Scandinavian Indie - 1998 Awards

The Scandinavian Indie Mailing List subscribers have voted in the 1998 Scandinavian Indie Poll, and the results are presented on this page! Thanks to Elin who gathered, compiled and created this results page, and to everyone who voted! Congratulations to all the winners!

A - Best Album
B - Best Single
C - Best Scandinavian Album
D - Best Scandinavian Single
E - Band We Couldn't Live Without
F - Most Promising New Act
G - Most Amazing Live Experience
H - Most Fancied Indiepop Personality
I - Best Video
J - Best Music Fanzine
K - Best Music Magazine
L - Best Label
M - Best Musical Event
N - This Sucked

A. BEST ALBUM:

Motorpsycho - Trust Us

bob hund - Jag rear ut min själ! Allt ska bort!!!

Belle & Sebastian - The boy with the arab strap

Massive attack - Mezzanine

Mercury Rev - Deserter's Songs

Tortoise - TNT
9
5
4

3

2 votes: Arab Strap - Philophobia, Neutral Milk Hotel - In The Aeroplane Over The Sea, Quasi - Featuring Birds, Queens of the Stoneage - Queens of the Stoneage, Saint Etienne - Good Humour, Shellac - Terraform, Sideshow Bob - Invasive Confusion, Elliott Smith - XO, Sonic Youth - A Thousand Leaves, Sophia - The Infinite Circle, Komeda - What Makes it Go?, Stereolab - Aluminum tunes, Stina Nordenstam - People Are Strange, Mojave 3 - Out Of Tune, Baxter - Baxter, Placebo - Without You I'm Nothing, Sobsister - Schlaraffenland

B. BEST SINGLE:

Motorpsycho - Hey Jane

bob hund - nu är det väl revolution på gång?

6

2 votes: Puressence - This Feeling, Massive Attack - Teardrop, Roamin Numerals - Buckle up

C. BEST SCANDINAVIAN ALBUM:

bob hund - Jag rear ut min själ! Allt ska bort!!!

Motorpsycho - Trust Us

Komeda - What Makes It Go?

Broder Daniel - Broder Daniel Forever

The Cardigans - Gran Turismo
Sidesow Bob Invasive Confusion

Larry & the Lefthanded - Quantum Rider

11
9
5
4

3

2 votes: 22 pistepirrko - eleven, baxter - baxter, Bear quartet - personality crisis, dipsomaniacs - reverb of hollowness, Grand Tone Music - Grand Tone Music, Incka - Nu ännu bättre, Stina Nordenstam - People Are Strange, Soundtrack Of Our Lives - Extended Revelation

D. BEST SCANDINAVIAN SINGLE:

bob hund - nu är det väl revolution på gång?

Motorpsycho - Hey Jane

Motorpsycho - Ozone

Barusta The Game

9
7
4
3

2 votes: Barusta - Satellite, bob hund - ett fall & en lösning, Caesars palace - Kick you out, Cessna - My Blue Anglia, Girlfrendo - Air, Stina Nordenstam - People are strange, Pluxus - Pluxus ep, Rockets - action buster

E. THE BAND WE COULDN'T LIVE WITHOUT:

Motorpsycho

bob hund

Belle & Sebastian

Radiohead

8
4
3

2 votes: Flaming Sideburns, Pavement, R.E.M., Smashing pumpkins, Stereolab, Sophia, Yo La Tengo

F. MOST PROMISING NEW ACT:

Barusta

5

2 votes: Club 8, Dipsomaniacs, Hefner, Pluxus, Queens of the Stoneage, Sadovaja Soundsystem, Stuntbike

G. MOST AMAZING LIVE EXPERIENCE:

Portishead - Stockholm Water Ferstival

Belle & Sebastian, Klubben, Stockholm

3

2 votes: Kraftwerk, Roskilde, Yo La Tengo So What, Oslo, Dec 98

H. MOST FANCIED INDIEPOP PERSONALITY:

Motorpsycho

(4 votes for Bent, 2 for Snah, 2 for Motorpsycho and 1 for Geb)

bob hund

(bob hund, Thomas öberg would be if cut his hair short again, thomas öberg, conny nimmersjö)

Belle & Sebastian members

(2 for Stuart Murdoch and 1 for Isobell Campbell)
9

4

3

2 votes: Ira Kaplan

I. BEST VIDEO:

Fatboy Slim - Praise You

Motorpsycho - Hey Jane

4

2 votes: The Cardigans - My Favourite Game

J. BEST MUSIC FANZINE:

Benno

EttNollEtt

2

K. BEST MUSIC MAGAZINE:

Sound Affects

NME

Wires

5
4
3

2 votes: Prospective
(Pop was number one last year, but only got one vote now)

L. BEST LABEL:

Stickman

4AD

Matador
NONS
Silence

Beluga

Siesta
Starboy

6
4

3

2 votes: Chemical Underground, Discipline global mobile, Jeepster, Kranky, Labrador, Thrill jockey, Too Pure, Warp

M. BEST MUSICAL EVENT:

Roskilde Festival

Emmaboda Festival

5
4

2 votes: Hultsfred, Fanclub, Doktor Kosmos Stjärnjerry
And all the other good things you voted for:
Ettnollett party nights, Garage Fest, John Doe (Herrgarn, Linkoping), Belle & Sebastian live, Bennoparty w/ Girlfrendo & Shermans in GBG, Yo La Tengo coming to Norway, RMP christmas party at Studion Stockholm, Hitching a ride with Barusta and Annica Silvonen from Uppsala to Stockholm =), Fucking åmål featuring Yvonne, Bob Hund etc., Buying truckloads of cheap pirate CDs in St Petersburg for devalued crashrubles, The Bighton Crawl, popstad eskilstuna, The German culture ship M/S Stubnitz visiting Stockholm, The rerelease on CD of Suicide's classic first album, Spoken Word festival in Stockholm with Lee Ranaldo, Lydia Lunch, etc., Lollipop cancelling, The usually dull REM gave a brilliant show in Stockholm, i started my own band :), that Swedish hip hop revolution hype thing, Smokesellout at åhléns record section, Motorpsycho 03. oktober Rockefeller OSLO, So What!, gearhead festival, ARVIKA '98, Musikkens Dag Oslo 1998, Nightmare Before Halloween 98 (Mars, Oslo), Herrgar'n Linkoping still going strong, quart, folken 10 years in 98, Dynamo Open Air, North Sea Jazz festival

N. THIS SUCKED:

Aqua

3

2 votes: Dr Bombay
And:
Mankind in general, Music journalism in general, The widespread drunkenness at the Emmaboda festival (so many "music fans" behaving like pigs), The punk rock equivalent of Dr Bombay Offspring, Cloudberry Jam quit. :(, and all the other commersial shite!, Annica Silvonen got kicked out of Shallow Soundwave, Popsicle getting soft and boring, Monostar getting soft and commercial, Stefan Sundström getting old and soggy, Curve's cheap "jungle" comeback, Britpop, Swedish "indiepop", American "alternative" rock, the rain at emmaboda The new Beck album, The way Swedish authorities terrorized M/S Stubnitz, Almost everything, Sideshow Bob broke up, espen lind, 18 year age limit at concerts, motorpsycho not having any concerts near where i live, hey, what's wrong with sucking?, POP, Bibel, SA, Veruca Salt split up, Arab strap, Not a really new yo la tengo album, House of Kicks, no venues to play, Lauryn Hill The miseducation of......, life, love, i didn't marry either Louise Weibull nor Jonna Tervomaa, spice girls, backstreet boys, absolute music, mc music, "best of"s with old rotten artists, Monica Lewinsky (maybe it was before 1998...), Not much happened on the indie scene, Verve cancelled everywhere I went to see them., I lost my Internet connection for three f--ing months!

Last updated Feb 9, 1999 by Erik Söderström
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A. BEST ALBUM:
Motorpsycho - Trust Us bob hund - Jag rear ut min själ! Allt ska bort!!! Belle & Sebastian - The boy with the arab strap Massive attack - Mezzanine Mercury Rev - Deserter's Songs Tortoise - TNT	9 5 4 3
2 votes: Arab Strap - Philophobia, Neutral Milk Hotel - In The Aeroplane Over The Sea, Quasi - Featuring Birds, Queens of the Stoneage - Queens of the Stoneage, Saint Etienne - Good Humour, Shellac - Terraform, Sideshow Bob - Invasive Confusion, Elliott Smith - XO, Sonic Youth - A Thousand Leaves, Sophia - The Infinite Circle, Komeda - What Makes it Go?, Stereolab - Aluminum tunes, Stina Nordenstam - People Are Strange, Mojave 3 - Out Of Tune, Baxter - Baxter, Placebo - Without You I'm Nothing, Sobsister - Schlaraffenland

B. BEST SINGLE:
Motorpsycho - Hey Jane bob hund - nu är det väl revolution på gång?	6
2 votes: Puressence - This Feeling, Massive Attack - Teardrop, Roamin Numerals - Buckle up

C. BEST SCANDINAVIAN ALBUM:
bob hund - Jag rear ut min själ! Allt ska bort!!! Motorpsycho - Trust Us Komeda - What Makes It Go? Broder Daniel - Broder Daniel Forever The Cardigans - Gran Turismo Sidesow Bob Invasive Confusion Larry & the Lefthanded - Quantum Rider	11 9 5 4 3
2 votes: 22 pistepirrko - eleven, baxter - baxter, Bear quartet - personality crisis, dipsomaniacs - reverb of hollowness, Grand Tone Music - Grand Tone Music, Incka - Nu ännu bättre, Stina Nordenstam - People Are Strange, Soundtrack Of Our Lives - Extended Revelation

D. BEST SCANDINAVIAN SINGLE:
bob hund - nu är det väl revolution på gång? Motorpsycho - Hey Jane Motorpsycho - Ozone Barusta The Game	9 7 4 3
2 votes: Barusta - Satellite, bob hund - ett fall & en lösning, Caesars palace - Kick you out, Cessna - My Blue Anglia, Girlfrendo - Air, Stina Nordenstam - People are strange, Pluxus - Pluxus ep, Rockets - action buster

E. THE BAND WE COULDN'T LIVE WITHOUT:
Motorpsycho bob hund Belle & Sebastian Radiohead	8 4 3
2 votes: Flaming Sideburns, Pavement, R.E.M., Smashing pumpkins, Stereolab, Sophia, Yo La Tengo

F. MOST PROMISING NEW ACT:
Barusta	5
2 votes: Club 8, Dipsomaniacs, Hefner, Pluxus, Queens of the Stoneage, Sadovaja Soundsystem, Stuntbike

G. MOST AMAZING LIVE EXPERIENCE:
Portishead - Stockholm Water Ferstival Belle & Sebastian, Klubben, Stockholm	3
2 votes: Kraftwerk, Roskilde, Yo La Tengo So What, Oslo, Dec 98

H. MOST FANCIED INDIEPOP PERSONALITY:
Motorpsycho (4 votes for Bent, 2 for Snah, 2 for Motorpsycho and 1 for Geb) bob hund (bob hund, Thomas öberg would be if cut his hair short again, thomas öberg, conny nimmersjö) Belle & Sebastian members (2 for Stuart Murdoch and 1 for Isobell Campbell)	9 4 3
2 votes: Ira Kaplan

I. BEST VIDEO:
Fatboy Slim - Praise You Motorpsycho - Hey Jane	4
2 votes: The Cardigans - My Favourite Game

K. BEST MUSIC MAGAZINE:
Sound Affects NME Wires	5 4 3
2 votes: Prospective (Pop was number one last year, but only got one vote now)

L. BEST LABEL:
Stickman 4AD Matador NONS Silence Beluga Siesta Starboy	6 4 3
2 votes: Chemical Underground, Discipline global mobile, Jeepster, Kranky, Labrador, Thrill jockey, Too Pure, Warp

M. BEST MUSICAL EVENT:
Roskilde Festival Emmaboda Festival	5 4
2 votes: Hultsfred, Fanclub, Doktor Kosmos Stjärnjerry And all the other good things you voted for: Ettnollett party nights, Garage Fest, John Doe (Herrgarn, Linkoping), Belle & Sebastian live, Bennoparty w/ Girlfrendo & Shermans in GBG, Yo La Tengo coming to Norway, RMP christmas party at Studion Stockholm, Hitching a ride with Barusta and Annica Silvonen from Uppsala to Stockholm =), Fucking åmål featuring Yvonne, Bob Hund etc., Buying truckloads of cheap pirate CDs in St Petersburg for devalued crashrubles, The Bighton Crawl, popstad eskilstuna, The German culture ship M/S Stubnitz visiting Stockholm, The rerelease on CD of Suicide's classic first album, Spoken Word festival in Stockholm with Lee Ranaldo, Lydia Lunch, etc., Lollipop cancelling, The usually dull REM gave a brilliant show in Stockholm, i started my own band :), that Swedish hip hop revolution hype thing, Smokesellout at åhléns record section, Motorpsycho 03. oktober Rockefeller OSLO, So What!, gearhead festival, ARVIKA '98, Musikkens Dag Oslo 1998, Nightmare Before Halloween 98 (Mars, Oslo), Herrgar'n Linkoping still going strong, quart, folken 10 years in 98, Dynamo Open Air, North Sea Jazz festival

N. THIS SUCKED:
Aqua	3
2 votes: Dr Bombay And: Mankind in general, Music journalism in general, The widespread drunkenness at the Emmaboda festival (so many "music fans" behaving like pigs), The punk rock equivalent of Dr Bombay Offspring, Cloudberry Jam quit. :(, and all the other commersial shite!, Annica Silvonen got kicked out of Shallow Soundwave, Popsicle getting soft and boring, Monostar getting soft and commercial, Stefan Sundström getting old and soggy, Curve's cheap "jungle" comeback, Britpop, Swedish "indiepop", American "alternative" rock, the rain at emmaboda The new Beck album, The way Swedish authorities terrorized M/S Stubnitz, Almost everything, Sideshow Bob broke up, espen lind, 18 year age limit at concerts, motorpsycho not having any concerts near where i live, hey, what's wrong with sucking?, POP, Bibel, SA, Veruca Salt split up, Arab strap, Not a really new yo la tengo album, House of Kicks, no venues to play, Lauryn Hill The miseducation of......, life, love, i didn't marry either Louise Weibull nor Jonna Tervomaa, spice girls, backstreet boys, absolute music, mc music, "best of"s with old rotten artists, Monica Lewinsky (maybe it was before 1998...), Not much happened on the indie scene, Verve cancelled everywhere I went to see them., I lost my Internet connection for three f--ing months!