Blog: KEXP Blog

photo by Lauren Slusher This year's Mercury Prize awards were released earlier this morning, containing 12 British or Irish albums of the year as judged by the independent panel of judges, and attempting to encase the year's best sounds. In case you don't know: the Mercury Prize is among the most prestigious awards a band can receive, giving them 20,000 lbs sterling, as well as a typically dramatic rise in album sales and rotation. Usually eclectic, the list includes up and coming bands as well as established acts. PJ Harvey is the [...]