NME Awards 2010

The Shockwaves NME Awards 2010 winners and nominees were:
Godlike Genius
Paul Weller

Teenage Cancer Trust Outstanding Contribution To Music
The Specials

Best British Band (supported by Shockwaves)
Winner: Muse
Nominated: Arctic Monkeys, Biffy Clyro, Kasabian, Oasis

Oasis should have won, they’re a Brit band through and through. As with Arctic Monkeys. Muse may be British but their music is very international. But then again Oasis didn’t release an album last year.

Best International Band (supported by 4music/T4)
Winner: Paramore
Nominated: Green Day, Kings Of Leon, Vampire Weekend, Yeah Yeah Yeahs

Whats the big deal about Paramore? I don’t get it. They’re just another normal rock band with a teenage fanbase. On the other hand, Kings of Leon and Yeah Yeah Yeahs are totally awesome and groundbreaking.

Best Solo Artist
Winner: Jamie T
Nominated: Dizzee Rascal, Florence And The Machine, Julian Casablancas, Lady Gaga

I’m just glad Lady Gaga didn’t win. But I wish Julian Casablancas won. He is the frontman of The Strokes after all.

Philip Hall Radar Award
The Drums

Best New Band (supported by USC)
Winner: Bombay Bicycle Club
Nominated: The Big Pink, Mumford & Sons, The xx, La Roux

La Roux and The Big Pink are totally awesome new bands, but Bombay Bicycle Club is pretty good too anyway.

Best Live Act (supported by Tuborg)
Winner: Arctic Monkeys
Nominated: Kasabian, Muse, Radiohead, Them Crooked Vultures

Muse wins hands down. They have the best live shows. I can testify to that.

Best Album (supported by HMV)
Winner: Kasabian – 'West Ryder Pauper Lunatic Asylum'
Nominated: Arctic Monkeys – 'Humbug', Muse – 'The Resistance', The Cribs – 'Ignore The Ignorant', The Horrors – 'Primary Colours'

I think Muse should have won this. The sheer magnitude of their music shows they’re more than deserving of this award. Look at Exogenesis Symphony. But West Ryder Pauper Lunatic Asylum is a terrific album.

Best Track (supported by NME Radio)
Winner: The Big Pink – 'Dominos'
Nominated: Animal Collective – 'My Girls', Arctic Monkeys – 'Crying Lightning', Florence And The Machine – 'Rabbit Heart (Raise It Up)', Jamie T – 'Sticks N' Stones'

Yay! I love Dominos!

Best Video (supported by NME TV)
Winner: Biffy Clyro – 'The Captain'
Nominated: Arctic Monkeys – 'Cornerstone ', Kasabian – 'Fire', The Maccabees – 'Can You Give It', Oasis – 'Falling Down'

Oasis’ Falling Down was absolutely awesome. With the whole political rhetoric on English royalty. Concept was awesome.

Best Live Event
Winner: Blur at Hyde Park
Nominated: Jay-Z at Alexandra Palace, Muse at Teignmouth, Oasis at Heaton Park, The Dead Weather at Shoreditch Church

I’m an Oasis fan. I don’t like Blur.

Best Festival
Winner: Glastonbury
Nominated: Download, Reading And Leeds Festivals, T In The Park, V Festival

Best Dancefloor Filler
Winner: La Roux – 'In For The Kill' (Skream Remix)
Nominated: Dizzee Rascal And Armand Van Helden – 'Bonkers', Florence And The Machine – 'You've Got The Love', Lady Gaga – 'Poker Face', Yeah Yeah Yeahs – 'Zero'

Yay!

Best TV Show
Winner: The Inbetweeners
Nominated: Never Mind The Buzzcocks, Peep Show, Skins, True Blood

Best Film
Winner: Inglourious Basterds
Nominated: (500) Days Of Summer, In The Loop, The Twilight Saga: New Moon, Where The Wild Things Are

Best DVD
Winner: The Mighty Boosh – Future Sailors
Nominated: Kings Of Leon – Live At The The O2 Arena, Flight Of The Conchords – Complete HBO Second Season, The Killers – Live From The Royal Albert Hall, Nirvana – Live At Reading

I have Nirvana’s Live At Reading DVD but I’ve yet to watch it, supposed to watch it with MJ and Wee Peng. The Killers are pretty good too. Watch on YouTube! But The Mighty Boosh is crazy awesome! Cos of Noel Fielding!

Giving It Back Fan Award
Winner: Lily Allen for her Twitter ticket treasure hunt
Nominated: Kasabian and Noel Fielding for free 'Vlad The Impaler' video, Danger Mouse for leaking 'Dark Night Of The Soul', Arctic Monkeys for their Oxfam golden tickets, Vampire Weekend for giving away 'Horchata' from the album 'Contra'

Hero Of The Year
Winner: Rage Against The Machine
Nominated: Beyoncé Knowles, Noel Gallagher, Matt Bellamy, Alex Turner

I don’t know why Matt Bellamy and Alex Turner were nominated. Not like they did anything outstanding, unlike Beyonce and Rage Against The Machine. Yay for Rage Against The Machine for winning the battle against X-Factor! For once they broke the stranglehold X-Factor had of the Christmas charts.

Villain Of The Year
Winner: Kanye West
Nominated: Noel Gallagher, Liam Gallagher, Simon Cowell, Lady Gaga

Kanye’s an ass, but he’s right, in my opinion. LOL. Well Liam did cause the break-up of Oasis, but it was Noel who left. They’re both to blame. They’re both villains! But I still love them!

Best Dressed
Winner: Lady Gaga
Nominated: Liam Gallagher, Noel Fielding, Florence Welch, Karen O

Worst Dressed
Winner: Lady Gaga
Nominated: Matt Bellamy, Katy Perry, Liam Gallagher, Elly Jackson (La Roux)

Seriously none of the nominees deserve to be nominated. They dress well, in my opinion. They don’t even wear really outlandish outfits that deserve criticism. I’m glad Lady Gaga won this. But she won Best Dressed as well. Which should have gone to any of the others. Liam has his own awesome fashion line after all!

Worst Album
Winner: The Jonas Brothers – 'Lines, Vines And Trying Times'
Nominated: Green Day – '21st Century Breakdown', Lady Gaga – 'The Fame', U2 – 'No Line On The Horizon', Arctic Monkeys – 'Humbug'

Yes! But why are the Arctic Monkeys nominated?

Worst Band
Winner: Jonas Brothers
Nominated: Green Day, Oasis, Paramore

Yes! But whats with Oasis being nominated? They have made an invaluable contribution to music.

Hottest Man
Winner: Matt Bellamy (Muse)

He won this last year! Yay for him! I wish Dominic Howard (bandmate) won though. Dom was in the lead at first. Dom deserves some attention.

Poor Chris Wolstenhome.

Hottest Woman
Winner: Karen O (Yeah Yeah Yeahs)

Yes!

Best Website (excluding NME.COM)
Winner: Muse.mu
Nominated: YouTube, Facebook, Twitter, Greenday.com

-_- How can Muse.mu compete with YouTube, Facebook or Twitter?!

Best Album Artwork
Winner: Kasabian – 'West Ryder Pauper Lunatic Asylum'
Nominated: Muse – 'The Resistance', Green Day – '21st Century Breakdown', The Cribs – 'Ignore The Ignorant', Manic Street Preachers – 'Journal For Plague Lovers '

Best Band Blog
Winner: Radiohead (Radiohead.com/deadairspace)
Nominated: Muse (Muse.mu and Twitter.com/muse), Noel Gallagher (Oasisinet.com), Los Campesinos! (Loscampesinos.com), Paramore (Paramore.net)