The Maccabees live in NYC (Photo: Live4ever Media)
The Maccabees and The Vaccines have landed nominations in both the major categories for this year’s NME Awards, which will be held in London on February 27th.
The pair are up for Best British Band along with Arctic Monkeys, Kasabian, Biffy Clyro and The Cribs, while their respective LPs ‘Given To The Wild‘ and ‘…Come Of Age‘ will compete for the Best Album prize, as will Frank Ocean‘s ‘Channel Orange‘, Jake Bugg‘s self-titled debut, Alt-J‘s ‘An Awesome Wave‘ and ‘Lonerism‘ by Tame Impala.
Elsewhere, The Rolling Stones are nominated for Best Live Band after their short comeback tour towards the end of last year, while Noel Gallagher is again shortlisted for Best Solo Artist.
“The NME Awards is the highlight of the music calendar and the most Rock’n’roll party of the year, so it’s incredibly exciting to see such a wide range of artists nominated this time around,” NME editor Mike Williams has said.
Selected nominations:
Best British Band
Arctic Monkeys
Kasabian
The Vaccines
Biffy Clyro
The Maccabees
The Cribs
Best Album
Frank Ocean – ‘Channel Orange’
Jake Bugg – ‘Jake Bugg’
The Maccabees – ‘Given To The Wild’
Alt-J – ‘An Awesome Wave’
The Vaccines – ‘The Vaccines Come Of Age’
Tame Impala – ‘Lonerism’
Best International Band
The Killers
Tame Impala
The Black Keys
Odd Future
Crystal Castles
Foo Fighters
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 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 Festival
Reading & Leeds Festivals
T In The Park
Bestival
Primavera
Latitude
Isle Of Wight
Best Live Band
The Maccabees
The Cribs
Blur
Biffy Clyro
Foals
The Rolling Stones
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
