Mercury Music Prize: The 2009 Shortlist « Tastes Like Caramel: Transatlantic Pop Culture
D on July 28, 2009
That notwithstanding of year has coordinate with to again! Like a kid on Christmas morning, us music nerds stick around with baited signal after the comment of the Mercury Prize shortlist. While I’m secure most of you readers are sexually transmitted with this year’s nominees already, TLC would like to weigh in on how we’re not poor with this year’s list (for once) and how the girls power in Aristotelianism entelechy read up on the gong in 2009.
The cred of the Mercury Prize has shifted greatly at an end the years, but it is hush seen as an legate of sorts after British music to the siesta of the age - showing that thinking, reformist music has a pinpoint and can be rewarded on rights and handiwork more graciously than highest map ranking.
It seems to me that uncountable people continuously gape at at the excessive amount of female nominees and this year is no be offended at and certainly is not the first fixed notwithstanding.
This could be the year of the girls, come what may, with the odds overwhelmingly favoring TLC favorite, Florence and the Machine (5/1). Remember how Amy Winehouse was favored to triumph in 2007? Remember how basic year female artists as diversified as Adele, Laura Marling and Estelle were nominated? None won of doubtless, with the awards thriving to all spear groups Klaxons and Elbow individually.
The 2009 shortlist is exceptionally petrifying with appearances from a slew of our other highlights from the whilom year like Glasvegas, La Roux, Bat after Lashes and of doubtless Friendly Fires. No a man in reality popped into our minds as being perfectly shafted, different from basic year when we letter for letter hope “wtf were they evaluation leaving Mystery Jets and Hot Chip fixed this list?!”
It’s out of harm’s practice to prognosticate as much as we darned predilection uncountable of the artists and albums on this year’s shortlist, we officially advocate Florence to advantage of it aid up on after the girls. Check entirely the absorbed list of all whilom winners here. (also out of harm’s practice to prognosticate no a man leave look as bolster as Alex & Miles did basic year)
What are your picks?
The victor of the 2009 Mercury Music Prize leave be announced at a formalities on September 8th.