The NME Awards have announced the nominations for this year’s event.
The ceremony will take place at East London’s Troxy on 27 February.
Arctic Monkeys, Kasabian, The Vaccines, Biffy Clyro, The Maccabees and The Cribs will all go head to head for the converted ‘Best British Band’ award.
More surprising, however, Odd Future have been nominated for ‘Best International Band’, Alt-J up for ‘Best New Band’ as well as ‘Worst Band’ and Azealia Banks for ‘Villain of the Year’.
You can vote for your choices here.
The full list of awards and nominations can be found below:
Best British Band:
Arctic Monkeys
Kasabian
The Vaccines
Biffy Clyro
The Maccabees
The Cribs
Best International Band:
The Killers
Tame Impala
The Black Keys
Odd Future
Crystal Castles
Foo Fighters
Best Solo Artist:
Jake Bugg
Noel Gallagher
Florence Welch
Miles Kane
Grimes
Paul Weller
Best New Band:
Alt-J
Peace
Palma Violets
Django Django
Alabama Shakes
Haim
Best Live Band:
The Maccabees
The Cribs
Blur
Biffy Clyro
Foals
The Rolling Stones
Best Track:
Arctic Monkeys – R U Mine
Haim – Don’t Save Me
MIA – Bad Girls
Foals – Inhaler
Palma Violets – Best Of Friends
Tame Impala – Elephant.
Best Dancefloor Anthem:
Mosca feat Katy B – What You Came For
Calvin Harris feat Florence Welch - Sweet Nothing
Psy – Gangnam Style
MIA – Bad Girls
Kanye West/Jay-Z – Niggaz In Paris
Solange - Losing You
Best Album:
Frank Ocean – Channel Orange
Jake Bugg – Jake Bugg
The Maccabees – Given To The Wild
Alt-J – An Awesome Wave
The Vaccines – Come Of Age
Tame Impala – Lonerism
Best Re-Issue:
Manic Street Preachers – Generation Terrorists
Blur – 21
Prodigy – The Fat Of The Land
Interpol – Turn On The Bright Lights
Smashing Pumpkins – Mellon Collie And The Infinite Sadness
Ian Brown – Collected
Best Music Video:
Grimes – Oblivion
MIA – Bad Girls
David Bowie – Where Are We Now?
Arctic Monkeys – R U Mine?
Haim – Don’t Save Me
Tame Impala – Feels Like We Only Go Backwards
Best Festival:
Reading & Leeds Festivals
T In The Park
Bestival
Primavera
Latitude
Isle Of Wight
Best Small Festival:
Swn
The Great Escape
Field Day
Festival No.6
End Of The Road
Constellations
Best TV Show:
Breaking Bad
Noel Fielding’s Luxury Comedy
Fresh Meat
Sherlock
The Thick Of It
Doctor Who
Best Film:
The Hobbit
Ted
Ill Manors
The Dark Knight Rises
Skyfall
The Perks Of Being A Wallflower
Best Music Film:
Searching For Sugar Man
LCD Soundsystem: Shut Up And Play The Hits
Hit So Hard The Life & Near Death Story Of Patty Schemel
Marley
The Rolling Stones: Crossfire Hurricane
Led Zeppelin: Celebration Day
Best Book:
David Byrne – How Music Works
Neil Young – Waging Heavy Peace
Mike Skinner – The Story Of The Streets
Tim Burgess – Telling Stories
The Rolling Stones – 50
Peter Hook – Unknown Pleasures: Inside Joy Division
Best Twitter:
Muse (@muse)
Fred Macpherson from Spector (@fredmacpherson)
Theo Hutchcraft from Hurts (@theohurts)
Alana Haim from Haim (@babyhaim)
Wiley (@eskidance)
MIA (@miauniverse)
Best Fan Community:
Muse
Hurts
30 Seconds To Mars
Manic Street Preachers
The Killers
Enter Shikari
Music Moment Of The Year:
David Bowie returns
The Stone Roses play Heaton Park
Olympics Opening Ceremony
The Rolling Stones play London’s O2 Arena
Green Day’s secret set at Reading Festival
Pussy Riot’s punk prayer
Hero Of The Year:
David Bowie
Bradley Wiggins
Pussy Riot
Barack Obama
Frank Ocean
Dave Grohl
Villain Of The Year:
David Cameron
Harry Styles
Skrillex
Psy
Fred Macpherson
Azealia Banks
Worst Band:
One Direction
Muse
Mumford & Sons
Alt-J
Justin Bieber
Ed Sheeran
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