NME Shockwaves Award Winners

02/26/09 2:07pm

by Kate Harper (CHARTattack)

Muse reigned supreme with three wins at Wednesday night's NME Shockwaves Awards in London, England, while Oasis, MGMT and the Jonas Brothers took home two trophies apiece.

Muse won awards for best live band and album artwork for last year's HAARP live CD/DVD, while frontman Matthew Bellamy was voted sexiest male.

Oasis were voted best British band and singer/guitarist Noel Gallagher's Tales From The Middle Of Nowhere (which no longer exists, since the host of Oasis' website stopped trading last week) was declared best band blog.

MGMT was named best new band and "Time To Pretend" was voted best track.

Brits proved once again that they have better taste than Americans, as the Jonas Brothers were declared the worst band and their A Little Bit Longer was voted worst album. That should be a bit of relief for those who thought it was sacrilege for the brothers to perform "Superstition" with Stevie Wonder at this year's Grammy Awards.

The show featured performances by Franz Ferdinand, LaRoux, Elbow, Friendly Fires and Blur's Damon Albarn and Graham Coxon, who played a stripped-down version of Parklife's "This Is A Low" as a preview of the band's reunion shows.

The Cure, who won the Godlike Genius award, will headline the Shockwaves NME Awards Big Gig at London's O2 Arena tonight (Thursday). Franz Ferdinand, Crystal Castles and White Lies will also play.

Here are some of the winners of this year's NME Shockwaves Awards:

Godlike Genius: The Cure
Best British Band: Oasis
Best International Band: The Killers
Best Solo Artist: Pete Doherty
Best New Band: MGMT
Best Live Band: Muse
Best Album: Kings Of Leon — Only By The Night
Outstanding Contribution To British Music: Elbow
Best Track: MGMT — "Time To Pretend"
Best Video: The Last Shadow Puppets — "My Mistakes Were Made For You"
Best Live Event: Glastonbury Festival 2008
Best Dancefloor Filler: Dizzee Rascal featuring Calvin Harris and Chrome — "Dance Wiv Me"
Best DVD: Arctic Monkeys — Live At The Apollo
Best Band Blog: Noel Gallagher
Best Album Artwork: Muse — HAARP
Worst Dressed: Amy Winehouse
Worst Album: Jonas Brothers — A Little Bit Longer
Worst Band: Jonas Brothers
Sexiest Male: Muse's Matthew Bellamy
Sexiest Female: Paramore's Hayley Williams
Hero Of The Year: Barack Obama
Villain Of The Year: George W. Bush