Arcade Fire and The Black Keys are amongst the acts nominated for the fourth annual UK Video Music Awards.
Arcade Fire’s promo for their third album’s title track ‘The Suburbs‘ will go head-to-head with two OK Go videos, ‘All Is Not Lost‘ and ‘White Knuckles‘ for the Best International Alternative Video, while The Black Keys have been nominated in the Best Indie/Rock International Video for ‘Howlin’ For You‘.
“The UK Music Video Awards is all about giving rightful recognition to the creativity, craft and sheer entertainment value of music videos today,” commented its editorial director David Knight.
The awards will take place at the Empire, Leicester Square, London on Tuesday November 8th.
Selected shortlist:
Best Indie/Rock Video – UK, in association with 3 Mills Studios:
Battles – Ice Cream
Foals – Blue Blood
Is Tropical – The Greeks
Little Comets – The Isles
Metronomy – The Bay
The Shoes – Stay The Same
Best Alternative Video – UK, in association with Smoke & Mirrors:
Depeche Mode – Personal Jesus (Stargate remix)
James Blake – Lindisfarne
Klaxons – Twin Flames
Tom Vek – Aroused
Tyler The Creator – Yonkers
Yeasayer – Madder Red
Best Indie/Rock Video – International:
El Guincho – Bombay
Manchester Orchestra – Simple Math
No Age – Fever Dreaming
The Black Keys – Howlin’ For You
The Good The Bad – 030
WhoMadeWho – Every Minute Alone
Best Alternative Video – International
Arcade Fire – The Suburbs
MGMT – Congratulations
OK Go – All Is Not Lost
OK Go – White Knuckles
Royksopp – Senior Living
Spoek Mathambo – Control
Best Indie/Rock Video – Budget:
Fulton Lights – Staring Out The Window
Hollerado – Americanarama
Keaton Henson – Charon
Lasse Passage – Say Say Say
Maps & Atlases – Israeli Caves
Memory Tapes – Yes I Know
Best Alternative Video – Budget:
Esben & The Witch – Marching Song
Ghostpoet – Liiines
Hauschka – Children
King Creosote & Jon Hopkins – Bubble
Matta UK – Release The Freq
UNKLE – Runaway Pointman re-edit