<![CDATA[The NME Shockwaves Awards: Those Brits Sure Do Like The Arctic Monkeys - Idolator Comments]]> http://cache.gawker.com/assets/base/img/thumbs140x140/idolator.com.png <![CDATA[The NME Shockwaves Awards: Those Brits Sure Do Like The Arctic Monkeys - Idolator Comments]]> http://idolator.com Fri, 29 Feb 2008 10:22:04 EST Fri, 29 Feb 2008 10:22:04 EST http://idolator.com/361997/the-nme-shockwaves-awards-those-brits-sure-do-like-the-arctic-monkeys <![CDATA[The NME Shockwaves Awards: Those Brits Sure Do Like The Arctic Monkeys]]> http://idolator.com/361997/the-nme-shockwaves-awards-those-brits-sure-do-like-the-arctic-monkeys#c4467721 I fully support all the Noel Fielding award-giving, but what the hell is up with the Manics winning god-like genius? Pshaw...Maybe: if Richie didn't to a runner/(die?), Maybe: if they had stoppped making music after Everything Must go (a pretty great britpop album), Maybe: if Nicky Wire was one tenth less annoying....
I am glad that Klaxons got best album, it's nice to see a band whose influences stretch back a bit further than the Libertines win.

moomintroll

]]> 33:361997:c4467721 Fri, 29 Feb 2008 10:22:04 EST <![CDATA[The NME Shockwaves Awards: Those Brits Sure Do Like The Arctic Monkeys]]> http://idolator.com/361997/the-nme-shockwaves-awards-those-brits-sure-do-like-the-arctic-monkeys#c4460475 @revmatty: I will do no such thing. That record could give me concurrent BJs for the next year and it would never make up for the treacly horse manure they've been purveying since Richie's disappearance OR the dunderheaded rock and nonsensical pseudo-political sloganeering of the Richey era. I can't think of a band that I "get" less than this one.

Not to mention the fact that their idea of subversion is supporting a Cuban dictator who regularly suppressed homosexuals and dissent, even in retirement: [hrw.org]

Awesome.

Big Gray.

]]> 33:361997:c4460475 Thu, 28 Feb 2008 19:00:35 EST <![CDATA[The NME Shockwaves Awards: Those Brits Sure Do Like The Arctic Monkeys]]> http://idolator.com/361997/the-nme-shockwaves-awards-those-brits-sure-do-like-the-arctic-monkeys#c4459939 That's it. What with all the excessive Noel Fielding fangirling being encouraged, I am officially past caring about the NME.

vivalabridgetta does not know her craft

]]> 33:361997:c4459939 Thu, 28 Feb 2008 18:31:05 EST <![CDATA[The NME Shockwaves Awards: Those Brits Sure Do Like The Arctic Monkeys]]> http://idolator.com/361997/the-nme-shockwaves-awards-those-brits-sure-do-like-the-arctic-monkeys#c4459428 @revmatty: Well, the first half of it, anyway.

Audif Jackson Winters III

]]> 33:361997:c4459428 Thu, 28 Feb 2008 18:05:24 EST <![CDATA[The NME Shockwaves Awards: Those Brits Sure Do Like The Arctic Monkeys]]> http://idolator.com/361997/the-nme-shockwaves-awards-those-brits-sure-do-like-the-arctic-monkeys#c4459322 @revmatty: What he said.

tigerpop

]]> 33:361997:c4459322 Thu, 28 Feb 2008 17:59:43 EST <![CDATA[The NME Shockwaves Awards: Those Brits Sure Do Like The Arctic Monkeys]]> http://idolator.com/361997/the-nme-shockwaves-awards-those-brits-sure-do-like-the-arctic-monkeys#c4458722 To be fair, the Manics *are* Godlike Geniuses. Take a listen to Send Away the Tigers. Easily one of the best albums of 2007.

revmatty

]]> 33:361997:c4458722 Thu, 28 Feb 2008 17:29:27 EST <![CDATA[The NME Shockwaves Awards: Those Brits Sure Do Like The Arctic Monkeys]]> http://idolator.com/361997/the-nme-shockwaves-awards-those-brits-sure-do-like-the-arctic-monkeys#c4457581 In terms of quality ranking, according to this list, it would appear that Britney and the Killers are at opposite ends of the spectrum.

As gawdy as 'Piece of Me' may be, it's certainly on par with any of the throwaway tracks from 'Sam's Town.' Which is all of them, really...

HONEYBFLY

]]> 33:361997:c4457581 Thu, 28 Feb 2008 16:43:41 EST <![CDATA[The NME Shockwaves Awards: Those Brits Sure Do Like The Arctic Monkeys]]> http://idolator.com/361997/the-nme-shockwaves-awards-those-brits-sure-do-like-the-arctic-monkeys#c4457577 Said it once and I'll say it again: The Manics blow.

Big Gray.

]]> 33:361997:c4457577 Thu, 28 Feb 2008 16:43:31 EST <![CDATA[The NME Shockwaves Awards: Those Brits Sure Do Like The Arctic Monkeys]]> http://idolator.com/361997/the-nme-shockwaves-awards-those-brits-sure-do-like-the-arctic-monkeys#c4456995 Shouldn't Bush have won International Villain Of The Year? I mean, it's only fair if the Killers were "Best International Band."

qyntellspitbull

]]> 33:361997:c4456995 Thu, 28 Feb 2008 16:24:10 EST <![CDATA[The NME Shockwaves Awards: Those Brits Sure Do Like The Arctic Monkeys]]> http://idolator.com/361997/the-nme-shockwaves-awards-those-brits-sure-do-like-the-arctic-monkeys#c4456591 Best New Band: The Enemy

Funny, that's how I pronounce the name of that publication.

natepatrin

]]> 33:361997:c4456591 Thu, 28 Feb 2008 16:11:04 EST <![CDATA[The NME Shockwaves Awards: Those Brits Sure Do Like The Arctic Monkeys]]> http://idolator.com/361997/the-nme-shockwaves-awards-those-brits-sure-do-like-the-arctic-monkeys#c4456408 i never heard of the hoosiers before the brit awards, but their song was decent enough.

also, noel fielding?! how pukey!

bcapirigi

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