Shakeys Brother? Heard of them? Neither has Spinner. But it appears many members of the Grammy Awards voting panel have.

The five-piece pub band, from Burnley, Lancashire, usually play gigs to crowds of no more than 50, got together only a year ago and have yet to be signed. But they've picked up two nominations for the 2010 Grammy Awards, the Sun has reported, even though the nominations aren't officially announced until Dec. 2.

The band are to reported to be going head-to-head with the likes of Keane, Pink, Seal and Lily Allen at the awards, which take place in Los Angeles in January.

They were apparently nominated after friends sent their demo tape to US promoters Big Noise, who then passed them on to the voting panel of the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences, who pick the Grammy winners. And it seems it went down well with some in the 7,000-member panel -- the band is reportedly nominated in the Best Pop Vocal Album and Best Pop Performance By a Duo or Group With Vocals categories.

These awards were won last year by Duffy and Coldplay.

While the Guardian doesn't think the band is anything special -- describing its music as a cross between Britpop journeymen the Bluetones, the Smiths and Arctic Monkeys -- it thinks the band could do well.

While still keeping their day jobs, the band has also recently been signed to Big Noise, which is a voting member of the academy. Hype or hoax, the Guardian has asked, though Spinner assumes the band themselves won't be worrying about the fallout just yet.