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]

I think I saw Pony Club once, didn't realise it was them. Seems like every other indie band is just a reincarnation of a failed indie band from a few years ago...

[carsmilesteve.livejournal.com]

but this has always been the case innit ;)

very few ppl make it with their original line-up/band in tact, so there's always some old codger can say, ooh i saw them when they had nowt/a horn section/were all women etcetfc