 Jennifer Kreisberg |
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 Kings of Leon
The list of nominees for the 2007 Shortlist Prize have been announced, and there’s 54 on the list. Albums from Klaxons, MIA, Kings of Leon, Justice and LCD Soundsystem have received nods, as have Feist, Spoon and Fionn Regan.
The albums released last year appear on a ‘long list’ of nominees which will be reduced to 10 finalists in the coming weeks. This year’s panel include Gary Lightbody of Snow Patrol and Ronnie Vannucci of The Killers. |
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 Arcade Fire
The prize recognizes albums released between January and November 2007 that have yet to be certified gold by the Recording Industry Association of America for U.S. shipments of 500,000 units.
Among the nominees are Wilco, Feist, M.I.A., the Arcade Fire, Justice, LCD Soundsystem, Spoon, Eddie Vedder, Iron & Wine, Kings Of Leon, PJ Harvey, Stars, Underworld and Robert Pollard. |
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 Burt Bacharach
Burt Bacharach is set to get a lifetime achievement Grammy in February.
Also set to win the award are The Band, Doris Day and jazz singer Cab Calloway.
Classical violinist Itzhak Perlman, jazz drummer Max Roach and bluegrass banjo player Earl Scruggs are also set to be honoured, reports ABC news. |
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 Shadows Fall
Clearly a leader in their genre, this marks the band's second Grammy nomination in the category, following their nod at the 2006 awards for "What Drives The Weak" off of their Century Media release, The War Within. |
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 Eddie Vedder
Eddie Vedder and Shakira have been nominated for Golden Globes, to take place January 13 in Los Angeles.
Vedder received two nods, one for Best Original Score for his contribution to the Sean Penn-directed ‘Into The Wild’, which he wrote with Michael Brook and Kaki King, as well as a Best Original Song for ‘Guaranteed’ which also featured in the movie. |
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 Trent Reznor, frontman NIN
Following Pete Wentz’s rant against the “fifty year old white” men Trent Reznor has called for the Grammys to be scrapped.
Writing on his the NIN’s front man echoed Wentz in his condemnation of the pnale who pick the nominees. |
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 Blur
Blur bassist Alex James is to be part of the Costa Book Awards judging panel.
He will head up a panel with BBC news presenter Emily Maitlis for the awards which were formerly the Whitbread Prize, reports BBC News. |
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 Fall Out Boy
Fall Out Boy bassist Pete Wentz has angrily responded to being overlooked for a single 2008 Grammy Award on the band's blog.
The singer, who on Thursday (December 6) fulfilled an obligation to play People Magazine's Grammy nominations party, commented on the band's lack of nods in a blog post entitled "got bitterness? vs. a revelation on true connection (and the award goes to)." |
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 pimp C
Butler and partner Bernard "Bun B" Freeman, who performed together as UGK (Underground Kingz), were nominated for their collaboration with hip-hop duo OutKast on the tune Int'l Players Anthem (I Choose You). |
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