Barclaycard Mercury Prize

Sep 16, 2013 14 100 In: Events News Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , By: Catriona Mahmoud 0 Comment

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The 2013 shortlist for the Barclaycard Mercury Prize UK album of the year has finally been released, and there are some great names up there.

The shortlist is as follows:

Arctic Monkeys ‘AM’

David Bowie ‘The Next Day’

Disclosure ‘Settle’

Foals ‘Holy Fire’

Jake Bugg ‘Jake Bugg’

James Blake ‘Overgrown’

Jon Hopkins ‘Immunity’

Laura Marling ‘Once I Was An Eagle’

Laura Mvula ‘Sing To The Moon’

Rudimental ‘Home’

Savages ‘Silence Yourself’

Villagers ‘Awayland’

Last year’s winners were Alt-J with their revolutionary album An Awesome Wave (read my review of the album here).  The Mercury Prize aims to draw attention

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New MP3: Artic Monkeys – “Reckless Serenade”

May 10, 2011 4 100 In: New Tunes Tags: , By: Jeffco 0 Comment

Another tune from the Arctic Monkeys’ forthcoming album, Suck It and See, has hit the waves and it sounds pretty much amazing. There’s nothing better than a peak of the upbeat indie-pop displayed in “Reckless Serenade” that got the band famous in the first place.

I feel like I won’t be getting this track out of my head for a while. Suck It And See comes out on June 7th, so make sure you cop it and jam with us.

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