Shockwaves NME Awards ’08

Arctic Monkeys, The Cribs, Klaxons and My Chemical Romance are among the bands who lead the way in the Shockwaves NME Awards 2008 nominations. The ceremony shall take place on February 28 at the Indig02 in north Greenwich, London, and the winners shall be picked until February 25 from the nominees, some of which are:

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 & 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

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

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 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 Website:
Bebo.com
Facebook.com
Last.fm
Myspace.com
YouTube.com

Best Band Blog:
WeAreFoals.com/blog
myspace.com/LilyMusic
LightspeedChampion.com
Radiohead.com
myspace.com/TheStreets

Best Music Blog:
HypeM.com
TheModernAge.org
NothingButGreenLights.net
Spinner.com
Stereogum.com