Nominees For VH1 Sound Nation Awards Announced
2 May 2014
The music industry is rapidly growing and last year saw a number of new acts and events popping up across the board. VH1 has therefore taken it upon itself to hold its very own awards ceremony, recognising the innumerable talents that we’ve seen and heard over the last year.
100 Pipers VH1 Sound Nation, a multi-genre and multi-city festival that will have the country grooving to the beats of 28 artists in 6 different cities, begins on 2 May and will culminate at the ‘VH1 Sound Nation Awards’.
The event will take place on 11 May 2014 at Hard Rock Café, Worli and the eclectic line up includes the classic rock tunes of Indus Creed, fusion veterans MIDIval Punditz, indie-pop sensation; Your Chin and nu-disco, electro-funk duo; Madboy/Mink.
You can check out the full list of nominees below:
Vh1 Best Rock Act
The Lightyears Explode
Sky Rabbit
The Koniac Net
Tough on Tobacco
Boomarang
Vh1 Best Metal Act
Reptilian Death
Chaos
Reverrse Polarity
Gutslit
Midhaven
Vh1 Best Live Act
Shaa’ir + Func
Pentagram
Dualist Inquiry Band
The Ska Vengers
Scribe
Vh1 Best Hip Hop DJ
DJ SA
DJ Kanna a.k.a. KAN-i
DJ Uri
DJ Ishani
X Fader
Vh1 Best Hip Hop Act
Brodha V
Kunal Avanti
Feyago
Su Real
The Asoka
Vh1 Best Electronic Act
Arjun Vagale
Sandunes
Dualist Inquiry
Lost Stories
BLOT!
Vh1 Best Electronic DJ
Arjun Vagale
Ash Roy
Nucleya
Midival Punditz
Pearl
Vh1 Best Music Video
Bandish Projekt – Alchemy
Fuzzy Logic – Money Talks
Frame/Frame – Pastels
Dualist Inquiry – Lumina
Pentagram – Nocturne
Vh1 Handpicked Song Of The Year
Nischay Parekh – Ocean
Madboy/Mink – Lemonade
Dualist Inquiry – Lumina
Lost Stories – How You Like Me Now
Your Chin – Your Chin
Vh1 Best Global Indian
Luke Sital- Singh
Goldspot
Nitin Sawhney
Asian Dub Foundation
Anoushka Shankar
Vh1 Best New Artist
Nischay Parekh
Madboy/Mink
Frame/Frame
The F16’s
Your Chin
Vh1 Artist Of The Year
Shaa’ir + Func
Nucleya
Dualist Inquiry
Lost Stories
Your Chin
Words: Diya Gupta