Mercury Prize Nominees Announced

This year’s nominations for the prestigious Mercury Music Prize have been announced in London, with the usual eclectic mixture of artists vying for the award, which gets announced in September.

BBC 6 Music DJ Lauren Laverne announced the contenders at the Hospital Club, with a full list of the nominees below.

The 2010 winners of the Mercury Prize was of course The xx, who beat off stiff competition from the likes of Wild Beasts, Foals and Dizzee Rascal.

The early favourites for the honours in 2011 are Adele and PJ Harvey, who won the Mercury back in 2001 for Stories From The City, Stories From The Sea. She’s up this time round with Let England Shake. The obvious choice for the discerning fan, though, must be King Creosote and Jon Hopkins, nominated for their album Diamond Mine.

The full list is:

Adele21

Anna Calvi Anna Calvi

ElbowBuild A Rocket Boys!

Everything EverythingMan Alive

GhostpoetPeanut Butter Blues and Melancholy Jam

Gwilym SimcockGood Days At Schloss Elmau

James BlakeJames Blake

Katy BOn A Mission

King Creosote & Jon HopkinsDiamond Mine

MetronomyThe English Riviera

PJ HarveyLet England Shake

Tinie TempahDisc-Overy

And here is a song from PJ Harvey’s 2001 triumph:

 

 

 

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