2012 CASBY Award Winners Announced

Edge Staff — Fri, 28 Sep 2012 02:30:00 GMT

After months of fan voting, the winners in five categories were announced tonight at 102.1 the Edge’s annual CASBY Music Awards, live at the Sound Academy in Toronto.

The 2012 CASBY Award winners are:

NXNE Favourite New Indie Release: Metric - Synthetica
Molson Canadian Favourite New Artist: Monster Truck
Favourite New Album: Big Wreck - Albatross
Favourite New Single: Big Wreck - "Albatross"

Headlined by Big Wreck, the CASBYs were handed out during a three-hour, standing-room-only concert and ceremony that also featured performances from Monster Truck, Yukon Blonde, Young Empires and I Mother Earth.

The 2012 Edge CASBY Awards, in concert with the new Molson Canadian Widemouth Bottle.

102.1 the Edge Presents The 2012 CASBY AWARDS

Edge Staff — Tue, 07 Aug 2012 12:00:00 GMT

102.1 the Edge, Canada’s largest and most influential new rock station, announced today the performers and nominees for the annual CASBY Music Awards in concert with The New Molson Canadian Widemouth Bottle. Presented by 102.1 the Edge, the 2012 CASBYs will be presented on Thursday, September 27 at the Sound Academy in Toronto and will feature performances by some of Canada’s leading new rock artists, including Monster Truck, Yukon Blonde, Young Empires, I Mother Earth, and Big Wreck, plus awards for the Molson Canadian Favourite New Artist, Favourite New Single, Favourite New Album, Favourite Edge Session and the NXNE Favourite New Indie Release.

Representing the best in Canadian new rock, CASBY winners are determined through nationwide fan voting on www.edge.ca. The 2012 CASBY nominees are:

Molson Canadian Favourite New Artist
Japandroids
Monster Truck
The Pack A.D.
Young Empires
Yukon Blonde

NXNE Favourite New Indie Release
Monster Truck - The Brown EP
Japandroids - Celebration Rock
Metric - Synthetica
Yukon Blonde - Tiger Talk
The Pack A.D. - Unpersons

Favourite New Album
Big Wreck - Albatross
Our Lady Peace - Curve
Arkells - Michigan Left
Metric - Synthetica
Young Empires - Wake All My Youth

Favourite New Single
Big Wreck - "Albatross"
The Tragically Hip - "At Transformation"
Billy Talent - "Viking Death March"
Young Empires - "White Doves"
Metric - "Youth Without Youth"

Favourite Edge Session
AWOLNATION
Bush
Metric
Mumford & Sons
The Naked and Famous

Voting for this year’s CASBY winners begins at 8:15 a.m. Tuesday, August 7th and runs until Sunday, September 23rd at 11:59pm on www.edge.ca. To be eligible for a 2012 CASBY Music Award, material must have been released between July 1 2011 and June 31, 2012. Winners will be announced Thursday, September 27 during the CASBY Music Awards at the Sound Academy in Toronto.

The only way to attend the show is to win tickets by listening to 102.1 the Edge, or voting at edge.ca.

CASBY performances will be broadcast live throughout the night on 102.1 the Edge. The entire show will be video streamed live on edge.ca.

Through initiatives like the CASBYs, as well as Edgefest and the edge Sugar Beach Sessions, 102.1 the Edge has earned a reputation as a major force in Canadian talent development, contributing to the commercial breakthrough of some of Canada’s most influential artists, including the Metric, City And Colour, Sum 41, USS, Bedouin Soundclash, Arkells, Tokyo Police Club & The Tragically Hip.

The CASBY Music Awards began in 1981 as an alternative to the Juno Awards and were originally called the U-Knows. Unlike many awards shows, CASBY winners are chosen entirely by the fans. Over the years, CASBYs have been handed out to Alexisonfire, Arcade Fire, Billy Talent, Sam Roberts and many others.

Listen to The Dean Blundell Show for the 2012 CASBY Announcement

Edge Staff — Fri, 03 Aug 2012 16:01:00 GMT

Listen to The Dean Bundell Show on Tuesday, August 7th for a very special CASBY announcement!

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2012 CASBY Award Winners Announced

102.1 the Edge Presents The 2012 CASBY AWARDS

Listen to The Dean Blundell Show for the 2012 CASBY Announcement