NME Awards 2012: My Choices

Last night (30th of January) the NME Awards Nominations for 2012 were announced on Zane Lowe's BBC 1 Radio show. The ceremony takes place at the O2 Academy in Brixton on the 29th of February.

Here is the list of nominations and my picks are highlighted in bold and italics. I've tried as best as I can to pick those I think will win, not necessarily those that I would like to (as hard as it was not to give Best Solo Artist to personal favourite Miles Kane because I reckon Adele is odds on to win).

I've not included every category for both ease and fairness (I can't possibly comment on Best Book having not read any of them, Festival of the Year having not been to any of them as well as any of the "Worst" categories. Awards shows show be about celebrating the best and boldest, not about ridicule and mockery.)

Best British Band
Arctic Monkeys
Bombay Bicycle Club
The Horrors
Kasabian
Muse

Best International Band
Arcade Fire
Foo Fighters
Justice
Odd Future
The Strokes

Best Solo Artist
Adele 
Florence + the Machine
Frank Turner
Laura Marling
Miles Kane
Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds

Best New Band
Foster the People
Lana Del Rey
Tribes
The Vaccines
Wu Lyf

Best Live Band
Arctic Monkeys
Kasabian
Muse
Pulp
Two Door Cinema Club

Best Album
Arctic Monkeys - 'Suck It And See'
The Horrors - 'Skying'
Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds - 'Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds'
PJ Harvey - 'Let England Shake'
The Vaccines - 'What Did You Expect From The Vaccines?'

Best Track
Arctic Monkeys - 'The Hellcat Spangled Shalalala'
Bombay Bicycle Club - 'Shuffle'
Florence + the Machine - 'Shake It Out'
Hurts - 'Sunday'
Lana Del Rey - 'Video Games'

Best Dancefloor Anthem
Azealia Banks - '212'
Foster The People - 'Pumped Up Kicks'
Justice - 'Civilization'
Katy B - 'Broken Record'
Metronomy - 'The Bay'

Best Video
Arctic Monkeys - 'Suck It And See'
Beyonce- 'Countdown'
Hurts - 'Sunday'
Lana Del Rey - 'Video Games'
Tyler, The Creator - 'Yonkers'

Best TV Show
Dr Who
Fresh Meat
Misfits
Never Mind The Buzzcocks
This Is England '88

Best Film
Black Swan
Drive
Harry Potter And The Deathly Hallows Part 2
The Inbetweeners Movie
Submarine

Best Album Artwork
Arctic Monkeys - 'Suck It And See'
Bombay Bicycle Club - 'A Different Kind Of Fix'
Bjork - "Biophilia'
Friendly Fires - 'Pala'
Jay-Z and Kanye West - 'Watch the Throne'

Hero Of The Year
Alex Turner
Dave Grohl
Matt Bellamy
Noel Fielding
Noel Gallager

Villain Of the Year
David Cameron
Justin Beiber
Lady Gaga
Liam Gallagher
Nick Clegg

Hottest Male
Andy Biersack, Black Veil Brides
Dominic Howard, Muse
Gerard Way, My Chemical Romance
Jared Leto, 30 Seconds To Mars
Matt Bellamy, Muse

Hottest Female
Amy Lee, Evanescence
Florence Welch, Florence + the Machine
Hayley Williams, Paramore
Katy Perry
Marina Diamandis, Marina and The Diamonds