Ανακοινώθηκαν οι υποψηφιότητες για τα φετινά NME Awards, με τους Tame Impala, The Maccabees, Jake Bugg και Arctic Monkeys να εμφανίζονται στις περισσότερες κατηγορίες. Σίγουρα δεν μου προκαλεί έκπληξη η παρουσία των Muse στη κατηγορία χειρότερης μπάντας αλλά περισσότερο αυτής των Alt-J (που υπάρχουν και στη κατηγορία καλύτερης μπάντας). Αναλυτικά οι υποψηφιότητες:

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 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 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 Solo Artist: 
Jake Bugg
Noel Gallagher
Florence Welch
Miles Kane
Grimes
Paul Weller


Worst Band:
One Direction
Muse Mumford & Sons
Alt-J
Justin Bieber
Ed Sheeran


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 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:
The Great Escape
Field Day
Festival No.6
End Of The Road
Constellations
Swn

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