Hello, and welcome to our 1993 indie music awards thread. It's YOUR chance to vote on who really were the best independent acts of 27 years ago, when we had proper music!

So let's see the categories... #WednesdayMotivation

First up: top indie chantress of 1993. The nominations are:
- Björk
- Polly Harvey
- Courtney Love
- Juliana Hatfield

Cast your vote in the poll below

And the winner of top indie chantress of 1993 is:

Our next category is 'His hair is long and I love him!' The nominees are:
- Evan Dando
- Brett Anderson
- J Masics
- Rob Newman

Cast your vote below

And the winner of 'His hair is long and I love him' 1993 is:

Our next 1993 award is for best indie band with a female lead and a bunch of mopey guys in the background. The nominations are:
- St Etienne
- Belly
- Curve
- Lush

Vote below

And the winner of 1993's best indie band with a female lead and a bunch of mopey guys in the background is:

Our next 1993 award is best band to feel miserable to. The nominations are:
- Nirvana
- Radiohead
- Morrissey
- The Pixies

Cast your vote below

And the winner of best band to feel miserable to in 1993 is:

Our next category is best post-grunge loud spiky riot rockers of 1993. The nominations are:
- Faith No More
- Huggy Bear
- Alice In Chains
- L7

You can vote below

And the winner of best post-grunge loud spiky riot rockers is:

And our final is award is 'well done for hanging on in there'. Your nominations are:
- Pet Shop Boys
- The Cure
- Kate Bush
- James

Cast your vote below

And the winner of 'Well done for hanging on in there' in 1993 is

There were literally dozens of other indie bands in 1993 we could have featured, so don't feel disappointed if your favourite wasn't there. You can feel annoyed that nobody under the age of 30 has heard of them however...

And that's it for our 1993 indie awards. The winners will release a special cassingle for charity at some point, so keep reading the Melody Maker for details!

More classical music another time...