Email this story Printable version Global Radio's Xfm launches the search for the Best British Debut Album of theYear with its fifth consecutive Xfm New Music Award ' voted for by the public and a stellar panel of judges.
From today, Xfm listeners will cast their votes for the award - online at www.xfm.co.uk/nma - from a selection of albums released in 2011. Amongst the contenders for the coveted accolade are 'Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds' by Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds, 'Different Gear Still Speeding' by Beady Eye, 'The Colour of the Trap' by Miles Kane, and 'What Did You Expect from the Vaccines' by The Vaccines. The ten albums that receive the most votes in the poll are then shortlisted with the overall winner selected by a panel of industry experts ' which this year includes Gary Lightbody from Snow Patrol and Muse's Dom Howard.
This year's winner will be announced on the evening of Wednesday 8th February at the Xfm New Music Award Night at the HMV Ritz inManchester. The event will be hosted by Xfm's Mary Anne Hobbs and John Kennedy, with performances from All the Young, Dry the River, Spector, Ren Harvieu and Willy Moon ' five acts that Xfm believes will produce great debut albums in 2012.
Previous winners of the award are The Enemy with 'We'll Live and Die In These Towns' (2007), The xx with 'XX' (2009) and Glasvegas with 'Glasvegas' (2008).
The full judging panel for this year, chaired by Xfm's Deputy Programme Director/Head of Music Mike Walsh, includes:
Clint Boon (Xfm) David Mogendorff (MTV)
Craig Potter (Elbow) Dom Howard (Muse)
Danny Wallace (Xfm) Mary Anne Hobbs (Xfm)
Gary Lightbody (Snow Patrol) Peter Hook (Joy Division/New Order)
Gordon Smart (Xfm/The Sun) Tim Burgess (The Charlatans)
John Hirst (HMV) Tim Ingham (Music Week)
John Leckie (producer of Radiohead, Stone Tom Smith (Editors)
Roses, Muse, The Verve etc) John Kennedy (Xfm)
For more information and to vote, visit www.xfm.co.uk/nma
Voting closes at midday on Friday 27th January; the shortlist of the final 10 will be announced on Xfm on Monday 30th January and the ultimate winner subsequently on Wednesday 8th February.
Xfm broadcasts on 104.9 FM in London on 97.7 FM in Manchester, across the country on digital radio & TV and online at xfm.co.uk
According to the latest radio industry figures released by RAJAR *, Xfm celebrated continued growth with just under a million people now tuning in across the UK each week.
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