This year's nominees for the annual Q Awards, the award ceremony offspring of dad-rock bible Q magazine, have been announced. Whoa, there, Q - way to get radical on our arses.
Rather than write some silly paragraph about how these bands are mostly pants, how about you just look at the nominees and come to your own conclusions? Yeah? Cool...
Best New Act
Lily Allen
Corinne Bailey Rae
The Kooks
Arctic Monkeys (pictured)
Orson
Best Track
'Chasing Cars' Snow Patrol
'Crazy' Gnarls Barkley
'I Don't Feel Like Dancin'' Scissor Sisters
'Never Be Lonely' The Feeling
'I Bet You Look Good On The Dancefloor' Arctic Monkeys
Best Live Act
Oasis
Razorlight
Muse
Red Hot Chili Peppers
Arctic Monkeys
Best Album
Black Holes and Revelations Muse
Empire Kasabian
Under The Iron Sea Keane
Razorlight Razorlight
Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not Arctic Monkeys
Eyes Open Snow Patrol
Best Video
'When You Were Young' The Killers
'I Don't Feel Like Dancin'' Scissor Sisters
'Empire' Kasabian
'Smiley Faces' Gnarls Barkley
'Why Won't You Give Me Your Love?' The Zutons
Best Act In The World Today
Muse
Coldplay
Oasis
U2
Red Hot Chili Peppers
That doesn't seem like a lot of categories. There are probably more. Ones that aren't here. I don't know. Some well-wicked bands there, though: fresh, new talents!
The award ceremony takes place on October 30. It'll be presented by Jonathan Ross. Last we heard, we weren't invited. But neither were you, so bothered.