Fontaines D.C. and Ezra Collective Among Winners at 2025 Independent Music Awards: Full List

Fontaines D.C., Gilles Peterson and Ezra Collective were among the winners astatine the 2025 Independent Music Awards connected Tuesday evening (Sept. 23).

The ceremony, which took spot astatine London’s Roundhouse, celebrated autarkic musicians and grounds labels successful a fig of categories. The awards are organised by the Association of Independent Music (AIM) and winners selected by a assemblage panel.

DJ, broadcaster and statement brag Gilles Peterson collected the outstanding publication to euphony prize for his enactment successful the U.K. creation and jazz scenes implicit the past 4 decades. Peterson hosts a regular amusement connected BBC Radio 6 Music, founded the influential Acid Jazz and Brownswood Recordings labels, and successful caller years began the We Out Here festival successful Dorset, England. 

Commenting connected his triumph connected his Instagram, Peterson wrote, “There’s a batch to combat for successful keeping the U.K. euphony manufacture and civilization astatine the cutting borderline some present and abroad. But this grant is much than a designation of 1 idiosyncratic – it takes a village.”

Fontaines D.C.’s 4th medium Romance scooped the champion medium prize and was collected by bassist Conor Deegan III. The Irish set precocious concluded touring for the LP, which landed astatine No. 2 connected the U.K.’s Official Albums Chart and was nominated for 2 Grammy awards. The medium was besides named connected the shortlist for the Mercury Prize, which volition beryllium awarded connected Oct. 16 successful Newcastle. The band’s existent statement XL Recordings besides won the champion autarkic grounds label.

Jazz radical Ezra Collective earned the champion autarkic way grant for “God Gave Me Feet for Dancing” featuring Yazmin Lacey. The opus appeared connected Dance, No One’s Watching, the group’s 3rd LP.  

Throbbing Gristle subordinate and Industrial Records co-founder Cosey Fanni Tutti was awarded the innovator award, and utilized her code to observe the U.K.’s indie originative scene. “Everything I’ve done has been wholly independent,” she said. “This is truly peculiar due to the fact that innovation and independency truly are sisters with me. I’ve seen innovation arsenic a lifeblood of the euphony satellite – without that determination would beryllium nary inspiration.”

There were besides wins for Bon Iver and his statement Jagjaguwar (best originative campaign), corto.alto (best autarkic breakthrough), Shed Seven (best unrecorded performer) and more. See the afloat winners database below.

Outstanding Contribution to Music

WINNER: Gilles Peterson

Innovator award

WINNER: Cosey Fanni Tutti

Best unrecorded performer

Alison Moyet (Cooking Vinyl)
Elles Bailey (Cooking Vinyl)
Ayanna Witter-Johnson (Hill and Gully Records)
WINNER: Shed Seven (Cooking Vinyl)
Wunderhorse (Communion Records) 

Best autarkic video 

WINNER: Bricknasty – “Vinland” (FAMM)
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