Originally written by Mike Diver · 16 October 2006
This year's nominees for the annual Q Awards, the award ceremony offspring of dad-rock bible Q magazine, have been announced. Whoa, there, Q - way to get radical on our arses.
Rather than write some silly paragraph about how these bands are mostly pants, how about you just look at the nominees and come to your own conclusions? Yeah? Cool...
Best New Act Lily Allen Corinne Bailey Rae The Kooks Arctic Monkeys (pictured) Orson
Best Track 'Chasing Cars' Snow Patrol 'Crazy' Gnarls Barkley 'I Don't Feel Like Dancin'' Scissor Sisters 'Never Be Lonely' The Feeling 'I Bet You Look Good On The Dancefloor' Arctic Monkeys
Best Live Act Oasis Razorlight Muse Red Hot Chili Peppers Arctic Monkeys
Best Album Black Holes and Revelations Muse Empire Kasabian Under The Iron Sea Keane Razorlight Razorlight Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not Arctic Monkeys Eyes Open Snow Patrol
Best Video 'When You Were Young' The Killers 'I Don't Feel Like Dancin'' Scissor Sisters 'Empire' Kasabian 'Smiley Faces' Gnarls Barkley 'Why Won't You Give Me Your Love?' The Zutons
Best Act In The World Today Muse Coldplay Oasis U2 Red Hot Chili Peppers
That doesn't seem like a lot of categories. There are probably more. Ones that aren't here. I don't know. Some well-wicked bands there, though: fresh, new talents!
The award ceremony takes place on October 30. It'll be presented by Jonathan Ross. Last we heard, we weren't invited. But neither were you, so bothered.