Blog: ChordStrike

Twelve nominations have been announced for probably Britain's most prestigious annual music prize, the Mercury Music Award. The award is given along with £20,000 ($33,000) to the maker of the most impressive British or Irish album of the last 12 months, according to a panel of industry experts. Among the nominees are Bat for Lashes' Two Suns , Florence and the Machine's Lungs , Kasabian's West Ryder Pauper Lunatic Asylum , and self-titled releases by Glasvegas, La Roux and Friendly Fires. But only retro electro-pop duo La Roux have the honor of also appearing on a rival [...]