2010 Mercury Prize Nominees Announced

Since 1992 the Mercury Prize has been celebrating some of the best albums from the UK and Ireland. Each year a handful of albums released between June 30 of last year and July 1 of this year are selected by an exclusive panel of music experts. In previous years the Mercury Prize has gone to acts including Franz Ferdinand, Arctic Monkeys and Klaxons. This year the shortlist has been announced, with the winner receiving the Mercury Prize on September 7.

This year's nominees Are:

Biffy Clyro- Only Revolutions

Corinne Bailey Rae- The Sea

Dizzee Rascal- Tongue N' Cheek

Mumford & Sons- Sigh No More

Kit Downes Trio- Golden

Foals- Total Life Forever

I Am Kloot- Sky At Night

Laura Marling- I Speak Because I Can

Paul Weller- Wake Up The Nation

Villagers- Becoming A Jackal

Wild Beasts- Two Dancers

The XX- XX

Personally I think The XX have this one in the bag. However, the favorite to win last year, Florence and the Machine, was greatly upset after she was defeated by a rather obscure British rapper who had only sold a handful of albums in comparison. I doubt they would give it to Dizzee Rascal twice, and it should be interesting to see how the folk powers (and two of my favorites from this year) Laura Marling and Mumford & Sons will fair. Also, it came to me as a great surprise to see the newcomer Villagers and the jazz ensemble Kit Downes Trio nominated. This should be another interesting year for the Mercury Prize. It's just a shame we'll have to wait until September to find out who wins.

Who do you think should win? Leave your opinion about who you think will take home the prize in the comment section below.

7/5 RPM albums for WKNC's Daytime music

	Artist	Album	Label
#1	TAME IMPALA	Innerspeaker	Modular
#2	GRAND LAKE	Blood Sea Dream	Hippies Are Dead
#3	MAPS & ATLASES	Perch Patchwork	Barsuk
#4	CASIOKIDS	Topp Semning Pa Lokal Bar	Polyvinyl
#5	LIGHT POLLUTION	Apparitions	Car Park
#6	VILLAGERS	Becoming a Jackal	Domino
#7	PEGGY SUE	Fossils And Other Phantoms	Yep Roc
#8	THE LOVE LANGUAGE	Libraries	Merge
#9	LIGHTS ON	Here Comes the Ocean	self-released
#10	DAN SARTAIN	Dan Sartain Lives	One Little Indian

6/21 RPM ablums for WKNC's Daytime Music

	Artist	Album	Label
#1	TAME IMPALA	Innerspeaker	Modular
#2	GRAND LAKE	Blood Sea Dream	Hippies are Dead
#3	CASIOKIDS	Topp Stemning Pa Lokal Bar	Polyvinyl
#4	LIGHT POLLUTION	Apparitions	Car Park
#5	VILLAGERS	Becoming a Jackal	Domino
#6	PONTIAK	Living
#7	PEGGY SUE	Fossils and Other Phantoms	Yep Roc
#8	PETER WOLF CRIER	Inter-Be	Jagjaguwar
#9	WILD MOCCASINS	Skin Collision Past	self-released
#10	SLEIGH BELLS	Treats	Mom and Pop

6/14 Top ten tracks from WKNC's Daytime show

	Artist	Album	Label
#1	TAME IMPALA	Innerspeaker	Modular
#2	CASIOKIDS	Topp Stemning Pa Local Bar	Polyvinyl
#3	LIGHT POLLUTION	Apparitions	Car Park
#4	GRAND LAKE	Blood Sea Dream	Hippies are Dead
#5	PEGGY SUE	Fossils and other Phantoms	Yep Roc
#6	VILLAGERS	Becoming a Jackal	Domino
#7	PETER WOLF CRIER	Inter-Be	Jagjaguwar
#8	PONTIAK	(single)	Living
#9	WILD MOCCASINS	Skin Collision Past	Self-Released
#10	HOORAY FOR EARTH	MOMO	Dovecote