Enter Shikari and The XX winners at indie music awards

Enter Shikari were named best live act at at the AIM Independent Music Awards

Enter Shikari, The XX and Vampire Weekend were among the winners at the AIM Independent Music Awards.

The event celebrates independent labels and their artists as well as unsung heroes from throughout the music industry.

British post-hardcore band Enter Shikari were named best live act, beating Johnny Marr and The National.

It follows them debuting their live side project, Shikari Soundsystem, at Reading and Leeds festivals this year.

"We came down to present [an award], not to take [one home], so it was awesome," said Shikari frontman Rou Reynolds.

Drummer Robert Rolfe added: "It means a lot more when it's coming from people who are in it for the right reasons.

"It's too easy to jump into the major label route and just do it for the money."

The XX picked up best difficult second album for Coexist.

"It feels lovely," explained singer Romy Madley Croft. "It's nice to win something, we weren't expecting it,"

"All we know is independent labels, we've never worked with a majors [labels].

"I do feel there's something special and personal and human about working with our label XL and Young Turks, it feels like they are really on a level with you."

The XX picked up best difficult second album for Coexist

Elsewhere, Vampire Weekend won best independent song for Diane Young and best video went to Django Django for WOR.

Relative newcomers Daughter picked up the biggest award of the night, independent album of the year.

Macklemore and Ryan Lewis were the only double winners of the night winning independent breakthrough of the year and most played new independent act.

There were performances from Franz Ferdinand and Billy Bragg during the ceremony.

Franz Ferdinand frontman Alex Kapranos admitted it was a little nerve-wracking.

"Playing award ceremonies, it's not like a rock'n'roll gig but a good bunch of people to play to," he said.

Steve Lamacq, who used to be a DJ on BBC Radio 1 and now hosts the drive time show on BBC Radio 6 Music, received the special recognition award.

"[I] genuinely don't know what to say, this is a brilliant event," he said.

The full list of winners is as follows:

Best live act: Enter Shikari

Independent breakthrough of the year: Macklemore & Ryan Lewis

Hardest working band or artist: Frankie & The Heartstrings

Best difficult second album: The xx - Coexist

Independent album of the year: Daughter - If You Leave

Best small label: Alcopop! Records

PPL award for most played independent act: Macklemore & Ryan Lewis

Special catalogue release of the year: Various Artists - Scared to get Happy: A Story of Indie Pop 1980-89

Independent label of the year: Warp

Independent track of the year: Vampire Weekend - Diane Young

Independent video of the year: Django Django - WOR

Indie champion award: Gilles Peterson - BBC 6music

Golden welly award: In The Woods

Special recognition award: Steve Lamacq - BBC 6music

Outstanding contribution to music: Billy Bragg

Pioneer award: Geoff Travis, Rough Trade

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