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The Xfm New Music Award
Xfm’s New Music Award – The Result Is In!
You picked the short-list, our panel of industry experts thought long and hard before deciding on the eventual winner. The result is here and this year’s winner is…
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The Xfm New Music Award Shortlist Is Here
You’ve voted in your thousands to choose the best ten debut albums of 2008. The votes have now been counted and verified. And your ten favourite albums are…
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The Xfm New Music Award 2009 - The Judges
Who's going to be picking the ultimate winner from our shortlist of ten, to name the Best British Debut Album of the last twelve months? Find out more about our panel of judges here.
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New Music Awards – Honourable Mentions
We announced the ten band short-list on Monday. Want to know which band has the cheekiest fans? Or who almost scraped an inclusion? Read on…
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The Courteeners - 'St Jude'
Mancunian upstarts with a penchant for rousing guitar rock and a super fan in one Stephen Patrick Morrissey.
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Dan Le Sac Vs. Scroobius Pip - 'Angles'
Quirky rapper and DJ duo from Essex, noted for the infamous rant 'Thou Shalt Always Kill', but capable of a gentler sound, such as the melodic 'Look For The Woman'.
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Foals - 'Antidotes'
Oxford quintet who mix up math rock, post-ounk and dance beats to impressive effect.
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Glasvegas - 'Glasvegas'
Darkly-clad Glaswegians who reference rockabilly, doo-wop, goth, Joy Division, the Mary Chain and Phil Spector.
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The Last Shadow Puppets - 'The Age Of The Understatement'
The indie super-group duo of Arctic Monkeys' Alex Turner and Miles Kane from The Rascals, who produced an elaborate album of cinematic, atmospheric gold.
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Laura Marling - 'Alas I Cannot Swim'
20-year-old ingenue and Noah And The Whale collaborator, whose gentle indie-folk almost bagged her the Mercury Music Prize.
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Noah And The Whale - 'Peaceful, The World Lays Me Down'
Charlie Finkand his band of troubadours, who delivered a platter full of finely-crafted folk pop.
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One Night Only - 'Started A Fire'
Joyous indie-pop from the Yorkshire five-piece, featuring the ubiquitous hit 'Just For Tonight'.
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The Ting Tings - 'We Started Nothing'
The Salford duo of Katie White and Jules De Martino, who knocked Madonna off the top of the charts and produced one of the summer's biggest hits 'That's Not My Name'.
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You Me At Six - 'Take Off Your Colours'
Power punk from Weybridge, Surrey and probably the noisiest band in the New Music Award shortlist.
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The Enemy Scoop Xfm New Music Award 2008
In a hotly debated contest involving blood, sweat and raised voices, The Enemy emerged as the winners of the inaugural Xfm New Music Awards.
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