http://consequenceofsound.net Think Fast, Listen Slowly Tue, 14 Feb 2012 21:04:16 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://consequenceofsound.net/2009/07/mercury-prize-2009-nominations-announced/ http://consequenceofsound.net/2009/07/mercury-prize-2009-nominations-announced/#comments Tue, 21 Jul 2009 16:08:27 +0000 Alex Young http://consequenceofsound.net/?p=17583 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.

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