Toronto - On the heels of Canada’s Polaris award, the Brits have announced the 2008 nominees for the Mercury Music Prize. Here are the nominees:

Adele - 19
British Sea Power - Do You Like Rock Music?
Burial - Untrue
Elbow - The Seldom Seen Kid
Estelle - Shine
Laura Marling - Alas I Cannot Swim
Neon Neon - Stainless Style
Portico Quartet - Knee-Deep in the North Sea
Rachel Unthank & The Winterset - The Bairns
Radiohead - In Rainbows
Robert Plant & Alison Krauss - Raising Sand
The Last Shadow Puppets - The Age of the Understatement

I am obviously hoping this is British Sea Power’s year, given the love I have given that album.

Here is a list of the last ten winners:

2007 - Klaxons – Myths of the Near Future
2006 - Arctic Monkeys – Whatever People Say I Am, That’s What I’m Not
2005 - Antony and the Johnsons – I Am a Bird Now
2004 - Franz Ferdinand – Franz Ferdinand
2003 - Dizzee Rascal – Boy in Da Corner
2002 - Ms. Dynamite – A Little Deeper
2001 - PJ Harvey – Stories from the City, Stories from the Sea
2000 - Badly Drawn Boy – The Hour of Bewilderbeast
1999 - Talvin Singh – Ok
1998 - Gomez - Bring it On