The 2007 HMA Nominations
or Right On Time, As Always
Going in to this year, I didn't expect these awards to be so difficult. Then I discovered a few thousand new bands and things got hairy. It can't be avoided any longer - the mainstream and indie "Song/Album of the Year" categories have to diverge. The line is fine in some cases; don't leave irritating messages about how you think Wilco should be considered mainstream: these decisions are final. I'm also thinking about an additional modification to the normal award format, so when the awards arrive during the first week of January, brace yourselves.
One further note: these are all fantastic achievements in their respective media formats. I'd encourage all of you to check out each of them
Song of the Year [Mainstream]
All U Can Eat ~ Ben Folds
Kiwi ~ Maroon 5
Atlantic ~ Keane
The Little Things Give You Away ~ Linkin Park
Reckoner ~ Radiohead
Song of the Year [Indie]
Culling of the Fold ~ The Decemberists
666 Conducer ~ BRMC
Sea Lion Woman ~ Feist
Pan ~ The Veils
The Thanks I Get ~ Wilco
Album of the Year [Mainstream]
Cigarettes & Gasoline ~ Emerson Hart
Echoes, Silence, Patience, and Grace ~ Foo Fighters
In Rainbows ~ Radiohead
Album of the Year [Indie]
Baby 81 ~ BRMC
The Crane Wife ~ The Decemberists
The Reminder ~ Feist
Leaves in the River ~ Sea Wolf
Sky Blue Sky ~ Wilco
Discovery Artist of the Year
Black Rebel Motorcycle Club
Feist
Kings of Convenience
Sea Wolf
South
Starsailor
Travis
The Veils
Wilco
Book of the Year
The Book of Lost Things ~ John Connolly
Fatal Revenant ~ Stephen R. Donaldson
Ysabel ~ Guy Gavriel Kay
Out of the Silent Planet ~ C.S. Lewis
The Lies of Locke Lamora ~ Scott Lynch
The Picture of Dorian Gray ~ Oscar Wilde
The Book of the New Sun ~ Gene Wolfe
Movie of the Year
Stardust
Transformers
(Seriously, did anything else come out this year?.)
or Right On Time, As Always
Going in to this year, I didn't expect these awards to be so difficult. Then I discovered a few thousand new bands and things got hairy. It can't be avoided any longer - the mainstream and indie "Song/Album of the Year" categories have to diverge. The line is fine in some cases; don't leave irritating messages about how you think Wilco should be considered mainstream: these decisions are final. I'm also thinking about an additional modification to the normal award format, so when the awards arrive during the first week of January, brace yourselves.
One further note: these are all fantastic achievements in their respective media formats. I'd encourage all of you to check out each of them
Song of the Year [Mainstream]
All U Can Eat ~ Ben Folds
Kiwi ~ Maroon 5
Atlantic ~ Keane
The Little Things Give You Away ~ Linkin Park
Reckoner ~ Radiohead
Song of the Year [Indie]
Culling of the Fold ~ The Decemberists
666 Conducer ~ BRMC
Sea Lion Woman ~ Feist
Pan ~ The Veils
The Thanks I Get ~ Wilco
Album of the Year [Mainstream]
Cigarettes & Gasoline ~ Emerson Hart
Echoes, Silence, Patience, and Grace ~ Foo Fighters
In Rainbows ~ Radiohead
Album of the Year [Indie]
Baby 81 ~ BRMC
The Crane Wife ~ The Decemberists
The Reminder ~ Feist
Leaves in the River ~ Sea Wolf
Sky Blue Sky ~ Wilco
Discovery Artist of the Year
Black Rebel Motorcycle Club
Feist
Kings of Convenience
Sea Wolf
South
Starsailor
Travis
The Veils
Wilco
Book of the Year
The Book of Lost Things ~ John Connolly
Fatal Revenant ~ Stephen R. Donaldson
Ysabel ~ Guy Gavriel Kay
Out of the Silent Planet ~ C.S. Lewis
The Lies of Locke Lamora ~ Scott Lynch
The Picture of Dorian Gray ~ Oscar Wilde
The Book of the New Sun ~ Gene Wolfe
Movie of the Year
Stardust
Transformers
(Seriously, did anything else come out this year?.)
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