Mercury prize nominees announced

The nominees for the 2009 Mercury Music Prize were announced today. If you remember, last year's prize went to Elbow. A long overdue bit of recognition for a wonderful band.

This years nominees are heavy on the ladies (Bat For Lashes, Florence And The Machine, La Roux, Lisa Hannigan, etc.), but I'm really pulling for The Horrors. Primary Colours is still the best album of 2009 so far.

The full list:

Bat For Lashes – 'Two Suns'
Florence And The Machine – 'Lungs'
Friendly Fires – 'Friendly Fires'
Glasvegas – 'Glasvegas'
The Horrors – 'Primary Colours'
La Roux – 'La Roux'
Led Bib – 'Sensible Shoes'
The Invisible - 'The Invisible'
Lisa Hannigan – 'Sea Sew'
Kasabian – 'West Ryder Pauper Lunatic Asylum'
Speech Debelle – 'Speech Therapy'
Sweet Billy Pilgrim – 'Twice Born Men'

Barclaycard Mercury Music Prize
Via NME.

Massive Attack win Ivor Novello award for outstanding contribution to British music.

Damon Albarn presented Robert Del Naja and Grant Marshall with the award today for Outstanding Contribution To British Music.

Other winners were Elbow for Grounds For Divorce (Best Contemporary Song), and One Day Like This (Best Song Musically and Lyrically).

Best Film Score went to Jonny Greenwood for There Will Be Blood.

LINK