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From the Is indie a genre? thread:
someone tell Conor Mctwatnicholas at NME the game is over
NME.COM's possible Mercury Music Prize contenders include:
http://tinyurl.com/5mhvvx
Babyshambles The Enemy The Pigeon Detectives The Wombats Ting Tings
Last year Conor was a Mercury Prize judge - hence the nomination of The View
-- djmartian, Monday, 21 July 2008 14:57
Deserves its own thread, for sure.
Also worth a look: http://www.wotyougot.com/ and http://www.drownedinsound.com/articles/3661588
Some notable omissions from all three lists, but that's the point of this, innit.
― CharlieNo4, Monday, 21 July 2008 14:29 (fifteen years ago) link
Unthank ftw.
― Raw Patrick, Monday, 21 July 2008 14:32 (fifteen years ago) link
My money’s on The Shortwave Set (not on any of those lists) for a nomination and Burial for the win, but my money has never ever been right, ever, since 1992, so best ignore me.
― CharlieNo4, Monday, 21 July 2008 14:32 (fifteen years ago) link
So when's the announcement of the nominees?
― Mark G, Monday, 21 July 2008 14:34 (fifteen years ago) link
11.45 ish tomorrow
― djmartian, Monday, 21 July 2008 14:36 (fifteen years ago) link
oh wow.
Would it be too much to hope for that "Voice of the Seven Woods" gets in?
― Mark G, Monday, 21 July 2008 14:37 (fifteen years ago) link
Radiohead will win this year. The PJ Harvey mandate, basically.
― The stickman from the hilarious "xkcd" comics, Monday, 21 July 2008 14:37 (fifteen years ago) link
Edwyn Collins dead-set for a nomination.
― CharlieNo4, Monday, 21 July 2008 14:39 (fifteen years ago) link
Bloc Party to win a prize for the onliest single called Mercury?
― StanM, Monday, 21 July 2008 14:44 (fifteen years ago) link
Quite a lot I like in contention this year: Radiohead, Portishead, Benga, Burial and to a lesser extent MIA and Girls Aloud.
― chap, Monday, 21 July 2008 14:52 (fifteen years ago) link
Unthank seconded.
― Dingbod Kesterson, Monday, 21 July 2008 15:04 (fifteen years ago) link
Robert Wyatt and either The Blessing or Neil Cowley Trio for nominations. Radiohead to win. Or maybe... Elbow. As an outsider. Portishead to be nominated.
― Scik Mouthy, Monday, 21 July 2008 15:06 (fifteen years ago) link
what is unthank?
― jed_, Monday, 21 July 2008 15:08 (fifteen years ago) link
Rachel Unthank & the something-or-other, I assume? British twee folkness. Joanna Newsome-esque.
― Scik Mouthy, Monday, 21 July 2008 15:09 (fifteen years ago) link
I'd say The Wombats are a lock for the list, and I'd be worried about Newton Faulkner too - he's only had one hit single, but all four of his singles thus far have found their way onto the Radio 1 A-list. Mysterious hands are moving for that man, to be sure...
― William Bloody Swygart, Monday, 21 July 2008 15:09 (fifteen years ago) link
http://www.myspace.com/rachelunthank
― William Bloody Swygart, Monday, 21 July 2008 15:10 (fifteen years ago) link
Southall, my office tomorrow etc.
D'ffy will win. They can't afford for her not to.
― Dingbod Kesterson, Monday, 21 July 2008 15:10 (fifteen years ago) link
..and the Winterset.
― Mark G, Monday, 21 July 2008 15:11 (fifteen years ago) link
Who are the Mercury judges this year?
that Welsh Wench from The Guardian is one.
presumably, Conor NME?
Edith Bowman was probably too busy to be involved this year, i.e with the newborn kid
― djmartian, Monday, 21 July 2008 15:11 (fifteen years ago) link
A colleague of mine worked in marketing for Nationwide for a few years before coming here, and was involved in the Mercury campaign. Do not expect another wildcard winner like Anthony again.
― Scik Mouthy, Monday, 21 July 2008 15:12 (fifteen years ago) link
I'd also not be shocked to see some kind of uber-fury unleashed on here tomorrow about the phrase "classic pop" being used as a description of the Scouting For Girls album.
― William Bloody Swygart, Monday, 21 July 2008 15:12 (fifteen years ago) link
This could be the jazz nomination:
Empirical - Empirical
http://static.rateyourmusic.com/album_images/s938026.jpg
― djmartian, Monday, 21 July 2008 15:13 (fifteen years ago) link
Hahahahaha, no, not at all.
The Empirical album is FUCKING AMAZING but when was it released?
― Scik Mouthy, Monday, 21 July 2008 15:13 (fifteen years ago) link
Amazon reckons July 16th last year, so cutting eligibility mighty fine.
― Scik Mouthy, Monday, 21 July 2008 15:15 (fifteen years ago) link
this could be a surprise nomination:
Nancy Elizabeth - Battle and Victory
http://static.rateyourmusic.com/album_images/s968546.jpg
― djmartian, Monday, 21 July 2008 15:15 (fifteen years ago) link
And John Lydon to present the award?
― Tom D., Monday, 21 July 2008 15:15 (fifteen years ago) link
it qualifies ! trust me !
It should be the Keith Tippett Tapestry Orchestra but no fucking way.
― Dingbod Kesterson, Monday, 21 July 2008 15:15 (fifteen years ago) link
Duffy may indeed crack it, or (srsly) Coldplay. Dull dull dull. The Wombats will get a nom but (jesus I hope) will not win.
― CharlieNo4, Monday, 21 July 2008 15:15 (fifteen years ago) link
I'm wondering if the delayed release of the Polar Bear album might be tactical? Apparently it was recorded in December 2006.
― Scik Mouthy, Monday, 21 July 2008 15:16 (fifteen years ago) link
Coldplay wont win in a year Radiohead put out In Rainbows, unless, of course, no one at Radiohead Towers stumped up the £150 admission fee or whatever.
Stevie Nicks?
― DJ Mencap, Monday, 21 July 2008 15:17 (fifteen years ago) link
It also seems impossible that The Ting Tings will be ignored. And that Foals album that's not exactly flying off shelves might just get a late sales bump off this too...
I think I'd put Estelle as borderline, along with The Last Shadow Puppets. Oh, hang on, Adele. I can see that they might like that a bit.
― William Bloody Swygart, Monday, 21 July 2008 15:19 (fifteen years ago) link
could be a surprise nomination:
James - Hey Ma
http://static.rateyourmusic.com/album_images/s1374681.jpg
― djmartian, Monday, 21 July 2008 15:20 (fifteen years ago) link
Polar Bear does not qualify for this year's Mercury Prize
― djmartian, Monday, 21 July 2008 15:21 (fifteen years ago) link
I don't give a toss unless Youthmovies are nominated, and then I still don't care cos they'll only be in to make up the numbers.
― Just got offed, Monday, 21 July 2008 15:22 (fifteen years ago) link
What about Robert Plant and Alison K ? does that qualify?
― djmartian, Monday, 21 July 2008 15:22 (fifteen years ago) link
http://a261.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/00594/06/20/594990260_l.jpg
― Free Peace Sweet!, Monday, 21 July 2008 15:24 (fifteen years ago) link
Oh, and Hot Chip, almost definitely.
― William Bloody Swygart, Monday, 21 July 2008 15:24 (fifteen years ago) link
65dos was released May last year.
I've got the Polar Bear album already, bought it straight from the label; Dizzy's first album was nominated the day after release, wasn't it?
― Scik Mouthy, Monday, 21 July 2008 15:26 (fifteen years ago) link
If Elbow win it'll be Pol Pot time.
― Dingbod Kesterson, Monday, 21 July 2008 15:26 (fifteen years ago) link
I understand that Mercury archivists are currently hard at work in Somerset House and the Kew Public Records Office looking for possible British ancestry of any member of Fleet Foxes.
― Dingbod Kesterson, Monday, 21 July 2008 15:27 (fifteen years ago) link
:D ^^^^
― Just got offed, Monday, 21 July 2008 15:27 (fifteen years ago) link
Mercury Prize loves debut albums and always has a few female artists
Adele Vs Duffy Vs Marling Vs Nash
Adele too boring Duffy too mainstream Marling too serious Nash too crap
I reckon Duffy will likely be shortlisted
― djmartian, Monday, 21 July 2008 15:29 (fifteen years ago) link
I wish The Notwist were British.
― Scik Mouthy, Monday, 21 July 2008 15:29 (fifteen years ago) link
I don't think Hot Chip will necessarily get a nom. I'd like to see Sennen on the shortlist... well, the longlist anyway.
― CharlieNo4, Monday, 21 July 2008 15:29 (fifteen years ago) link
Kate Nash could just be nominated; August 6th release.
― Scik Mouthy, Monday, 21 July 2008 15:30 (fifteen years ago) link
Polar Bear is not released till July 28th therefore will qualify for Mercury Prize 2009
― djmartian, Monday, 21 July 2008 15:30 (fifteen years ago) link
predict:
Coldplay OR Radiohead Duffy Ting Tings Last Shadow Puppets Poxy Foals Elbow Estelle Hot Chip OR Sam Sparro Portishead OR Pendulum Robert Plant & Alison Krauss OR Paul Weller Jazz Other
― blueski, Monday, 21 July 2008 15:33 (fifteen years ago) link
I can't see past Lightspeed Champion.
It's the hat.
― Matthew H, Monday, 21 July 2008 15:34 (fifteen years ago) link
oh, and just when and why did 679 recordings become sixsevennine ? was that a clever clever accounting/debt avoidance issue, or just a simple open case of rebranding ?
-- mark e, Tuesday, 29 July 2008 16:39
It actually didn't: DiS got it wrong. Earlier this year it became sixsevenine, guaranteed to fuck up any potential googlers (probably).
Foals excepted, this is quite a fun list.
― CharlieNo4, Tuesday, 29 July 2008 16:21 (fifteen years ago) link
It changed to sixsevenine when it was bought out by a major.
― Raw Patrick, Tuesday, 29 July 2008 16:26 (fifteen years ago) link
i thought it was always a Sony (?) imprint?
― CharlieNo4, Tuesday, 29 July 2008 16:29 (fifteen years ago) link
"Warner Music has acquired 679 Recordings, home to British urban acts The Streets and Kano plus alt-rock band Mystery Jets, for an undisclosed sum.
The label becomes a wholly-owned division of Atlantic Records U.K.; founder Nick Worthington remains as managing director, reporting to Warner Music Europe president John Reid and Atlantic Records U.K. president Max Lousada. The label's staff will re-locate to Atlantic's offices in Kensington, London.
The label is also changing its name to Sixsevenine, dropping the 'Recordings' tag in recognition of an increasing focus on activities beyond recorded music.
Warner Music U.K. previously had a stake in the label, which was launched in 2001. Other acts which have released material on 679 include the Futureheads, King Creosote, Death From Above 1979 and Plan B. The label has been an early proponent of forming new business models with artists, recently forging partnerships with Cut Off Your Hands and The Rifles across an expanded range of rights and revenue streams."
― Raw Patrick, Tuesday, 29 July 2008 16:52 (fifteen years ago) link
It really is quite frustrating that the only publication that would big up Youthmovies (DiS) are actually the folx who released their record, and so don't, out of a sense of fair play (they didn't even review it).
― Just got offed, Tuesday, 29 July 2008 17:08 (fifteen years ago) link
For me it's between The Bug, PJ, PHead, M.I.A. and Wyatt. Fuck Buttons are interesting but I'm not fully convinced yet.
― Dingbod Kesterson, Wednesday, 30 July 2008 09:46 (fifteen years ago) link
i am, but it's a very grimly-esque furrow they plough. i'm actually quite surprised so many other people like them at all.
― grimly fiendish, Wednesday, 30 July 2008 09:49 (fifteen years ago) link
Failure to sell Elisa Bray the Mercury CDs for under £30 seems to have been the last straw and it's gone into administration this afternoon.
― aldo, Wednesday, 30 July 2008 14:41 (fifteen years ago) link
Sorry, insert "for Sister Ray" somewhere in that sentence.
― aldo, Wednesday, 30 July 2008 14:48 (fifteen years ago) link
Really? Link please.
I looked at their website and they seem to think they've been going since 1981 as well, as opposed to the 1989 I remember them actually starting up. Unless they had a shop in Fort William or something.
If they have gone under they've only got themselves to blame; their stock has diminished dramatically over the last couple of months and their concept of stock control in general seems to have been drafted by Fotherington-Thomas, i.e. lots of DVDs, the same old discounted crap and nothing new or different.
― Dingbod Kesterson, Wednesday, 30 July 2008 14:51 (fifteen years ago) link
http://www.musicweek.com/story.asp?sectioncode=1&storycode=1035010&c=1
― aldo, Wednesday, 30 July 2008 14:53 (fifteen years ago) link
http://www.unctv.org/pressroom/jfk/images/AMEX3yearoldJFKjrSalutes.jpg
― The stickman from the hilarious "xkcd" comics, Wednesday, 30 July 2008 14:54 (fifteen years ago) link
10-point penalty, demotion to Oxford Street league?
― Just got offed, Wednesday, 30 July 2008 14:54 (fifteen years ago) link
Jude Rogers is back! http://www.guardian.co.uk/film/2008/aug/08/popandrock
"It's been quite a week for sex, music and me. Take last weekend. There I was at the Big Chill festival, hot-browed and clammy-palmed, watching Leonard Cohen sing erotically about how he "moved in you" as he sang Hallelujah. Then, right on cue, my phone bleeped with saucy news from the UK singles charts."
OK, so that's last weekend. And moving on, to some other examples ... nah. There aren't any more. She forgets that appalling opening line, and just talks about a current pop star.
Christ, read it again:
"It's been quite a week for sex, music and me." !?!
Also note that she surely shouldn't have had her mobile on while at a concert, which one imagines was a quite hushed and reverential affair.
― the pinefox, Friday, 8 August 2008 12:23 (fifteen years ago) link
Probably not hushed and reverential at the Big Chill festival. Or maybe it is, I've only ever been to Leeds.
― Raw Patrick, Friday, 8 August 2008 12:48 (fifteen years ago) link
"saucy" in 2008.
― Dingbod Kesterson, Friday, 8 August 2008 12:52 (fifteen years ago) link
"I've heard this perky new pops disc from young Katy Perry which is going towards the top of the hit parade, and oh my sainted aunt, it is a trifle blue."
― Dingbod Kesterson, Friday, 8 August 2008 12:57 (fifteen years ago) link
First para redolent of onetime Melody Maker 'funny page' staple Derek Kent
― DJ Mencap, Friday, 8 August 2008 13:07 (fifteen years ago) link
"funny" page, morelike
― The stickman from the hilarious "xkcd" comics, Friday, 8 August 2008 13:44 (fifteen years ago) link
Yes, Derek Kent. But even he wouldn't have written the first line.
The funny page was, I think, funny, though that particular (1990s?) column was never really to my taste.
― the pinefox, Sunday, 10 August 2008 17:30 (fifteen years ago) link
Elbow win, YEAH!
independent.co.uk
― Bee OK, Thursday, 11 September 2008 03:01 (fifteen years ago) link
One can only imagine the bitterness with which the inconstant Island and V2 executives greeted the news this morning that an overnight sales increase of some 260 per cent had already shunted The Seldom Seen Kid to the top of Amazon's sales chart.
― Bee OK, Thursday, 11 September 2008 03:09 (fifteen years ago) link
Johnny Foreigner won the DiS Pluto Prize, with is the sort of comically irrelevant Camden indie album only DiS readers could consider the best of the year.
― NAZI MODS FUCK OFF (Matt DC), Thursday, 11 September 2008 09:07 (fifteen years ago) link
It is funny to think that I paid a lot of attention to this thread, once, but none to the prize, when it actually happened, the other night. I guess this is a good thing, the prize cannot have been good in any way, can it?
― the pinefox, Thursday, 11 September 2008 09:09 (fifteen years ago) link
can i just say how profoundly thankful i am that ilx was down for this
― lex pretend, Thursday, 11 September 2008 09:46 (fifteen years ago) link
― Dingbod Kesterson, Monday, 21 July 2008 15:26 (1 month ago) Bookmark Permalink
― Vagina McKee (Noodle Vague), Thursday, 11 September 2008 09:48 (fifteen years ago) link
ELBOW SELECTOR: We speak exclusively to Simon Frith about how he came to this decision.
― If you really need a 00's album I'd say go for 'in rainbows'., Thursday, 11 September 2008 09:54 (fifteen years ago) link
A humerus look at the Mercury Prize
― The Slash My Father Wrote (DJ Mencap), Thursday, 11 September 2008 10:04 (fifteen years ago) link
I've never heard Elbow
― Wrinkled Aeneas (Tom D.), Thursday, 11 September 2008 10:10 (fifteen years ago) link
I've only just realised that Elbow aren't Doves, and now I have no idea who they are.
― Jamie T Smith, Thursday, 11 September 2008 10:17 (fifteen years ago) link
Don't worry, they are Doves really.
― ShNick (Upt0eleven), Thursday, 11 September 2008 10:21 (fifteen years ago) link
I felt very Pol Pot on Tuesday evening for sure and it's probably just as well ILx wasn't up at the time to allow things to cool down a little.
― Marcello Carlin, Thursday, 11 September 2008 10:50 (fifteen years ago) link
Lauren Laverne reported "disappeared"
― The Slash My Father Wrote (DJ Mencap), Thursday, 11 September 2008 11:05 (fifteen years ago) link
Watching 6Music DJ Lauren Laverne lickarse 6Music DJ Guy Garvey on Tuesday night was the most offensive thing I've ever seen on TV and I've duly written to OFFTHETELLY or whatever the broadcasting regulation commission is now called.
― Marcello Carlin, Thursday, 11 September 2008 11:10 (fifteen years ago) link
I put my boot through each respective arse and sent 6Music the cleaning bill
― The Slash My Father Wrote (DJ Mencap), Thursday, 11 September 2008 11:19 (fifteen years ago) link
HOW DARE THIS BROADSHEET-FRIENDLY INOFFENSIVE COMPROMISE CHOICE ALBUM WIN THIS BROADSHEET-FRIENDLY INOFFENSIVE COMPROMISE TYPE PRIZE?!!!
YOURS,
A VERY ANGRY MAN
― ^^^ Highlight DIVs (Matt DC), Thursday, 11 September 2008 11:20 (fifteen years ago) link
Burial reported "middle class" at the findings.
― If you really need a 00's album I'd say go for 'in rainbows'., Thursday, 11 September 2008 11:20 (fifteen years ago) link
That is, if they'd managed to find Burial.
― Marcello Carlin, Thursday, 11 September 2008 11:21 (fifteen years ago) link
Burial was apparently in a hotel over the road.
― blueski, Thursday, 11 September 2008 11:23 (fifteen years ago) link
He loves his Little Chef mega-deals.
― ^^^ Highlight DIVs (Matt DC), Thursday, 11 September 2008 11:30 (fifteen years ago) link
From the Mercury HYS thread:
Instead of watching a show that really only served one purpose- to add to the endless list of rather tiresome accolades a musician or group of musicians can get, I watched Maestro instead, which was not only entertaining, but served to create a deeper awareness of classical music to people who would not be as likely to listen to it. Indeed, classical music has existed for a long time, whereas ten years from now, people will have forgotten modern musicians.
Hannah, Bristol
― Marcello Carlin, Thursday, 11 September 2008 11:40 (fifteen years ago) link
But Maestro was on BBC2 as well, immediately before the Mercuries show.
― Mark G, Thursday, 11 September 2008 11:45 (fifteen years ago) link
Classical music listeners are only allowed to watch one hour of television every other day, and none at all if it's on ITV.
― Matt DC, Thursday, 11 September 2008 11:49 (fifteen years ago) link
You guys can hate all you want but deep down you know that classical music has existed for longer than modern music
― The Slash My Father Wrote (DJ Mencap), Thursday, 11 September 2008 11:56 (fifteen years ago) link
TV's Bradley Walsh has existed for longer than Sue Perkins. Does that necessarily make him better?
― Marcello Carlin, Thursday, 11 September 2008 12:27 (fifteen years ago) link
He is though
― Wrinkled Aeneas (Tom D.), Thursday, 11 September 2008 12:28 (fifteen years ago) link
Fair enough.
― Marcello Carlin, Thursday, 11 September 2008 12:29 (fifteen years ago) link
I'm just glad that jolly frolics Daily Mail-friendly Jane Asher missed the final count.
― Marcello Carlin, Thursday, 11 September 2008 12:30 (fifteen years ago) link
Maestro might be fine if it was an elimination contest for actual composers and not just whichever slebs are free and willing. I don't care that they get to learn how to do something new and isn't that great for them and also maybe we learn something about ourselves and our capabilities as Ordinary People at the same time. FUCK OFF.
― blueski, Thursday, 11 September 2008 12:30 (fifteen years ago) link
Maybe they should have been made to conduct the full 60-minute version of Goldie's "Mother."
― Marcello Carlin, Thursday, 11 September 2008 12:32 (fifteen years ago) link