UK electronic-jazz drummer Moses Boyd and drill rapper Digga D are the most nominated artists for this year’s AIM Independent Music Awards, with three nominations each. Electronic music trailblazers Flying Lotus and Floating Points, as well as Polish pianist Hania Rani and psychedelic R'n'B singer Greentea Peng are vying for two awards each. The most attractive category, Best Independent Album, is filled with interesting releases: Brooke Bentham 'Everyday Nothing', Everything Is Recorded 'Friday Forever', Kidjo Ojua 'The Mixtape', Kim Gordon 'No Home Record', Laura Marling 'Song For Our Daughter', Moses Boyd 'Dark Matter', Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds 'Ghosteen', The Ninth Wave 'Infancy', Phoenix Da Icefire & Husky Brown 'Panacea' and Sarathy Korwar 'More Arriving'.

London-based singer/songwriter Brooke Bentham shows an impressive versatility when it comes to evoking various strains of indie rock past and present on her debut album 'Everyday Nothing', out February 28. But, as her producer Bill Ryder-Jones said, there's something else special about her - "her lyric writing will be overlooked because of her voice but it is her words that will set her apart from others”. Her latest single is 'Control', but it's ‘Perform For You’ that's her favourite - "because it reminds me of lots of the music I love. Musically it was exactly where I wanted to be”. Her influences: Sylvia Plath, Yo La Tengo, Pavement, Mazzy Star, Carol Ann Duffy...