New American New Music award announced - picture of Adam Brody included

by Billy Leeson [Edit this content] ▾ 29 comments 17:14 January 12th, 2006

The Pantheon Award is set to follow in the Shortlist Prize's (the US version of Mercury Music Prize) footsteps and help expose alternative music to the masses, however it's super crazy how the 'nominators' for the Mercury Music Prize remain generally anonymous, whilst the people choosing the nominations for the American equivalent; the Pantheon awards, are chosen by a host of A and B list celebrities.

These celebrities include some of Americas most respected music writers and Adam Brody - yes Seth from the O.C - has taken part in deciding the fate of some of the best new bands around. The award is for bands that have released an album in the US between July 1st 2004 and October 30th 2005 and have sold less than 500,000 copies.

The nominations are...

Animal Collective - Feels
Antony and the Johnsons - I am a Bird Now
Fiona Apple - Extraordinary Machine
Arcade Fire - Funeral
Bloc Party - Silent Alarm
Death Cab for Cutie - Plans
The Decemberists - Picaresque
Kings of Leon - Aha Shake Heartbreak
M.I.A. - Arular
Sufjan Stevens - Illinois

And the panel of Nominators were: Elton John, Elijah Wood, Beck, Margaret Cho, John Legend, Death Cab For Cutie's Ben Gibbard (hrmmm?), Keith Urban, Ric Ocasek, Shirley Manson, Linkin Park's Chester Bennington and Mike Shinoda, Suzanne Vega, Dave Matthews and Keith Urban.

The winner will be announced in LA on February 6th.

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mmm

Adam Brody.

nice_squirrel | 12 Jan '06, 17:16 | X | Reply

i know

who my vote would go to

can you guess ?

soapy | 12 Jan '06, 17:21 | X | Reply

Loving the title

What's Fiona Apple like? She's the only one on that list I don't own anything from...

Panic @nice_squirrel | 12 Jan '06, 17:22 | X | Reply

adam brody

is such a dreamboat.

commandercool @soapy | 12 Jan '06, 17:25 | X | Reply

This is the new version...

..of the Shortlist Prize then, or whatever it was called that TV On The Radio won in 2004 etc.

Btw, any award with that Kings of Leon album and Death Cab For Cutie in needs to be taken with a pinch of salt.

brusma | 12 Jan '06, 17:37 | X | Reply

i love her stuff

for what it's worth..

FinestLittleSpace @Panic | 12 Jan '06, 17:43 | X | Reply

Love how

Death Cab for Cutie is nominated and one the guys from the band is in the Jury.

With Elijah Wood.
And a guy from no doubt.
and people from Linkin Park.

Who chooses these Jury members anyways?

Reno @brusma | 12 Jan '06, 18:02 | X | Reply

A bit like

Whatshername... Tori Amos.

But better. Because I don't like Tori Amos.

stuxmusic @Panic | 12 Jan '06, 18:15 | X | Reply

On the whole

A good shortlist for a music award, in my opinion

Although I would have presumed that Kings of Leon were slightly better known in America than that suggests. Ah well

dove_from_above @Reno | 12 Jan '06, 18:19 | X | Reply

adam brody

kind of looks like he's made of wax in that picture.

wishpig @dove_from_above | 12 Jan '06, 21:12 | X | Reply

if 'Plans' wins,

there is no god.

carrotrope | 12 Jan '06, 23:04 | X | Reply

he looks like

he's made of sexy.

so does he actually have decent music taste?

waves @wishpig | 12 Jan '06, 23:54 | X | Reply

None of those sold over 50,000?

Bloody Americans.

Perks | 13 Jan '06, 09:22 | X | Reply

I agree.

Or Kings of Leon.

Sgotta be feels.

homesick_alien @carrotrope | 13 Jan '06, 10:28 | X | Reply

was a typo

it was meant to say 500,000. changed now!

sean @Perks | 13 Jan '06, 11:59 | X | Reply

ah

that makes a LOT more sense.

guntrip @sean | 13 Jan '06, 12:09 | X | Reply

Elijah Wood

is heavily into indie music (plans to start a record label etc). I don't see why having a fan on the jury is worse than having music industry people. It'll raise the profile having him and Adam Brody (his character's an indie kid... what's to say he's not?)

Arcade fire, please.

lynnabeth @Reno | 13 Jan '06, 12:22 | X | Reply