De genomineerden voor de prestigieuze Britse Mercury Prize 2015 zijn vanmorgen bekend gemaakt. Één van onderstaande albums wordt de opvolger van Young Fathers (2014) en James Blake (2013). Vooral de nominatie van Aphex Twin (13 jaar stilte) is opvallend. Onze persoonlijke favorieten zijn Wolf Alice en Slaves! Rock!
Aphex Twin – Syro
Wolf Alice – My Love Is Cool
Róisín Murphy – Hairless Toys
C Duncan – Architect
Eska – Eska
Florence + the Machine – How Big How Blue How Beautiful
Ghostpoet – Shedding Skin
Benjamin Clementine – At Least For Now
Jamie xx – In Colour
SOAK – Before We Forgot How To Dream
Gaz Coombes – Matador
Slaves – Are You Satisfied
1992 Primal Scream – Screamadelia
1993 Suede – Suede
1994 M People – Elegant Slumming
1995 Portishead – Dummy
1996 Pulp – Different Class
1997 Roni Size/Reprazent – New Forms
1998 Gomez – Bring It On
1999 Talvin Singh – OK
2000 Badly Drawn Boy – The Hour of Bewilderbeast
2001 PJ Harvey – Stories from the City, Stories from the Sea
2002 Ms Dynamite – A Little Deeper
2003 Dizzee Rascal – Boy in da Corner
2004 Franz Ferdinand – Franz Ferdinand
2005 Anthony and the Johnson – I Am a Bird Now
2006 Arctic Monkeys – Whatever People Say I Am, That’s What I’m Not
2007 Klaxons – Myths of the Near Future
2008 Elbow – The Seldom Seen Kid
2009 Speech Debelle – Speech Therapy
2010 The xx – XX
2011 PJ Harvey – Let England Shake
2012 Alt-J – An Awesome Wave
2013 James Blake – Overgrown
2014 Young Fathers – Dead