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2008 NME Cool List featured gallery

It’s the magazine we all love to hate, but you can’t deny UK rag NME’s influence on the music scene worldwide. Their reputation for hyping up the next big thing (before promptly spitting them out a few months/weeks/days later) is second to none, and as a result the announcement of their annual top 50 ‘Cool List’ is met with keen interest.

They revealed the 2008 list this week, and as to be expected it features some of the hottest hype acts of the year, and also an inordinate number of dance/electronic and hip hop artists. Topping the bill; Alice Glass of mysterious Canadian electro fiends Crystal Castles, closely followed by Jay-Z who is riding high after his headline set at Glastonbury a few months back.

Flying the flag for the antipodean music scene, Ladyhawke features at #6. The inimitable, and heavily pregnant, M.I.A. also got a run in the top 10, while a little further down you’ll find her collaborator and impending visitor to Australian shores, Santogold.

NME Cool List 2008

1. Alice Glass, Crystal Castles
2. Jay-Z
3. Andrew VanWyngarden, MGMT
4. Alex Turner, Arctic Monkeys/The Last Shadow Puppets
5. Sam Dust, Late Of The Pier
6. Ladyhawke
7. Caleb Followill, Kings Of Leon
8. M.I.A.
9. Liam Gallagher, Oasis
10. Caroline McKay, Glasvegas
11. Pink Eyes, Fucked Up
12. Guy Garvey, Elbow
13. Lil Wayne
14. Dave Sitek, TV On The Radio
15. Johnny Marr
16. Ezra Koenig, Vampire Weekend
17. Santogold
18. Ed MacFarlane, Friendly Fires
19. Florence Welch, Florence & The Machine
20. Dev Hynes, Lightspeed Champion
21. Damon Albarn
22. Jay Reatard
23. Jamie Reynolds, Klaxons
24. Zack de la Rocha, Rage Against The Machine
25. Peter Gabriel
26. Nick McCabe, The Verve
27. Yannis Philippakis, Foals
28. Miles Kane, The Rascals/The Last Shadow Puppets
29. Scarlett Johansson
30. Will Roan, Amazing Baby
31. Rivers Cuomo, Weezer
32. Lovefoxxx, CSS
33. Josh Homme, Queens Of The Stone Age
34. DJ Mujava
35. Little Boots
36. Frank Carter, Gallows
37. Brandon Flowers, The Killers
38. Jason Pierce, Spiritualized
39. Robbie Furze, The Big Pink
40. Robert Plant
41. Shunda K, Yo Majesty
42. Tom Vain – S.C.U.M.
43. Karen O, Yeah Yeah Yeahs
44. Gruff Rhys, Neon Neon
45. Brian Fallon, The Gaslight Anthem
46. Matt Bellamy, Muse
47. Eva Spence, Rolo Tomassi
48. Lethal Bizzle
49. Carl Barat
50. Jon McClure, Reverend & The Makers