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
