Nationwide Mercury Prize Nominees are announced. 20,000 smackers. Actually British Pounds so what with today's exchange rate somebody's gonna walk away with: $36,405.90 USD. But who knows what it could be September 5th when the winner is announced?
Not nominated? Feeling broke and left out? Don't worry, everyone knows that's not where the real money is. You can win big! Turn your hard earned into easy money by picking your fav! Each year the bookies get in on the action, notably the William Hill online bookmaker company. Here are this year's nominees followed by the odds as quoted by Mr. William Hill:
Arctic Monkeys, "Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not", 5/1
Isobel Campbell & Mark Lanegan, "Ballad of the Broken Seas", 10/1
Editors, "The Back Room", 6/1
Guillemots, "Through the Windowpane", 6/1
Richard Hawley, "Coles Corner", 8/1
Hot Chip, "The Warning", 8/1
Muse, "Black Holes & Revelations", 8/1
Zoe Rahman, "Melting Pot", 10/1
Lou Rhodes, "Beloved One", 10/1
Scritti Politti, "White Bread Black Beer", 10/1
Sway, "This Is My Demo", 8/1
Thom Yorke, "The Eraser", 5/1
Before you make your bet, it might help to know that the chair of judges is Simon Frith. brother of famed guitarist Fred Frith. You can also read Simon's book The Sociology of Rock to get the inside track on who he might be leaning towards.
Last year's winner was, Antony and the Johnsons' I Am a Bird Now who was sitting comfy with 5:1 odds last year nosing out 4:1 odds on M.I.A.'s Arular.
Another year, another opportunity to overlook Ed Harcourt. The fact that 'The Beautiful Lie' hasn't even been nominated shows just how wretched the Music Industry really is.
article1 said:
Ideally, it''ll be the Arctic Monkeys. That way, we can sit back, let the curse Of The Mercury do it's work, and never hear from them again.
Colin_ORegan
Brooklyn, NY
May 2006
JUL 18, 2006 11:08 AM