Just today people were talking about big money bets coming in for Speech Debelle to win the Mercury Prize, and what do you know, the British rapper rode Ladbrokes' 4/1 odds and the votes of the Mercury High Council Of... CONTINUE READING SPEECH DEBELLE WINS 2009 MERCURY PRIZE»
Posted on September 8, 2009 in , , , (23 comments)
Tags: Bat For Lashes | Friendly Fires | Jools Holland | Kasabian | Lisa Hannigan | Mercury Prize | Micachu And The Shapes | Ryan Adams | Speech Debelle | The Gossip
Earlier this morning, British DJ/television presenter Lauren Laverne announced the dozen 2009 Mercury nominees at London's Hospital Club. The prize, of course, is for the UK's album of the year award. First things first: In order to be eligible, the... CONTINUE READING MERCURY PRIZE 2009 NOMINEES»
Posted on July 21, 2009 in (65 comments)
Tags: Bat For Lashes | Florence And The Machine | Friendly Fires | Girls | Glasvegas | Kasabian | La Roux | Led Bib | Lisa Hannigan | Mercury Prize | Speech Debelle | Sweet Billy Pilgrim | The Horrors | The Invisible
Bloomberg reports Elbow's Seldom Seen Kid pulled out a sorta longshot win over the likes of Burial, Radiohead (four time nominees, still no win), and the Last Shadow Puppets for this year's Merc Prize, meaning that is going to be... CONTINUE READING ELBOW WIN THE 2008 MERCURY PRIZE»
Posted on September 9, 2008 (14 comments)
Tags: Elbow | King Khan | Mercury Prize | Pop Noir | SXSW
Another year, another shortlist for the Mercury Prize, another exciting way to tap your line of credit with the bookie. 2007 belonged to Klaxons' Myths Of The Near Future, who went on to collaborate with Rihanna, so you know this... CONTINUE READING MERCURY PRIZE 2008 SHORTLIST ANNOUNCED FOR YOUR GAMBLING PLEASURE»
Posted on July 23, 2008 (5 comments)
Tags: Adele | Alex Turner | Alison Krauss | British Sea Power | Burial | Elbow | Estelle | Mercury Prize | Neon Neon | Radiohead | Robert Plant | The Last Shadow Puppets
Amy's drugged up campaign to ensure the Mercury Prize went to, well, a band that first made its name for saying things like "MDMAzing!" was a total success; she lost, Klaxons won. However those cuts and bruises from her wild... CONTINUE READING AMY WINEHOUSE PERFORMS "LOVE IS A LOSING GAME" AT MERCURY PRIZE CEREMONY»
Posted on September 5, 2007 in (17 comments)
Tags: Amy Winehouse | Mercury Prize
Upset! The gambling men had Winehouse early, but those odds-dudes at Ladbrokes tend not to favor bloody, drugged-up skirmishes with boyfriends. Which meant the new favorite at the time of the ceremony was Bat For Lashes. But not even a... CONTINUE READING 2007 MERCURY PRIZE WINNER»
Posted on September 4, 2007 (10 comments)
Tags: Klaxons | Mercury Prize
This meta-Mercury Prize moment brought to you by Radio 1 man Colin Murray’s radio show In The Company Of... The bewitching Bat For Lashes, Fionn, and Maps are all up for this year's Mercury Prize, and Colin hosted all three... CONTINUE READING BAT FOR LASHES, FIONN REGAN, MAPS COVER PRIMAL SCREAM»
Posted on August 31, 2007 in (3 comments)
Tags: Bat For Lashes | Fionn Regan | Maps | Mercury Prize | Primal Scream
The 16th annual Mercury Prize nominations have been announced, which means labels can place bets on their eligible albums and maybe even make a profit on their releases! See, the UK music industry isn't in as dire condition as most... CONTINUE READING MERCURY MUSIC PRIZE SHORTLIST 2007»
Posted on July 17, 2007 (16 comments)
Tags: Mercury Prize
With odds provided by William Hill (via The Guardian) Franz Ferdinand - Franz Ferdinand 3-1 The Streets - A Grand Don't Come For Free 3-1 Keane - Hopes and Fears 6-1 Snow Patrol - Final Straw 6-1 Amy Winehouse -... CONTINUE READING MERCURY MUSIC PRIZE SHORTLIST»
Posted on July 20, 2004 (21 comments)
Tags: Amy Winehouse | Basement Jaxx | Franz Ferdinand | Keane | Mercury Prize | The Streets
