2008 Q Awards 08 Oct 2008

The Q Awards happened the other night and....

VAMPIRE WEEKEND
won

Best Video for "A Punk"

& THE COCTEAU TWINS got an "inspiration" award!

US quartet Vampire Weekend landed the best video title at the 2008 Q Awards with Russian Standard Vodka with A-Punk.

The slowed-down, then speeded up promo – which features the band in a range of pastel-shaded woollies - was created by the Hammer & Tongs team, who have worked with Blur, R.E.M. and Pulp, as well as creating the movie version of Hitch Hiker’s Guide To The Galaxy.

The award - voted for by Q TV viewers, and the readers of Q and Qthemusic.com – was won last year by Kaiser Chiefs for their Ruby video.

Other nominations for the 2008 best video were: Hot Chip - Ready For The Floor
Coldplay - Violet Hill, The Ting Tings - That's Not My Name, Goldfrapp – Happiness

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ALSO> Ethereal indie act Cocteau Twins landed the "Q Inspiration title" at the 2008 Q Awards with Russian Standard Vodka.

The group – vocalist Elizabeth Fraser, guitarist Robin Guthrie and later Simon Raymonde – pioneered a huge glassy, atmospheric sound layered with often incomprehensible lyrics.

Disbanding in 1997, the band barely dented the charts with releases such as Pearly Dewdrops Drops, Iceblink Luck and Evangeline – but were a huge influence on many who heard them.

The 2007 Q Inspiration winner was Damon Albarn.