Topic: The Last Shadow Puppets
It is the music prize that purports to reward quality over quantity. This year the Nationwide Mercury prize judges aimed to prove it by overlooking huge sellers from Duffy and Coldplay in favour of an eclectic mix of homegrown talent they said ...
As always, it has been a "remarkably rich year for music", one in which the epic melancholy of Elbow's fourth album gets recognition alongside debut efforts from Adele, Laura Marling and the Last Shadow Puppets. We speak, of course, of the Nationwide ...
His Mercury prize nomination has already forced him to reveal his identity and seen him move from outsider to favourite. Now the low-profile dubstep artist Burial has recorded a huge leap in album sales. The so-called "Mercury effect" has become more pronounced ...
For an award that often divides opinion and prompts questions about the judging criteria, it was perhaps the most popular winner in the 16-year history of the Nationwide Mercury Prize. After 18 years of releasing critically acclaimed albums that never quite broke ...
Dubstep artist Burial is the surprise early favourite to claim Britain's prestigious Nationwide Mercury Music Prize, awarded annually for the country's best album, according to bookmakers on Wednesday. Previous winners of the award include Portishead, Dizzee Rascal, Franz Ferdinand and Arctic Monkeys, ...
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