Blog: No Rock And Roll Fun

Lauren Laverne, eh? God, how quickly did Jo Whiley fall from favour? Rather than detain us with large chunks of music, we're whistling through small chunks of the nominated bands. Miranda Sawyer and Nihal are offering opinions - Nihal suggesting that Speech is a Mercury judge's idea of a hip-hop album. Which is a fair point. The EPG is calling the programme "packed", which with the need to have some runners-and-riders, a form discussion and the actual announcement is a bit of an understatement. Blimey - Elly Jackson seems to have had whatever the [...]