
So Speech Debelle has taken the Mercury Prize. Hm. Nevermind, The Apollo Prize is better anyway ;) so here we are, the results: Insert drum roll and raucous applause. Maybe Jools Holland pissing everyone off with a ridiculously painful pause. Friendly Fires self titled debut has topped the poll, winning the first ever Apollo Music Prize! It was close for a while there, with early favourites emerging as The Horrors' 'Primary Colours' and Bombay Bicycle Club's 'I Had The Blues..' But the St. Albans boys have taken the prize. Who did I vote for? Metronomy actually. [...]