The Listen With Monger Awards 2019 Shortlist
2019 has been an absolute banger
of a year for music, probably as a reaction to the total cluster-fuck that is
the rest of the world right now. As much as the music has been superb it has
made this shortlisting exercise a massive pain in the ass but I did it…for
you….just like I do everything else. So here it is, the best of the best. Oh,
and for any newcomers, the rules are that the artist has to have been featured
on the blog and nobody can win the same award twice.
Winners will be announced on 14th December 2019
Best Band (UK) 2019 Shortlist
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| Cherryade |
DINOSUARE PILE-UP
THE LAFONTAINES
TRACK NOT FOUND
SICK JOY
CHERRYADE
WILLIAM THE CONQUEROR
WILLE & THE BANDITS
2018 Winner – Black Futures
2017 Winner - Rews
2016 Winner – Narcs / Berries
2015 Winner - Allusondrugs
Best Band (South West) 2019 Shortlist
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| 50 Year Storm |
50 YEAR STORM
HARBOTTLE & JONAS
DRAKES ISLAND
THE REZNER
PATTERN PUSHER
HAUNT THE WOODS
2018 Winner – The Velvet Hands
2017 Winner – The Malthusian Trap
2016 Winner – Wildwood Kin
2015 Winner – Lost Dawn / Sound
of the Sirens
Best Band (International) 2019 Shortlist
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| The Man Who |
X AMBASSADORS
FONTAINES D.C.
BICURIOUS
NOT UR GIRLFRENZ
BRONX SLANG
THE MAN WHO
2018 Winner – The Nectars (USA)
2017 Winner – Parekh & Singh (India)
2016 Winner – The Watanabes (Japan)
2015 Winner – Failure Machine
(USA)
Best Solo Male (UK) 2019 Shortlist
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| Hypnosister |
THE GOLDEN DREGS
ARCHIE FAULKS
HYPNOSISTER
FRANK TURNER
XAMVOLO
2018 Winner – Joshua Kyeot
2017 Winner – Jamie Lenman
2016 Winner – Jake Morley
2015 Winner – Cosmo Sheldrake
Best Solo Male (South West) 2019 Shortlist
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| Arthr |
GEORGE MOIR
ARTHR
RRUSSELL BELL
SAMANTICS
DANIEL STEER
2018 Winner – Matthew Gordon
Price
2017 Winner – Gozer Goodspeed/Martyn
Crocker
Best Solo Male (International) 2019 Shortlist
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| Fantastic Negrito |
FANTASTIC NEGRITO
DUCKWRTH
SPENCER KILPATRICK
KIEFER SUTHERLAND
2018 Winner – Simon Lynge
(Greenland)
2017 Winner – Noah Gundersen
(USA)
Best Solo Female (UK) 2019 Shortlist
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| Lots Holloway |
NINA NESBITT
CHLOE HOWL
GAZEL
TINA BOONSTRA
LOTS HOLLOWAY
LAURAN HIBBERD
THISISNAMASTE
2018 Winner – Pip Hall
2017 Winner – Poppy Ackroyd
2016 Winner – Joanna Cooke / Lulu
James
2015 Winner – Malka
Best Solo Female (South West) 2019 Shortlist
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| Charlotte AP |
HOCKEYSMITH
HOLLY MORWENNA
RISE
SADIE HORLER
CHARLOTTE AP
LUCY AGGETT
2018
Winner – Joanna Cooke
2017 Winner – Rosie the Crow
Best Solo Female (International) 2019 Shortlist
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| Iskwe |
HAFDIS HULD
ISKWE
MAVIS STAPLES
TAMI NEILSON
ANGIE
MADISON BEER
ILIRA
2018 Winner – Grace Inspace (USA)
2017 Winner – Deqn Sue (USA)
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| Nuela Charles |
Best Single 2019 Shortlist
FERRIS & SYLVESTER – ‘I DARE YOU’
PENGUIN CAFÉ – ‘CHAPTER
NUELA CHARLES – ‘LONG WAY DOWN’
BOULEVARDS – ‘DANG GIRL!’
TALLY SPEAR – ‘SCATTER BRAIN’
BROTHER & BONES – ‘DOG EAT DOG’
BICURIOUS – ‘I DON’T DO DRUGS, I JUST SWEAT A LOT’
GOZER GOODSPEED – ‘RUNNING WITH THE OUTLIERS’
2018
Winner – X Ambassadors ‘Joyful’
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 2019 Shortlist
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| L'Freaq |
RRUSSELL BELL – ‘LIKE-A-HUMAN EP’
BEN MORGAN-BROWN – ‘NAMELESS GOLD EP’
GG FEARN – ‘BLACK MIRROR’
CONTROL OF THE GOING – ‘REFLECTIONS EP’
THE MAN WHO – ‘BET ON YOU EP’
L’FREAQ – ‘WEIRD AWAKENINGS EP’
SICK JOY – ‘THEM DAYS EP’
2018 Winner – Jones ‘New York EP’
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 2019 Shortlist
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| Harbottle & Jonas |
HARBOTTLE & JONAS – ‘THE SEA IS MY BROTHER’
DINOSAURE PILE-UP – ‘CELEBRITY MANSIONS’
MAVIS STAPLES – ‘WE GET BY’
WILLIAM THE CONQUEROR – ‘BLEEDING ON THE SOUNDTRACK’
X AMBASSADORS – ‘ORION’
KONGO DIA NTOTLIA – ‘360 DEGREES’
BLACK FUTURES – ‘NEVER NOT NOTHING’
GAZEL – ‘GAZEL’S BOOK OF SOULS’
2018 Winner – The Nectars ‘Sci-Fi
Television’ / Henge ‘Attention! Earth’
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 2019 Shortlist
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| Lauran Hibberd |
PENGUIN CAFÉ – ‘CHAPTER’
DEARLY BELOVED – ‘CLOSE ENCOUNTERS’
YOUNG KNIVES – ‘RED CHERRIES’
DISKOPUNK – ‘SCOOTER GANG’
LAURAN HIBBERD – ‘SWEAT PATCH’
2018 Winner – Calva Louise ‘Tug
of War’ / LibraLibra ‘Tongues’
2017 Winner – Vei ‘Rolling on You
Romeo’
2016 Winner – Michelle O Faith
‘Lemonade’
2015 Winner – Husky ‘I’m Not
Coming Back’
Best Live Show 2019 Shortlist
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| Kylie |
KYLIE + NINA NESBITT @ EDEN SESSIONS, ST AUSTELL
SHIHAD @ THE THEKLA, BRISTOL
PIXIES @ THE PAVILIONS, PLYMOUTH
WILLE & THE BANDITS @ THE JUNCTION, PLYMOUTH
2018 Winner – 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 2019 Shortlist
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| Bicurious |
LUSH PUPPY
THOSE FUCKING SNOWFLAKES
BICURIOUS
SERATONES
JERSKIN FENDRIX
2018 Winner – Have You Ever Seen
the Jane Fonda Aerobic VHS?
2017 Winner – Playboy Manbaby
2016 Winner – Yes Babez! / Taco
Hell / Queen of Jeans
2015 Winner – Get Inuit /
Rangleklods
Best Debut 2019 Shortlist
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| Gazel |
CHANGE THE LETTER – ‘WHATEVER WILL BE (BELIEVE)
STANLEY DUKE & THE KINDRED SPIRITS – ‘COLLAGEN’
GAZEL – ‘GAZEL’S BOOK OF SOULS’
WHISTLEBELLY – ‘BLUE WILLY’
BROTHER SEA – ‘BROTHER SEA’
2018 – Georgia Fearn ‘Perfect on
Paper’
2017 Winner – Black Futures
‘Karma, Ya Dig?’
2016 Winner – Berries ‘Siren’
2015 Winner – Vanessa Forero
‘Heaven Knows’
Best Year 2019 Shortlist
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| Pattern Pusher |
DINOSAUR PILE-UP
PATTERN PUSHER
DEUX FURIEUSES
PATAWAWA
FERRIS & SYLVESTER
WILLIAM THE CONQUEROR
2018 Winner - Idles
2017 Winner - Cassels
2016 Winner – Wildwood Kin
2015 Winner – Sound of the Sirens
Best PR 2019 Shortlist
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| The Rezner - SLK Associates |
PRESCRIPTION PR
SLK ASSOCIATES
SUPERCAT PR
SILVER PR
PLUGGIN BABY
2018 Winner – Fine Company
2017 Winner – Cannonball PR
2016 Winner – Wilful Publicity
2015 Winner – Hannah Gould Music
PR
Best Label 2019 Shortlist
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| Sick Joy - Say Something Records |
MASCOT LABEL GROUP
MODERN SKY UK
CAROLINE INTERNATIONAL
SAY SOMETHING RECORDS
VALLANCE RECORDS
2018 Winner – Integrity Records
2017 Winner – Cooking Vinyl
2016 Winner – Superfan 99
2015 Winner – Clue Records