NME Awards shortlist

The shortlist is up for the NME Awards and voting is open. The nominees:

Best British Band
Bloc Party
The Last Shadow Puppets
Muse
Oasis
Radiohead
(As much as I love Bloc Party and the Last Shadow Puppets, they can't compare to Radiohead.)

Best International Band
Crystal Castles
The Killers
Kings Of Leon
MGMT
Vampire Weekend
(Kings Of Leon are probably going to end up getting this at the rate that they're going, especially because they were big in the UK first.)

Best Solo Artist
Ladyhawke
Laura Marling
Lightspeed Champion
Jay-Z
Pete Doherty
(Interesting mix. As much as I still love Pete Doherty, I'll be voting for Laura Marling.)

Best New Band
Glasvegas
Late Of The Pier
MGMT
Vampire Weekend
White Lies
(Glasvegas are even more overrated than "Sex On Fire," and that's saying a lot.)

Best Live Band
The Killers
Kings Of Leon
Muse
Oasis
Radiohead
(I can't really judge fairly on this, as I've only seen Kings Of Leon live--they were quite solid, though. However, judging from my old collection of bootlegs, Brandon Flowers can't sing live.)

Best Album
Bloc Party – 'Intimacy'
Glasvegas – 'Glasvegas'
The Killers – 'Day & Age'
Kings Of Leon – 'Only By The Night'
Oasis – 'Dig Out Your Soul'
(I'm going to go with Bloc Party on this one. Day & Age was just not good.)

Best Track
Kings Of Leon – 'Sex On Fire'
The Last Shadow Puppets – 'The Age Of The Understatement'
MGMT – 'Time To Pretend'
The Ting Tings – 'That's Not My Name'
Vampire Weekend – 'A-Punk'
(Anything besides "Sex On Fire," please. Personally, I prefer "Oxford Comma" and "Cape Cod Kwassa Kwassa" to "A-Punk" and "Kids" and "Electric Feel" to "Time To Pretend.")

Best Video
The Last Shadow Puppets – 'My Mistakes Were Made For You'
Late Of The Pier – 'Heartbreak'
Oasis – 'The Shock Of The Lightning'
Radiohead – 'House Of Cards'
Vampire Weekend – 'A-Punk'
(The "House Of Cards" video was pretty cool.)

Best Live Event
Glastonbury
Isle Of Wight
Reading and Leeds
T In The Park
V Festival

Best TV Show
Gavin & Stacey
The IT Crowd
The Mighty Boosh
Never Mind The Buzzcocks
Skins
(Simon Amstell, please be my best friend. While I do watch Skins, I can't say that it's actually good.)

Best Film
The Dark Knight
Juno
Quantum Of Solace
Twilight
Wall-E
(What is this list? You'd think that NME readers would be too pretentious for Twilight.)

Best Dancefloor Filler
Bloc Party – 'Mercury'
Crystal Castles – 'Courtship Dating'
Dizzee Rascal & Calvin Harris – 'Dance Wiv Me'
Friendly Fires – 'Paris'
Late Of The Pier – 'Bathroom Gurgle'

Best DVD
Arctic Monkeys – 'At The Apollo'
Foo Fighters – 'Live At Wembley Stadium'
Kaiser Chiefs – 'Live At Elland Road'
Muse – 'HAARP'
The Rolling Stones – 'Shine A Light'

Hero Of The Year
Alex Turner
Barack Obama
Brandon Flowers
Noel Fielding
Noel Gallagher
(It's got to be Obama. Or at least not Noel Gallagher.)

Villain Of The Year
Amy Winehouse
George Bush
Gordon Brown
John McCain
Pete Doherty

Best Dressed
Alex Turner
Alexa Chung
Brandon Flowers
Noel Fielding
Noel Gallagher
(Not going to lie, I still like Alexa Chung, she has some cute outfits sometimes.)

Worst Dressed
Amy Winehouse
Brandon Flowers
Johnny Borrell
Katy Perry
Pete Doherty
(What does Brandon Flowers even wear nowadays? In my mind, he hasn't shifted a day away from salmon pink Dior jackets.)

Worst Album
Britney Spears – 'Circus'
Coldplay – 'Viva La Vida Or Death And All His Friends'
Jonas Brothers – 'A Little Bit Longer'
Razorlight – 'Slipway Fires'
Scouting For Girls – 'Scouting For Girls'
(I tried listening to that Razorlight album just to make fun of it. I succeeded.)

Worst Band
Fall Out Boy
Jonas Brothers
Oasis
Scouting for Girls
Tokio Hotel

Sexiest Male
Carl Barat
Keith Murray
Matt Bellamy
Miles Kane
Pete Doherty
(Keith Murray definitely deserves this. Dear Heathus, he is far too attractive.)

Sexiest Female
Alison Mosshart
Hayley Williams
Kate Jackson
Lykke Li
Stephanie Dosen
(I can't decide between Kate and Alison. Someday, I hope to be a fraction as fierce as either of them. I can't wait for Kate's solo stuff, I hope it's good!)

Best Website
Bebo
Facebook
Last FM
MySpace
YouTube

Best Venue
Brixton Academy
Manchester Apollo
London Astoria
Glasgow Barrowlands
London O2 Arena

Best Album Artwork
The Cure – '4:13 Dream'
Guillemots – 'Red'
The Killers – 'Day & Age'
Muse – 'HAARP'
We Are Scientists – 'Brain Thrust Mastery'
(I love the Brain Thrust Mastery artwork, the cougar photoshoot amuses me much more than it should. Also, that tasteful black/white/gold combination is delectable. So is Keith Murray. I need to stop talking now.)

Best Band Blog
Foals
Lightspeed Champion
Little Boots
Noel Gallagher/Oasis
Radiohead