The indie rockers are up for Best British Band, Best Live Band, Best Album and Album Artwork for 'Favourite Worst Nightmare', Best Track for 'Fluorescent Adolescent' and Best Video for 'Teddy Picker'.
Arctic Monkeys are set to sweep the board at this year's Shockwave NME Awards with a record seven nominations.
The indie rockers are up for Best British Band, Best Live Band, Best Album and Album Artwork for 'Favourite Worst Nightmare', Best Track for 'Fluorescent Adolescent' and Best Video for 'Teddy Picker'.
Frontman Alex Turner will also be hoping to scoop the Best Dressed accolade at the annual awards ceremony at London's indigO2 on February 28.
The Klaxons have been named in four categories and will contest Best British Band, Best Album for 'Myths Of The Near Future', Best Video for 'Golden Skans' and Best Dancefloor Filler for their hit 'Atlantis To Interzone'.
Babyshambles, Muse and The Cribs will also compete for Best British Band.
Babyshambles are also in the running for Best Album for 'Shotters Nation' along with The Enemy for 'We'll Live And Die In These Towns' and Radiohead for 'In Rainbows'.
The coveted Best International Band award sees Arcade Fire, Foo Fighters, The Killers, Kings Of Leon and My Chemical Romance battle it out.
Elsewhere, troubled singer Amy Winehouse has picked up four nominations including Best Solo Artist where she will do battle with Kate Nash, Jamie T, Jack Penate and Patrick Wolf.
Winehouse - who entered rehab last week - is also up for Best Music DVD and the dubious titles of Worst Dressed and Villain Of The Year.
The shortlist was picked by readers of the British music magazine and fans can now vote for their favourites at www.nme.com/awardsnominees
Shockwave NME Awards 2008 - full nominations list:
Best British Band
Arctic Monkeys
Babyshambles
The Cribs
Klaxons
Muse
Best International Band
Arcade Fire
Foo Fighters
The Killers
Kings Of Leon
My Chemical Romance
Best New Band
The Enemy
Foals
Joe Lean And The Jing Jang Jong
The Pigeon Detectives
The Wombats
Best Live Band
Arctic Monkeys
The Cribs
Kaiser Chiefs
Muse
My Chemical Romance
Best Solo Artist
Kate Nash
Jamie T
Jack Penate
Amy Winehouse
Patrick Wolf
Best Album
'Favourite Worst Nightmare' - Arctic Monkeys
'Shotters Nation' - Babyshambles
'We'll Live And Die In These Towns' - The Enemy
'Myths Of The Near Future' - Klaxons
'In Rainbows' - Radiohead
Best Track
'Fluorescent Adolescent' - Arctic Monkeys
'Flux' - Bloc Party
'Men's Needs' - The Cribs
'Lord Don't Slow Me Down' - Oasis
'Let's Dance To Joy Division' - The Wombats
Best Video
'Teddy Picker' - Arctic Monkeys
'Flux' - Bloc Party
'D.A.N.C.E.' - Justice
'Golden Skans' - Klaxons
'Teenagers' - My Chemical Romance
Best Music DVD
'Up The Shambles' - Babyshambles
'The Song Remains The Same' - Led Zeppelin
'Unplugged In New York' - Nirvana
'Lord Don't Slow Me Down' - Oasis
'I Told You I Was Trouble' - Amy Winehouse
Best Live Event
Carling Weekend: Reading And Leeds Festival
Glastonbury
Muse At Wembley Stadium
T In The Park
V Festival
Hero Of The Year
Matt Bellamy
Pete Doherty
Noel Fielding
Ryan Jarman
Thom Yorke
Villain Of The Year
Tony Blair
Johnny Borrell
Gordon Brown
George W Bush
Amy Winehouse
Best Dressed
Pete Doherty
Noel Fielding
Kate Nash
Alex Turner
Gerard Way
Worst Dressed
Johnny Borrell
Pete Doherty
Mika
Gerard Way
Amy Winehouse
Best Dancefloor Filler
'Flux' - Bloc Party
'Hummer' - Foals
'D.A.N.C.E.' - Justice
'Atlantis To Interzone' - Klaxons
'Let's Dance To Joy Division' - The Wombats
Best Album Artwork
'Favourite Worst Nightmare' - Arctic Monkeys
'The Good, The Bad And The Queen' - The Good, The Bad And The Queen
'Sawdust' - The Killers
'Because Of The Times' - Kings Of Leon
'Send Away The Tigers' - Manic Street Preachers
Best Radio Show
Russell Brand (Radio 2)
Zane Lowe (Radio 1)
Chris Moyles (Radio 1)
Colin Murray (Radio 1)
Jo Whiley (Radio 1)
Worst Album
'1973' - James Blunt
'The Trick To Life' - The Hoosiers
'Spirit' - Leona Lewis
'Life In Cartoon Motion' - Mika
'Blackout' - Britney Spears
Worst Band
30 Seconds To Mars
Fall Out Boy
The Hoosiers
My Chemical Romance
Panic At The Disco
Best TV Show
'Heroes'
'The Mighty Boosh'
'Never Mind The Buzzcocks'
'The IT Crowd'
'Skins'
Best Film
'Control'
'Hot Fuzz'
'Pirates Of The Caribbean: At World's End'
'The Simpsons Movie'
'Superbad'
Sexiest Man
Howlin' Pelle Almqvist
Julian Barrett
Noel Fielding
Nicky Wire
Patrick Wolf
Sexiest Woman
Jenny Lewis
Kylie Minogue
Rihanna
Hayley Williams
Rachael Yamagata
Best Venue
Brixton Academy
Manchester Apollo
Glasgow Barrowlands
London Astoria
Wembley Stadium
Best Website
Bebo
Facebook
Last.fm
Myspace
YouTube
Best Band Blog
Foals (www.wearefoals.com/blog)
Lilly Allen (www.myspace.com/lilymusic)
Lightspeed Champion (www.lightspeedchampion.com)
Radiohead (www.radiohead.com/deadairspace)
The Streets (www.myspace.com/thestreets)
Best Music Blog
The Hype Machine (hypem.com)
The Modern Age (www.themodernage.org)
Nothing But Green Lights (nothingbutgreenlights.net)
Spinner (spinner.com)
Stereogum (stereogum.com)
Arctic Monkeys
Shockwave NME Awards
