Beard awards 2004

My albums of the year list is still being refined, so for now, here are the unique Beard awards!

Song of the year: Yeah (Crass version) – LCD Soundsystem

Beard of the Year: Devendra Banhart

Beard and ‘fro combo of the year: Kyp Malone, TV On The Radio

Crappiest beard of the year: David Blunkett

Spellbindingly beautiful gig of the year: Brian Wilson, Clyde Auditorium, Glasgow

Freaky gig of the year: Magic Band/Fire Engines, Arches, Glasgow

Non-reformed band gigs of the year: Wilco, QMU, Glasgow
Sons & Daughters/Delgados, Barrowlands, Glasgow

Festival of the year: Le Weekend, Stirling

Not quite a gig, not quite an installation of the year: Sachiko M & Anthony McCall, Kill Your Timid Notion, Dundee

Dodgy goth bollocks gig of the year: Current 93 at Instal, Glasgow

Most overrated comeback: Morrissey

Most overrated thing of the year: Lost In Translation

Best TV: Peep Show, Power Of Nightmares, Sopranoes, that Gram Parsons documentary.

Best films: Eternal Sunshine Of The Spotless Mind, American Splendor, Incredibles, Hero

What is this shit award 2004: tied between Keane, Razorlight, The Others, The Libertines (bar Can't Stand Me Now).