Arctic Monkeys, David Bowie lead Mercury Music Prize nominations
Nominees announced at London ceremony
- Savages - Silence Yourself: One of the year's key rock releases, Savages are one of the darkest and most compelling bands of 2013. Finding themselves embraced by the mainstream and applauded at every turn, Silence Yourself is a refreshingly unconventional, imaginative and gloom-laden album - perfect for the Mercury shortlist perhaps?
by Michael Baggs | Photos by WENN.com
Foals, Arctic Monkeys, Rudimental, David Bowie and Jon Hopkins are among the nominations for this year's Barclaycard Mercury Music Prize, which were announced today (11 September, 2013) at an event in Central London.
The full list of nominees is as follows:
Foals - Holy Fire
Rudimental - Home
Jon Hopkins - Immunity
Jake Bugg - Jake Bugg
Laura Mvula - Sing To The Moon
Villagers - Awayland
David Bowie - The Next Day
Savages - Silence Yourself
Disclosure - Settle
Laura Marling - Once I Was An Eagle
James Blake - Overgrown
Arctic Monkeys - AM
"This year’s Barclaycard Mercury Prize shortlist celebrates a fascinating year for British and Irish music, marked by a wonderful range of musical voices – urgent, reflective, upbeat and tender, acoustic and electronic, and all with something intriguing to say", says Simon Frith, Chair of Judges.
The winner will be announced at an awards show on Wednesday, 30 October 2013.
Arctic Monkeys add another success to their massive 2013
The awards were announced at The Hospital Club in Covent Garden by Lauren Laverne, with a number of the nominees attending to collect their nominations. Check back on Gigwise later for full video coverage of the event.
The annual award is now in it's 21st year, having started in 1992, naming Primal Scream's Screamadelica the best album from the UK and Ireland, and was won in 2012 by indie newcomers and festival favourites, Alt-J.
Below: the albums we hoped would be nominated for the Mercury Music Prize
