NME Awards 2012 Nominations

Wed 1st Feb, 2012 in International News

For years Oasis fans have been debating two topics: Definitely Maybe vs What’s The Story Morning Glory and Liam vs Noel. Now, NME has officially thrown down the gauntlet, nominating Liam Gallagher for ‘Villain Of The Year’ and Beady Eye for ‘Worst Band Of The Year’ in the 2012 NME Awards. The catch? His brother Noel Gallagher has received nods for ‘Best Solo Artist’, ‘Best Album Of The Year’ and ‘Hero Of The Year’ – we smell controversy tweets!

Other nominees in the annual awards include two members of Muse for ‘Hottest Male’, Muse for ‘Best British Band’ and Muse for ‘Best Live Band’.

Winners of the publicly voted awards will be announced at the O2 Academy in Brixton on February 29th. Head here to have your say.

The 2012 NME Award nominations,

Best British Band:
Arctic Monkeys
Bombay Bicycle Club
The Horrors
Kasabian
Muse
(Last year’s winner: Muse)

Best International Band:
Arcade Fire
Foo Fighters
Justice
Odd Future
The Strokes
(Last year’s winner: My Chemical Romance)

Best Solo Artist:
Adele
Florence + The Machine
Frank Turner
Laura Marling
Miles Kane
Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds
(Last year’s winner: Laura Marling)

Best New Band:
Foster The People
Lana Del Rey
Tribes
The Vaccines
Wu Lyf
(Last year’s winner: Hurts)

Best Live Band:
Arctic Monkeys
Kasabian
Muse
Pulp
Two Door Cinema Club

Best Album:
Arctic Monkeys – ‘Suck It And See’
The Horrors – ‘Skying’
Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds – ‘Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds’
PJ Harvey – ‘Let England Shake’
The Vaccines – ‘What Did You Expect From The Vaccines?’
(Last year’s winner: Arcade Fire – ‘The Suburbs’)

Best Track:
Arctic Monkeys – ‘The Hellcat Spangled Shalalala’
Bombay Bicycle Club – ‘Shuffle’
Florence + The Machine – ‘Shake It Out’
Hurts – ‘Sunday’
Lana Del Rey – ‘Video Games’
(Last year’s winner: Foals – ‘Spanish Sahara’)

Dancefloor Anthem:
Azealia Banks – ‘212’
Foster The People – ‘Pumped Up Kicks’
Justice – ‘Civilization’
Katy B – ‘Broken Record’
Metronomy – ‘The Bay’
(Last year’s winner: Professor Green – ‘Jungle’)

Best Video:
Arctic Monkeys – ‘Suck It And See’
Beyonce – ‘Countdown’
Hurts – ‘Sunday’
Lana Del Rey – ‘Video Games’
Tyler, The Creator – ‘Yonkers’
(Last year’s winner: My Chemical Romance – ‘Na Na Na (Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na)’.

Best TV Show:
‘Dr Who’
‘Fresh Meat’
‘Misfits’
‘Never Mind The Buzzcocks’
‘This Is England ‘88’
(Last year’s winner: Skins)

Best Festival:
Bestival
Glastonbury
Reading & Leeds
T In The Park
V Festival
(Last year’s winner: Glastonbury)

Best Film:
‘Black Swan’
‘Drive’
‘Harry Potter And The Deathly Hallows Part 2’
‘The Inbetweeners Movie’
‘Submarine’
(Last year’s winner: Inception)

Best Music Film:
‘Back And Forth’ – Foo Fighters
‘Living In The Material World’ – George Harrison
‘Talihina Sky’ – Kings Of Leon
‘There Are No Innocent Bystanders’ – The Libertines
‘Upside Down – The Creation Records Story’
(New award)

Greatest Music Moment Of The Year:
Brian May joins My Chemical Romance onstage at Reading Festival
Kasabian see in 2012 with their epic London O2 Arena show
Noel Gallagher launches his solo career with press conference
Pulp steal the show at Glastonbury with secret set
The Stone Roses reunite
(New award)

Best Re-issue:
Manic Street Preachers – ‘National Treasures’
Nirvana – ‘Nevermind’
Primal Scream – ‘Screamadelica’
The Rolling Stones – ‘Some Girls’
The Smiths – ‘Complete Re-issues’
(New award)

Best Book:
Jared Leto – ‘Notes From The Outernet’
Jarvis Cocker – ‘Mother, Brother, Lover: Selected Lyrics’
Malcolm X – ‘A Life Of Reinvention’
Noel Fielding – ‘The Scribblings Of A Madcap Shambleton’
Shaun Ryder – ‘Twisting My Melon’
(Last year’s winner: John Lydon – Mr Rotten’s Scrapbook)

Hero Of The Year:
Alex Turner
Dave Grohl
Matt Bellamy
Noel Fielding
Noel Gallagher
(Last year’s winner: Lady Gaga)

Villain Of The Year:
David Cameron
Justin Bieber
Lady Gaga
Liam Gallagher
Nick Clegg
(Last year’s winner: David Cameron)

Worst Album:
Coldplay – ‘Mylo Xyloto’
Justin Bieber – ‘Under The Mistletoe’
Lady Gaga – ‘Born This Way’
One Direction – ‘Up All Night’
Viva Brother – ‘Famous First Words’
(Last year’s winner: Justin Bieber – ‘My World’)

Worst Band:
Beady Eye
Coldplay
Muse
One Direction
Viva Brother
(Last year’s winner: Jonas Brothers)

Best Album Artwork:
Arctic Monkeys – ‘Suck It And See’
Bombay Bicycle Club – ‘A Different Kind Of Fix’
Bjork – ‘Biophilia’
Friendly Fires – ‘Pala’
Jay-Z and Kanye West – ‘Watch The Throne’
(Last year’s winner: Klaxons – ‘Surfing The Void’)

Best Band Blog Or Twitter:
@Example
Frank-Turner.com/blog
@KanyeWest
@LadyGaga
@Theohurts
(New award)

Best Small Festival:
Field Day
Hop Farm
Kendal Calling
Latitude
RockNess
(Last year’s winner: RockNess)

Most Dedicated Fans:
30 Seconds To Mars
Arctic Monkeys
Hurts
Muse
My Chemical Romance
(New award)

Hottest Male:
Andy Biersack, Black Veil Brides
Dominic Howard, Muse
Gerard Way, My Chemical Romance
Jared Leto, 30 Seconds To Mars
Matt Bellamy, Muse
(Last year’s winner: Matt Bellamy)

Hottest Female:
Amy Lee, Evanescence
Florence Welch, Florence + The Machine
Hayley Williams, Paramore
Katy Perry
Marina Diamandis, Marina And The Diamonds
(Last year’s winner: Alison Mosshart)