NME Shockwaves Awards 2009 -- My Picks

'Citing news! They just released the nominees for the 2009 NME Shockwaves Awards!!

I've numbered my choices for each of the categories, and least for the bands I care at all about.

The 2009 nominations are:

Best British Band supported by Shockwaves
Bloc Party (4)
The Last Shadow Puppets (1)
Muse (3)
Oasis (2)
Radiohead (5)

Best International Band supported by 4music
Crystal Castles (5)
The Killers (4)
Kings Of Leon (1)
MGMT (3)
Vampire Weekend (2)

Best Solo Artist
Ladyhawke (4)
Laura Marling (5)
Lightspeed Champion (1)
Jay-Z (2)
Pete Doherty (3)

Best New Band supported by Bench
Glasvegas (3)
Late Of The Pier (4)
MGMT (2)
Vampire Weekend (1)
White Lies (5)

Best Live Band supported by Red Stripe
The Killers (4)
Kings Of Leon (1)
Muse (3)
Oasis (2)
Radiohead (5)

Best Album supported by HMV
Bloc Party – 'Intimacy' (4)
Glasvegas – 'Glasvegas' (3)
The Killers – 'Day & Age' (5)
Kings Of Leon – 'Only By The Night' (1)
Oasis – 'Dig Out Your Soul' (2)

Best Track supported by NME Radio
Kings Of Leon – 'Sex On Fire' (1)
The Last Shadow Puppets – 'The Age Of The Understatement' (1)
MGMT – 'Time To Pretend' (2)
The Ting Tings – 'That's Not My Name' (3)
Vampire Weekend – 'A-Punk'(2)
**OMG ARE YOU TRYING TO KILL ME!? I CAN'T CHOOSE!! Hence the tie for first place...and second **

Best Video supported by NME TV
The Last Shadow Puppets – 'My Mistakes Were Made For You' (1)
Late Of The Pier – 'Heartbreak'(4)
Oasis – 'The Shock Of The Lightning'(3)
Radiohead – 'House Of Cards' (5)
Vampire Weekend – 'A-Punk' (2)

Best Live Event
Glastonbury (1)
Isle Of Wight (5)
Reading and Leeds (2)
T In The Park (3)
V Festival (4)

**Why is the Mighty Boosh festival not nominated!?**

Best TV Show
Gavin & Stacey (4)
The IT Crowd (2)
The Mighty Boosh (1....they MUST WIN!!!!)
Never Mind The Buzzcocks (3)
Skins (5)

**All amazing shows, but it will be a TRAVESTY if the Boosh don't win**

Best Film
The Dark Knight (3)
Juno (2)
Quantum Of Solace (4)
Twilight (5)
Wall-E (1)

Best Dancefloor Filler
Bloc Party – 'Mercury' (1)
Crystal Castles – 'Courtship Dating' (5)
Dizzee Rascal & Calvin Harris – 'Dance Wiv Me' (4)
Friendly Fires – 'Paris' (2)
Late Of The Pier – 'Bathroom Gurgle' (3)

Best DVD
Arctic Monkeys – 'At The Apollo' (1)
Foo Fighters – 'Live At Wembley Stadium'(5)
Kaiser Chiefs – 'Live At Elland Road' (3)
Muse – 'HAARP' (4)
The Rolling Stones – 'Shine A Light' (2)

Hero Of The Year
Alex Turner (2)
Barack Obama (1)
Brandon Flowers(4)
Noel Fielding (1)
Noel Gallagher (3)

**Are you kidding me!? I CANNOT choose b/w Noel Fielding and Barack Obama!! You can't make me!!!**

Villain Of The Year
Amy Winehouse (5)
George Bush (1)
Gordon Brown (3)
John McCain (2)
Pete Doherty (4)

**To be fair, George Bush will always be my pick for villain of the year, even after he's dead**

Best Dressed
Alex Turner (2)
Alexa Chung (3)
Brandon Flowers (5)
Noel Fielding (1...hands down!!)
Noel Gallagher (4)

Worst Dressed
Amy Winehouse (5)**
Brandon Flowers (2)
Johnny Borrell (4)
Katy Perry (1)*
Pete Doherty (3)

*To be perfectly honest, I don't really mind the way she dresses...I just hate Katy Perry
**She may look like a hot mess most of the time, but sometimes she wears some really nice dresses.

Worst Album
Britney Spears – 'Circus' (2)
Coldplay – 'Viva La Vida Or Death And All His Friends' (5)
Jonas Brothers – 'A Little Bit Longer' (1)
Razorlight – 'Slipway Fires'(3)
Scouting For Girls – 'Scouting For Girls'(4)

Worst Band
Fall Out Boy (3)
Jonas Brothers (1)
Oasis (5)
Scouting for Girls (4)
Tokio Hotel (2)

Sexiest Male
Carl Barat (4)
Keith Murray (5)
Matt Bellamy (3)
Miles Kane (1)
Pete Doherty (2)

***How is Noel Fielding not up for it this year!? He won it last year!Also, it wouldn't hurt for Julian Barratt to be nominated!***
***However, Miles Kane is pretty sexy, so he better win***

Sexiest Female
Alison Mosshart (1)*
Hayley Williams (3)
Kate Jackson (4)
Lykke Li (2)
Stephanie Dosen (5)

*I must admit, I've got a bit of a girl crush on Alison Mosshart...the Kills are amazing.

Best Website
Bebo (5)
Facebook (2)
Last FM (4)
MySpace (3)
YouTube (1)

***Why no Twitter?***

Best Venue
Brixton Academy (1)
Manchester Apollo (4)
London Astoria (2)
Glasgow Barrowlands (5)
London O2 Arena (3)

Best Album Artwork
The Cure – '4:13 Dream'(3)
Guillemots – 'Red' (1)
The Killers – 'Day & Age' (2)
Muse – 'HAARP' (4)
We Are Scientists – 'Brain Thrust Mastery' (5)

Best Band Blog
Foals (1)
Lightspeed Champion (3)
Little Boots (5)
Noel Gallagher/Oasis (2)
Radiohead (4)

The Shockwaves NME Awards 2009 Godlike Genius award is going to The Cure this year. They play a full 90-minute show at the Big Gig at the O2 Arena in London on February 26, along with Franz Ferdinand, Crystal Castles and White Lies.

***Please note that beyond my number 2 or 3 choices, I usually don't really care. Also, in most of these categories, I'd be happy if any of them won. ***