TOP-DOGS: Arctic Monkeys are up for eight gongs at this year’s NME Awards
Sheffield’s Arctic Monkeys are the band leading the shortlists at this year’s NME Awards, with a whopping eight nominations.
The band – who’s 2013 included the release of their latest LP AM and a headline slot at Glastonbury – have been nominated for Best British Band, Best Live Band and Best Album for AM, amongst others.
This year’s awards, sponsored by Austin, Texas, are set to take place at London’s Brixton O2 Academy on Wednesday, February 26.
Other top nominated bands include Haim – who received six shortlist nominations including Best International Band – alongside Queens of the Stone Age and Arcade Fire, who picked up three nominations each.
SISTERS: Family trio Haim are also up for six awards, including Best Live Band Photo (c) Big Hassle
The NME Awards’ trademark ‘Worst Band’ and ‘Villain Of The Year’ categories also make a reappearance this year, with One Direction, Robin Thicke and Miley Cyrus amongst the nominations.
Glastonbury Festival, Reading & Leeds and T In The Park are once again three of the six festivals battling it out for the Best Festival gong, whilst Rockness, Kendall Calling and Y Not are fighting it out for the title of Best Small Festival.
The complete list of shortlisted nominees are detailed below, and you can cast your vote for this year’s awards by clicking here.
BEST BRITISH BAND
Arctic Monkeys
Foals
Palma Violets
Biffy Clyro
Disclosure
Two Door Cinema Club
BEST INTERNATIONAL BAND
Haim
Arcade Fire
Queens of the Stone Age
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
Phoenix
Vampire Weekend
BEST SOLO ARTIST
Lorde
Lily Allen
Jake Bugg
Paul McCartney
Kanye West
David Bowie
BEST NEW BAND
Drenge
Swim Deep
Chvrches
Jagwar Ma
Wolf Alice
Courtney Barnett
BEST LIVE BAND
Arctic Monkeys
Palma Violets
Biffy Clyro
Haim
Queens of the Stone Age
Savages
BEST ALBUM
Arctic Monkeys – AM
Queens of the Stone Age – …Like Clockwork
Peace – In Love
Kanye West – Yeezus
Savages – Silence Yourself
Drenge – Drenge
BEST TRACK
Arctic Monkeys – ‘Do I Wanna Know?’
Lily Allen – ‘Hard Out Here’
Disclosure – ‘White Noise’
Arcade Fire – ‘Reflektor’
Primal Scream – ‘2013’
Daft Punk – ‘Get Lucky’
BEST MUSIC VIDEO
Arctic Monkeys – ‘Why’d You Only Call Me When You’re High?’
Pharrell Williams – ‘Happy’
Arcade Fire – ‘Reflektor’
Lily Allen – ‘Hard Out Here’
Eagulls – ‘Nerve Endings
Haim – ‘Falling’
BEST FESTIVAL
Glastonbury
Reading & Leeds
T In The Park
Latitude
Bestival
V Festival
BEST TV SHOW
Breaking Bad
Fresh Meat
Sherlock
Game of Thrones
Misfits
Doctor Who
HERO OF THE YEAR
Alex Turner
David Bowie
Este Haim
Russell Brand
Pussy Riot
Lou Reed
VILLAIN OF THE YEAR
Miley Cyrus
Robin Thicke
Harry Styles
David Cameron
Vladimir Putin
Russell Brand
WORST BAND
One Direction
The Wanted
The 1975
Imagine Dragons
30 Seconds To Mars
Muse
BEST BAND BLOG OR TWITTER
Jehnny Beth, Savages
Albert Hammond Jr.
Alana Haim, Haim
James Blunt
Theo Hutchcraft, Hurts
Grimes
BEST BOOK
Morrissey – Autobiography
Alan McGee – Creation Stories
Bob Stanley – Yeah Yeah Yeah
Mark Lewisohn – The Beatles – All These Years: Volume One: Tune In
Beck – Song Reader
Richard Hell – I Dreamed I Was A Very Clean Tramp
BEST SMALL FESTIVAL (50,000 CAPACITY OR LOWER)
Rockness
Y Not
Kendall Calling
SWN
Green Man
Festival Number 6
BEST FAN COMMUNITY
Hurts
Haim
Arctic Monkeys
Muse
Peace
Morrissey
BEST MUSIC FILM
Muscle Shoals
The Stone Roses – Made Of Stone
Sound City
The National – Mistaken For Strangers
Good Vibrations
Muse – Live At Rome
MUSIC MOMENT OF THE YEAR
Pussy Riot are freed
Arctic Monkeys headline Glastonbury
Noel and Damon come together for Teenage Cancer Trust
Rolling Stones headline Glastonbury
Morrissey’s autobiography is released
Kanye West brings Jesus onstage
BEST RE-ISSUE
Nirvana – In Utero: 20th Anniversary Edition
The Clash – Sound System
The Beta Band – The Regal Years
The Breeders – LSXX (Last Splash 20th Anniversary Edition)
Bob Dylan – Bootleg Series, Vol. 10: Another Self Portrait (1969-1971)
The Velvet Underground – White Light/White Heat 45th Anniversary Super Deluxe Edition
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