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

[katstevens.livejournal.com]

Lily isn't indie at all. Whereas the Feeling (my nomination) are definitely indie (boys with guitars) but have made a brilliant pop song (vocal harmonies, c'mon!) which I am STILL not sick of and which I would listen to right now if Universal hadn't taken it off their front page and replaced it with the Puppini Sisters' Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy Of Company B.