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

[bengraham.livejournal.com]

I guess it kind of depends what we're trying to prove here. Is the Lex 20p Indie Prize about finding out which group Poptimists like the most, from that list? Or are we truly trying to award something for being "indie" and this deserving of the Lex's prize?

I only ask because most people are going with the former... "I really like The Pipettes' album" or "Kasabian are evil", whereas I would prefer to go with the second option.

This then poses the problem of how you define indie, and I'm sure everyone has their own definitions, but according to mine, The Automatic would be rock (I guess), The Feeling, Lily Allen and The Pipettes would be pop and of the remainder, the most indie band there are clearly The Kooks, annoying as they might be. They have these catchy twee indie songs, indie clothes, indie haircuts and indie lyrics. So yes, vote Kooks for Lex's 20p prize, even if you don't like them, and crown them as the INDIE-EST BAND EVER.