebekah Higgs
- Said the Whale
- Sam Roberts
- Sebastian Grainger
- Sloan
- Small Sins
- Spiral Beach
- Sproll
- Stars
- Sunparlour Players
- Sweet Thing
- Tegan and Sara
- The Acorn
- The Besnard Lakes
- The Bicycles
- The Blood Lines
- The Cansecos
- The Cape May
- The Carps
- The Coast
- The Dears
- The Diableros
- The D'Urbervilles
- The Evelyn Room
- The Ghost is Dancing
- The Golden Dogs
- The Hidden Cameras
- The Hylozoists
- The Mark Inside
- The Meligrove Band
- The Mohawk Lodge
- The Morning After
- The Most Serene Republic
- The New Odds
- The New Pornographers
- The Novaks
- The Old Soul
- The Priddle Concern
- The Reason
- The Russian Futurists
- The Sadies
- The Saint Alvia Cartel
- The Spades
- The Stills
- The Tragically Hip
- The Two Koreas
- The Waking Eyes
- The Weakerthans
- The Wet Secrets
- The Yoko Casionos
- Tokyo Police Club
- Two Hours Traffic
- Uncut
- Valery Gore
- Wayne Petti
- Will Currie & the Country French
- Wintersleep
- Wolf Parade
- You Say Party, We Say Die!
- Young Galaxy
- Young Rival
- Zuku
Best Verge Album
- A Lesson in Science - Cinderpop
- Andorra - Caribou
- Arm's Way - Islands
- Aren't Ready for the Country - The Diableros
- At Mount Zoomer - Wolf Parade
- Ball - Spiral Beach
- Blood's Too Rich - Luke Doucet
- Bottled Lightning of All Time High - C'mon
- Bring me Your Love - City and Colour
- Challengers - The New Pornographers
- Cheerleader - The New Odds
- Crystal Castles - Crystal Castles
- Culture Reject - Culture Reject
- Deadlines - Arkells
- Elephant Shell - Tokyo Police Club
- Everything I've Forgotten to Forget - Amos the Transparent
- Expatriate - The Coast
- Happiness Ltd. - Hot Hot Heat
- Happymatic - HILOTRONS
- Here's to Being Here - Jason Collett
- Ghost Notes - Matthew Barber
- Glory Hope Mountain - The Acorn
- Goodbye Blue Monday - Jeremy Fisher
- Hospital Music - Matthew Good
- How Sounds / Taking Abalonia - Said the Whale
- Hymns for the Happy - Sunparlour Players
- In Field and Town - Hayden
- In the Future - Black Mountain
- In Our Bedroom After the War - Stars
- Into Your Lungs - Hey Rosetta!
- Juices - The Cansecos
- Kensington Heights - Constantines
- Law of the Land - Carpenter
- Let it Grow - The Spades
- Little Jabs - Two Hours Traffic
- Love at the End of the World - Sam Roberts
- Love is Where the Smoke Is - Jane Vain & The Dark Matter
- Marriage - Attack in Black
- Mood Swings - Small Sins
- Mountain Meadows - Elliott Brood
- New Seasons - The Sadies
- No One Will Know - Bella
- No Sleep at All - Creature
- Parallel Play - Sloan
- Parc Avenue - Plants and Animals
- Population - The Most Serene Republic
- Rebekah Higgs - Rebekah Higgs
- Red, Yellow and Blue - Born Ruffians
- Repo Repo Repo - Dearly Beloved
- Reunion Tour - The Weakerthans
- Rock Fantasy - The Wet Secrets
- Run From Safety - Octoberman
- Send Flowers - Black Lungs
- Shots - Ladyhawk
- Sidelines of the City - Cuff the Duke
- Sleight of Hand - Raising the Fawn
- Soft Power - Gonzales
- Spirt If... - Kevin Drew
- Street Gospels - Bedouin Soundclash
- Sweet Thing - Sweet Thing
- The Con - Tegan and Sara
- The Curve of the Earth - Attack in Black
- The Frontier - Casey Baker & the Buffalo Sinners
- The Great Stage - Will Currie & the Country French
- The Lucky Ones - Pride Tiger
- The Priddle Concern - The Priddle Concern
- Turn on Your Radio - Sproll
- Volcano - Hot Springs
- We Are the Hunters - The D'Urbervilles
- Welcome to the Night Sky - Wintersleep
- Where the Bungalows Roam - Jim Bryson
- Wildfires - The Mohawk Lodge
- XOK - NQ Arbuckle

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