2017 Mercury Prize

[dangermows]

Strmzy

 

[errant]

Have Alt-J and The XX been on the shortlist every year for the last 5?

They've been other won it before for sure...

 

[cluffy]

They've been other won it before for sure...

 

[errant]

Who the hell is Dinosaur? Didn't Dinosaur Jnr have to include the 'Jnr' (decades ago) as there was already a band called Dinosaur?

was on 6music earlier... they're a trumpet lead instrumental band. but they're not "Jazz"... except when you listen to it & its f***ing jazz no matter how you spin it.

bring back the edit button...

 

[Billy Rocket]

The Damned overlooked again I see.

 

[AndrewP]

They've been other won it before for sure...

Think the last album from the XX won it a few years back.

 

[Tman87]

Think the last album from the XX won it a few years back.

Was for their first album, same with Alt-J I think

 

[AndrewP]

Was for their first album, same with Alt-J I think

Oh they've had more than two albums?

 

[Vinyl Score]

Now-defunct-telecommunications-company-monikered award in conservative London-centric list with token Jazz album shocker.

Ed Sheeran is sing-along campfire shite for bairns.

 

[Buzzer]

Tenner on Kate Tempest

This.

One of the only events I do well on, won about £150 on James Blake (think he was longest odds) and won again on Benjamin Clementine.

 

[Tman87]

This.

One of the only events I do well on, won about £150 on James Blake (think he was longest odds) and won again on Benjamin Clementine.

Ended up putting twenty on should have put her on before it was announced really