04/12/2025
VOTING IS OPEN. LINK IN BIO.
Before you decide whether or not to vote, a quick story.
Once, at an awards ceremony for independent music, we were served caviar. Actual caviar. Tiny spoons, cold trays, at an event for GRASSROOTS MUSIC where people sat in tuxedos.
It was at that exact moment we decided we’d eventually start our own award.
So here it is: The Offie Mag Readers’ Project of the Year 2025.
The shortlist was shaped by a year of playlisting, several heated arguments, an internal Google Sheet-based voting system, and a strict one-release-per-label rule to keep the playing field honest.
Music is subjective. Debates are inevitable. But the reason independent music matters — the community, the graft, the risk — is not up for discussion.
If you independently released music this year, you’ve won already. But only one of this lot is getting our actual award.
Listen intently and vote intentionally.
And thanks for following and reading Offie Mag this year. Where’s our award????
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