Post by thisisexploding on Jul 17, 2007 12:54:14 GMT
It's that time of year again.
The shortlist for this year's Mercury Music Prize was announced this morning in London. As usual, 12 artists have made the cut:
Arctic Monkeys - 'Favourite Worst Nightmare'
Dizzee Rascal - 'Maths and English'
The View - 'Hats Off to the Buskers'
Maps - 'We Can Create'
Bat For Lashes - 'Fur and Gold'
Klaxons - 'Myths of the Near Future'
Jamie T - 'Panic Prevention'
The Young Knives - 'Voices of Animals and Men'
Fionn Regan - 'The End of History'
Basquiat Strings with Seb Rochford - 'Basquiat Strings'
Amy Winehouse - 'Back to Black'
New Young Pony Club - 'Fantastic Playroom'
William Hill have proclaimed Arctic Monkeys and Amy Winehouse as joint favourites, with odds of 4/1. I'm not sure if the Arctic's have it in them to win it back-to-back, and good though Back To Black is I doubt they'd award the prize to someone who may or may not turn up to collect it. I think I'll put a quid on Klaxons and see how I do.
The winning act, who'll scoop a nice trophy and a cheque for £20,000, will be announced on Tuesday 4th September.
The thread on last year's awards can be found here.
The shortlist for this year's Mercury Music Prize was announced this morning in London. As usual, 12 artists have made the cut:
Arctic Monkeys - 'Favourite Worst Nightmare'
Dizzee Rascal - 'Maths and English'
The View - 'Hats Off to the Buskers'
Maps - 'We Can Create'
Bat For Lashes - 'Fur and Gold'
Klaxons - 'Myths of the Near Future'
Jamie T - 'Panic Prevention'
The Young Knives - 'Voices of Animals and Men'
Fionn Regan - 'The End of History'
Basquiat Strings with Seb Rochford - 'Basquiat Strings'
Amy Winehouse - 'Back to Black'
New Young Pony Club - 'Fantastic Playroom'
William Hill have proclaimed Arctic Monkeys and Amy Winehouse as joint favourites, with odds of 4/1. I'm not sure if the Arctic's have it in them to win it back-to-back, and good though Back To Black is I doubt they'd award the prize to someone who may or may not turn up to collect it. I think I'll put a quid on Klaxons and see how I do.
The winning act, who'll scoop a nice trophy and a cheque for £20,000, will be announced on Tuesday 4th September.
The thread on last year's awards can be found here.
