Shockwaves NME Awards 2008: Winners' list

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Feb 29, 2008
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The Shockwaves NME Awards 2008 took place last night (February 28) at the IndigO2 venue in London, where a variety of music stars picked up awards for their achievements over the past year.

The full list of winners and nominees is:

Best British Band
Winner: Arctic Monkeys
Nominees: Babyshambles, The Cribs, Klaxons, Muse

Best Album
Winner: Klaxons (’Myths Of The Near Future’)
Nominees: Arctic Monkeys (‘Favourite Worst Nightmare’), Babyshambles (‘Shotter’s Nation’), The Enemy (’We’ll Live And Die In These Towns’), Radiohead (‘In Rainbows’)

Best TV Show
Winner: ’The Mighty Boosh’
Nominees: ’Heroes’, ’Never Mind The Buzzcocks’, ’The IT Crowd’, ’Skins’

Best International Band
Winner: The Killers
Nominees: Arcade Fire, Foo Fighters, Kings of Leon, My Chemical Romance.

Best Live Band
Winner: Muse
Nominees: The Cribs, Arctic Monkeys, Kaiser Chiefs, My Chemical Romance

Best New Band
Winner: The Enemy
Nominees: Foals, Joe Lean and the Jing Jang Jong, The Pigeon Detectives, The Wombats

Best Live Event
Winner: Carling Weekend: Reading And Leeds Festival
Nominees: Glastonbury, Muse at Wembley Stadium, T In The Park, V Festival

Philip Hall Radar Award
Winner: Glasvegas

Best Video
Winner: Arctic Monkeys (’Teddy Picker’)
Nominees: Bloc Party (’Flux’), Justice (’D.A.N.C.E.’), Klaxons (’Golden Skans’), My Chemical Romance (‘Teenagers’)

Best Dancefloor Filler
Winner: The Wombats (’Let’s Dance To Joy Division’)
Nominees: Bloc Party (’Flux’, Foals (’Hummer’), Klaxons (’Atlantis To Interzone’), Justice (‘D.A.N.C.E.’).

Best Film
Winner: ’Control’
Nominees: ’Hot Fuzz’, ’Pirates Of The Caribbean: At World’s End’, ’The Simpsons Movie’, ’Superbad’

Best Radio Show
Winner: Zane Lowe (Radio 1)
Nominees: Russell Brand (Radio 2, Chris Moyles (Radio 1), Colin Murray (Radio 1), Jo Whiley (Radio 1).

Best Solo Artist
Winner: Kate Nash
Nominees: Jack Penate, Amy Winehouse, Jamie T, Patrick Wolf

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

Worst Band
Winner: The Hoosiers
Nominees: Panic At The Disco, 30 Seconds To Mars, My Chemical Romance, Fall Out Boy

Worst Dressed
Winner: Amy Winehouse
Nominees: Johnny Borrell, Pete Doherty, Mika, Gerard Way

Villain Of The Year
Winner: George W Bush
Nominees: Johnny Borrell, Tony Blair, Amy Winehouse, Gordon Brown

Sexiest Man
Winner: Noel Fielding
Nominees: Julian Barrett, Nicky Wire, Holwin’ Pelle Almqvist, Patrick Wolf

Sexiest Woman
Winner: Kylie Minogue
Nominees: Jenny Lewis, Rihanna, Hayley Williams, Rachael Yamagata

Worst Album
Winner: Britney Spears (’Blackout’)
Nominees: (’1973’), The Hoosiers (’The Trick To Life’), Mika (’Life In Cartoon Motion’, Leona Lewis (’Spirit’)

Hero Of The Year
Winner: Pete Doherty
Nominees: Noel Fielding, Thom Yorke, Ryan Jarman, Matt Bellamy

Best Website
Winner: Facebook
Nominees: Myspace. Bebo, Last.fm, YouTube

Best Music DVD
Winner: Nirvana (’Unplugged In New York’)
Nominees: Babyshambles (’Up The Shambles’), Led Zeppelin (’The Song Remains The Same’), Oasis (’Lord Don’t Slow Me Down’), Amy Winehouse (’You Know I’m Trouble’)

Best Music Blog
Winner: The Modern Age
Nominees: The Hype Machine, Nothing But Green Lights, Spinner, Stereogum

Best Dressed
Winner: Noel Fielding
Nominees: Pete Doherty, Kate Nash, Gerard Way, Alex Turner.

Best Band Blog
Winners: Radiohead
Nominees: Foals, Lily Allen, Lightspeed Champion, The Streets

Best Album Artwork
Winners: The Good, The Bad & The Queen
Nominees: Arctic Monkeys (‘Favourite Worst Nightmare’), The Killers (‘Sawdust’), Kings of Leon (‘Because Of The Times’), Manic Street Preachers (‘Send Away The Tigers’)

For all the awards coverage head to NME.COM/awards now. We have exclusive picture galleries, live webcams, minute-by-minute blogs straight from the ceremony and Big Gig and video interviews with the biggest names at the ceremony.

That's just the beginning - the highlights of ceremony are being show tonight (February 29) on Channel 4 from 11.50pm (GMT).

Meanwhile, next week's issue of NME - on UK newsstands from March 5 - will contain the ultimate coverage, interviews and photos from the 2008 Shockwaves NME Awards.

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jodie.14

Feb 29, 2008

WOW
i am so happy for noel fielding like he rocks !!!
he is soooo hawttttt :D
go klaxons aswell !
woooo

psychogroupie

Mar 1, 2008

the Arctic monkeys won three! It'll do coz it's well deserved! h'Yeah!

joda01

Mar 1, 2008

The only ones I agree with are Best Live, Best TV Show and Best Radio Show.

How the hell did Klaxons win best album. Yeah, an album of covers and shite noise. Enemy and Babyshambles too? Is this the most overrated album shortlist?

Killers best international? Are the majority of readers stupid? How did Arctics win best video for Teddy Picker.

This was almost as laughable as the Brits.

AdamShanklyUK

Mar 1, 2008

The drug-laced, pug-ugly and musically unremarkable Pete Doherty is hero of the year, right? Terrible, absolutely terrible.

faye_kingston

Mar 1, 2008

Hi
Is it me or they didnt show alot of awards on last nights e4 show
we didnt see bestdressed/worst and most importantly hero of the year
if it was on can you tell me what part it was
thanks xxxxx
Welldone Pete!!!
and Arctic Monkeys
is a shame shambles didnt win anything!! x

vaspers

Mar 1, 2008

Wonderful picks, very advanced tastes on display. Nice to see Babyshambles up there in the running, as I liked the Libertines muchly. Just to toss in my opinion, I like Times New Viking, Battles, The Homosexuals, Stephen Malkmus and the Jicks, Liars, The Skabs (Peoria, IL USA), and Alec Empire a lot right at the moment. I got a lot of great free mp3s of Pavement and others at Hype Machine. MySpaceMusic (artists pages) is how I contact my buddies at Caroliner Rainbow, The Homosexuals, Malkmus, Rhys Chatham, Alec Empire, etc. I just signed up for Last.fm, and it allows you to add large music files (stereo mp3s), eg my Str8 Sounds 32:00 "mind of wind and trees" song. Really digging the My NME Beta, and no problems or bugs found so far. Thanks for the privilege of being listed here.

Christof1702

Mar 1, 2008

What?
What?

I have basically lost a lot of respect for NME. I am speechless. The NME awards have become a farse.
It will be a while until I buy another magazine. Thanks for nothing.

indie+bird

Mar 1, 2008

don get me wrong the enemys k, but so shouldnt av got that,

justboy81680

Mar 1, 2008

Seriously, it baffles me that Arctic Monkeys got a record deal - let alone win an award. The music industry is a mess...

horrorsobsessed1

Mar 1, 2008

Faris was funny!
He told Kimberly to shut up!

superman666

Mar 1, 2008

Wembley Stadium wins Best Venue? It's a bloody football ground for christ's sake! It hosted exactly 9 gigs in the last year, including Concert For Diana, and f***ing George f***ing Michael, lest we forget. Obviously Barrowlands, Brixton Academy, Astoria, Rock City etc with their 100's of fake 'NME style' shows stood no chance against the hot dog eating masses! Are you sure some intern didn't mistake best gig (Muse possibly?) with venue? Very sad..

MCRmy3991

Mar 3, 2008

OMG
My Chemical Romance should have won something!!!

MissMicci

Mar 3, 2008

My boys were robbed! :(

Maybe next year, Jarmans!

x

shaunyeah

Mar 3, 2008

why did teddy picker win best video please, its just them in a studio, bollocks
also the wombats best dance floor filler, flux or hummer are much better
anddd, the enemy best new band, the enemy arent bad, but theyve had 2 decent songs and thats it, should have been foals all the way

im quite upset

x

shaunyeah

Mar 3, 2008

The video for teddy picker is the most boring unimaginative video I'v seen. The only reason they won, is because people who havn't got a clue about music hear the name the Arctic Monkeys and wee themselves with excitement, most of the people who voted that probably hadn't even heard the song, never mind seen the video.
Same goes for best track, flourescent adolescent isn't bad, but men's need is far better in my opinion, god save indie, cos idiots who havn't got a clue about are turning it into a laughing stock, ie the wombats. Even girls aloud are taking the piss out of it

:(

Grimbo

Mar 3, 2008

you've got to remember nme is aimed at teenagers, so your going to get bands like the enemy and klaxons winning stuff. mostly predictable winners, its not as bad as the brits but its close.

MattR_89

Mar 3, 2008

Im so sick of this "NME" culture that seems to have swept the nation...im sorry but why are Arctic monkeys constantly nominated for every award at every ceremony, i mean over the years you see your fair share of overhyped crap but this just takes the mick
I can imagine the next NME harvest to begin soon where they "discover" the next big band and then force feed it to us until we eventually grow sick of it.
Im sure the Arctic Monkeys make a good club act but there is no reason why they should be chosen as best british act ahead of more deserving bands such as Muse & Radiohead.
I'll just hold my hands over my ears for the next year til this horrible phase of post-libertines trash is over and done with

Drew75

Mar 3, 2008

I reckon Radiohead should have got Best British Band and Album... Arctic Monkeys will no way be around for as long as they will and In Rainbows was just class... The Monkeys are okay but not innovative like Radiohead...

The rest of the winners... Pah. Kate Nash best solo artist? The Killers??? Best International? The readers were being lazy and voted for obvious choices. Kings Of Leon's Beacause Of The Times should have deffo' won something as it was a top three album of last year!

Get a grip readers...

newyork92

Mar 3, 2008

justboy, I think you should go get a record deal then complain about the music industry. Just a thought... :S
The Enemy definitely shouldn't have gotten Best New Band, The Pigeon Detectives should have in my opinion. and I think Arctic Monkeys deserved their awards (especially Best Track, Fluorescent Adolescent is amazing!!) except best video...come on, Justice totally deserved that!!! the D.A.N.C.E. vid is the coolest thing I've ever seen. ugh. slightly disappointed.

TheRomancehasMuseabuse

Mar 3, 2008

Ahh Matt Bellamy should of won Sexist Male (again) && Hero Of The Year but Noel is very very sexy!! I Totally agree with Villian of the Year lol ;-)

DaveIndieBoy

Mar 3, 2008

The Killers...best international band??? How the hell?? They didn't even release anything new last year! Arcade Fire, Kings of Leon or Interpol would have been far more worthy winners...either on the basis of their albums or as a live act. I'd expect such a shocking decision to come from the organisers of the Brits, but not NME....seems like the Brats have become everything they set out to rally against. Complete and utter sell-out.

faye_kingston

Mar 3, 2008

i cant believe that the klaxons got album of the year
i mean it was okay
but the shambles should have won it
mens needs should have been song of the year]
and kings of leon,arcade fire should have won international album]
the killers have lost it.great first album but after that thy have gone down hill.Arent the albums suposed to get better??....The enemy best new band.....They have had abot 2 good songs,the album was v disapointing.....FOALS should have got it!!!!!!!!! Pete Doherty should have won best dressed buut well done noel youlook good!!...Babyshambles should have won something!!!