The Killers Snag Two NME Awards
English music weekly NME held its first US awards ceremony
last night in Los Angeles, and the Killers walked away with two awards, winning
Best Band and Best Track for “Tranquilize,” their collaboration with Lou Reed.
Don’t shoot the messenger—the awards were voted on by the public.
Jane’s Addiction reunited after 17 years for a one-time performance just for the gala and a big-time jam session featuring Alice Cooper, Kimberly Stewart, Sienna Miller, Kelly Osbourne and Fall Out Boy's Pete Wentz closed the night. Mick Jones from The Clash/Big Audio Dynamite/Carbon Silicon received the mag’s Inspiration Awarrd, while The Lemonheads’ It’s A Shame About Ray was named as this year’s Classic LP.The full list of winners (in bold) appears under the cut. Discuss amongst yourselves.
2008 NME Awards
|
Best Band |
Best International Live Act |
|
Kings of Leon |
Arctic Monkeys |
|
The Killers |
Arcade Fire |
|
My Chemical Romance |
The Cribs |
|
The White Stripes |
Kaiser Chiefs |
|
Foo Fighters |
Muse |
|
|
|
|
Best Solo Artist |
Best International Album |
|
Cat Power |
Neon Bible - Arcade Fire |
|
Ryan Adams |
Favourite Worst Nightmare - Arctic Monkeys |
|
Albert Hammond, Jr. |
Shotter's Nation - Babyshambles |
|
Andrew Bird |
Myths of the Near Future - Klaxons |
|
Beck |
In Rainbows - Radiohead |
|
|
|
|
Best Live Band |
Best International Track |
|
My Chemical Romance |
"Intervention" - Arcade Fire |
|
Kings of Leon |
"Teddy Picker" - Arctic Monkeys |
|
The Killers |
"Flux" - Bloc Party |
|
Queens of the Stone Age |
"Foundations" - Kate Nash |
|
Foo Fighters |
"Golden Skans" - Klaxons |
|
|
|
|
Best Album |
Best New International Band |
|
Echoes, Silence, Patience and Grace - Foo Fighters |
The Enemy |
|
Sawdust - The Killers |
Foals |
|
Because of the Times - Kings of Leon |
The Wombats |
|
Girls and Boys of America - The Hold Steady |
The Last Shadow Puppets |
|
Icky Thump - The White Stripes |
Klaxons |
|
|
|
|
Best New Band |
Best New International Solo Artist |
|
Band of Horses |
Duffy |
|
Black Kids |
Lily Allen |
|
MGMT |
Lightspeed Champion |
|
Vampire Weekend |
Kate Nash |
|
Paramore |
Jack Penate |
|
|
|
|
Best New Solo Artist |
Best New International Live Act |
|
Sam Sparro |
CSS |
|
Santogold |
Klaxons |
|
Mark Ronson |
The Wombats |
|
Cass McCombs |
Foals |
|
Seasick Ste |
Pigeon Detectives |
|
|
|
|
Best New Live Act |
Best Video |
|
Band of Horses |
"Fluorescent Adolescent" - Arctic Monkeys |
|
Black Kids |
"Long Road to Ruin" - Foo Fighters |
|
Vampire Weekend |
"D.A.N.C.E." - Justice |
|
Santogold |
"Tranquilize" - The Killers |
|
MGMT |
"Lord Don't Slow Me Down" - Oasis |
|
|
|
|
Best International Band |
Best TV Show |
|
Arctic Monkeys |
Grey's Anatomy |
|
Arcade Fire |
Heroes |
|
Muse |
Lost |
|
Radiohead |
The Mighty Boosh |
|
Oasis |
The Office: An American Workplace |
|
|
|
|
Best International Solo Artist |
Best Film |
|
Feist |
Control |
|
MIA |
Juno |
|
Kate Nash |
No Country for Old Men |
|
Jamie T. |
The Simpsons Movie |
|
Amy Winehouse |
There Will Be Blood |
|
Best Track |
Voted by NME Breakthrough Artist: Santogold Breakthrough Track: MGMT: "Time to Pretend" Classic LP: Lemonheads: It's a Shame About Ray Inspiration Award: Mick Jones (The Clash, B.A.D. and Carbon/Silicon) |
Comments
Hi Darren / LWMB, On behalf of Dance to the Radio and PIAS, many thanks for plugging the Pigeon Detectives' nomination ... .. and thanks, also, on behalf of the labels and the band for not posting any pirate links to new material … .. your readers can check out info on "Emergency" (UK street date 26th May) and the band’s 2008 tour at http://www.thepigeondetectives.com and http://www.myspace.com/thepigeondetectives and fans and bloggers also welcome to link to the official posts of the video for “This Is An Emergency” at http://vids.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=vids.individual&videoid=32354470 and http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oFQyx8rlDQk. Regards, WEB SHERIFF
Dont shoot the messenger. Thats original. Have you done anything as special as When you were young? All these things that ive done? Does Lou Reed want to write with you? Keep on bloggin