Lex 20p Indie Prize: 2009

[piratemoggy.livejournal.com]

As I try very hard not to die too much, I bring you the news that the nominations for this year's Lex 20p Indie Prize are now open. For those of you not familiar with either the prize or the Lex, the principle is that the winning act is sent 20p in Lex's name. The possible reasons for why you would nominate acts for this I will list under this here cut:


In all cases the act are indie but the following qualifiers can also be used to define said act, indiscriminately and probably (preferably) in a contradictory fashion:
-the act are good
-the act are hated by the Lex (who is alexmacpherson)
-the act are liked by the Lex
-the act are hated by you
-the act are liked by you
-the act are universally hated
-the act are universally liked
-the act are really, really indie
-the act are not really indie at all
-you feel like talking about the act for some reason
-the act are a repulsive plague on the face of music, ie: Scouting For Grills
-you want to get a good ol' haterade party going on in the comments about a particular act
-the act are the only indie act you've heard anything by this year

I was going to go and make a flowchart on OKCupid to demonstrate this but it turns out work have blocked FUN and I can't be 4r5ed with MS Paint.

RIGHT THEN, is that all clear? Nominations away!

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Comments

[katstevens.livejournal.com]

(Also, ideally the nominated acts should be UK-based and have released something in the last year or so but that's not as vitally important a factor as their Services To Indie)

[koganbot]

(Yes, "UK-based" is not true of my nominee but given that (1) I first heard it from you, (2) Lex has professed hatred, and (3) it is terrific, it absolutely should win. Except I suspect that La Roux will win, irking Lex trumping every other qualification.)(Someone should nominate Animal Collective, though at this point it'd be a nostalgia nominee: "Remember early in the year when we were all hating innocuous little Animal Collective? Ah, the past was such an innocent time!")

[katstevens.livejournal.com]

The main reasons it was restricted to UK-based stuff before was a) to 'align' it with the Mercury Music Prize [which bends the rules anyway so botherd] b) make it a manageable number of poll items [much more of a consideration rly].

[piratemoggy.livejournal.com]

But if people're only allowed one nom each then it'll be fine anyway.

May have to change my nom back to Mastodon after some thought. And by 'thought' I mean 'listening to Mastodon.'

[koganbot]

Oh, since we are tormenting Lex posting videos, here's my nominee (which as I said is terrific and will certainly do well in the year-end poptimists poll):