The Lex 20 Pence Indie Prize: THE SHORTLIST

[freakytigger.livejournal.com]

After much deliberation the shortlist for The Lex 20p Indie Prize has been announced:

The Automatic
Camera Obscura
The Feeling
The Guillemots
Kasabian
The Kooks
Lily Allen
The Pipettes
Test Icicles
The Young Knives

All of these acts* have been nominated BY POPTIMISTS for their vital contributions to INDIE over the last 12 months. Let the debate commence!

Comments

[whalefish.livejournal.com]

My tuppence worth...

The Automatic - I gave their album a go as I thought they deserved a fair crack and not just be written off as 'that Monster band', thought it was pretty weak though
Camera Obscura - GREAT when they do their big pop song thing (If Looks Could Kill is a 'tune'), but I find the twee stuff boring
The Feeling - how did these bastards sneak in here?
The Guillemots - Lovely lovely band, some of their album stuff's a bit pointless but Trains To Brazil is a little treasure of a song
Kasabian - nooooooooo, ape-like beery lad stuff, not a good thing
The Kooks - evil gits, but their songs are extremely catchy which has to count for something
Lily Allen - harmless, I suppose, not all that indie mind
The Pipettes - I like this lot now, really big fluffy songs
Test Icicles - a bit annoying over an entire gig or an entire album, but I do like their stuff, Circle Square Triangle is still one of my pre-going out records
The Young Knives - they look like Mark off Peep Show and his geeky mates from the chess club which initially put me off, but I was surprised on listening to them, I like them quite a lot

[mippy.livejournal.com]

Also, they are not fond of Ross Kemp.