Mercury Prize 2009 nominations announced…
The Mercury Prize is an annual award for the “best British album,” and unlike the Teen Choice Awards where surfboards are given as trophies, winning it is actually a pretty big deal. So is the fact that £20,000 is given to the winner. Today, nominations for the 2009 Mercury Prize were announced and among the candidates are Bat for Lashes, Florence and the Machine, Friendly Fires, Glasvegas and Kasabian. Read all about it at mercuryprize.com.
It’s a hard call as Friendly Fires and Bat for Lashes are both primo. Let’s hope for a tie…
let’s go GLASVEGAS!!!!
While I do love Kasabian since I first saw them in ‘05, Friendly Fires are exceptional. Here’s to FF!
love that friendly fires album.
Oct 6th, 2009 at 12:15 pm
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