NME AWARD NOMINATIONS

The groundbreaking award ceremony set to launch the careers of innovative musicians all over has come round again.

The likes of Arctic Monkeys, My Chemical Romance, Arctic Monkeys, Arctic Monkeys and The Enemy have been nominated for the prestigious NME awards, celebrating good hair and MySpace hits. They have also got a bit political this year, nominating George Bush, Gordon Brown and Tony Blair as villains of the year – right on!

Here are the nominations for the gongs:

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:
Arctic Monkeys – Favourite Worst Nightmare
Babyshambles – Shotters Nation
The Enemy – We’ll Live And Die In These Towns
Klaxons – Myths Of The Near Future
Radiohead – In Rainbows

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

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

Best Music DVD:
Babyshambles – Up The Shambles
Led Zeppelin – The Song Remains The Same
Nirvana – Unplugged In New York
Oasis – Lord Don’t Slow Me Down
Amy Winehouse – I Told You I Was Trouble

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:
Bloc Party – Flux
Foals – Hummer
Justice – D.A.N.C.E
Klaxons – Atlantis To Interzone
The Wombats – Let’s Dance To Joy Division

Best Album Artwork:
Arctic Monkeys – Favourite Worst Nightmare
The Good, The Bad And The Queen – The Good, The Bad And The Queen
The Killers – Sawdust
Kings Of Leon – Because Of The Times
Manic Street Preachers – Send Away The Tigers

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:
James Blunt – 1973
The Hoosiers – The Trick To Life
Leona Lewis – Spirit
Mika – Life In Cartoon Motion
Britney Spears – Blackout

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
Rhianna
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 Light(nothingbutgreenlights.net)
Spinner (spinner.com)
Stereogum (stereogum.com)