2009 Mercury Prize shortlist announced

  • Source: List.co.uk
  • Date: 21 July 2009 (updated 28 July 2009)
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2009 Mercury Prize shortlist announced

Bat For Lashes

Listen to all these albums now in Spotify (sorry, no Led Bib, The Invisible or Lisa Hannigan).

The shortlist for this year's Mercury Prize - the annual £20,000 award for the best album by British and Irish artists - was revealed this morning. The twelve albums nominated were announced by Lauren Laverne at The Hospital club in London's Convent Garden.

Kasabian, The Horrors, Bat For Lashes and the Scottish indie rock band Glasvegas are all in the running. Relative newcomers Florence And The Machine - who won this year's Brit Award - and Friendly Fires have also been nominated. The latter's self-titled debut album has only been given an outside by bookies.

The 2009 prize ceremony will take place in London on September 8th, the winner to be decided by the panel of judges on the night.

The Shortlist

Elsewhere on the web

Spotify playlist: Mercury Prize shortlist 2009

The nominees for the 2009 Mercury Prize (sorry, no Led Bib, The Invisible or Lisa Hannigan).

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1. coopstar, London – 6 September 2009, 9:55pmReport

I'd love to see bat for lashes win the mercury prize, but I reckon Glasvegas or Florence and the machine will win. I always buy the shortlisted albums and found this site this year which shows the cheapest places to get all the nominated albums, check it out http://www.bigredshop.co.uk/mercury-prize-2009-nominations/index.html

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