16th Golden Indie Music Awards Nominees Announces

【Uncategorized Awards】

◆Best Album
《VAIVAIK》／Sauljaljui(Album Producer:Sauljaljui)
《Moon Phases》／Enno Cheng(Album Producer:Chunho)
《GOOD SOUND WITH ATTITUDES》／Trout Fresh(Album Producer:Trout Fresh、LuuX)
《People, Places, Things》／FunkyMo(Album Producer:Jerry Li)
《Everything Will Go Wonderfully》／Lilium(Album Producer:Cheng Ko-chun、Hsiao He-Shuo )
《If we can be happy happy every day, who wants to be sad:))》／Hsien Ching(Album Producer:Jerry Li)

◆Best Band
FUTURE AFTER A SECOND／《Xenobones》
88balaz／《Legend of the Romantic Baseball Warriors》
Cat’s Bile／《Juicy》
Lilium／《Everything Will Go Wonderfully》
Modern Cinema Master／《I See You》
Robot Swing／《IS IT ALIVE? (Live at Yuchen Cinema Studio)》

◆Best Singer-Songwriter
LÜCY／《Dance on the Shoreline》
Sauljaljui／《VAIVAIK》
Enno Cheng／《Moon Phases》
FunkyMo／《People, Places, Things》
I-Shuo Lin／《Everything Will Go Wonderfully》
YILE LIN／《True Colors》

◆Best New Artist
BRBP／《BRBP》
FTK／《5ENOM》
Tickle Tickle／《Taste of Life》
Hsien Ching／《If we can be happy happy every day, who wants to be sad:＊》
SherryZ／《Time》
Dremedreman／《The chosen one of the village》

◆Best Instrumentalist
Minyen Hsieh ／《Punctum Visus》／Tenor&Soprano Saxophone
Kenny(CHUNG CHI,WANG)／《19%》／Drum
Sauljaljui／《VAIVAIK》／Yuequin(Moon Lute)、Percussion
Cheng Chun Wu／《Dual Legendary Rhythms – A New Worldview》／Percussion, World Hand Drums, Erhu, Synthesizer
Rich Huang／《Dual Legendary Rhythms – A New Worldview》／Drumset, Percussion
Tony Li／《Born to Lose》／Guitar
ZAOYUAN／《All On You》／Keyboard, Synth
Wei-nong Hung／《IS IT ALIVE? (Live at Yuchen Cinema Studio)》／Guitar

◆Best Live Performance
《【The End of the Second Tour】Tour Final Taipei THE WALL LIVEHOUSE》／88balaz
《《Leowangboat》－Southside53》／Leo Wang
《 punkhoo x 2024 FIREBALL Fest. 》／punkhoo
《The Dinosaur’s Skin I Dig You Movie Concert》／The Dinosaur’s Skin
《Modern Cinema Master Tour 2025》／Modern Cinema Master

◆Best Asian Creative Artist
《Brains in a Vat》／Fat Hamster and KANG New
《Dirty Mirror Selfie》／Jacqui
《3 AM Conversations》／Lomba Sihir
《Membangun & Menghancurkan》／.Feast
《LULLABY FOR THR RIVER IN MY BODY 》／ELLE SHIMADA

【Category Awards】

【Rock】
◆Best Rock Album
《19%》／BEYOND CURE
《Xenobones》／FUTURE AFTER A SECOND
《Legend of the Romantic Baseball Warriors》／88balaz
《Everything Will Go Wonderfully》／Lilium
《I See You》／Modern Cinema Master

◆Best Rock Song
〈Something New〉／《Something》／Destroyers
〈The Worship of Mammon〉／《Alright, alright, alright》／Reversing Into Garage
〈Dead Talents Society – Movie《Dead Talents Society》English Theme Song〉／《Dead Talents Society (Original Soundtrack)》／Joanna Wang
〈disappoint〉／《Juicy》／Cat’s Bile
〈Everything Will Go Wonderfully〉／《Everything Will Go Wonderfully》／Lilium
〈I Hope Your Eyes Experience〉／《I See You》／Modern Cinema Master

【Folk】
◆Best Folk Album
《Parod》／Sapud Kacaw
《VAIVAIK》／Sauljaljui
《phian-lâm》／Ming-Yo Hsieh
《The Wind that Found Me》／Giyu Tjuljaviya
《On the road》／Naa’u

◆Best Folk Song
〈This is My World〉／《My Nova》／Kowen
〈Dipin Kari Tang (feat. Taiwu Ballads Troupe)〉／《VAIVAIK》／Sauljaljui
〈phian-lâm-hong〉／《phian-lâm》／Ming-Yo Hsieh
〈Child of the South Link (Home to Home)〉／《The Wind that Found Me》／Giyu Tjuljaviya
〈Heaven’s Reunion 〉／《Bitter-Sweet Playground》／CHIANG,MENG-HSUN

【Hip-hop】
◆Best Hip-hop Album
《hái-kháu》／SAVAGE.M
《A FOOL》／someshiit
《GOOD SOUND WITH ATTITUDES》／Trout Fresh
《If we can be happy happy every day, who wants to be sad:＊》／Hsien Ching
《Oreintal Beauty》／DJDIDILONG

◆Best Hip-hop Song
〈Rule men Freestyle〉／《Rule men Freestyle》／YANG SHUYA
〈Knock’em off〉／《KNOWT!S》／KNOWTIS feat. someshiit
〈VacuumB (beat by Flowstrong)〉／《If we can be happy happy every day, who wants to be sad:＊》／Hsien Ching
〈Monga Snake〉／《Oreintal Beauty》／DJDIDILONG
〈MY MESSAGE (feat. Shing02)〉／《MY MESSAGE (feat. Shing02)》／PUZZLEMAN
〈RLGL〉／《When It‘s All CED and Done》／CED

【Electronic】
◆Best Electronic Album
《Elixir》／Wring Out Laura(Lin Yang Kuei)
《5ENOM》／FTK
《Nonlinear Random Vibration & Response》／KbN
《Regrow Protocol》／Oberka

◆Best Electronic Song
〈5ENOM〉／《5ENOM》／FTK
〈Hilarious〉／《Hypocrite》／B E N N
〈Moonlight Raving〉／《Moonlight》／Sonia Calico
〈BOUNCE〉／《Everything Sparks Joy》／AIKO TOMI
〈Wildbait〉／《Regrow Protocol》／Oberka

【Jazz】
◆Best Jazz Album
《Punctum Visus》／Minyen Hsieh
《OR》／Tracy Yang
《Ctrl+Z》／Plutato
《The Sea, The Sky, The You and I》／Daniel Chen

◆Best Jazz Song
〈Tjelu kata Likuljaw〉／《Atavism》／Kuljelje Ljamcun
〈Brda〉／《A Letter to Poland》／Yen-Ping Huang
〈Scene Taiwan Collection I. Sea of Clouds〉／《OR》／Tracy Yang
〈Palette〉／《Ctrl+Z》／Plutato
〈The Sea, The Sky, The You and I (feat. 鄭立偉)〉／《The Sea, The Sky, The You and I》／Daniel Chen

【R&B】
◆Best R&B Album
《Heal Me Good》／Yufu
《Harvey Dent》／BRADD
《Time》／SherryZ
《can cancan cancancan》／Chen Yi Heng

◆Best R&B Song
〈Heal Me Good〉／《Heal Me Good》／Yufu
〈Wings and Dirt〉／《Wings and Dirt》／YELLOW
〈Praise〉／《Qrasun》／Kumu Basaw
〈Get a Little Higher〉／《Time》／SherryZ
〈New notes〉／《If we can be happy happy every day, who wants to be sad:))》／Hsien Ching

【Alternative Pop】
◆Best Alternative Pop Album
《BRBP》／BRBP
《Dance on the Shoreline》／LÜCY
《Everything Sparks Joy》／AIKO TOMI
《If we can be happy happy every day, who wants to be sad:))》／Hsien Ching
《True Colors》／YILE LIN

◆Best Alternative Pop Song
〈Nothing ever stops me〉／《Dance on the Shoreline》／LÜCY
〈Ghost Swing〉／《Ghost Swing》／YELLOW
〈Lover’s Manual〉／《Harvey Dent》／BRADD
〈A Strange Smell〉／《Everything Will Go Wonderfully》／Lilium
〈New notes (prod. by ZAOYUAN)〉／《If we can be happy happy every day, who wants to be sad:＊》／Hsien Ching
〈Pandemic〉／《shhh, it’s under my bed》／Andr