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The first ever Artrocker Awards will take place on the 2nd December 2011 at XOYO venue in London’s ever-popular Shoreditch.

The jam-packed Artrocker Awards will unveil the winners of fourteen unique nomination categories (listed below) at a VIP invite only award ceremony hosted by Jen Long (Radio 1) starting at 1pm on 2^nd December at XOYO. London’s very own Bombay Bicycle Club lead the jam-packed nominations with four nominations in the – Band of the Year, Album of the Year, Live Band of the Year and Single of the Year categories after an outstanding 2011, whilst experimental Brooklyn-ites Battles are up for three awards – Best International Band, Album of the Year and Video of the Year.

The evening of the 2^nd December is set to see Shoreditch shake as Artrocker Awards then expand to take over the whole 800 capacity XOYO building for THE ARTROCKER AWARDS LIVE SHOW, filling its two rooms with the best live music from 8pm til 3am!

Celebrating the REAL talent of 2011, Artrocker is known for its honest guide to music and the Artrocker Awards will be just that – the music industry’s true guide to what was great in 2011. Everyone is welcome to the Artrocker Awards Show, which takes place the same day as the Awards Ceremony. Starting at 8pm, the celebrations will go well into the night as the party continues until 3am.

Marc Sallis, Editor, Artrocker says, “A lot of awards these days are made to fill up time on TV and fill pages in glossy magazines spreads, Artrocker aims to make its first-ever awards about the music, the bands and giving the public a great gig with a line-up that will recall the heady days of The Brats and inject some much needed drunken fun and rock’n’roll back into the industry. The inaugural Artrocker Awards are cutting back the ever-expanding gloss and going for the true spirit of music; there will be no fireworks, stage tricks and countless re-takes, it’s quite simple Rock’n’Roll in its simplest and rawest form.”

With all of the early bird tickets already sold out, general admission is still just £15. Winners and nominees from the awards will perform live in the main live room in XOYO and the Gallary Bar will feature other award winners and nominees DJing.

Tickets are available now for the Artrocker Awards Live show and can be bought from www.xoyo.co.uk/event/artrocker-awards, See Tickets and Ticketweb.

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The Horrors

Bombay Bicycle Club

British Sea Power

Metronomy

Grinderman

INTERNATIONAL BAND OF THE YEAR Award

Battles

LCMDF

White Denim

Atari Teenage Riot

Tweak Bird

To Be Announced at the Ceremony

Teeth

Ringo Deathstarr

Mojo Fury

The Chevin

DZ Deathrays

HEAVY BAND OF THE YEAR Award sponsored by Jägermeister

Turbowolf

Hawk Eyes

The Computers

Civil Civic

Rolo Tomassi

Gary Numan

Tom Vek

John Foxx and the Maths

Maria and the Mirrors

Ladytron

To Be Announced at the Ceremony

Battles ‘Gloss Drop’

Gruff Rhys ‘Hotel Shampoo’

The Horrors ‘Skying’

Bombay Bicycle Club ‘A Different Kind of Fix’

Deerhoof ‘Deerhoof Vs Evil’

Yuck ‘Get Away’

Metronomy ‘The Bay’

Lana Del Rey ‘Video Games’

Bombay Bicycle Club ‘Shuffle’

Tribes ‘We Were Children’

Can ‘Tago Mago: 40^th Anniversary Edition’

The Fall ‘The Nation’s Saving Grace: Omnibus Edition’

The Jesus and Mary Chain ‘Psychocandy: Special Edition’

John Foxx & Harold Budd featuring Ruben Garcia ‘Nighthawks’

Nirvana ‘Nevermind: 20^th Anniversary Edition’

The Horrors

Bombay Bicycle Club

The Duke Spirit

The Jim Jones Revue

Atari Teenage Riot

Tribes ‘Sappho’

Is Tropical ‘The Greeks’

Frankie and the Heartstrings ‘Hunger’

Battles featuring Gary Numan ‘My Machines’

The Chapman Family ‘Anxiety’

Field Day

1234 Festival

SWN Festival

Primavera

Green Man

To Be Announced at the Ceremony