Results tagged “Mercury Music Prize” from Birmingham Mail - Blog Rockin' Beats

Congratulations to Manchester's Elbow for scooping last night's Mercury Music Prize for their latest album "The Seldom Seen Kid".

Have to admit I haven't listened to it yet but, if their past work is anything to go by ("Asleep In The Back" is a cracker) then this is long overdue recognition and praise for a talented band. And the fact they dedicated it to their late friend Brian Glancy made it rather emotional too.

You can catch them live at the Wolverhampton Civic Hall on October 15.

So this year's nominees for the Mercury Music prize have been announced and we have the usual mixture of commercial and eccentric acts completing the list.

But I have two questions for the judging panel who nominated the 10 albums chosen:

Firstly, do you really think anyone actually cares about this award (or any award for that matter) anymore?

And secondly, can one of you tell me why Portishead's "Third" and M.I.A's "Kala" were omitted from the list? Crazy, just totally crazy!