Mercury Music Prize Shortlist

One more award that is quickly forgotten after it’s won.

AND THE NOMINEES ARE..

• Antony and the Johnsons – I Am A Bird Now
• Bloc Party – Silent Alarm
• Coldplay – X&Y
• The Go! Team – Thunder, Lightning, Strike
• Hard-Fi – Stars of CCTV
• KT Tunstall – Eye to the Telescope
• Kaiser Chiefs – Employment
• The Magic Numbers – The Magic Numbers
• Maximo Park – A Certain Trigger
• MIA – Arular
• Polar Bear – Held on the Tips of Fingers
• Seth Lakeman – Kitty Jay