MOJO Honours List: Shortlist Announced!
AS OF MIDNIGHT, the voting for the 2008 MOJO Honours List entered a new phase, with the publication of a star-studded, quality-rich list of nominees.
Arctic Monkeys’ Alex Turner finds himself recognised in four categories, with Best Album and Best Live Act namechecks for his bread-and-butter band and Breakthrough Act and Best Song nominations for his velveteen orch-pop incarnation, The Last Shadow Puppets.
Welsh soulstress Duffy and MOJO Honours List perennials Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds both score a pair of nominations apiece, while there’s a surprise late surge from Wisconsin-based indie folk-rock act Bon Iver, whose exquisite debut album For Emma, Forever Ago is causing such a stir amongst MOJO’s audience of sonic savants.
Elsewhere, there’s recognition for The Very Best Of Ethiopiques – an amazing compilation culled from 23 volumes of unearthed Ethiopian grooves, the world music sensation of 2007 – and Led Zeppelin, whose astonishing gig at the O2 Arena in December continues to reverberate amongst music fans.
Renewed voting on the shortlists will continue online here at MOJO4music.com until May 28. The results in these, and a bevy of Merit Categories, will be revealed at the MOJO Honours List ceremony on June 16.
The full shortlists follow…
Breakthrough Act
1 Duffy
2 Foals
3 Pete Molinari
4 The Last Shadow Puppets
5 Bon Iver
Best Album
1 Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds – Dig!!! Lazarus, Dig!!! (Mute)
2 Arctic Monkeys – Favourite Worst Nightmare (Domino)
3 Radiohead – In Rainbows (XL)
4 Duffy – Rockferry (A&M/Rough Trade)
5 Robert Plant & Alison Krauss – Raising Sand (Decca/Rounder)
Compilation Of The Year
1 Theme Time Radio Hour With Your Host Bob Dylan (Ace)
2 The Very Best Of Ethiopiques: Hypnotic Grooves From The Legendary Series (Buda/Manteca)
3 Cries From The Midnight Circus: The Ladbroke Grove Scene 1968-1971 (Sanctuary/Universal)
4 From The Motion Picture Control (Warners)
5 Juno OST (Warners)
Song Of the Year
1 LCD Soundsystem – All My Friends (DFA/EMI)
2 Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds – Dig!!! Lazarus, Dig!!! (Mute)
3 The Last Shadow Puppets – The Age Of The Understatement (Domino)
4 Richard Hawley – Tonight The Streets Are Ours (Mute)
5 Duffy – Mercy (A&M/Rough Trade)
Best Live Act
1 Arctic Monkeys
2 Rufus Wainwright
3 Seasick Steve
4 Led Zeppelin
5 Neil Young
Click here to vote on the shortlist.
NB. If you’ve previously voted to nominate an act or record, you will still need to register again to vote on the shortlist.
The advantage is, your details go in the hat again for an extra chance to win tickets to the event on June 16. Hurrah!
Posted by Danny_Eccleston at 12:01 PM GMT 01/05/2008
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Comments
raíssa
hi, i'm from brasil and my english isn't very good. but i think the arctic monkeys's album is very nice. they should win this categorie and i think led zeppelin has already won the categorie "Best live act".
Posted at 4:16 PM 01/05/2008 Report Abuse
BrandNewGuy
Live act of the year *has* to be Neil Young - his Hammersmith shows were solid gold. Let's be honest, a vote for Led Zep is for "Best live spectacle"... and I should know, I was there :-) But for a consistently compelling and thrilling act, it's Neil every time.
Posted at 4:33 PM 01/05/2008 Report Abuse
Rowanwise
Nick Cave should be ranked up there with entertainment legends like Johnny Cash and Frank Sinatra!! Nick Cave has been putting great song out for a very long time. It's about time that he should be recognized for his brilliant song writing abilities. Go Nick Cave!! See you in Denver in September. Counting the days!!!
Posted at 12:48 AM 18/05/2008 Report Abuse
Stevie
Got to be Pete Molinari for a Breakthrough. He's on a tiny label and despite not having a massive marketing push behind him he has achieved great things already! On top of this he has one of the best voices I've ever heard. His album Virtual Landslide is genius!!!!
Posted at 7:52 AM 03/06/2008 Report Abuse