Xfm's New Music Awards 2010 - The Contenders

added 02 February 2010 at 08.45

Who's in with a chance of triumphing in this year's contest?

Here's a sample list of eligible albums for the Xfm New Music Award 2010...

Alessi's Ark - 'Notes From The Treehouse' (Virgin)
Tom Allalone & The 78s - 'Major Sins Pt. 1' (Nettwerk)
Animal Kingdom - 'Signs And Wonders' (Warner Bros)
And So I Watch You From Afar - 'And So I Watch You From Afar' (Small Town America)
The Answering Machine - 'Another City, Another Sorry' (Heistor Hit)
Autokratz - 'Animal' (Kitsune)
Band Of Skulls - 'Baby Darling Doll Face Honey' (You Are Here)
Beat The Radar - 'To The City From The Sea' (Melodic)
The Big Pink - 'A Brief History Of Love' (4AD)
Blue Roses - 'Blue Roses' (Salvia/XL)
The Bobby McGees - 'L'Appropriation Bourgoisie De La Bobby McGees' (Cherryade)
Bombay Bicycle Club - 'I Had The Blues But I Shook Them Loose' (Island)
Mr James Bright - 'Big Sounds From Small Spaces' (Tape Club Records)
Broken Records - 'Until The Earth Begins To Part' (4AD)
The Brute Chorus - 'The Brute Chorus' (Ska)
Jack Butler - 'Fit The Paradigm' (Whimsical)
Caspa - 'Everybody's Talking, Nobody's Listening' (Fabric)
Castrovalva - 'Castrovalva' (Brew Records)
Comanechi - 'Crime Of Love' (Merok)
Cosmo Jarvis - 'Hum As You Hitch/Son Of A Bitch' (Wall Of Sound)
Crazy Arm - 'Born To Ruin' (Xtra Mile)
Dananananaykroyd - 'Hey Everyone!' (Best Before)
Das Wanderlust - 'Horses For Courses' (Don't Tell Clare)
Peter Doherty - 'Grace/Wastelands' (EMI)
Dutch Uncles - 'Dutch Uncles'(Tapete)
Emmy The Great - 'First Love' (Close Harbour)
Esser - 'Braveface' (Transgressive)
Filthy Dukes - 'Nonsense In The Dark' (Fiction)
Florence And The Machine - 'Lungs' (Island)
Joe Gideon & The Shark - 'Harum Scarum' (Bronze Rat)
Golden Silvers - 'True Romance' (XL)
Grammatics - 'Grammatics' (Dance To The Radio)
Hatcham Social - 'You Dig The Tunnel, I'll Hide The Soil' (Fierce Panda)
Higamos Hogamos - 'Higamos Hogamos' (DC)
The Hot Melts - 'The Hot Melts' (Epitaph)
In Case Of Fire - 'Align The Planets' (Search & Destroy/Jive)
The Invisible - 'The Invisible' (Accidental)
Sam Isaac - 'Bears' (Hear You Me)
It Hugs Back - 'Inside Your Guitar' (4AD)
Katsen - 'It Hertz!' (Thee SPC)
Kill It Kid - 'Kill It Kid' (One Little Indian)
King Cannibal - 'Let The Night Roar' (Ninja Tune)
King Midas Sound - 'Waiting For You' (Hyperdub)
La Roux - 'La Roux' (Polydor)
The Leisure Society - 'The Sleeper' (Willkommen/Full Time Hobby)
Let Our Enemies Beware - 'Against Karate' (Smalltown America)
Let's Wrestle - 'In The Court Of The Wrestling Let's' (Stolen)
Lime Headed Dog - 'Kfum & Kfuk' (Volcano Attack)
Little Boots - 'Hands' (Atlantic)
The Lovely Eggs - 'If You Were Fruit' (Cherryade)
Lovvers - 'OCD Go Go Go Girls' (Wichita)
Lucky Elephant - 'Starsign Trampoline' (Sunday Best)
Magic Arm - 'Make Lists, Do Something' (Peacefrog)
Man Like Me - 'Man Like Me' (Our Time)
Spencer McGarry Season - 'Episode 1' (Businessman)
Michachu And The Shapes - 'Jewellery' (Rough Trade)
Mumford And Sons - 'Sigh No More' (Island)
My Sad Captains - 'Here And Elsewhere' (Stolen)
Official Secrets Act - 'Understanding Electricity' (One Little Indian)
The Phantom Band - 'Checkmate Savage' (Chemikal Underground)
Polly Scattergood - 'Polly Scattergood' (Mute)
Post War Years - 'The Greats And The Happenings' (Wealth)
The Seal Cub Clubbing Club - 'Super Science Fiction' (Jack To Phono)
Screaming Lights - 'Like Angels' (Anti)
Sistors Of Transistors - 'At The Ferranti Institute' (This Is Music)
Sky Larkin - 'The Golden Spike' (Wichita)
Speech Debelle - 'Speech Therapy' (Big Dada)
Slow Club - 'Yeah So' (Moshi Moshi)
Spokes - 'People Like People Like You' (Counter)
Sub Focus - 'Sub Focus' (Ram)
The 39 Steps - 'Coming Clean' (Bad Sneakers)
Toddla T - 'Skanky Skanky' (1965)
Tubelord - 'Our First American Friends' (Hassle)
Twisted Wheel - 'Twisted Wheel' (Columbia)
Violet Violet - 'The City Is Full Of Beasts' (NROne)
Wake The President - 'You Can't Change That Boy' (Electric Honey)
Rich Walters - 'The Animal' (Kartel)
Wet Paint - 'It Rots' (Trial & Error)
Wave Machines - 'Wave If You're Really There' (Neapolitan)
We Were Promised Jetpacks - 'These Four Walls' (Fat Cat)
We Rock Like Girls Don't - 'How Did It Get To This' (Distort)
White Lies - 'To Lose My Life' (Fiction)
The XX - 'xx' (Rough Trade)
The Yellow Moon Band - 'Travels Into Several Remote Nations Of The World'
(Static Caravan)