Artrocker Magazine are hosting their second annual awards event on Friday 7th December 2012 at the Sebright Arms in London’s East End. Taking inspiration from the old Brat awards, this year’s event will be a real rock’n’roll party, crowning the winners of a massive 13 award categories.
XFM Radio DJ and music guru John Kennedy will be presenting the VIP invite only awards ceremony between 1pm and 5pm. All winners will be revealed as well as a very special live performance on the day.
The magazine have announced that Tall Ships and Public Service Broadcasting will be joining Dark Horses for the post awards ceremony live event. This free live event will take place after the award ceremony from 5pm until midnight, where doors will be opened to the general public on a first come first served basis.
Editor Marc Sallis explains “The second annual Artrocker Awards will follow on from where the last one finished – at the bar. The awards are about the music, the bands and giving the industry and the public a great event with a line-up that will recall the heady days of The Brats and inject some much needed drunken fun and rock’n’roll back into the industry. It’s Rock’n’Roll in its simplest and rawest form.”
Artrocker Awards Nominations 2012.
BAND OF THE YEAR Award sponsored by Gio Goi
· Django Django
· Arctic Monkeys
· Toy
· The Black Keys
· The Maccabees
INTERNATIONAL BAND OF THE YEAR Award
· Liars
· A Place To Bury Strangers
· Japandroids
· Atari Teenage Riot
· Tame Impala
ICONS Award sponsored by Farah Vintage
WINNER: To be revealed on the day of the Awards
BEST NEW BAND – NEW BLOOD Award sponsored by Original Penguin & Olympus
· Dark Horses
· Spectres
· Savages
· Tall Ships
· Towns
· Citizens!
· Howler
· Fear Of Men
· Dog is Dead
· 2:54
HEAVY BAND OF THE YEAR Award sponsored by Jägermeister
· Pulled Apart By Horses
· Black Moth
· Gallows
· Turbowolf
· DZ Deathrays
ELECTRO ACT OF THE YEAR Award
· Crystal Castles
· Gum Takes Tooth
· Dirty Beaches
· Atari Teenage Riot
· Public Service Broadcasting
LEGEND Award
WINNER: To be revealed on the day of the Awards
ALBUM OF THE YEAR Award sponsored by www.Deezer.com
· Toy ‘Toy’
· O Children ‘Apnea’
· The Futureheads ‘Rant’
· Django Django ‘Django Django’
· Tim Burgess ‘Oh No I Love You’
SINGLE OF THE YEAR Award
· Mystery Jets ‘Greatest Hits’
· Egyptian Hip Hop ‘Yoro Diallo’
· Tall Ships ‘Gallop’
· Dark Horses ‘Radio’
· Now Now ‘Threads’
REISSUE OF THE YEAR Award
· My Bloody Valentine ‘Isn’t Anything’ & ‘Loveless’ (Re-mastered)
· Manic Street Preachers ‘Generation Terrorists’ (20th Anniversary Edition)
· Royal Trux ‘Accelorator’
· Blur ‘21: The Box’ (Boxset Collection)
· Dr Feelgood ‘All Through The City (1974-1977) (Re-mastered Boxset Collection)
LIVE BAND OF THE YEAR Award
· The Black Keys
· Toy
· Bo Ningen
· Antlered Man
· DZ Deathrays
VIDEO OF THE YEAR Award sponsored by Olympus
· The Duke Spirit ‘Glorious’
· Tame Impala ‘Elephant’
· Arctic Monkeys ‘R U Mine’
· Wet Nuns ‘Why So Cold?’
· Django Django ‘Hail Bop’
FESTIVAL OF THE YEAR Award
· 1234 Festival
· SWN Festival
· Southsea Festival
· Bestival
· Green Man
For further announcements stay tuned to www.artrocker.tv/awards.
