Lex 20p Indie Prize

[katstevens.livejournal.com]

koganbot handily summarised some possible voting criteria in the nominations thread:

• Best act that you can rationalize as indie


• Best act that you can rationalize as indie and is likely to irritate Lex


• Act most likely to irritate Lex (whether good or not) subcategory A: they irritate Lex because he thinks they're irremediably awful


• Act most likely to irritate Lex (whether good or not) subcategory B: they irritate Lex because he likes some of what they do but they have characteristics that he can't stand


• Act that is most indie


• Indie act that you hate but that

has something

Worst indie act

Act that you have never heard but from what you've heard

about them they epitomize something indie and irritating
Feel free to use some, all or none of the above to help make your choice! You can also abstain if you feel that none of the acts below are deserving winners. Voting is anonymous in case you don't want the world to know about your INDIE SHAME.

Without further ado, here is the shortlist!

[Poll #1253599]

ATTENTION: The WINNER plus some, all or none of the other acts above will get played at POPTIMISM which is this Saturday at the Cross Kings! Free entry and top tunes from 8-late. Be there and get ready to chase Lex round the room with the 20 pence piece of tradition!

[argh apologies for ballsing up the first poll!]

Comments

[freakytigger.livejournal.com]

It's hard for me to look beyond the Ting Tings this year I have to say.

[atommickbrane.livejournal.com]

ballboy?! what year is this again?

[alexmacpherson.livejournal.com]

There will be no chasing around the room as I cannot come to Poptimism on Saturday :( I might try for early doors but dunno. I'm going to a SECRET FUNKY HOUSE NIGHT! Sez the invite:

"No Sportswear, No Timberlands, No Hoods, No Trainers, No Bapes, No Pumps or Soft Soled Shoe's, No Gucci & Prada Trainers, No Kickers.

No Tramps, No Bad Attitude’s, No Road Issue’s.

Do Smile & Enjoy & thank you for your continued support!"

[the-roofdog.livejournal.com]

Surely abstention is anathema to the Lex 20p Indie Prize. If none of them are good enough then make the criterion which one is bad enough!

[jeff-worrell.livejournal.com]

This isn't a SHORTlist!

[carsmilesteve.livejournal.com]

this is TOO HARD!!! i think i would like some sort of proportional representation...

Vote for Urbnri

[ijgrieve.livejournal.com]

http://www.myspace.com/urbnri

heed my words

[piratemoggy.livejournal.com]

This is what you are missing out on if you vote for anything other than This Will Destroy You:



Surely, poptimists, we are not going to say that 'That's Not My Name' is more listenable than the above? Even if apparent poptimist ideology might dictate it so, let's not get dogmatic. And I know the 20p Indie Prize isn't about listenability but RLY.

Omg I just realised we really should have put Burial in here.