NME Awards: 7 nomination per gli Arctic Monkeys

La rivista inglese New Musical Express, meglio conosciuta come NME, ha annunciato i finalisti dei suoi prestigiosi awards che saranno consegnati in una serata speciale, a Londra il 28 febbraio. Gli Arctic Monkeys spopolano e compaiono in ben 7 categorie, tra cui le più importanti: miglior album e miglior band inglese.

A portarli in finale non è stata una giuria di critici ma gli attenti lettori del giornale. Tra l’altro, se vi interessa partecipare, registrandosi sul sito dell’NME è possibile ora esprimere la propria preferenza per ciascuna categoria. Risaltano tra i finalisti anche 4 band che ricevono ben 4 nominations ciascuna: Kasabian, Killers, Muse e My Chemical Romance.

4 volte finalista anche una delle favorie, Amy Winehouse, di cui però due nelle categorie “peggior abbigliamento” e “personaggio negativo dell’anno”. Bravissima e stimata, paga questo piccolo scotto per i suoi eccessi. Non credo se ne avrà troppo a male. Tantissime le sezioni, dalle più classiche “migliore” e “peggiore” nei vari generi, alle più particolari come le migliori copertine o i migliori blog di musicisti. Di seguito l’elenco completo.

Via| NME.com

NME Music Award 2008 – I finalisti

Best British Band
Arctic Monkeys
Babyshambles
The Cribs
Klaxons
Muse

Best International Band
Arcade Fire
Foo Fighters
The Killers
Kings Of Leon
My Chemical Romance

Best New Band
The Enemy
Foals
Joe Lean And The Jing Jang Jong
The Pigeon Detectives
The Wombats

Best Live Band
Arctic Monkeys
The Cribs
Kaiser Chiefs
Muse
My Chemical Romance

Best Solo Artist
Kate Nash
Jamie T
Jack Penate
Amy Winehouse
Patrick Wolf

Best Album
‘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
‘Fluorescent Adolescent’ – Arctic Monkeys
‘Flux’ – Bloc Party
‘Men’s Needs’ – The Cribs
‘Lord Don’t Slow Me Down’ – Oasis
‘Let’s Dance To Joy Division’ – The Wombats

Best Video
‘Teddy Picker’ – Arctic Monkeys
‘Flux’ – Bloc Party
‘D.A.N.C.E.’ – Justice
‘Golden Skans’ – Klaxons
‘Teenagers’ – My Chemical Romance

Best Music DVD
‘Up The Shambles’ – Babyshambles
‘The Song Remains The Same’ – 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
Carling Weekend: Reading And Leeds Festival
Glastonbury
Muse At Wembley Stadium
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 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 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 Times’ – 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 Mighty Boosh’
‘Never Mind The Buzzcocks’
‘The IT Crowd’
‘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
Rihanna
Hayley Williams
Rachael Yamagata

Best Venue
Brixton Academy
Manchester Apollo
Glasgow Barrowlands
London Astoria
Wembley Stadium

Best Website
Bebo
Facebook
Last.fm
Myspace
YouTube

Best Band Blog
Foals (www.wearefoals.com/blog)
Lilly Allen (www.myspace.com/lilymusic)
Lightspeed Champion (www.lightspeedchampion.com)
Radiohead (www.radiohead.com/deadairspace)
The Streets (www.myspace.com/thestreets)

Best Music Blog
The Hype Machine (hypem.com)
The Modern Age (www.themodernage.org)
Nothing But Green Lights (nothingbutgreenlights.net)
Spinner (spinner.com)
Stereogum (stereogum.com)