Soundblab Awards 2011 - Get Voting!
- by Rich Morris Release Date: Label:
"What time is it?" asked Public Enemy's Flavour Flav famously. For him, it was probably crack o'clock; for you, it's time to vote in the second annual Soundblab Awards. Don't know about you, about this time of year, Soundblab generally gets mightily irked by those music award shows which give out the gongs to all the wrong people. Yes, we know we could just ignore them but then what would we use to fill the crushing emptiness inside? Gambling? Love? Ha!, we laugh mirthlessly while blinking back cruel tears.
The great thing about the Soundblab Awards is that, being a website run by geeks, obsessives and borderline sociopaths spurred on by nothing more than an all-consuming love of music, we don't have to make compromises based on trivialities such as who's shifted the most records (hello, The Brits) or who has to be kept sweet because they shift copies (hello, NME Awards). The other great thing about the Soundblab Awards is that they're entirely voted for by you: our members, contributors and users. So the winners are a genuine reflection of who you think deserves recognition and respect. Unless, of course, we're talking about the awards for worst album, worst single and worst band of the year, in which case we want to hear who you think spent 2010 breaking through the bottom of the barrel to deliver 24 carat shit to the music world. Then there's the Soundblab Legend Award, which does exactly what it says on the tin: each year we want to crown someone different who's made a seismic and indisputably pioneering contribution to music. It could be someone great who's passed away in the last year (been too many of those), or just someone who's always been a personal hero of yours. Here's your chance to pay tribute.
The categories are below. Have a think and get voting either by commenting below or emailing editor@soundblab.com.
Best Album
2010 winner: Fever Ray - Fever Ray
Best Single
2010 winner: Yeah Yeah Yeahs - 'Zero'
Best Band
2010 winner: Yeah Yeah Yeahs
Best Solo Artist
2010 winner: Fever Ray
Best Video
2010 winner: Jarvis Cocker - 'Further Complications'
Best Album Artwork
2010 winner: Jarvis Cocker - Further Complications
Worst Album
2010 winner: Muse - The Resistance
Worst Single
2010 winner: Muse - 'Uprising'
Worst Band
2010 winner: Muse
Best Dressed
2010 winner: Lady Gaga
Worst Dressed
2010 winner: Lady Gaga
Best Newcomer
2010 winner: The Drums
Soundblab Legend Award
2010 winner: Jarvis Cocker
Best Floor-Filler
2010 winner: Yeah Yeah Yeahs - 'Zero'
Best Live Act
2010 winner: Jarvis Cocker
Best Website
2010 winner: Soundblab
