The annual NME Awards - formerly known as the Brats - are handed out by the New Musical Express magazine and have more of an alternative focus than the forthcoming Brit Awards.

BBC: Oasis and Coldplay share awards

And the venerable British music publication New Musical Express gave them a coveted Radar Award.

NPR: Finding 'Employment' With the Kaiser Chiefs

We no longer live in a world where New Musical Express and Rolling Stone codify the new sounds and new styles into neat definitions like punk and New Romantic for the kids to fix their tribal allegiances.

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