Preview – La Roux

Posted on 17/02/2020 by rollo

Oh look, La Roux is back, with her hair and everything. I wonder whether she brought the annoying screechy voice too? Only one way to find out – this is Automatic Driver:

Chart for stowaways – 12 October 2019

Posted on 11/12/2019 by rollo

Here are the top singles for October:

Pet Shop Boys feat. Years & Years – Dreamland
The Beloved – For Your Love
Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark – Almost
Frances Barber & Pet Shop Boys – Musik (Original Cast Recording) – EP
Hot Chip – Hungry Child
Tiësto & Mabel – God Is A Dancer
The Future Sound of London – Floating into Focus and then Moving Away
Hot Chip – Positive
New Order feat. Elly Jackson (La Roux) – Tutti Frutti
Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark – Electricity

La Roux – La Roux

Posted on 28/06/2019 by rollo

Right from the start of La Roux‘s eponymous debut, it’s pretty clear what’s going on – it opens with the huge hit In for the Kill, with Elly Jackson singing about an octave higher than she’s really comfortable with. It’s uncomfortable to listen to – this was early in their career, but you feel as though this is someone young, who hasn’t really worked out who they are yet, or what they want to do. She’s intentionally singing with the voice of a million pop songs, because that’s what she thinks she’s meant to do. At least, that’s what it sounds like.

The thing is, La Roux is actually a pretty good song, In for the Kill is a very good, catchy pop song, but that voice… it just doesn’t sound right – and with good reason. When Jackson worked with New Order on Music Complete, she proved conclusively that she’s a good singer. There’s little sign of that here.

There are hints, though – Tigerlily is an angry, perhaps intentionally Lily Allen-like vocal delivery. It’s insubstantial, like a lot of Lily Allen‘s discography, but it’s a good pop song. It even has a tribute to Thriller in the middle, although it doesn’t honestly work particularly well here – this is a lot less atmospheric.

Quicksand is next, and we’re back to the hoarse screechy vocal delivery again. It does wear a little less as you get used to it, actually – and the synth backing, although a little cheesy at times, is punchy and fun. Then the number one hit single Bulletproof – and by this stage, you should be thoroughly used to the vocal delivery. It’s another great pop song, even though it doesn’t really flow well from the preceding track. If the production weren’t quite so naff, and the vocals were an octave or so lower, this could be a great pop-rock crossover. As it is, it’s a good song, but it does seem to be lacking something.

It’s a decade now since La Roux graced the charts, and pretty much as long since La Roux graced the charts – follow-up Trouble in Paradise, released a telling five years later, performed well but only yielded one minor hit single. So La Roux is very much a product of its time.

For the first time, Colourless Colour does something more interesting than just pop. The chorus isn’t the strongest ever, but the synth pad work in the verse is gloriously retro. It is a worthwhile reminder, though, of just how interesting pop can be when enough work has been put into the production – all the tracks up to now just seem to have fallen a little flat, in retrospect.

The kazoo-like lead on final single I’m Not Your Toy is a nice illustration of this. It would work fine on its own, but amongst its neighbours, it feels like a kind of laughing irony. The song is strong though – there’s little to fault about the song writing on most of these tracks, actually. The pitch is a little off, as is the production, but the base song is good.

We’ve also run out of singles now – Cover My Eyes is next, and is a nice, very eighties-inspired track. The longest track on the album, it does seem to owe a lot to the pop of a couple of decades earlier, and given that Jackson was only born in 1988, that’s actually quite impressive. It may not be new, but it is at least interesting.

So it continues, really – As if By Magic is both fresh and dated, and really for the first time on this album, it seems to be comfortably in Jackson’s vocal range. It even has a fade at the end, which, as we’ve discussed before, is rare on modern pop songs. Fasicnation has what is probably the oddest vocal melody on the whole album, and is consequently possibly one of the hardest tracks to enjoy here. Honestly, it’s a bit of a mess, this one.

Reflections Are Protection is better, but the album is pretty much over by this point. You can see this working well as a song for a house party, perhaps late in the night, when everyone is feeling a bit worse for wear. Actually, that’s a fair analogy for this album – it’s a house party, where you have some fun, but something doesn’t quite seem right – and you just keep bumping into that loud person with the grating voice. You can’t help that uneasy feeling that you’re going to wake up in the morning and wonder whether the hangover was really worth it.

The last track is Armour Love, which is one of the better songs on here. It’s slower, with a jauntier rhythm and a clever melody. This could have been a great single, actually, with if the marketing strategy had been a little bolder. It’s certainly fair to say that La Roux are capable of writing and recording interesting songs. In amongst everything else.

Some editions also add the bonus track Growing Pains, which is another highlight actually, but the die is cast by this stage. La Roux is a worthy debut, and an interesting album. It’s easy to fault in many ways, but it has plenty going for it, and it obviously tapped into the moment – its chart performance speaks for itself. Most people probably won’t be listening to it now, but it’s worth at least having it in your awareness. Pop, when done well, can be truly great.

You can still find La Roux by La Roux on general release.

Ivor Novello Awards – 2010-2012

Posted on 22/11/2018 by rollo

Ivor Novello Awards 2010

For the final post in this series, we reach the 2010s, and 55 years of the Ivor Novello Awards. The 2010 ceremony took place on 20th May 2010 at the Grosvenor House, London.

PRS for Music Most Performed Work: The Fear, performed by Lily Allen. Also nominated: Broken Strings, by James Morrison, and The Promise, by Girls Aloud, written by Xenomania
Best Television Soundtrack: Desperate Romantics, composed by Daniel Pemberton. Also nominated: Life, by George Fenton, and Red Riding 1974, by Adrian Johnston
Best Contemporary Song: Daniel, written by Natasha Khan. Also nominated: Bonkers, by Dizzee Rascal and Armand Van Helden, and In for the Kill, by La Roux
The Ivors Inspiration Award: Johnny Marr
Best Original Video Game Score: Killzone 2, composed by Joris de Man. Also nominated: Empire: Total War, by Richard Beddow, Richard Birdsall, Walter Mair, Lorenzo Piggici and Simon Ravn, and Savage Moon: Waldgeist, by Armin Elsaesser
The Ivors Classical Music Award: Peter Maxwell Davies
Best Song Musically & Lyrically: The Fear, written by Lily Allen. Also nominated: Save It for Someone Who Cares, by The Leisure Society, and The Last Bus, by Patch William
Album Award: Sunny Side Up, by Paolo Nutini. Also nominated: The Duckworth Lewis Method, by The Duckworth Lewis Method, and Tongue N’ Cheek, by Dizzee Rascal
International Achievement: Imogen Heap
Best Original Film Score: Ice Age 3: Dawn of the Dinosaurs, composed by John Powell. Also nominated: Skin, by Hélène Muddiman, and The Young Victoria, by Ilan Eshkeri
PRS for Music Outstanding Contribution to British Music: Trevor Horn
The Special International Award: Neil Sedaka
Songwriters of the Year: Lily Allen and Greg Kurstin
Lifetime Achievement: Paul Weller
BASCA Fellowship: Tim Rice

Ivor Novello Awards 2011

Grosvenor House in London hosted the 2011 Ivor Novello Awards, on 19th May.

PRS for Music Most Performed Work: She Said, performed by Plan B. Also nominated: All the Lovers, written by Kish Mauve and performed by Kylie Minogue, and This Ain’t A Love Song, by Scouting for Girls
Best Original Video Game Score: Napoleon: Total War, composed by Richard Beddow, Richard Birdsall and Ian Livingstone. Also nominated: Enslaved: Odyssey to the West, by Nitin Sawhney, and James Bond 007: Blood Stone, by Richard Jacques
Best Contemporary Song: Pass Out, performed by Tinie Tempah. Also nominated: Islands, by The xx, and Katy on a Mission by Katy B
Best Television Soundtrack: Any Human Heart, by Dan Jones. Also performed: Agatha Christie’s Marple, Series V, by Dominik Scherrer, and Going Postal, by John Lunn
The Ivors Inspiration Award: Dizzee Rascal
The Ivors Classical Music Award: Michael Nyman
Album Award: The Defamation of Strickland Banks, by Plan B. Also nominated: Flaws, by Bombay Bicycle Club, and Man Alive, by Everything Everything
Best Original Film Score: How To Train Your Dragon, composed by John Powell. Also nominated: Monsters, by Jon Hopkins, and Unstoppable, by Harry Gregson-Williams
PRS for Music Outstanding Contribution to British Music: Paul Rodgers
Best Song Musically and Lyrically: Becoming a Jackal, performed by Villagers. Also nominated: MY KZ, UR BF, by Everything Everything, and Spanish Sahara, by Foals
International Achievement: Muse
Outstanding Song Collection: Steve Winwood
Songwriter of the Year: Ben Drew
PRS for Music Special International Award: Stephen Sondheim

Ivor Novello Awards 2012

The 2012 ceremony took place at Grosvenor House on 17th May.

Best Contemporary Song: Video Games, performed by Lana Del Rey. Also nominated: Promises, by Nero, and The Wilhelm Scream, by James Blake
PRS for Music Most Performed Work: Rolling In The Deep, performed by Adele. Also nominated: Someone Like You, by Adele, and The Flood, by Take That
Best Television Soundtrack: The Shadow Line, composed by Martin Phipps. Also nominated: Leonardo, by Mark Russell, and Page Eight, by Paul Englishby
The Ivors Jazz Award: Stan Tracey
Album Award: Let England Shake, by PJ Harvey. Also nominated: 21, performed by Adele, and 50 Words For Snow, by Kate Bush
Outstanding Song Collection: Gary Kemp
The Ivors Inspiration Award: Siouxsie Sioux
Best Original Film Score: The First Grader, composed by Alex Heffes. Also nominated: Life in a Day, by Harry Gregson-Williams and Matthew Herbert, and We Need To Talk About Kevin, by Jonny Greenwood
PRS for Music Outstanding Contribution to British Music: Take That
Best Song Musically and Lyrically: The A Team, by Ed Sheeran. Also nominated: Rolling in the Deep, by Adele, and Shake It Out, by Florence + The Machine
Lifetime Achievement: Mark Knopfler
Songwriter of the Year: Adele
PRS for Music Special International Award: Jimmy Webb
BASCA Fellowship: Andrew Lloyd Webber

NME Award Winners 1994-2018 (Part One)

Posted on 30/08/2018 by rollo

The final step we need to take with the NME Awards is to summarise all the winners in one single, easy-to-digest place. So, continuing with the part one of two-part NME Poll Winners 1952-1992, let’s do that!

Best and Worst Single, Video and Album Categories

Here are all the winners for specific singles, videos, albums, films, and books!

Best Single / Track

1994 – Radiohead – Creep
1995 – Oasis – Live Forever (Best Single), Blur – Girls and Boys (NME Single of the Year)
1996 – Oasis – Wonderwall (Best Single), Black Grape – Reverend Black Grape (NME Single of the Year)
1997 – Manic Street Preachers – A Design for Life (Best Single), Underworld – Born Slippy (NME Single of the Year)
1998 – The Verve – Bittersweet Symphony
1999 – Manic Street Preachers – If You Tolerate This Your Children Will Be Next
2000 – Blur – Tender (Best Single), Aphex Twin – Windowlicker (NME Single of the Year)
2001 – Coldplay – Yellow
2002 – Ash – Burn Baby Burn
2003 – The Vines – Get Free (Best Single), Doves – There Goes the Fear (NME Single of the Year)
2004 – The White Stripes – Seven Nation Army
2005 – Franz Ferdinand – Take Me Out
2006 – Arctic Monkeys – I Bet You Look Good on the Dancefloor
2007 – The View – Wasted Little DJs
2008 – Arctic Monkeys – Fluorescent Adolescent
2009 – MGMT – Time to Pretend
2010 – The Big Pink – Dominos
2011 – Foals – Spanish Sahara
2012 – Florence + the Machine – Shake it Out
2013 – Foals – Inhaler
2014 – Disclosure – White Noise
2015 – Jamie T – Zombie
2016 – Wolf Alice – Giant Peach
2017 – Christine and the Queens – Tilted
2018 – Charli XCX – Boys

Best Single Ever

2000 – Nirvana – Smells Like Teen Spirit

Best Dance Single / Dancefloor filler / Anthem

1998 – The Prodigy – Smack My Bitch Up
1999 – Fatboy Slim – The Rockafeller Skank
2008 – The Wombats – Let’s Dance to Joy Division
2009 – Dizzee Rascal and Calvin Harris – Dance Wiv Me
2010 – La Roux – In for the Kill (Skream Remix)
2011 – Professor Green – Jungle
2012 – Katy B – Broken Record
2013 – Calvin Harris feat. Florence Welch – Sweet Nothing
2015 – Iggy Azalea feat. Charli XCX – Fancy

Worst Single

1994 – Meat Loaf – I’d Do Anything for Love (But I Won’t Do That)
1995 – Whigfield – Saturday Night
1996 – Robson Green and Jerome Flynn – I Believe
1997 – Spice Girls – Wannabe
1998 – Aqua – Barbie Girl
1999 – Billie Piper – Because We Want To
2000 – The Vengaboys – We’re Going to Ibiza
2003 – Robbie Williams – Feel
2004 – Fast Food Rockers – Fast Food Song

Best Music Video

1995 – Blur – Parklife
1996 – Pulp – Common People
1997 – The Prodigy – Firestarter
1998 – The Verve – Bittersweet Symphony
1999 – Manic Street Preachers – If You Tolerate This Your Children Will Be Next
2000 – Blur – Coffee and TV
2002 – Radiohead – Pyramid Song
2003 – Black Rebel Motorcycle Club – Whatever Happened to My Rock and Roll (Punk Song)
2004 – Radiohead – There There
2005 – Green Day – American Idiot
2006 – Oasis – The Importance of Being Idle
2007 – The Killers – Bones
2008 – Arctic Monkeys – Teddy Picker
2009 – The Last Shadow Puppets – My Mistakes Were Made for You
2010 – Biffy Clyro – The Captain
2011 – My Chemical Romance – Na Na Na (Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na)
2012 – Hurts – Sunday
2013 – Arctic Monkeys – R U Mine?
2014 – Eagulls – Nerve Endings
2015 – Jamie T – Zombie
2016 – Slaves – Cheer Up London
2017 – Slaves – Consume or Be Consumed
2018 – The Big Moon – Sucker

Best Album / LP

1994 – The Boo Radleys – Giant Steps
1995 – Blur – Parklife (Best Album), Oasis – Definitely Maybe (NME Album of the Year)
1996 – Oasis – (What’s the Story) Morning Glory? (Best Album), Tricky – Maxinquaye (NME Album of the Year)
1997 – Manic Street Preachers – Everything Must Go (Best Album), Beck – Odelay (NME Album of the Year)
1998 – Radiohead – OK Computer
1999 – Manic Street Preachers – This is My Truth, Tell Me Yours
2000 – The Flaming Lips – The Soft Bulletin (Best Album and NME Album of the Year)
2001 – Primal Scream – XTRMNTR
2002 – The Strokes – This is It
2003 – Coldplay – A Rush of Blood to the Head (Best Album and NME Album of the Year)
2004 – Radiohead – Hail to the Thief
2005 – Franz Ferdinand – Franz Ferdinand
2006 – Kaiser Chiefs – Employment
2007 – Arctic Monkeys – Whatever People Say I Am, That’s What I’m Not
2008 – Klaxons – Myths of the Near Future
2009 – Kings of Leon – Only by the Night
2010 – Kasabian – West Ryder Pauper Lunatic Asylum
2011 – Arcade Fire – The Suburbs
2012 – The Horrors – Skying
2013 – The Maccabees – Given to the Wild
2014 – Arctic Monkeys – AM
2015 – Kasabian – 48:13
2016 – Foals – What Went Down
2017 – Bastille – Wild World
2018 – J Hus – Common Sense

Best Album Ever

2000 – The Stone Roses – The Stone Roses

Worst Album

2003 – Robbie Williams – Escapology
2005 – Insane Clown Posse – Carnival of Carnage
2006 – James Blunt – Back to Bedlam
2007 – Robbie Williams – Rudebox
2008 – Britney Spears – Blackout
2009 – Jonas Brothers – A Little Bit Longer
2010 – Jonas Brothers – Lines, Vines, and Trying Times
2011 – Justin Bieber – My World
2012 – Justin Bieber – Under the Mistletoe

Best Album Artwork

2004 – Radiohead – Hail to the Thief
2008 – The Good, The Bad & The Queen – The Good, The Bad & The Queen
2009 – Muse – HAARP
2010 – Kasabian – West Ryder Pauper Lunatic Asylum
2011 – Klaxons – Surfing the Void
2012 – Friendly Fires – Pala

Best Reissue

2012 – The Smiths – The Complete Re-issues
2013 – Blur – 21
2014 – The Clash – Sound System
2015 – Manic Street Preachers – The Holy Bible
2016 – David Bowie – Five Years (1969-1973)
2017 – Oasis – Be Here Now
2018 – Radiohead – OK NOT OK

Best DVD / Best Music DVD / Best Music Film

2005 – Oasis – Definitely Maybe
2006 – Various Artists – Live 8
2007 – Arctic Monkeys – Scrummy Man
2008 – Nirvana – MTV Unplugged in New York
2009 – Arctic Monkeys – Live at the Apollo
2010 – The Mighty Boosh Live – Future Sailors Tour
2012 – Foo Fighters – Back and Forth
2013 – The Rolling Stones – Crossfire Hurricane
2014 – The Stone Roses – Made of Stone
2015 – Pulp – A Film About Life, Death and Supermarkets
2016 – Blur – New World Towers
2017 – Oasis – Supersonic
2018 – Lady Gaga – Five Foot Two

Best Mixtape

2018 – Avelino – No Bullshit

Best Book

2011 – John Lydon – Mr. Rotten’s Scrapbook
2012 – Noel Fielding – The Scribblings of a Madcap Shambleton
2013 – Mike Skinner – The Story of the Streets
2014 – Morrissey – Autobiography
2015 – Viv Albertine – Clothes, Clothes, Clothes. Music, Music, Music. Boys, Boys, Boys
2016 – Patti Smith – M Train
2017 – Johnny Marr – Set the Boy Free
2018 – Wiley – Eskiboy

Media Categories

The group of media awards, for radio, TV, films, and venues.

Best Radio Show

1994 – John Peel (BBC Radio 1)
1996-1997 – The Evening Session (BBC Radio 1)
1998-1999 – Mark and Lard (BBC Radio 1)
2000-2002 – The Evening Session (BBC Radio 1)
2003 – The Evening Session / Lamacq Live (BBC Radio 1)
2005-2008 – Zane Lowe (BBC Radio 1)

Best TV Show

1995 – Knowing Me, Knowing You with Alan Partridge
1996-1998 – Shooting Stars
1999 – South Park
2000 – The Royle Family
2001 – The League of Gentlemen
2002 – The Office
2003 – The Osbournes
2004 – The Office
2005 – Little Britain
2006 – Gonzo
2007-2009 – The Mighty Boosh
2010 – The Inbetweeners
2011 – Skins
2012-2013 – Fresh Meat
2014 – Breaking Bad
2015 – Game of Thrones
2016 – This is England ’90
2017 – Fleabag
2018 – Stranger Things

Worst TV Show

2009 – Big Brother

Best Film

1994 – Reservoir Dogs
1995 – Pulp Fiction
1996 – The Usual Suspects
1997 – Trainspotting
1998 – The Full Monty
1999 – Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels
2000 – The Blair Witch Project
2001 – Gladiator
2002 – Moulin Rouge
2004 – The Lord of the Rings – The Return of the King
2005 – Shaun of the Dead
2006 – Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
2007 – Pirates of the Caribbean – Dead Man’s Chest
2008 – Control
2010 – Inglourious Basterds
2011 – Inception
2012 – Submarine
2013 – The Hobbit – An Unexpected Journey
2015 – Northern Soul
2016 – Beasts of No Nation
2017 – My Scientology Movie
2018 – Baby Driver

Best Website

2000 – NME
2003 – NME
2004 – NME
2005 – NME
2006 – NME
2007 – YouTube
2008 – Facebook
2009 – YouTube
2010 – Muse

Best Band Blog / Twitter / Social Media

2008 – The Modern Age (Best Music Blog), Radiohead (Best Band Blog)
2009 – Noel Gallagher / Oasis
2010 – Radiohead
2011 – Hayley Williams
2012 – Lady Gaga
2013 – Alana Haim
2014 – Alana Haim
2015 – Liam Gallagher

People Categories

Continuing the odd and eclectic categories from 1954-1992, the NME Awards still give slightly odd awards out to individuals.

Genius/HERO of the Year

2000 – Ali G
2001 – Liam Gallagher
2003 – Ozzy Osbourne
2004 – Pete Doherty
2005 – John Peel
2006 – Bob Geldof
2007 – Gerard Way
2008 – Pete Doherty
2009 – Barack Obama
2010 – Rage Against the Machine
2011 – Lady Gaga
2012 – Matt Bellamy
2013 – Barack Obama
2014-2015 – Alex Turner
2016 – Dave Grohl
2017 – Beyoncé
2018 – Ariana Grande

Bastard/Git/Arse/Dickhead/Waster/Villain of the Year

1994 – John Major
1996 – Damon Albarn
1997-1999 – Liam Gallagher
2000, 2001, 2003 – Robbie Williams
2004 – George W. Bush, (Villain of the Year), Pete Doherty (Waster of the Year)
2005-2009 – George W. Bush
2010 – Kanye West
2011 – David Cameron
2012 – Justin Bieber
2013-2014 – Harry Styles
2015 – Nigel Farage
2016 – Donald Trump
2017 – Nigel Farage
2018 – Piers Morgan

Best Dressed / Most Stylish

1996 – Jarvis Cocker
2003 – The Hives
2005 – Brandon Flowers
2006 – Ricky Wilson
2007 – Faris Rotter
2008 – Noel Fielding
2009 – Alexa Chung
2010 – Lady Gaga
2011 – Brandon Flowers

Worst Dressed / Least Stylish

1996 – Jarvis Cocker
1997 – Liam Gallagher
2003 – Christina Aguilera
2005 – Jonathan Ross
2006 – Justin Hawkins
2007 – Jonathan Ross
2008-2009 – Amy Winehouse
2010 – Lady Gaga
2011 – Justin Bieber

Best Comedian

1995-1996 – Steve Coogan

Political and Real World Categories

Continuing some of the odder categories from the earlier NME Polls. For clarity, I’ve separated the “live” events from the other “musical” events, although I think the award category was sometimes the same.

Musical Moment / Event of the Year

1996 – Skinner, Baddiel and The Lightning Seeds – Three Lions
2012 – The Stone Roses reunite
2013 – Olympics opening ceremony
2014 – Noel Gallagher and Damon Albarn come together for Teenage Cancer Trust
2015 – Jamie T’s comeback
2016 – The Libertines’ secret Glastonbury set
2017 – Coldplay’s Viola Beach tribute at Glastonbury
2018 – One Love Manchester

Greatest Musical Event Ever

2000 – Woodstock

Non-Musical Event of the Year

1994 – Unity March
1995 – Glastonbury Festival
1996 – French Nuclear Testing

Bummer / Disappointment

1995 – Kurt Cobain’s Suicide
1997 – The Stone Roses breaking up

Hype of the Year

1994 – Jurassic Park

Object of Desire / Most Desirable / Hottest / Sexiest Woman

1994 – Björk (Object of Desire)
1995 – Kylie Minogue (Object of Desire)
1997 – Louise (Most Desirable Human Being)
1998 – Louise (Most Desirable Human Being)
1999 – Natalie Imbruglia (Most Desirable Human Being)
2003 – Avril Lavigne
2004 – Brody Dalle
2005 – Barbara Knox
2006 – Madonna
2007 – Kate Moss
2008 – Kylie Minogue
2009 – Hayley Williams
2010 – Karen O
2011 – Alison Mosshart
2012 – Hayley Williams
2013 – Amy Lee

Most Desirable / Hottest / Sexiest Man

1996 – Liam Gallagher (Most Desirable Human Being)
2003 – Chris Martin
2004 – Har Mar Superstar
2005 – Brandon Flowers
2006 – Pete Doherty
2007 – Matt Bellamy
2008 – Noel Fielding
2009-2011 – Matt Bellamy
2012 – Jared Leto
2013 – Matt Bellamy

Best Haircut

2003 – Liam Gallagher
2004 – Caleb Followill

Worst Haircut

2003 – Jack Osbourne

Join us again next week, when we’ll finish this list off!

NME Awards – 2015-2017

Posted on 16/08/2018 by rollo

Finally, by the current decade, NME seemed to have regained their taste. Several decades after being obsessed with guitars and the lower reaches of the charts, they finally even decided to associate themselves with acts such as Pet Shop Boys. Let’s complete our journey through the history of their awards, with the last few years.

NME Awards 2015

Godlike Genius Award: Suede
Best British Band: Kasabian. Also nominated: Alt-J, Arctic Monkeys, Chvrches, Royal Blood, The Libertines
Best Album: Kasabian, for 48:13
Also nominated: Jamie T, for Carry On The Grudge, La Roux, for Trouble In Paradise, Royal Blood, for Royal Blood, Run The Jewels, for Run The Jewels 2, St Vincent, for St Vincent
Best International Band: Foo Fighters. Also nominated: Arcade Fire, Haim, Interpol, Queens Of The Stone Age, Tame Impala
Best Live Band: Royal Blood. Also nominated: Arctic Monkeys, Fat White Family, Foo Fighters, Kasabian, The Libertines
Best New Band: Royal Blood. Also nominated: Circa Waves, FKA Twigs, Jungle, Slaves, Superfood
Best Solo Artist: Jake Bugg. Also nominated: Jack White, Jamie T, La Roux, Lana Del Rey, St Vincent
Best Festival: Glastonbury. Also nominated: Bestival, Isle Of Wight Festival, Latitude, Reading & Leeds, T In The Park
Best Track: Jamie T, for Zombie. Also nominated: Future Islands, for Seasons (Waiting On You), Jungle, for Busy Earnin, Kasabian, for Eez-Eh, Noel Gallagher, for In The Heat Of The Moment, Royal Blood, for Little Monster
Best Video: Jamie T, for Zombie. Also nominated: Fat White Family, for Touch The Leather, FKA Twigs, for Two Weeks, Jungle, for Busy Earnin’, Peace, for Lost On Me, Royal Blood, for Figure It Out
Best Music Film: Pulp, for A Film About Life, Death and Supermarkets. Also nominated: 20,000 Days On Earth, Finding Fela, Kasabian, for Summer Solstice, Supermensch: The Legend Of Shep Gordon, The Possibilities Are Endless
Best Film: Northern Soul. Also nominated: Boyhood, Frank, Get On Up, God Help The Girl, The Inbetweeners 2
Best TV Show: Game of Thrones. Also nominated: Girls, Foo Fighters, for Sonic Highways, Peaky Blinders, Sherlock, True Detective
Best Dancefloor Filler: Iggy Azalea feat. Charli XCX, for Fancy. Also nominated: Jamie T, for Zombie, Kasabian, for Eez-Eh, Mark Ronson & Bruno Mars, for Uptown Funk, Metronomy, for Love Letters, SBTRKT feat. Ezra Koenig, for New Dorp. New York
Worst Band: 5 Seconds of Summer. Also nominated: , Bastille, Blink 182, One Direction, The 1975, U2
Villain of the Year: Nigel Farage. Also nominated: Bono, David Cameron, Harry Styles, Russell Brand, Taylor Swift
Hero of the Year: Alex Turner. Also nominated: Dave Grohl, Kate Bush, Noel Gallagher, Russell Brand, Taylor Swift
Music Moment of the Year: Jamie T‘s comeback. Also nominated: Alex Turner’s Brit Awards speech, Kasabian headline Glastonbury, Kate Bush returns, The Libertines reunite, Nirvana reunite at The Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame
Best Fan Community: Muse. Also nominated: Jamie T, Kasabian, La Roux, Peace, Royal Blood
Small Festival of the Year: Liverpool Psych Fest. Also nominated: End Of The Road, Festival No. 6, Field Day, The Great Escape, Tramlines
Book of the Year: Viv Albertine, for Clothes, Clothes, Clothes. Music, Music, Music. Boys, Boys, Boys
Also nominated: Bernard Sumner, for Chapter And Verse, Ian Curtis, Deborah Curtis and Jon Savage, for So This Is Permanence, Jesse Frohman, for Kurt Cobain: The Last Session, John Lydon, for Anger Is An Energy: My Life Uncensored, Steve Hanley, for The Big Midweek: Life Inside The Fall
Reissue of the Year: Manic Street Preachers, for The Holy Bible. Also nominated: Led Zeppelin, for Led Zeppelin II, Oasis, for Definitely Maybe, Pixies, for Doolittle, Public Enemy, for It Takes A Nation Of Millions To Hold Us Back, Smashing Pumpkins, for Adore
Best Band Social Media: Liam Gallagher‘s Twitter. Also nominated: Questlove’s Twitter, Alana Haim’s Twitter, Albert Hammond Jr’s Twitter, Fat White Family’s Facebook, Slaves’ Facebook

NME Awards 2016

Godlike Genius Award: Coldplay
Best British Band: The Maccabees. Also nominated: The Libertines, Foals, Wolf Alice, The 1975, Catfish and the Bottlemen
Best International Band: Run the Jewels. Also nominated: Tame Impala, Foo Fighters, The Strokes, The Killers, Alabama Shakes
Best New Artist: Rat Boy. Also nominated: Hinds, Halsey, Yak, Låpsley, Formation
Best British Solo Artist: Charli XCX. Also nominated: Adele, Noel Gallagher, Ed Sheeran, Florence Welch, Skepta
Best International Solo Artist: Taylor Swift. Also nominated: Kendrick Lamar, Lana Del Rey, Courtney Barnett, Kanye West, Grimes
Best Live Band: Wolf Alice. Also nominated: The Maccabees, The Libertines, Foals, Catfish and the Bottlemen, Royal Blood
Best Album: Foals, for What Went Down. Also nominated: Wolf Alice, for My Love Is Cool, The Maccabees, for Marks to Prove it, Kendrick Lamar, for To Pimp a Butterfly, Tame Impala, for Currents, Grimes, for Art Angels
Best Track: Wolf Alice, for Giant Peach. Also nominated: Coldplay, for Adventure of a Lifetime, The Libertines, for Gunga Din, The Weeknd, for I Can’t Feel My Face, Skepta, for Shut Down, Foals, for What Went Down
Best TV Show: This is England ’90. Also nominated: The Walking Dead, Game of Thrones, American Horror Story, Peep Show, Gogglebox
Best Film: Beasts of No Nation. Also nominated: Ex Machina, Spectre, Mad Max: Fury Road, Whiplash, Kill Your Friends
Best Music Film: Blur, for New World Towers. Also nominated: Amy, Montage of Heck, Straight Outta Compton, What Happened, Miss Simone, The Reflektor Tapes
Best Music Video: Slaves, for Cheer Up London. Also nominated: Rihanna, for Bitch Better Have My Money, The Libertines, for Heart Of The Matter, Wolf Alice, for You’re a Germ, Blur, for Ong Ong, Tame Impala, for The Less I Know The Better
Best Actor: Idris Elba. Also nominated: Tom Hardy, Eddie Redmayne, Nicholas Hoult, Stephen Graham, Daniel Radcliffe
Best Actress: Vicky McClure. Also nominated: Jennifer Lawrence, Emilia Clarke, Gemma Chan, Amy Schumer, Saoirse Ronan
Best Reissue: David Bowie, for Five Years (1969–1973). Also nominated: A Tribe Called Quest, for People’s Instinctive Travels And the Paths Of Rhythm, The Velvet Underground, for Loaded, Rolling Stones, for Sticky Fingers, Tori Amos, for Under The Pink, Faith No More, for Angel Dust
Best Book: Patti Smith, for M Train. Also nominated: Grace Jones, for I’ll Never Write My Memoirs, Elvis Costello, for Unfaithful Music & Disappearing Ink, Carrie Brownstein, for Hunger Makes Me A Modern Girl, Professor Green, for Lucky, Tom Jones, for Over The Top And Back
Best Festival: Glastonbury. Also nominated: Reading & Leeds, V Festival, T in the Park, Bestival, Isle of Wight
Best Small Festival: End of the Road. Also nominated: Sŵn, Festival No. 6, Green Man, Liverpool Sound City, Kendall Calling
Music Moment of the Year: The Libertines‘ secret Glastonbury set. Also nominated: The return of Adele, Dave Grohl breaks leg and carries on, Florence + The Machine headlines Glastonbury, Kanye at The Brits, One Direction ‘split’
Best Fan Community: The Libertines. Also nominated: Hurts, Muse, Catfish and the Bottleman, The 1975, Wolf Alice
Worst Band: 5 Seconds of Summer. Also nominated: One Direction, Little Mix, Sleaford Mods, U2, Nickelback
Villain of the Year: Donald Trump. Also nominated: David Cameron, Chris Moyles, Kanye West, George Osbourne, Simon Cowell
Hero of the Year: Dave Grohl. Also nominated: Adele, Jeremy Corbyn, Florence Welch, Kanye West, Taylor Swift
Vlogger of the Year: KSI. Also nominated: Vikkstar123, Charlie McDonnell, Joe Weller, Danisnotonfire, Savannah Brown

NME Awards 2017

Godlike Genius Award: Pet Shop Boys
Best British Band: Biffy Clyro. Also nominated: Wolf Alice, The 1975, Bastille, Years & Years, The Last Shadow Puppets
Best International Band: Metallica. Also nominated: Tame Impala, Kings Of Leon, Green Day, A Tribe Called Quest, Tegan and Sara
Best New Artist: Dua Lipa. Also nominated: Blossoms, Zara Larsson, Sunflower Bean, Christine and The Queens, Anderson .Paak
Best British Female Artist: M.I.A.. Also nominated: Dua Lipa, Adele, Charli XCX, Kate Tempest, PJ Harvey
Best British Male Artist: Skepta. Also nominated: Zayn Malik, Kano, Jamie T, Michael Kiwanuka, Richard Ashcroft
Best International Female Artist: Christine and the Queens. Also nominated: Sia, Lady Gaga, Beyoncé, Solange, Tove Lo
Best International Male Artist: Frank Ocean. Also nominated: Kanye West, Drake, The Weeknd, Kendrick Lamar, Chance The Rapper
Best Festival Headliner: Adele. Also nominated: Coldplay, Radiohead, Biffy Clyro, Foals, The Stone Roses
Best Live Band: The 1975. Also nominated: Bastille, Slaves, Bring Me The Horizon, Christine And The Queens, Wolf Alice
Best Album: Bastille, for Wild World. Also nominated: Kanye West, for The Life Of Pablo, Skepta, for Konnichiwa, The 1975, for I Like It When You Sleep, For You Are So Beautiful Yet So Unaware Of It, Radiohead, for A Moon Shaped Pool, Beyoncé, for Lemonade
Best Track: Christine and the Queens, for Tilted. Also nominated: Tove Lo, for Cool Girl, Charli XCX, for After The Afterparty, Skepta, for Man, Bastille, for Good Grief, The 1975, for Somebody Else
Best TV Show: Fleabag. Also nominated: Stranger Things, Game Of Thrones, Black Mirror, Humans, People Just Do Nothing
Best Film: My Scientology Movie. Also nominated: Deadpool, Captain America: Civil War, Suicide Squad, Everybody Wants Some!!, Hunt For The Wilderpeople
Best Music Film: Oasis, for Supersonic, Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, for One More Time With Feeling, Sing Street, Gimme Danger, The Rolling Stones, for Havana Moon, The Beatles, for Eight Days A Week – The Touring Years
Best Music Video: Slaves, for Consume or Be Consumed. Also nominated: Kanye West, for Famous, Beyoncé, for Formation, Radiohead, for Burn The Witch, Rat Boy, for Get Over It, Wolf Alice, for Lisbon
Best Reissue: Oasis, for Be Here Now. Also nominated: R.E.M., for Out Of Time, Pink Floyd, for Meddle, Michael Jackson, for Off The Wall, DJ Shadow, for Endtroducing, Blur, for Leisure
Best Book: Johnny Marr, for Set the Boy Free
Best Festival: Glastonbury. Also nominated: Reading & Leeds, Download, Isle Of Wight, Primavera, V Festival
Best Small Festival: End of the Road. Also nominated: Y Not, Green Man, Festival No. 6, Kendall Calling, Slam Dunk
Music Moment of the Year: Coldplay‘s Viola Beach tribute at Glastonbury. Also nominated: Bring Me The Horizon invade Coldplay’s table at NME Awards 2016, Beyoncé drops Lemonade, Skepta wins Mercury Prize, Pete Doherty plays The Bataclan, The Stone Roses’ first new music in 20 years
Worst Band: 5 Seconds of Summer. Also nominated: The Chainsmokers, Clean Bandit, Honey G, Nickelback, Twenty One Pilots
Villain of the Year: Nigel Farage. Also nominated: Donald Trump, David Cameron, Boris Johnson, Martin Shkreli, Katie Hopkins
Hero of the Year: Beyoncé. Also nominated: David Bowie, Adele, Millie Bobby Brown, Gary Lineker, Liam Gallagher
Outstanding Contribution to Music: Wiley

NME Awards – 2009-2011

Posted on 26/07/2018 by rollo

Between 2009 and 2011, the NME Awards were still clinging onto their rock obsession, but started to have a few interesting nominees.

Shockwaves NME Awards 2009

Hosted at the Brixton Academy on 25 February 2009, by Mark Watson.

Godlike Genius Award: The Cure
Outstanding Contribution to Music: Elbow
Best British Band supported by Shockwaves: Oasis. Also nominated: Bloc Party, The Last Shadow Puppets, Muse, Radiohead
Best International Band supported by 4music: The Killers. Also nominated: Crystal Castles, Kings of Leon, MGMT, Vampire Weekend
Best Solo Artist: Pete Doherty. Also nominated: Ladyhawke, Laura Marling, Lightspeed Champion, Jay-Z
Best Live Band supported by Red Stripe: Muse. Also nominated: The Killers, Kings of Leon, Oasis, Radiohead
Best New Band supported by Bench: MGMT. Also nominated: Glasvegas, Late of the Pier, Vampire Weekend, White Lies
Best Album supported by HMV: Kings of Leon, for Only by the Night. Also nominated: Bloc Party, for Intimacy, Glasvegas, for Glasvegas, The Killers, for Day & Age, Oasis, for Dig Out Your Soul
Best Track supported by NME Radio: MGMT, for Time to Pretend. Also nominated: Kings of Leon, for Sex on Fire, The Last Shadow Puppets, for The Age of the Understatement, The Ting Tings, for That’s Not My Name, Vampire Weekend, for A-Punk
Best Dancefloor Filler: Dizzee Rascal and Calvin Harris, for Dance Wiv Me. Also nominated: Bloc Party, for Mercury, Crystal Castles, for Courtship Dating, Friendly Fires, for Paris, Late of the Pier, for Bathroom Gurgle
Best Video supported by NME TV: The Last Shadow Puppets, for My Mistakes Were Made For You. Also nominated: Late of the Pier, for Heartbreak, Oasis, for The Shock of the Lightning, Radiohead, for House of Cards, Vampire Weekend, for A-Punk
Best DVD: Arctic Monkeys, for Live at the Apollo. Also nominated: Foo Fighters, for Live at Wembley Stadium, Kaiser Chiefs, for Live at Elland Road, Muse, for HAARP, The Rolling Stones, for Shine a Light
Best Live Event: Glastonbury Festival. Also nominated: Isle of Wight, Reading and Leeds, T in the Park, V Festival
Best TV Show: The Mighty Boosh. Also nominated: Gavin and Stacey, The IT Crowd, Never Mind the Buzzcocks, Skins
Worst TV Show: Big Brother
Best Film: [not stated]. Nominated: The Dark Knight, Juno, Quantum of Solace, Twilight, Wall-E
Hero of the Year: Barack Obama. Also nominated: Alex Turner, Brandon Flowers, Noel Fielding, Noel Gallagher
Villain of the Year: George W. Bush. Also nominated: Amy Winehouse, Gordon Brown, John McCain, Pete Doherty
Best Dressed: Alexa Chung. Also nominated: Alex Turner, Brandon Flowers, Noel Fielding, Noel Gallagher
Worst Dressed: Amy Winehouse. Also nominated: Brandon Flowers, Johnny Borrell, Katy Perry, Pete Doherty
Best Website: YouTube. Also nominated: Bebo, Facebook, Last FM, MySpace
Best Venue: London Astoria. Also nominated: Brixton Academy, Manchester Apollo, Glasgow Barrowlands, London O2 Arena
Worst Album: Jonas Brothers, for A Little Bit Longer. Also nominated: Britney Spears, for Circus, Coldplay, for Viva La Vida or Death and All His Friends, Razorlight, for Slipway Fires, Scouting for Girls, for Scouting for Girls
Worst Band: Jonas Brothers. Also nominated: Fall Out Boy, Oasis, Scouting for Girls, Tokio Hotel
Sexiest Man: Matt Bellamy. Also nominated: Carl Barat, Keith Murray, Miles Kane, Pete Doherty
Sexiest Woman: Hayley Williams. Also nominated: Alison Mosshart, Kate Jackson, Lykke Li, Stephanie Dosen
Best Album Artwork: Muse, for HAARP. Also nominated: The Cure, for 4:13 Dream, Guillemots, for Red, The Killers, for Day and Age, We Are Scientists, for Brain Thrust Mastery
Best Band Blog: Noel Gallagher / Oasis. Also nominated: Foals, Lightspeed Champion, Little Boots, Radiohead
Philip Hall Radar Award: The Big Pink

Shockwaves NME Awards 2010

The awards took place at the Brixton Academy on 24 February 2010, and were hosted by Jarvis Cocker, with performances by Kasabian with Noel Fielding, The Specials, Biffy Clyro featuring Marina Diamandis, The Big Pink with Lily Allen.

Godlike Genius Award: Paul Weller
Outstanding Contribution to Music: The Specials
Best British Band: Muse. Also nominated: Arctic Monkeys, Biffy Clyro, Kasabian, Oasis
Best International Band: Paramore. Also nominated: Green Day, Kings Of Leon, Vampire Weekend, Yeah Yeah Yeahs
Best Solo Artist: Jamie T. Also nominated: Dizzee Rascal, Florence And The Machine, Julian Casablancas, Lady Gaga
Best New Band: Bombay Bicycle Club. Also nominated: The Big Pink, Mumford & Sons, The xx, La Roux
Best Live Band: Arctic Monkeys. Also nominated: Kasabian, Muse, Radiohead, Them Crooked Vultures
Best Album: Kasabian, for West Ryder Pauper Lunatic Asylum. Also nominated: Arctic Monkeys, for Humbug, Muse, for The Resistance, The Cribs, for Ignore The Ignorant, The Horrors, for Primary Colours
Best Track: The Big Pink, for Dominos. Also nominated: Animal Collective, for My Girls, Arctic Monkeys, for Crying Lightning, Florence + The Machine, for Rabbit Heart (Raise It Up), Jamie T, for Sticks N’ Stones
Best Video: Biffy Clyro, for The Captain. Also nominated: Arctic Monkeys, for Cornerstone, Kasabian, for Fire, The Maccabees, for Can You Give It, Oasis, for Falling Down
Best Live Event: Blur at Hyde Park. Also nominated: Jay-Z at Alexandra Palace, Muse at Teignmouth, Oasis at Heaton Park, The Dead Weather at Shoreditch Church
Best Festival: Glastonbury Festival. Also nominated: Download, Reading and Leeds Festivals, T In The Park, V Festival
Best TV Show: The Inbetweeners. Also nominated: Never Mind The Buzzcocks, Peep Show, Skins, True Blood
Best Film: Inglourious Basterds. Also nominated: (500) Days Of Summer, In The Loop, The Twilight Saga: New Moon, Where The Wild Things Are
Best Dancefloor Filler: La Roux, for In for the Kill (Skream Remix). Also nominated: Dizzee Rascal and Armand Van Helden, for Bonkers, Florence + The Machine, for You’ve Got The Love, Lady Gaga, for Poker Face, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, for Zero
Best DVD: The Mighty Boosh Live – Future Sailors Tour. Also nominated: Kings Of Leon, for Live At The The O2 Arena, Flight Of The Conchords, for Complete HBO Second Season, The Killers, for Live From The Royal Albert Hall, Nirvana, for Live At Reading
Hero of the Year: Rage Against The Machine. Also nominated: Beyoncé, Noel Gallagher, Matt Bellamy, Alex Turner
Villain of the Year: Kanye West. Also nominated: Noel Gallagher, Liam Gallagher, Simon Cowell, Lady Gaga
Best Dressed: Lady Gaga. Also nominated: Liam Gallagher, Noel Fielding, Florence Welch, Karen O
Worst Dressed: Lady Gaga. Also nominated: Matt Bellamy, Katy Perry, Liam Gallagher, Elly Jackson (La Roux)
Worst Album: Jonas Brothers, for Lines, Vines and Trying Times. Also nominated: Green Day, for 21st Century Breakdown, Lady Gaga, for The Fame, U2, for No Line On The Horizon, Arctic Monkeys, for Humbug
Worst Band: Jonas Brothers. Also nominated: Green Day, Oasis, Paramore
Hottest Man: Matt Bellamy (Muse)
Hottest Woman: Karen O (Yeah Yeah Yeahs)
Best Website: Muse.mu. Also nominated: YouTube, Facebook, Twitter, GreenDay.com
Best Album Artwork: Kasabian, for West Ryder Pauper Lunatic Asylum. Also nominated: Muse, for The Resistance, Green Day, for 21st Century Breakdown, The Cribs, for Ignore The Ignorant, Manic Street Preachers, for Journal For Plague Lovers
Best Band Blog: Radiohead (Radiohead.com/deadairspace). Also nominated: Muse (Muse.mu and Twitter.com/muse), Noel Gallagher (Oasisinet.com), Los Campesinos! (Loscampesinos.com), Paramore (Paramore.net)
Giving It Back Fan Award: Lily Allen, for her Twitter ticket treasure hunt. Also nominated: Kasabian and Noel Fielding for free Vlad The Impaler video, Danger Mouse for leaking Dark Night Of The Soul, Arctic Monkeys for their Oxfam golden tickets, Vampire Weekend for giving away Horchata from the album Contra
Phillip Hall Radar Award: The Drums

Shockwaves NME Awards 2011

Hosted by Angelos Epithemiou at the Brixton Academy on 23 February 2011. Performances by My Chemical Romance, Hurts, PJ Harvey, Crystal Castles, and Foo Fighters.

Godlike Genius Award: Dave Grohl
John Peel Award for Innovation: Crystal Castles
Philip Hall Radar Award: The Naked and Famous
Outstanding Contribution to Music: PJ Harvey
Best British Band: Muse. Nominated: Arctic Monkeys, Biffy Clyro, Foals, Kasabian
Best International Band: My Chemical Romance. Nominated: Arcade Fire, Kings Of Leon, The Drums, Vampire Weekend
Best Solo Artist: Laura Marling. Nominated: Florence Welch, Frank Turner, Kanye West, Paul Weller
Best New Band: Hurts. Nominated: Beady Eye, Everything Everything, The Drums, Two Door Cinema Club
Best Live Band: Biffy Clyro. Nominated: Arcade Fire, Foals, Kasabian, Muse
Best Album: Arcade Fire, for The Suburbs. Nominated: Crystal Castles, for Crystal Castles II, Foals, for Total Life Forever, My Chemical Romance, for Danger Days: The True Lives Of The Fabulous Killjoys, Two Door Cinema Club, for Tourist History
Best Track: Foals, for Spanish Sahara. Nominated: Cee Lo Green, for Fuck You, Gorillaz, for Stylo, Janelle Monae feat. Big Boi, for Tightrope, Mark Ronson & The Business Intl., for Bang Bang Bang
Best Video: My Chemical Romance, for Na Na Na (Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na). Nominated: Arcade Fire, for We Used To Wait, Brandon Flowers, for Crossfire, Chase & Status, for Let You Go, Gorillaz, for Stylo
Best Festival: Glastonbury. Nominated: Download, Reading And Leeds Festivals, T In The Park, V Festival
Best TV Show: Skins. Nominated: Misfits, Never Mind The Buzzcocks, Peep Show, The Inbetweeners
Best Film: Inception. Nominated: Get Him To The Greek, Kick-Ass, Scott Pilgrim Vs The World, The Social Network
Best Dancefloor Filler: Professor Green, for Jungle. Nominated: Crystal Castles, for Baptism, Kele, for Tenderoni, Plan B, for Stay Too Long, Tinie Tempah, for Pass Out
Hero of the Year: Lady Gaga. Nominated: Gerard Way, Julian Assange, Kanye West
Villain of the Year: David Cameron. Nominated: Axl Rose, Justin Bieber, Nick Clegg, Simon Cowell
Most Stylish: Brandon Flowers. Nominated: Hayley Williams, Lady Gaga, Liam Gallagher, Noel Fielding
Least Stylish: Justin Bieber. Nominated: Cheryl Cole, Ke$ha, Lady Gaga, Liam Gallagher
Worst Album: Justin Bieber, for My World. Nominated: Cheryl Cole, for Messy Little Raindrops, Katy Perry, for Teenage Dream, Kings Of Leon, for Come Around Sundown, My Chemical Romance, for Danger Days: The True Lives Of The Fabulous Killjoys
Worst Band: Jonas Brothers. Nominated: 30 Seconds To Mars, JLS, Kings Of Leon, Tokio Hotel
Hottest Man: Matt Bellamy. Nominated: Alex Turner, Billie Joe Armstrong, Dominic Howard, Jared Leto
Hottest Woman: Alison Mosshart. Nominated: Emily Haines, Hayley Williams, Lady Gaga, Shakira
Best Album Artwork: Klaxons, for Surfing The Void. Nominated: Foals, for Total Life Forever, Gorillaz, for Plastic Beach, MGMT, for Congratulations, My Chemical Romance, for Danger Days: The True Lives Of The Fabulous Killjoys
Best Band Blog or Twitter: Hayley Williams. Nominated: Frank Turner, Kanye West, Lily Allen, Theo Hutchcraft
Best Book: John Lydon, for Mr Rotten’s Scrapbook. Nominated: Carl Barât, for Threepenny Memoir, Jay-Z, for Decoded, Keith Richards, for Life, Russell Brand, My Booky Wook 2
Best Small Festival (50,000 capacity or lower): RockNess. Nominated: Bestival, Kendal Calling, Latitude, Underage Festival

Singles chart of the year 2016

Posted on 30/12/2016 by rollo

Here are the top singles for stowaways in 2016:

Pet Shop Boys – The Pop Kids
Jean-Michel Jarre & Pet Shop Boys – Brick England
Massive Attack – Ritual Spirit EP
Pet Shop Boys – Twenty-Something
Röyksopp feat. Susanne Sundfør – Never Ever
Shit Robot – End of the Trail
C Duncan – Wanted to Want It Too
Delerium with Phildel – Ritual
Pet Shop Boys – Say It to Me
New Order feat. Elly Jackson (La Roux) – Tutti Frutti [number 5 in 2015]
Clarke Hartnoll – Better Have a Drink to Think
Jean-Michel Jarre – Remix EP (II)
Pet Shop Boys – Inner Sanctum
Goldfrapp – Stranger [number 42 in 2013]
Conjure One feat. Hannah Ray – Kill the Fear [released in 2015]
I Monster – The Bradley Brothers realise the transmutation of the Chamberlin to the MELLOTRON
Róisín Murphy – Exploitation [released in 2015]
Massive Attack – The Spoils / Come Near Me
Jean-Michel Jarre – The Heart of Noise
Clarke Hartnoll – Single Function

We’ll look at the albums next week!

Chart for stowaways – 11 November 2016

Posted on 02/12/2016 by rollo

Now for the week’s top ten singles:

Pet Shop Boys – Say It to Me
C Duncan – Wanted to Want It Too
Delerium with Phildel – Ritual
Röyksopp feat. Susanne Sundfør – Never Ever
Shit Robot – End of the Trail
Weeknd feat. Daft Punk – Starboy
Massive Attack – The Spoils / Come Near Me
Delerium with Geri Soriano-Lightwood – Ghost Requiem
Massive Attack feat. Hope Sandoval – The Spoils
New Order feat. Elly Jackson – People on the High Line

Chart for stowaways – 24 September 2016

Posted on 28/10/2016 by rollo

Here are this week’s top ten singles:

Pet Shop Boys – Say It to Me
Röyksopp feat. Susanne Sundfør – Never Ever
Massive Attack – The Spoils / Come Near Me
Shit Robot – End of the Trail
Pet Shop Boys – Inner Sanctum
Jean-Michel Jarre & Pet Shop Boys – Brick England
Pet Shop Boys – Twenty-Something
Shit Robot – In Love
Clarke Hartnoll – Better Have a Drink to Think
New Order feat. Elly Jackson – People on the High Line