Originally written by Jane Easthope · 30 September 2001
A panel of 15 judges, made up of names from the music industry such as Beck, Dave Grohl and Korn/Slipknot/At The Drive-in Producer Ross Robinson, will decide the outcome
The panel have nominated a list of 49 releases from which the 10 finalist will be chosen
The List Includes
• Air - '10,000 HZ Legend'
• At The Drive-In - 'Relationship of Command'
• Basement Jaxx - 'Rooty'
• Beta Band - 'Hot Shots II'
• Bilal - '1st Born Second'
• Cousteau - 'Cousteau'
• Daft Punk - 'Discovery'
• Dandy Warhols - 'Thirteen Tales from Urban Bohemia',
• Foxy Brown - 'Broken Silence'
• Godspeed You Black Emperor! - 'Lift Your Skinny Fists Like Antennas to Heaven'
• Gorillaz - 'Gorillaz'
• Mystic - 'Cuts for Luck & Scars for Free'
• PJ Harvey - 'Stories from the City, Stories from the Sea'
• Roni Size/Reprazent - 'In The Mode'
• Ryan Adams - 'Heartbreaker'
• Sigur Ros - 'Agaetis Byrjun'
• Tortoise - 'Standards'
• White Stripes - 'White Blood Cells'