Arctic Monkeys have led the way in the Shockwaves NME Awards 2008 nominations, picking up seven nods between them – and now YOU can decide who wins.
The Cribs, Klaxons and My Chemical Romance are also among the bands who did well in the first phases of voting, making it onto this year’s shortlist.
The awards are now only a few weeks away, on February 28 at their new home, the Indig02 in north Greenwich, London.
Take a look at who is left in each category, and then cast your vote via NME.COM/awardsnominees. Remember and get your votes in by 10am on Monday February 25.
The 2008 nominees are:
Best British Band supported by Shockwaves
Arctic Monkeys
Babyshambles
The Cribs
Klaxons
Muse
Best International Band supported by T4
Arcade Fire
Foo Fighters
The Killers
Kings Of Leon
My Chemical Romance
Best New Band supported by BBC Radio 1
The Enemy
Foals
Joe Lean And The Jing Jang Jong
The Pigeon Detectives
The Wombats
Best Live Band supported by Carling
Arctic Monkeys
The Cribs
Kaiser Chiefs
Muse
My Chemical Romance
Best Solo Artist supported by 4Music
Kate Nash
Jamie T
Jack Penate
Amy Winehouse
Patrick Wolf
Best Album supported by HMV
‘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 supported by Trinity St
‘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 supported by NME TV
‘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
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 supported by Topman
Pete Doherty
Noel Fielding
Kate Nash
Alex Turner
Gerard Way
Worst Dressed
Johnny Borrell
Pete Doherty
Mika
Gerard Way
Amy Winehouse
Best Dancefloor Filler supported by Club NME
‘Flux’ – Bloc Party
‘Hummer’ – Foals
‘D.A.N.C.E.’ – Justice
‘Atlantis To Interzone’ – Klaxons
‘Let’s Dance To Joy Division’ – The Wombats
Best Album Artwork
‘Favourite Worst Nightmare’ – Arctic Monkeys
‘The Good, The Bad And The Queen’ – The Good, The Bad And The Queen
‘Sawdust’ – The Killers
‘Because Of The Times’ – Kings Of Leon
‘Send Away The Tigers’ – Manic Street Preachers
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
‘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 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
Rihanna
Hayley Williams
Rachael Yamagata
Best Venue
Brixton Academy
Manchester Apollo
Glasgow Barrowlands
London Astoria
Wembley Stadium
Best Website
Bebo
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 Lights (nothingbutgreenlights.net)
Spinner (spinner.com)
Stereogum (stereogum.com)
Vote now by heading to NME.COM/awardsnominees and you could win VIP tickets to the ceremony, which takes place in London on February 28.
Plus fans can watch all the action as it unfolds later that same night on E4 with further coverage all weekend on Channel 4 including the biggest aftershow party ever with the Shockwaves NME Awards Big Gig. Highlights from the awards will also be broadcast on Channel 4 the next night on Friday (February 29) with T4 broadcasting all day on Saturday 30 from backstage at the event.