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Mercury Music Prize shortlist

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Una

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7/13/2006 3:11 PM
it's out on Tuesday. I predict nods in the direction of: Corinne Baily Rae Lily Allen Plan B Guillemots Futureheads Thom Yorke Arctic Monkeys I'm sure the judges will find some obscure English connection to Regina Spektor's granny or something similar as well.

milkman

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7/13/2006 3:23 PM
snow patrol? keane? the kooks? Muse? i don't particurly like any of these, but i could see some being nominated.

Una

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7/13/2006 3:29 PM
yeah, Muse will be I reckon

benni

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7/13/2006 3:36 PM
Plan B is great

palace

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7/13/2006 3:41 PM
would they give the nod to someone like belle and sebastian or are they too anti-industry?... they tend to throw in an obscure one or two (whether they're any good or not) with a non-indie token type (classical, jazz etc...) with 3 or 4 good acts and 3 or 4 pretty s**te acts... we'll see... last year was a good winner but yeah... british me arse!

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7/13/2006 3:50 PM
I reckon Hot Chip will get a nod. Is it for English or British acts? If it's the latter than My Latest Novel might get a look in.

dera

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7/13/2006 3:53 PM
Belle and Sebastian's Dear Catastrophe Waitress was nominated a couple of years ago, somewhat surprisingly. I'd nominate The Life Pursuit for the writing alone, but I don't think their excavation of 70s sounds is going to meet with massive critical approval. I'd put Camera Obscura at an outside bet of being nominated. They certainly deserve to be.

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7/13/2006 4:06 PM
Aberfeldy might get a nod

palace

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7/13/2006 4:22 PM
camera obscura = great aberfeldy = not so great still, that has nothing to do with whether they'll be nominated or not... i mean it's not as if "the mercury music prize exists solely to champion uk music by promoting the 12 albums of the year by british or irish artists".... ....oh....wait

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7/13/2006 4:24 PM
Seeing as she won the Irish equvialent, would Julie Feeney get a nod ?

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7/13/2006 4:27 PM
It's kind of 'British Isles' acts - because Gemma Hayes got a look in with 'Night On My Side', remember? Benni - I'm not feeling Plan B at all. I was really excited to hear his stuff, because what I read about it sounded really interesting, but when I eventually heard the record I was so dissapointed. I really think he is just a dodgy rapper with a guitar and pretty poor sounds. The production is a bit lame and cliched, and lyrically, he's not even that smart. I dunno, maybe I'm missing something...

palace

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7/13/2006 4:42 PM
see, that mission statement of theirs that i posted above is very interesting... the uk obvioulsy doesn't include the republic... but yet they are promoting the 12 albums of the year by british and irish artists... which means they could be talking about northern ireland only... but then why did gemma hayes get a look in?... so the only 100% logical way to read it is that they can pick irish artists if they are championing uk music so they must be on a uk label, then... so artists like the frames can't be chosen but gemma hayes can... whatabout bellx1 - on an irish arm of a worldwide label... it's all very confusing, isn't it... they need to reword their mission statement before i get further tongue-tied

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7/13/2006 5:05 PM
Isn't the stipulation that you have to have sold less than 500,000 albums or do i have it arseways? Surely The Arctic Monkeys have sold more than that? Apart from them, i reckon you're on the money Úna with Hot Chip added to the list and someone we haven't heard of yet like a tuba quartet from Estonia with English parentage? Get thee to a bookies!

Una

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7/13/2006 5:24 PM
no, I don't think there's album sales limit - sure Coldplay were nominated for it last year.

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7/13/2006 5:27 PM
RE: Plan B – musically (in general) he’s not really my thing. But I can still appreciate a good tune or lyric when I hear it and that’s pretty much what I mean when I say I like Plan B. I think (what I’ve heard of him so far) is impressive. Stripped down music and excellent lyrics. Pretty much the kind of ‘voice of a generation’ tag that was attributed to The Streets on their first album….. until they went s**t that is. Saw the dude bang out a tunes on Jools Holland a while back and thought he was deadly… just him and his guitar and a great story.

Garret

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7/13/2006 6:48 PM
Hope Of The States - Left okay I'm dreaming, i know

stroller

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7/13/2006 7:49 PM
I have to agree with Una. I'm not really feeling Plan B either.

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7/13/2006 7:58 PM
quote: Originally posted by Garret Hope Of The States - Left okay I'm dreaming, i know But WHAT a dream! Would like to see Death Cab For Cutie in there.

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7/14/2006 12:17 AM
quote: Originally posted by stroller I have to agree with Una. I'm really not feeling Plan B either. i'll join that club too, very poor album re the Mercury, would i be right in thinking that Gemma Hayes has been the only Irish nominee in the last few years? i know they say its Uk and Ireland but they're a bit skimpy with acts on this side of the irish sea. which is why the Choice Music Award is so good. i read somewhere that Julie Feeney and Duke Special both got international deals on the back of being nominated for the Choice thing, which is a pretty great start for year one. i wonder who'll be on the Choice list for next year. Republic of Loose? Si Schroeder? Ronan Keating?

dera

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7/14/2006 1:44 AM
quote: Originally posted by Pilchard i know they say its Uk and Ireland but they're a bit skimpy with acts on this side of the irish sea. which is why the Choice Music Award is so good. i read somewhere that Julie Feeney and Duke Special both got international deals on the back of being nominated for the Choice thing, which is a pretty great start for year one. It does seem like the point of award lists like these is drifting towards little more than providing a corrective balance to the music industry ("oh, look, you're missing some potential sales here").

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7/14/2006 9:10 AM
Nathan Fake should be there, but won't.

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7/14/2006 10:32 AM
Tunng for the wyrd folk nod. Seth Lakeman, again, for the token trad folk.

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7/14/2006 11:52 AM
quote: Originally posted by Pilchard quote: Originally posted by stroller I have to agree with Una. I'm really not feeling Plan B either. i'll join that club too, very poor album re the Mercury, would i be right in thinking that Gemma Hayes has been the only Irish nominee in the last few years? The Thrills were nominated for, I presume, their less mediocre frist album. Also ... and Plan B are/is?

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7/14/2006 11:56 AM
english rapper lad.

Unicron

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7/14/2006 12:00 PM
The guy with the acoustic guitar?

Una

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7/14/2006 12:39 PM
quote: Originally posted by Unicron The guy with the acoustic guitar? yeah, him. Does anyone have a copy of the Mercury longlist? I think there's about 210 artists on it - people who actually entered the competition. I think subscribers to Music Weekly got emailed a version of it, but I can't find it anywhere online.

benni

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7/14/2006 12:44 PM
RE; the choice music one.....are commercially released EP's or Mini Albums included no?

Unicron

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7/14/2006 1:23 PM
quote: Originally posted by Una quote: Originally posted by Unicron The guy with the acoustic guitar? yeah, him. I've heard bits and pieces of his stuff. Nothing mindblowing.

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7/14/2006 1:24 PM
don't fink so.

stephen

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7/15/2006 4:51 PM
I'd like to see a nod for the wonderful Shack's Corner of Miles and Gil, quite possibly my favourite album of the year so far. Though I suspect the Arctics and Hot Chip will be up there.

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7/16/2006 11:32 PM
quote: Originally posted by Una quote: Originally posted by Unicron The guy with the acoustic guitar? yeah, him. Does anyone have a copy of the Mercury longlist? I think there's about 210 artists on it - people who actually entered the competition. I think subscribers to Music Weekly got emailed a version of it, but I can't find it anywhere online. hey una - is this what u mean? found it on the Record of the Day board. they said its the list of UK and Irish acts who had albums out but list seems very short to me. Maybe these are the ones who entered? after all, unlike other prizes, you have to hand over cash (I think its a grand) to enter the Mercury. A few irish names on this list including Julie Feeney. Good to see she spent the Choice cash on something useful!!! Monday July 10 2006 Mercury Prize - what do you think? Dear subscriber, The music industry will gather next Tuesday (July 18) to learn which albums have made it onto the shortlist for this year’s Nationwide Mercury Music Prize. Ahead of that announcement, Music Week is carrying out a survey to find out which albums the industry believes should be on the shortlist and is interested to know what your 12 choices would be. To help you with this task, here below is a list of the British and Irish acts who had albums out in the qualifying period so would therefore quality to make the shortlist. Please mail your list to: mwalert@musicweek.com. Thank you. MW Abigail Hopkins Adem Akala Alex Smoke Amusement Parks on Fire And did those feet Andrew McCormack Angie Palmer Archie Bronson Outfit Arctic Monkeys Barbar Luck Barry Adamson Belle and Sebastian Beth Orton Blackbud Bliss Boards of Canada Boo Hewerdine Boy Kill Boy Caged Baby Camera Obscura Cara Dillon Charlie Beresford Chicken Legs Weaver Chris Wood Claire Sproule Clayhill Clearlake C-Mone Coldcut Corrine Bailey Ray Cosmic Rough Riders David Ford David Gilmour David Gray Dawn of the Replicants Declan O’Rourke Decoration Depeche Mode Dirty Pretty Things duw a wyr Ed Harcourt Editors eighteen18 Elbow Elvis Costello & Allen Toussaint Endrick Bothers Field Music Fink Flook Forward Russia Four Day Hombre Franc O’Shea Franz Ferdinand Future Funk Squad Genesis Elijah Girls Aloud Gledhill Goldfrapp Gomez Graham Coxon Gravenhurst Guillemots Helene Heligoland Hey Negrita Hope of the States Hot Chip Humanzi Infadels Isobel Campbell & Mark Lanegan James Hunter James Roberts Jamie Cullum Jane Taylor Janis Haves Jim Moray Jim Noir Jo Mango Joanna Macgregor & Andy Sheppard Jody Wildgoose John Tamms Johnny d**kinson Jon Boden Julia Biel Julie Feeney Karine Polwart Kate Bush Kate Westbrook Kathryn Tickell & Corina Hewat Keane Keisha White Killa Kela King Creosote Kristy McGee Ladyfuzz Lee Rogers Lethal Bizzle Leya Liane Carroll Lily Allen Lost Prophets Lou Rhodes Marc Carroll Marsha Swanson Martyn Joseph Matthew Herbert Medicine Hat Merz Miracle Mile Mogwai Mohair Morning Runner Morrissey Muse My Awesome Compilation My Latest Novel Mystery Jets Nate James Nerina Pallot Netsayi Nine Horses Niraj Chag Omar Oriole Paolo Nutini Paparazzi Whore Paul McCartney Paul Weller Pet Shop Boys Placebo Plan B Primal Scream Psapp Public Symphony Quinn R.O.C. Ralfe Band Ray Davies Razorlight Reem Kelani Richard Ashcroft Richard Hawley Richard Thompson Rick Oliver Robbie Williams Roddy Frame Rolling Stones Rory McLeod Saint Jude's infirmary Sandi Thom Scott Matthews Scritti Politti Shack Shelley Poole Shibuya Crossings Show of Hands Shri Snow Patrol Softhearted Scientists Sol Seppy Sophie Solomon Spiers & Boden Stephanie Kirkham Steve Tilson Stig Stoney Supergrass Susy Thomas Swap Sway Sweet Billy Pilgrim Tarik O’Regan Ted Barnes Teddy Thompson Tennant & Lowe Terri Walker The Automatic The Basement The Beauty Room The Charlatans The Crimea The Delays The Divine Comedy The Eighteenth Day of May The Feeling The Futureheads The Hazey Janes The Kooks The Longcut The Loose Cannons The Mitchell Brothers The Neil Cowley trio The Pipettes The R.G. Morrison The Rakes The Research The Rifles The Storys The Streets The Upper Room The Webb sisters The Zutons Thom Yorke Tim van Eyken Tony Kofi Towers of London Trio Gitano Tunng Two Giraffes Urban Myth Club Van Morrison Various Vashti Bunyan White Rose Movement Wills and the Willing Zero 7 Zoë Rahman

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7/17/2006 12:03 AM
Vasthi Bunyan will probably get a nod. The Research record is deadly, one of my faves of the year.

Antistar

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7/17/2006 7:43 AM
quote: Originally posted by Pilchard quote: Originally posted by Una quote: Originally posted by Unicron The guy with the acoustic guitar? yeah, him. Does anyone have a copy of the Mercury longlist? I think there's about 210 artists on it - people who actually entered the competition. I think subscribers to Music Weekly got emailed a version of it, but I can't find it anywhere online. hey una - is this what u mean? found it on the Record of the Day board. they said its the list of UK and Irish acts who had albums out but list seems very short to me. Maybe these are the ones who entered? after all, unlike other prizes, you have to hand over cash (I think its a grand) to enter the Mercury. A few irish names on this list including Julie Feeney. Good to see she spent the Choice cash on something useful!!! Monday July 10 2006 Mercury Prize - what do you think? Dear subscriber, The music industry will gather next Tuesday (July 18) to learn which albums have made it onto the shortlist for this year’s Nationwide Mercury Music Prize. Ahead of that announcement, Music Week is carrying out a survey to find out which albums the industry believes should be on the shortlist and is interested to know what your 12 choices would be. To help you with this task, here below is a list of the British and Irish acts who had albums out in the qualifying period so would therefore quality to make the shortlist. Please mail your list to: mwalert@musicweek.com. Thank you. MW Abigail Hopkins Adem Akala Alex Smoke Amusement Parks on Fire And did those feet Andrew McCormack Angie Palmer Archie Bronson Outfit Arctic Monkeys Barbar Luck Barry Adamson Belle and Sebastian Beth Orton Blackbud Bliss Boards of Canada Boo Hewerdine Boy Kill Boy Caged Baby Camera Obscura Cara Dillon Charlie Beresford Chicken Legs Weaver Chris Wood Claire Sproule Clayhill Clearlake C-Mone Coldcut Corrine Bailey Ray Cosmic Rough Riders David Ford David Gilmour David Gray Dawn of the Replicants Declan O’Rourke Decoration Depeche Mode Dirty Pretty Things duw a wyr Ed Harcourt Editors eighteen18 Elbow Elvis Costello & Allen Toussaint Endrick Bothers Field Music Fink Flook Forward Russia Four Day Hombre Franc O’Shea Franz Ferdinand Future Funk Squad Genesis Elijah Girls Aloud Gledhill Goldfrapp Gomez Graham Coxon Gravenhurst Guillemots Helene Heligoland Hey Negrita Hope of the States Hot Chip Humanzi Infadels Isobel Campbell & Mark Lanegan James Hunter James Roberts Jamie Cullum Jane Taylor Janis Haves Jim Moray Jim Noir Jo Mango Joanna Macgregor & Andy Sheppard Jody Wildgoose John Tamms Johnny d*kinson Jon Boden Julia Biel Julie Feeney Karine Polwart Kate Bush Kate Westbrook Kathryn Tickell & Corina Hewat Keane Keisha White Killa Kela King Creosote Kristy McGee Ladyfuzz Lee Rogers Lethal Bizzle Leya Liane Carroll Lily Allen Lost Prophets Lou Rhodes Marc Carroll Marsha Swanson Martyn Joseph Matthew Herbert Medicine Hat Merz Miracle Mile Mogwai Mohair Morning Runner Morrissey Muse My Awesome Compilation My Latest Novel Mystery Jets Nate James Nerina Pallot Netsayi Nine Horses Niraj Chag Omar Oriole Paolo Nutini Paparazzi Whore Paul McCartney Paul Weller Pet Shop Boys Placebo Plan B Primal Scream Psapp Public Symphony Quinn R.O.C. Ralfe Band Ray Davies Razorlight Reem Kelani Richard Ashcroft Richard Hawley Richard Thompson Rick Oliver Robbie Williams Roddy Frame Rolling Stones Rory McLeod Saint Jude's infirmary Sandi Thom Scott Matthews Scritti Politti Shack Shelley Poole Shibuya Crossings Show of Hands Shri Snow Patrol Softhearted Scientists Sol Seppy Sophie Solomon Spiers & Boden Stephanie Kirkham Steve Tilson Stig Stoney Supergrass Susy Thomas Swap Sway Sweet Billy Pilgrim Tarik O’Regan Ted Barnes Teddy Thompson Tennant & Lowe Terri Walker The Automatic The Basement The Beauty Room The Charlatans The Crimea The Delays The Divine Comedy The Eighteenth Day of May The Feeling The Futureheads The Hazey Janes The Kooks The Longcut The Loose Cannons The Mitchell Brothers The Neil Cowley trio The Pipettes The R.G. Morrison The Rakes The Research The Rifles The Storys The Streets The Upper Room The Webb sisters The Zutons Thom Yorke Tim van Eyken Tony Kofi Towers of London Trio Gitano Tunng Two Giraffes Urban Myth Club Van Morrison Various Vashti Bunyan White Rose Movement Wills and the Willing Zero 7 Zoë Rahman Richard Ashcroft??* Robbie Williams??? Sandi Thom??????? For f**k's sake!!!!! My 5 would be: Vashti Bunyan Mogwai Boards Of Canada Kate Bush Psapp This choice is entirely predicated by the fact that these are the only albums I've bought and enjoyed out of that list!

palace

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7/17/2006 8:34 AM
i agree... i can see vashti bunyan getting the nod... i also reckon there's no way kate bush won't get nominated

Gar

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7/17/2006 10:00 AM
A couple of Irish acts in there, which is nice to see even if it's only an early shortlist.

milkman

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7/17/2006 10:27 AM
i hope girls aloud get it.

Una

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7/17/2006 11:07 AM
nice one Pilchard.

Una

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7/17/2006 11:21 AM
didn't realise Various were on the longlist - I really hope they get nominated.

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7/18/2006 11:55 AM
SHORTLIST ANNOUNCED......... Arctic Monkeys - Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not Isobel Campbell & Mark Lanegan - Ballad Of The Broken Seas Editors - The Back Room Guillemots - Through The Windowpane Richard Hawley - Coles Corner Hot Chip - The Warning Muse - Black Holes And Revelations Zoe Rahman - Melting Pot Lou Rhodes - Beloved One Scritti Politti - White Bread, Black Beer Sway - This Is My Demo Thom Yorke - The Eraser

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7/18/2006 11:57 AM
no irish act again - u wonder how they can call it a british and irish list. but thats why the choice award was so successful this year my money is on Editors though i also think Hot Chip's album is a good one.

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7/18/2006 12:01 PM
Not overly impressed with the choices myself, with the exception of maybe Artic Monkeys(purely on a success level), Guillemots and Thom Yorke….. Anybody know anything about Sway? edit - just checked on google - Dizzee Rascal type thang apparently

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7/18/2006 12:03 PM
quote: Originally posted by Pilchard no irish act again - u wonder how they can call it a british and irish list. but thats why the choice award was so successful this year What Irish album was good enough to get nominated? Is it due a mainstream winner this year? Antony is wonderful and all as well as not really being all that out there, but it caused a fair few ripples when he won it last year.

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7/18/2006 12:09 PM
quote: Originally posted by Pilchard no irish act again - u wonder how they can call it a british and irish list. but thats why the choice award was so successful this year my money is on Editors though i also think Hot Chip's album is a good one. Is it just me, or has that Editors album been around for an age ?

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7/18/2006 12:12 PM
Editors album released end of July 2005, one of the best UK albums of the last five years.

benni

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7/18/2006 12:12 PM
Yea im pretty sure it JUST about makes it - I bought it not long after they played Spring Budrising 2005 supporting The Departure. I think a few of the singles were already out and have been re-released again over the last while since the album came out.

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7/18/2006 12:22 PM
well if Arctic Monkeys don't get it and they continue their line of thought in picking the winner my money would be on Guillemots.

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7/18/2006 12:28 PM
quote: Originally posted by comet well if Arctic Monkeys don't get it and they continue their line of thought in picking the winner my money would be on Guillemots. its a great album that

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7/18/2006 1:00 PM
nomiations: Arctic Monkeys - Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not Isobel Campbell & Mark Lanegan - Ballad Of The Broken Seas Editors - The Back Room Guillemots - Through The Windowpane Richard Hawley - Coles Corner Hot Chip - The Warning Muse - Black Holes And Revelations Zoe Rahman - Melting Pot Lou Rhodes - Beloved One Scritti Politti - White Bread, Black Beer Sway - This Is My Demo Thom Yorke - The Eraser

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7/18/2006 1:06 PM
not the bestest of lists tbh.

Garret

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7/18/2006 9:16 PM
Guillemots probably, that said i havent heard it yet, its in the post

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7/18/2006 10:42 PM
Its all a bland really IMO.. Nobody there really deserves such an accolade. Not saying I dont like any of them... I quite like alot of those records, but nothing thats really gonna stick the test of t

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7/19/2006 8:05 AM
Why have some journalists been complaining about the fact the 'Irish have been ignored' as in this morning's Metro paper? Erm, that might have something to do with fact that no decent Irish albums have been released in the past year or so!!!(I don't know what Julie Feeney album is like). 'Oh, us poor Irish we've been ignored by the Brits'. They're under no obligation to include Irish artists anyway. Get over it.

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7/19/2006 8:31 AM
quote: Originally posted by Antistar Why have some journalists been complaining about the fact the 'Irish have been ignored' as in this morning's Metro paper? Erm, that might have something to do with fact that no decent Irish albums have been released in the past year or so!!!(I don't know what Julie Feeney album is like). 'Oh, us poor Irish we've been ignored by the Brits'. They're under no obligation to include Irish artists anyway. Get over it. the reason is probably because the Mercury hype themselves as Best British & Irish album but they've only ever included 2 or 3 irish acts in over 12 years. thats why the Choice thing was set up and was such a success. still, given the poor state of this year's list, i'm surprised The Walls or Pugwash didnt end up on it

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7/19/2006 10:52 AM
Agreed Pilchard, and while there hasn't been too many impressive Irish albums over the last 12 months, Pugwash's 'Jollity' certainly would stand up against all of those on the shortlist, it's a little masterpiece!

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7/19/2006 10:55 AM
Glad to see Richard Hawley in there.

Una

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7/19/2006 11:03 AM
I want to Muse to win after listening to the album again a million times last night. GENIUS.

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7/19/2006 12:13 PM
quote: Originally posted by Una I want to Muse to win after listening to the album again a million times last night. GENIUS. They'd hardly give it to a novelty act now would they?

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7/19/2006 12:18 PM
Anyone heard these ones: Lou Rhodes, Sway, Scritti Politti, Zoe Rahman? Decent?

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7/19/2006 12:24 PM
Zoe Rahman is the obligatory jazz album. Scritti Politti ... 70s Punk band, turned 80s Pop band, turned 90s hermit.

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7/19/2006 12:28 PM
i know who the guys are. just wondering if the albums are any good. gnome sayin?

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7/19/2006 12:50 PM
Lou Rhodes used to be in Lamb. No, I don't know what her album like.

Una

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7/19/2006 12:58 PM
now now stroller. I didn't really like the Scritti Politti album because I couldn't stand the vocals, but I'll give it another go. Haven't heard of Zoe Rahman or Lou Rhodes - is this bad? Sway's record is awesome, you should check it out. He won best hip hop artist at the MOBO's even though he wasn't signed, which is a pretty major achievement. There's been a buzz about him for ages. I picked up a CD of his in London a couple of years ago (the first This Is My Promo one) and pretty much forgot about it until the album hype started last year. It's pretty eclectic stuff - grime, pop/soul, hip hop and lyrically he's fantastic. www.myspace.com/swaydasafo

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7/19/2006 2:23 PM
quote: Originally posted by Antistar Lou Rhodes used to be in Lamb. No, I don't know what her album like. The same Lamb who did Gorecki and Cotton Wool?

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7/19/2006 2:29 PM
quote: Originally posted by stroller quote: Originally posted by Antistar Lou Rhodes used to be in Lamb. No, I don't know what her album like. The same Lamb who did Gorecki and Cotton Wool? The very one!

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7/19/2006 3:48 PM
Her new record is delicate folky stuff. i'm a little intrigued.

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7/24/2006 2:05 PM
I think she was never mad into the drum and bass influenced early Lamb tracks, even though that's far and away their best stuff, especially their debut album 'Lamb' The aforementioned Gorecki and Cotton Wool are superb but also Lusty, Closer and Feela - the way they combined those beats, strings and Lou Rhode's enchanting voice That debut album of theirs still sounds great a decade on I have Uaneen Fitzsimons to thank for introducing me to them through No Disco

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7/24/2006 2:22 PM
Yeah, I remember Uaneen played 'Gorecki' and I went out and bought the album the next day, back in 1997!! FCUK!!! Don't remember any official announcement that Lamb had split though. Don't think they ever really bettered that album.

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7/24/2006 2:55 PM
quote: Originally posted by Pilchard quote: Originally posted by stroller I have to agree with Una. I'm really not feeling Plan B either. i'll join that club too, very poor album Benni - am with you on this one Haven't heard the album yet, just a few tracks so far but am genuinely impressed I used to live close to his part of London (Forest Gate) and maybe that's why I'm getting more out of it, but I think his lyrics are great, clever, sharp and at times very very funny 'Write about what you know' is what they say - and he does it and IMHO does it very well Musically too, have to say I really like the tunes 'No More Eatin for you now', is the most powerful, most hate filled, most intense piece of work I've heard this year I think there has been a lot of media hype bigging him up, but for me he more than justiies the hype

palace

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7/28/2006 1:34 PM
a very good article by brian boyd in the ticket today on the mercury music prize... ...apart from his classification of which albums are excellent or very good, i just about 100% agree with every other word he's written

comet

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7/31/2006 10:28 AM
Guillemots album is great just can't get enough of that at the moment.

Eoin

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7/31/2006 11:04 PM
it will be between Richard Hawley & The Guillemots. and the winner will be Hawley. mark my words, ;-)

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