LWM AWARDS 2018 – THE SHORTLIST
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folks, 2018 is coming to an end, Brexit hasn’t happened yet, and Trump is still
alive so it’s a mixed bag to say the least. One thing you can rely on, however,
is that this world continues to produce talented, innovative and intriguing
musicians which I bring as many of as possible to your attention via this
humble blog. At the end of the year, it’s always a good time to look back on the best
of the last 12 months so here we go. Same rules as always – they must have been featured on
Listen With Monger to be in contention and nobody can win the same category twice,
just to keep things spicy. So, here goes, the shortlist for 2018 is…
Best Band (UK) 2018 Shortlist:
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| The Joy Formidable |
BLACK
FUTURES
FERRIS & SYLVESTER
TURBOWOLF
IDLES
THE JOY FORMIDABLE
HENGE
BEACH RIOT
2017 Winner - Rews
2016 Winner – Narcs / Berries
2015 Winner - Allusondrugs
Best Band (South West) 2018 Shortlist:
THE VELVET HANDS
PATTERN
PUSHER
VELVET & STONE
ECHO TOWN
WISH HOUNDS
REIGNING DAYS
HYPOPHORA
2017 Winner – The Malthusian Trap
2016 Winner – Wildwood Kin
2015 Winner – Lost Dawn / Sound
of the Sirens
Best Band (International) 2018 Shortlist:
X AMBASSADORS
THE NECTARS
MONSTER TRUCK
LION BABE
FONTAINES D.C.
CHARLY BLISS
2017 Winner – Parekh & Singh (India)
2016 Winner – The Watanabes
(Japan)
2015 Winner – Failure Machine
(USA)
Best Solo Male (UK) 2018
 |
| Kyle Falconer |
KYLE FALCONER
JOSHUA KYEOT
KIKO
BUN
MULCH AIKENS
MICHAEL JABLONKA
2017 Winner – Jamie Lenman
2016 Winner – Jake Morley
2015 Winner – Cosmo Sheldrake
Best Solo Male (South West) 2018 Shortlist:
JAMIE YOST
MATTHEW GORDON
PRICE
FROZEN HOUSES
CHAY SNOWDON
PAUL ARMER
2017 Winner – Gozer
Goodspeed/Martyn Crocker
Best Solo Male (International) 2018 Shortlist:
FANTASTIC NEGRITO
TOR MILLER
SIMON LYNGE
TIMOTHY MONGER
SPENCER KILPATRICK
2017 Winner – Noah Gundersen
(USA)
Best Solo Female (UK) 2018 Shortlist:
HANNAH RODRIGUEZ
PIP HALL
GEORGIA
FEARN
SHE MAKES WAR
JONES
KATY HURT
SEAKER
2017 Winner – Poppy Ackroyd
2016 Winner – Joanna Cooke / Lulu
James
2015 Winner – Malka
Best Solo Female (South West) 2018 Shortlist:
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| Jess McCallister |
ROZ BIRCH
SADIE HORLER
JESS MCCALLISTER
CHARLIE LOUISE
JOANNA COOKE
TALITHA RISE
2017 Winner – Rosie the Crow
Best Solo Female (International) 2018 Shortlist:
GRACE INSPACE
AH! KOSMOS
DYLYN
ANGIE
LUCY MASON
MALMO
CHARLOTTE GAINSBOURG
2017 Winner – Deqn Sue (USA)
Best Single 2018 Shortlist:
X AMBASSADORS ‘JOYFUL’
FOR ESME
‘DOUBTMOUTH’
JAMIE YOST ‘STAY’
MICHAEL JABLONKA ‘FLUMP’
LIBRALIBRA ‘TONGUES’
ESTRONS ‘BODY’
THE MAPLE STATE ‘WINNER’
GRACE INSPACE ‘WATERSOURCE’
2017 Winner – She Makes War ‘I Want
My Country Back’ / Moses ‘King Size’
2016 Winner – Mowbeck ‘Vaseline’
/ Childcare ‘Cinema Club’
2015 Winner – Azu Yeche ‘Lagos’
Best EP 2018 Shortlist:
MATTHEW GORDON PRICE ‘RIVALRY EP’
SADIE HORLER ‘SOLIVAGANT EP’
JONES ‘NEW YORK EP’
GOZER GOODSPEED ‘IMPOSSIBLE
TO PICK UP EP’
GRACE INSPACE ‘LAZY GRACE’S APOCALYPTIC KITCHEN VOL. 1’
2017 Winner – Mux ‘Can You See
Who? EP’
2016 Winner – Joanna Cooke ‘Wound
Up EP’ / Bare Hunter ‘Dry Rot EP’
2015 Winner – Alex Gregory
‘Critical Perfection EP’
Best Album 2018 Shortlist:
THE JOY FORMIDABLE ‘AAARTH’
TIMOTHY
MONGER ‘AMBER LANTERN’
REIGNING DAYS ‘ECLIPSE’
TURBOWOLF ‘THE FREE LIFE’
GEORGIA FEARN ‘PERFECT ON PAPER’
THE NECTARS ‘SCI-FI TELEVISION’
MONSTER
TRUCK ‘TRUE ROCKERS’
SIMON LYNGE ‘DEEP DEEP SNOW’
HENGE ‘ ATTENTION!
EARTH’
TANKUS THE HENGE ‘I CRAVE AFFECTION BABY, BUT NOT WHEN I DRIVE'
2017 Winner – Noah Gundersen
‘White Noise’ / Rews ‘Pyro’
2016 Winner – Narcs ‘A Thinking
Animal’ / Jake Morley ‘The Manual
2015 Winner – Lost Dawn / Malka
Best Video 2018 Shortlist:
KWASSA ‘MOON WALKING’
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| X Ambassadors |
X AMBASSADORS
‘JOYFUL’
JOEL BAKER ‘RUPI KAUR’
LIBRALIBRA ‘TONGUES’
ESTRONS ‘BODY’
CALVA LOUISE – ‘TUG OF WAR’
THE MAPLE STATE – ‘WINNER’
2017 Winner – Vei ‘Rolling On You
Romeo’
2016 Winner – Michelle O Faith
‘Lemonade’
2015 Winner – Husky ‘I’m Not
Coming Back’
Best Live Show 2018 Shortlist:
JAMIE YOST + GUESTS @ THE
BARCICAN THEATRE, PLYMOUTH
ONE DAY FEST II @ THE INN ON THE SHORE, DOWNDERRY
THEA GILMORE @ THE PHOENIX, EXETER
LOOE SAVES THE DAY FESTIVAL, LOOE
2017 Winner – Wildwood Kin @ The
Brook Inn, Plymouth
2016 Winner – Blogtober 2016
feat. Berries / Pattern Pusher / Seaker / Jamie Yost / Rosa Belle
2015 Winner – Tankus the Henge @
Looe Music Festival
Best Band Name 2018 Shortlist:
CANDY AMBULANCE
HAVE YOU SEEN
THE JANE FONDA AEROBIC VHS?
PATAWAWA
SHE MAKES WAR
BANG BANG ROMEO
YOU’RE
F!RED
SWEDISH DEATH CANDY
PSYCHEDELIC PORN CRUMPETS
2017 Winner – Playboy Manbaby
2016 Winner – Yes Babez! / Taco
Hell / Queen of Jeans
2015 Winner – Get Inuit /
Rangleklods
Best Debut 2018 Shortlist:
PARLIAMO‘WEEKEND’
GEORGIA FEARN ‘PERFECT ON PAPER’
CHARLIE LOUISE ‘I’M NOT LIKE YOU EP’
<TRACK NOT FOUND> ‘EP’
SUN SILVA ‘BLUE LIGHT’
TALITHA RISE ‘AN ABANDONED ORCHID HOUSE’
2017 Winner – Black Futures
‘Karma, Ya Dig?’
2016 Winner – Berries ‘Siren’
2015 Winner – Vanessa Forero
‘Heaven Knows’
Best Year 2018 Shortlist:
FERRIS & SYLVESTER
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| Ferris & Sylvester |
BLACK
FUTURES
IDLES
SISTERAY
PATAWAWA
VELVET HANDS
BANG BANG ROMEO
2017 Winner - Cassels
2016 Winner – Wildwood Kin
2015 Winner – Sound of the Sirens
Best PR 2018
LOST IN THE MANOR PR
9PR
FINE
COMPANY
SUPER CAT PR
PRESCRIPTION PR
HER PR
2017 Winner – Cannonball PR
2016 Winner – Wilful Publicity
2015 Winner – Hannah Gould Music
PR
Best Label 2018
MARSHALL RECORDS
MY LITTLE
EMPIRE RECORDS
INTEGRITY RECORDS
VALLANCE RECORDS
INTEGRITY RECORDS
2017 Winner – Cooking Vinyl
2016 Winner – Superfan 99
2015 Winner – Clue Records