NME Awards Nominations

• 30th Jan 2008

The NME Awards nominations have been announced.. Obviusly not as prestigous as the Glasswerk Awards but we thought we would give the little baby a mention.

Arctic Monkeys are staking a claim to be their generation’s Oasis by leading the way with a record seven nominations at this year’s Shockwaves NME Awards. Thousands of genuine music fans have voted for the decade’s biggest British band in the categories of Best British Band, Best Live Band, Best Album, Best Track, Best Video and Best Album Artwork, with Alex picking up a nomination in the Best Dressed category. They’ll find out if they’ve won at the ceremony, which will take place on 28th February.

Since coming to prominence on the Shockwaves NME Awards Tour just three years ago, Arctic Monkeys have racked up an unprecedented fifteen Shockwaves NME Awards nominations, making them the most voted for band of the decade. With more sales, awards and column inches than most bands achieve in their entire career, Arctic Monkeys clearly ARE the band of a generation.

Arctic Monkeys’ Jamie Cook said: “It’s sound the readers keep voting for us. We’re chuffed. Best band and best album are always a good one. Live would be good. It’s good to have been picked up in that because we put a lot of effort into our live work last year, I thought we got a lot better. So that would be a good’en to win.”

Fighting it out for the Best Live Band gong along with Arctic Monkeys, are Muse, The Cribs, Kaiser Chiefs, and My Chemical Romance. These bands have thrilled live audiences up and down the country over the last 12months and now the fans will decide who deserves to take away this highly prized title.

In the Best British Band category – one of the most coveted awards of the night, Arctic Monkeys will compete against last years winners, Muse. Joined by Babyshambles, Klaxons and The Cribs this category is packed full with outstanding talent.

Mercury Prize winners and former Shockwaves NME Awards Tour headliners Klaxons are another hot favourite in this years awards, notching up four nominations. They will battle it out against Arctic Monkeys in the Best British Band, Best Album and Best Video categories, and are also up for new category Best Dance Floor Filler. -Will this be the year that rock dance fusion reigns supreme?

Amy Winehouse has also notched up four nominations but thanks to her recent troubles she finds herself nominated for Villain of the Year and Worst Dressed! But it’s not all bad news, whilst her style may get a thumbs down from the fans, her music is still appreciated with nominations in the Best Music DVD and Best Solo Artist category.

Joining Amy in the Best Solo Artist category, seriously hot newcomers Kate Nash, Patrick Wolf and Jack Penate take on last year’s winner Jamie T.

With British bands sweeping the board in almost every other category, Arcade Fire, Foo Fighters, The Killers, Kings of Leon and My Chemical Romance are all competing for the title of Best International Band.

The Shockwaves NME Awards have always led the way in new music, with the Best New Band category being the year’s most accurate predictor of the next big things. This year, Foals and Joe Leon & The Jing Jang Jong, take on the recent success stories – The Pigeon Detectives, The Enemy and The Wombats.

“The genuine music fans that read NME and visit NME.COM have voted in their thousands once again, and it’s gratifying to see them come out in support for the amazing British bands that have broken through over the past few years,” said NME Associate Editor Dan Silver. “This year’s Shockwaves NME Awards will be more hotly contested than ever, and it will be fascinating to see whether the Arctic Monkeys can complete their clean sweep on the night itself.”

Winners will be announced at the biggest rock n roll party of the year at London’s premier new venue Indigo2 on February 28th and music fans can watch all the action on E4.

The Nominations in full:

Best British Band supported by Shockwaves
Arctic Monkeys
Babyshambles
The Cribs
Klaxons
Muse
†
Best International Band supported by T4
Arcade Fire
Foo Fighters
The Killers
Kings Of Leon
My Chemical Romance
†
Best New Band supported by Radio One
The Enemy
Foals
Joe Lean And The Jing Jang Jong
The Pigeon Detectives
The Wombats
†
Best Live Band supported by Carling
Arctic Monkeys
The Cribs
Kaiser Chiefs
Muse
My Chemical Romance
†
Best Solo Artist supported by 4Music
Kate Nash
Jack Penate
Jamie T
Amy Winehouse
Patrick Wolf
†
Best Album supported by HMV
‘Favourite Worst Nightmare’ – Arctic Monkeys
‘Shotters Nation’ – Babyshambles
‘We’ll Live And Die In These Towns’ – The Enemy
‘Myths Of The Near Future’ – Klaxons
‘In Rainbows’ – Radiohead
†
Best Track supported by Trinity Street
‘Fluorescent Adolescent’ – Arctic Monkeys
‘Flux’ – Bloc Party
‘Men’s Needs’ – The Cribs
‘Lord Don’t Slow My Down’ – Oasis
‘Let’s Dance To Joy Division’ – The Wombats
†
Best Video supported by NMETV
‘Teddy Picker’ – Arctic Monkeys
‘Flux’ – Bloc Party
‘D.A.N.C.E.’ – Justice
‘Golden Skans’ – Klaxons
‘Teenagers’ – My Chemical Romance

Best Dancefloor Filler
‘Flux’ – Bloc Party
‘Hummer’ – Foals
‘D.A.N.C.E.’ – Justice
‘Atlantis To Interzone’ – Klaxons
‘Let’s Dance To Joy Division’ – The Wombats
†
Best Music DVD
‘Up The Shambles’ – Babyshambles
‘The Song Remains The Same (Special Edition)’ – Led Zeppelin
‘Unplugged In New York’ – Nirvana
‘Lord Don’t Slow Me Down’ – Oasis
‘I Told You I Was Trouble’ – Amy Winehouse
†
Best Live Event
Glastonbury
Muse At Wembley Stadium
Reading And Leeds Festival
T In The Park
V Festival
Hero Of The Year
Matt Bellamy
Pete Doherty
Noel Fielding
Ryan Jarman
Thom Yorke
†
Villain Of The Year
Tony Blair
Johnny Borrell
Gordon Brown
George W Bush
Amy Winehouse
†
Best Dressed
Pete Doherty
Noel Fielding
Kate Nash
Alex Turner
Gerard Way
†
Worst Dressed
Johnny Borrell
Pete Doherty
Mika
Gerard Way
Amy Winehouse
†
Best Album Artwork
‘Favourite Worst Nightmare’ – Arctic Monkeys
‘The Good The Bad And The Queen’ – The Good The Bad And The Queen
‘Sawdust’ – The Killers
‘Because Of The Time’ – Kings Of Leon
‘Send Away The Tigers’ – Manic Street Preachers
†
Best Radio Show
Russell Brand (Radio 2)
Zane Lowe (Radio 1)
Chris Moyles (Radio 1)
Colin Murray (Radio 1)
Jo Whiley (Radio 1)
†
Worst Album
‘1973’ – James Blunt
‘The Trick To Life’ – The Hoosiers
‘Spirit’ – Leona Lewis
‘Life In Cartoon Motion’ – Mika
‘Blackout’ – Britney Spears
†
Worst Band
30 Seconds To Mars
Fall Out Boy
The Hoosiers
My Chemical Romance
Panic At The Disco
†
Best TV Show
Heroes
The IT Crowd
The Mighty Boosh
Never Mind The Buzzcocks
Skins
†
Best Film
‘Control’
‘Hot Fuzz’
‘Pirates Of The Caribbean: At World’s End’
‘The Simpsons Movie’
‘Superbad’

Sexiest Man
Howlin’ Pelle Almqvist
Julian Barrett
Noel Fielding
Nicky Wire
Patrick Wolf
†
Sexiest Woman
Jenny Lewis
Kylie Minogue
Rhianna
Hayley Williams
Rachael Yamagata
†
Best Venue
Carling Academy Brixton
Glasgow Barrowlands
London Astoria
Manchester Apollo
Wembley Stadium
†
Best Website
Bebo
Facebook
Last.fm
Myspace
Youtube
†
Best Band Blog
Lilly Allen (link)
Foals (link)
Lightspeed Champion (link)
Radiohead (link)
The Streets (link)
†
Best Music Blog
The Hype Machine (hypem.com)
The Modern Age (link)
Nothing But Green Lights (nothingbutgreenlights.net)
Spinner (spinner.com)
Stereogum (stereogum.com)