The Shit Awards

Its award seasons all over again what with the Brits and the Oscars and the Golden Globes and the... well you get the idea.. anyway the reason that the NME Awards caught the attention is that near enough every category has the same five or six bands in ie. Oasis, Kaiser Chiefs, Franz Ferdinand, Babyshambles, Bloc Party or Arctic Funkeys. And in a rather amusing turn of events Babyshambles are in both Best and Worst album categories which probably sums up the nature of the NME awards - half right at times but overall a bit confused.. Here's the nominations, with my predict(able?)ed winners in italics...

Best British Band -
Arctic Monkeys
Bloc Party
Kaiser Chiefs
Franz Ferdinand
Oasis

Best International Band
Arcade Fire
Green Day
The Killers
The Strokes
Foo Fighters

Best Solo Artist
Antony And The Johnsons
Richard Ashcroft
Ian Brown
Graham Coxon
Kanye West

Best New Band
Arctic Monkeys
Editors
Magic Numbers
Maximo Park
We Are Scientists

Best Live Band
Arctic Monkeys
Franz Ferdinand
Green Day
Kaiser Cheifs
Oasis

Best Album
Babyshambles - 'Down In Albion'
Bloc Party - 'Silent Alarm'
Franz Ferdinand - 'You Could Have It So Much Better'
Kaiser Chiefs - 'Employment'
Oasis - 'Don't Believe The Truth'

Best Track
'I Bet You Look Good On The Dancefloor' - Arctic Monkeys
'Fuck Forever' - Babyshambles
'Do You Want To' - Franz Ferdinand
'I Predict A Riot' - Kaiser Chiefs
'The Importance Of Being Idle' - Oasis

Best Video
'Do You Want To' - Franz Ferdinand
'Dare' - Gorillaz
'I Predict A Riot' - Kaiser Chiefs'
The Importance Of Being Idle' - Oasis
'Juicebox' - The Strokes

Best Event -
Carling Weekend: Reading And Leeds Festivals
Glastonbury
Live8
T In The Park
V Festival

Worst Album
'Down In Albion' - Babyshambles
'Back To Bedlam' - James Blunt
'The Bravery' - The Bravery
'One Way Ticket To Hell... And Back' - The Darkness
'Wonderland' - McFly

Worst Band
Babyshambles
Coldplay
The Darkness
McFly
Son Of Dork

Of course there are the usual pointless 'Best Website Awards' (surprisingly nme.com garners ANOTHER nomination but the pants wettingly inventive, fantastic and fun Goillaz.com is ignored) in there but I'll be buggered if I can be arsed to cut and paste and thenn format all that toss.

Also congratulations to Richard Ashcroft and Graham Coxon for gaining nominations despite no new releases in 2005! You guys are legends - much better than Sufjan Stevens who released the opulent 'Illinoise' in the same period,