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Waxahatchee, MJ Lenderman and Jessica Pratt lead the nominees for the 2025 Libera Awards, offered by Merlin and introduced right now by the Basis for Impartial Music and the American Affiliation of Impartial Music. This 14th annual awards ceremony, which options 28 classes honoring the very best in unbiased music, will happen on Monday, June 9 at Gotham Corridor in New York Metropolis. Tickets on sale right here.

Different prime nominees embrace Nick Cave & the Unhealthy Seeds, Mavis Staples, Frequent, Adrianne Lenker, Kim Gordon, Mk.Gee and extra — see the total listing of nominees under.

“Enormous congratulations to all of the extremely gifted nominees for the 14th annual Libera Awards!,” mentioned Richard James Burgess, president and CEO of A2IM. “Because the world’s largest awards present devoted to the various and vibrant world of unbiased music, the Libera Awards honor each the artists and the trade that champion them. This yr’s occasion guarantees to be our largest and greatest but, as A2IM proudly celebrates its twentieth anniversary.”

The Libera Awards Offered By Merlin will kick off the Indie Week convention, which is able to start the next morning, Tuesday, June 10 by way of Thursday, June 12 on the InterContinental New York Instances Sq.. Be taught extra.

2025 Libera Awards Offered By Merlin Nominees:

RECORD OF THE YEAR

●    Jessica Pratt – Right here within the Pitch (Mexican Summer season)

●    Kim Gordon – The Collective (Matador Data)

●    MJ Lenderman – Manning Fireworks (ANTI-)

●    Mk.gee – ”Rockman” (R&R Digital)

●    Waxahatchee – Tigers Blood (ANTI-)

LABEL OF THE YEAR (15+ workers)

●    ANTI- Data

●    Lifeless Oceans

●    Mother+Pop

●    Ninja Tune

●    Partisan Data

●    Stones Throw Data

●    Sub Pop Data

●    Warp Data

LABEL OF THE YEAR (6-14 workers)

●    Captured Tracks

●    Metropolis Slang

●    Fats Possum

●    Mild within the Attic

●    Mexican Summer season

●    Secret Metropolis Data

LABEL OF THE YEAR (5 or fewer workers)

●    Bayonet Data

●    Daptone Data

●    Oh Boy Data

●    Psychic Hotline

●    Topshelf Data

●    True Panther

ALTERNATIVE ROCK RECORD

●    Being Lifeless – EELS (Bayonet Data)  

●    Kim Deal – No one Loves You Extra (4AD)       

●    Kim Gordon – The Collective (Matador Data)

●    Nada Surf – Moon Mirror (New West Data)  

●    Nick Cave & The Unhealthy Seeds – Wild God (Play It Once more Sam)

AMERICAN ROOTS RECORD

●    Dave Alvin + Jimmie Dale Gilmore – TexiCali (Yep Roc Data)

●    Incredible Negrito – Son of a Damaged Man (Storefront Data)

●    Gillian Welch & David Rawlings – Woodland (Acony Data)

●    Joe Ely – Pushed to Drive (Rack ’Em Data)

●    MJ Lenderman – Manning Fireworks (ANTI-)

●    Swamp Dogg – Blackgrass (Oh Boy Data)

BLUES RECORD

●    Cedric Burnside – Hill Nation Love (Provogue Data)

●    Little Feat – Sam’s Place (Scorching Tomato Data)

●    Ruthie Foster – Mileage (Solar Data)

●    Shemekia Copeland – Blame It On Eve (Alligator Data)

●    The Taj Mahal Sextet – Swingin’ Dwell on the Church in Tulsa (Lightning Rod Data)

CLASSICAL RECORD

●    Ensemble Pygmalion, Raphaël Pichon – Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Requiem (harmonia mundi)

●    II Divo – XX: twentieth Anniversary Album (Il Divo Music)

●    Isabelle Faust – Britten: Violin Concerto and Chamber Works (harmonia mundi)

●    Ju-Ping Music – Monad (Starkland)

●    Kelly Moran – Strikes within the Area (Warp Data)

●    Marc-André Hamelin, Nathalie Neglect, Toronto Symphony Orchestra, Gustavo Gimeno – Olivier Messiaen: Turangalîla-Symphonie (harmonia mundi)

●    Michael Torke – Bloom (Ecstatic Data)

COUNTRY RECORD

●    Corb Lund – El Viejo (New West Data)

●    Fancy Hagood – American Spirit (Fancy Hagood Enterprises)

●    Johnny Blue Skies – Passage du Desir (Excessive High Mountain Data)

●    Shaboozey – The place I’ve Been, Isn’t The place I’m Going (American Dogwood/EMPIRE)

●    Waxahatchee – Tigers Blood (ANTI-)

●    Zach High – Chilly Beer & Nation Music (Leo33)

DANCE RECORD

●    A.G. Prepare dinner – ”Britpop” (New Alias)

●    Fcukers – Dishevelled$$ (Technicolour / Ninja Tune)

●    Peggy Gou – I Hear You (XL Recordings)

●    Shygirl – Membership Shy (As a result of Music)

●    SOPHIE – SOPHIE (Future Traditional)

ELECTRONIC RECORD

●    Caribou – Honey (Merge Data)

●    Floating Factors – Cascade (Ninja Tune)

●    Flying Lotus – Spirit Field (Warp Data)

●    Jamie xx – In Waves (Younger)

●    Justice – Hyperdrama (As a result of Music)

●    Photay – Windswept (Mexican Summer season)

FOLK RECORD

●    Adrianne Lenker – Vibrant Future (4AD)

●    Aoife O’Donovan – All My Pals (Yep Roc Data)

●    Bonny Mild Horseman – Preserve Me on Your Thoughts/See You Free (Jagjaguwar)

●    Jessica Pratt – Right here within the Pitch (Mexican Summer season)

●    Madi Diaz – Bizarre Religion (ANTI-)

GLOBAL RECORD

●    Altin Gun – ”Vallahi Yok” (ATO Data)

●    Asake – Lungu Boy (YBNL Nation/EMPIRE)

●    BALTHVS – Harvest (Mixto Data)

●    Glass Beams – Mahal (Ninja Tune)

●    Hermanos Gutiérrez – Sonido Cósmico (Simple Eye Sound)

●    Manu Chao – Viva Tu (As a result of Music)

●    Mdou Moctar – Funeral for Justice (Matador Data)

HEAVY RECORD

●    Chelsea Wolfe – She Reaches Out To She Reaches Out To She (Loma Vista Recordings)

●    Excessive On Hearth – Cometh The Storm (MNRK Music Group)

●    METZ – Up On Gravity Hill (Sub Pop Data)

●    Scene Queen – Scorching Singles In Your Space (Hopeless Data)

●    Pace – ”Solely One Mode” (FLATSPOT)

HIP-HOP/RAP RECORD

●    BigXthaPlug – Take Care (UnitedMasters)

●    Money Cobain – PLAY CASH COBAIN (Large Music)

●    Frequent & Pete Rock – The Auditorium Vol.1 (Loma Vista Recordings)

●    Denzel Curry – King Of The Mischievous South (Loma Vista Recordings)

●    E L U C I D – REVELATOR (Fats Possum Data)

●    Shygirl – ”Immaculate (feat. Saweetie)” (As a result of Music)

JAZZ RECORD

●    BADBADNOTGOOD – Mid Spiral (XL Recordings)

●    Ezra Collective – Dance, No One’s Watching (Partisan Data)

●    Kamasi Washington – Fearless Motion (Younger)

●    Lakecia Benjamin – Phoenix Reimagined (Dwell) (Ropeadope Data)

●    Morgan Guerin – Tales Of The Facade (Candid Data)

●    Nala Sinephro – Endlessness (Warp Data)

●    Nubya Garcia – Odyssey (Harmony Jazz)

LATIN RECORD

●    Angélica Garcia – Gemelo (Partisan Data)

●    Buscabulla – “11:11” (Domino Recording Firm)

●    Chicano Batman – “Period Primavera” (ATO Data)

●    Dayme Arocena – Alkemi (Brownswood Recordings)

●    Gaby Moreno and La Lom – “Alma Florecida” (Cosmica Artists)

●    Woman Extremely – blush (Huge Dada/Ninja Tune)

●    Reyna Tropical – Malegría (Psychic Hotline)

OUTLIER RECORD

●    Chanel Beads – Your Day Will Come (Jagjaguwar)

●    Daybreak Richard & Spencer Zahn – Quiet in a World Filled with Noise (Merge Data)

●    Hakushi Hasegawa – Mahōgakkō (Brainfeeder)

●    Helado Negro – PHASOR (4AD)

●    Khruangbin – A LA SALA (Lifeless Oceans)

●    Moor Mom – The Nice Bailout (ANTI-)

●    SPIRIT OF THE BEEHIVE – YOU’LL HAVE TO LOSE SOMETHING (Saddle Creek)

●    urika’s bed room – Huge Smile, Black Mire (True Panther)

POP RECORD

●    Kate Nash – 9 Unhappy Symphonies (Kill Rock Stars)

●    Kesha – ”Joyride” (Kesha Data)

●    Magdalena Bay – Imaginal Disk (Mother+Pop)

●    Sofie Royer – Younger-Woman Perpetually (Stones Throw Data)

●    SOPHIE – SOPHIE (Future Traditional)

●    Suki Waterhouse – Memoir of a Sparklemuffin (Sub Pop Data)

PUNK RECORD

●    A Place To Bury Strangers – Synthesizer (Dedstrange)

●    Chubby And The Gang – And Then There Was… (FLATSPOT)

●    Ekko Astral – pink balloons (Topshelf Data)

●    Laura Jane Grace – Gap In My Head (Polyvinyl Document Co.)

●    Pissed Denims – Half Divorced (Sub Pop Data)

●    SPRINTS – Letter To Self (Metropolis Slang)

R&B RECORD

●    Erika de Casier – Nonetheless (4AD)

●    Fana Hues – Moth (Vibrant Antenna Data)

●    Mavis Staples – ”Worthy” (ANTI-)

●    NxWorries (Anderson .Paak & Knxwledge) – Why Lawd? (Stones Throw Data)

●    serpentwithfeet – GRIP (Secretly Canadian)

●    Yaya Bey – Ten Fold (Huge Dada/Ninja Tune)

REISSUE

●    Afrika Bambaataa & Soulsonic Power – Planet Rock: The Album (Tommy Boy Data)

●    American Soccer – American Soccer LP1 (twenty fifth Anniversary Version) (Polyvinyl Document Co.)

●    Cocteau Twins & Harold Budd – The Moon And The Melodies (4AD)

●    John Cale – Paris 1919 (Deluxe Version) (Domino Recording Firm)

●    MF DOOM – MM..FOOD (twentieth Anniversary Version) (Rhymesayers Leisure)

●    Ray Charles – Crying Time (Tangerine Data)

●    Sylvan Esso – Sylvan Esso (10 12 months Anniversary Version) (Psychic Hotline)

REMIX

●    Fcukers – ”Bon Bon (Confidence Man Remix)” (Technicolour/Ninja Tune)

●    Kelela – RAVE:N, The Remixes (Warp Data)

●    MF DOOM – ”One Beer (Madlib Remix)” (Rhymesayers Leisure)

●    Shygirl – ”mr ineffective – MK remix” (As a result of Music)

●    Slowdive – ”kisses (grouper remix)” (Lifeless Oceans)

ROCK RECORD

●    Fontaines D.C. – Romance (XL Recordings)

●    IDLES – TANGK (Partisan Data)

●    Jack White – No Identify (Third Man Data)

●    Model Pussy – I Acquired Heaven (Epitaph)

●    The Lemon Twigs – A Dream Is All We Know (Captured Tracks)

●    The Linda Lindas – No Obligation (Epitaph)

SINGER SONGWRITER RECORD

●    Adrianne Lenker – Vibrant Future (4AD)

●    Christian Lee Hutson – Paradise Pop. 10 (ANTI-)

●    Faye Webster – Underdressed on the Symphony (Secretly Canadian)

●    Jessica Pratt – Right here within the Pitch (Mexican Summer season)

●    Katie Gavin – ”As Good As It Will get” (Saddest Manufacturing facility Data)

●    Laura Marling – Patterns In Repeat (Partisan Data/Chrysalis Data)

SOUL/FUNK RECORD

●    Angela Muñoz – Descanso (Stones Throw Data)

●    Neal Francis – ”Again It Up” (ATO Data)

●    The Dip – Love Course (Dualtone)

●    Thee Sacred Souls – Acquired a Story to Inform (Daptone Data)

●    Thee Sinseers – Sinseerly Yours (Colemine Data)

SPIRITUAL RECORD

●    Brother John – Brother John & The GFT Collective (The Blues Preachers/The Orchard)

●    Flock – Flock II (Strut)

●    Lauren Daigle – ”Then I Will (from Boenhoffer)” (Centricity Music)

●    Lecrae – ”Die For The Celebration” (Attain Data)

●    The Harlem Gospel Vacationers – Rhapsody (Colemine Data)

●    The Nelons – Loving You (Daywind Data)

SYNC RECORD

●    Cigarettes After Intercourse – “Nothing’s Gonna Harm You Child” (It Ends With Us) (Partisan Data)

●    De La Soul – ”Say No Go” (Civil Battle) (A.O.I./Chrysalis/Reservoir)

●    Jamie xx & The Avalanches – “All You Kids” (Apple) (Younger)

●    Spoon – ”The Method We Get By” (’A Actual Ache’ Trailer) (Matador Data)

●    Waxahatchee feat. MJ Lenderman – “Proper Again to It” (Tracker S1 E6) (ANTI-)

BREAKTHROUGH ARTIST

●    Jessica Pratt (Mexican Summer season)

●    Magdalena Bay (Mother+Pop)

●    Model Pussy (Epitaph)

●    MJ Lenderman (ANTI-)

●    Mk.gee (R&R Digital)

●    Shaboozey (American Dogwood/EMPIRE)

CREATIVE PACKAGING

●    Aphex Twin – Chosen Ambient Works Quantity II (Expanded Version) (Warp Data)

●    Khruangbin – A LA SALA (Lifeless Oceans)

●    Mac DeMarco – Salad Days 10 12 months Anniversary Version (Captured Tracks)

●    MF DOOM – MM..FOOD (20 12 months Anniversary Version) (Rhymesayers Leisure)

●    The Go Betweens – G Stands For Go-Betweens: Quantity 3 (Domino Recording Firm)

●    Varied Artists – Sub Pop Singles Membership Vol. 8 (Sub Pop Data)

DISTRIBUTOR OF THE YEAR

●    FUGA

●    IDOL

●    Redeye

●    Secretly Distribution

●    Symphonic Distribution

●    The Orchard

INDEPENDENT CHAMPION

●    Bandcamp

●    Infinite Catalog

●    Marauder

●    Qobuz

●    The Bloom Impact

MARKETING GENIUS

●    IDLES – TANGK (Partisan Data)

●    Khruangbin – A LA SALA (Lifeless Oceans)

●    MF DOOM – MM..FOOD (20 12 months Anniversary Version) (Rhymesayers Leisure)

●    MJ Lenderman – Manning Fireworks (ANTI-)

●    Waxahatchee – Tigers Blood (ANTI-)

MUSIC VIDEO OF THE YEAR

●    Caravan Palace – ”Mirrors” (Le Plan Recordings)

●    Fontaines D.C. – ”Starburster” (XL Recordings)

●    Justice – ”Neverender (starring Tame Impala)” (As a result of Music)

●    Porter Robinson – ”Cheerleader” (Mother+Pop)

●    Waxahatchee feat. MJ Lenderman – “Proper Again to It” (ANTI-)

●    Yaeji – ”booboo” (XL Recordings)

PUBLISHER OF THE YEAR

●    Beggars Music

●    Downtown Music Publishing

●    Reservoir

●    Secret Metropolis Publishing

●    Warp Publishing

SELF RELEASED RECORD OF THE YEAR

●    Cheekface – It’s Sorted (Cheekface)

●    Fancy Hagood – American Spirit (Fancy Hagood Enterprises)

●    Los Campesinos! – All Hell (Coronary heart Swells)

●    Orla Gartland – All people Wants a Hero (New Pals Music)

●    RAYE – “Genesis.” (Human Re Sources)

●    TV Woman & George Clanton – Fauxllennium (Blissful Serenity Industries, LLC)