Taking Sides!

[carsmilesteve.livejournal.com]

Nationwide Mercury Prize
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

Popjustice £20 prize
'Biology' - Girls Aloud
'DARE' - Gorillaz
'Destroy Everything You Touch' - Ladytron
'I Said Never Again (But Here We Are)' - Rachel Stevens
'Number One' - Goldfrapp
'Over & Over' - Hot Chip
'Push The Button' - Sugababes
'Smile' - Lily Allen
'Supermassive Black Hole' - Muse
'Up All Night' - Matt Willis
'Valentine' - The Delays
'Who Am I?' - Will Young

Comments

[jeff-worrell.livejournal.com]

Both as indie as each other!

[bengraham.livejournal.com]

I'd like Hot Chip or Scritti Politti to win, but I suspect it will go to Sway... not necessarily a bad thing, but if anyone deserves recognition of a career in music, it should be Green Gartside and his Polittis.

[lockedintheatti.livejournal.com]

Is the Scritti album that good? I haven't got round to getting it yet but for some reason think i'm going to be disappointed, especially after I adored his last one.

[bengraham.livejournal.com]

I liked it, even though it sounds nothing whatsoever like the previous album. Gone are the hip-hop beats, and this is a much more stripped down album... it's basically vocals and a bit of backing music... no beats. It's very unusual-sounding, but it's grown on me.

[freakytigger.livejournal.com]

The shortlist for the second annual Lex 20p Indie Prize will be revealed soon I am sure.

[alexmacpherson.livejournal.com]

OOH we can do it at trig brother!

[freakytigger.livejournal.com]

The schedule for TB is quite full enough as it is!

[awesomewells.livejournal.com]

We can do it AFTER Trig Brother!

[freakytigger.livejournal.com]

GOOD THINKING DR DC.

[alexmacpherson.livejournal.com]

as i have just pointed out on the Other Place, there is the same number of black people on each list, ie 1.

i haven't actually heard any of the albums nominated! though i kind of half-heartedly want to hear sway, scritti politti and hot chip.

singles - rachel s and sugababes outstrip the competition by a VERY VERY long way.

[chezghost.livejournal.com]

how many black people on the selection committee/judging panel etc. is perhaps the real 'problem'.

[juror8.livejournal.com]

Lex: both Gorillaz and Sugababes have black members, plus Rachel Stevens is a pork refuser.

[chezghost.livejournal.com]

he's not bothered about Jewish representation tho

Dangermouse = presumably a 'mash-up' racially? (ha ha this is dodgy territory)

[freakytigger.livejournal.com]

This is a sort of landmark for me - the first year I haven't heard any of the records on the Mercury shortlist. (The Scritti only through laziness).

[katstevens.livejournal.com]

I've only heard Sway. It's pretty good though and would be a deserved winner.

"Swaaaaay, I don't like you anymore"
"I don't care, I'm just followin' fashion"

Safe.

time to shave, methinks

[the-roofdog.livejournal.com]

I have heard most of the Mercury list, Hawley was one of my fav records of last year and Scritti is ace. If the Arct*c M*nk*ys win I shall do someone an injury.

Sadly I reckon it's them or Sway.

Re: time to shave, methinks

[atommickbrane.livejournal.com]

I have never heard of Hawley! NEITHER have I heard of:

Lou Rhodes (sister of Nick?)
Guillemots
Zoe Rahman??

Will Young to win BEST VIDEO shurely.

Re: time to shave, methinks

[jeff-worrell.livejournal.com]

Lou Rhodes is apparently HER out of LAMB
Zoe R = a jazzatrix
Guillemots = ask The Lex

Re: time to shave, methinks

[alexmacpherson.livejournal.com]

Haha. I have received the Guillemots album but have not yet dared listen to it. It looks a bit rubbish really.

Re: time to shave, methinks

[darkpigeon.livejournal.com]

The Guillemots drummer used to be in Suitable Case For Treatment, who did a collaboration with Jon Snow and are superior in every way

[katstevens.livejournal.com]

Actually I have heard some of the Scritti album cos I saw them play it at the GIG INNIT.

[carsmilesteve.livejournal.com]

i have only heard one as well, can you guess which?

[braisedbywolves.livejournal.com]

I've heard the Thom Yorke, and most of the Arctic Monkeys. Which actually beats the Popjustice (just Girls Alouds), except the AM's have negative weight on the Scales of Pop.

[awesomewells.livejournal.com]

Tom you will like the Sway record, I predict.

ISOBEL CAMPBELL???

[atommickbrane.livejournal.com]

Gobsmacked!

[blue-russian.livejournal.com]

Is it me or is this a particularly indie year?

And wft with the Yorke record? Have they just been holding the nominations announcement until it came out?

[chezghost.livejournal.com]

more likely 'The Eraser' was released as late as it could be but still in time for inevitable nomingation. they did this with SFA's 'rings Around The World' too.

[awesomewells.livejournal.com]

It's not like it didn't leak onto the Interweb weeks ago though.

[jel-bugle.livejournal.com]

Hurrah, I have none of the nominated albums!

Why weren't Dragonforce nominated???

[carsmilesteve.livejournal.com]

dude, don't tantalise us, link to it!!!

[jel-bugle.livejournal.com]

Dude! Go to their Myspace page:

http://www.myspace.com/dragonforce

[umlauts.livejournal.com]

PJ list is pretty good. "Biology", "Destroy", "I Said Never Again", "Push The Button" all worthy winners. I actually think "Valentine" is the best record on the list!

ALSO, THE MUSE ALBUM IS REALLY GREAT. Except kind of towards the end, and one song in the middle, it's a bit rubbidge, but it's good, yes. I wouldn't mind Sway winning as he is very funny. The Editors album has one good song on it and is indie. I don't know what you're all hearing in that Scritti Politti album, it is wretchedly awful and Mr Gartside should take a long hard look at himself and be embarrassed at the laudation. The Hawley one is clearly bestest. If Thom Yorke wins.

If I liked that last Guillemots single, will I like the album?

[umlauts.livejournal.com]

er, If Thom Yorke wins, I am coming to The Britishes with a big stick to hurt indie kids BADLY. (But will LEX be spared?)