http://excellentonline.com/taxonomy/term/472/0 en http://excellentonline.com/story/mercury-shortlist-announced-1255 <p> Jools Holland took to the stage (um some stage?) in London this morning to announce the shortlist nominees for this year&#39;s Mercury Music Prize. As I&#39;m sure you all know, this is one of the most prestigous awards to be given out in the UK music world... as well as the fabulous cash prize of &pound;20,000. <i>Personally it lost a little prestige in my eyes the year they overlooked Pulp&#39;s &quot;His n Hers&quot; in lieu of giving the prize to M People. Upon reflection I&#39;m sure they now agree with me... anyhoo...</i>We&#39;ll find out September 6th exactly who won but for now we can all argue about the list below to suss out who deserves it most...</p> <p><a href="http://excellentonline.com/story/mercury-shortlist-announced-1255" target="_blank">read more</a></p> bloc party coldplay hard-fi kaiser chiefs m.i.a. magic numbers maximo park News the go! team Tue, 19 Jul 2005 18:29:18 +0000 liz 1255 at http://excellentonline.com