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I said some words on radio about the Mercury Prize

In: Awards| New Music

25 Jul 2010

Last night I appeared on LBC 97.3FM to give my “expert opinion” as a blogger/broadcaster/human on the Mercury Prize. With Cristo Foufas I talked about the full list of nominations including Laura Marling and The XX, talked about what the prize means to the public and the music industry, and gave my tip for the [...]

Some Popjustice and Mercury nomination thoughts

In: Awards| New Music

20 Jul 2010

You might have noticed that some award nominations got announced today. Well, clearly I’m going to weigh in on what should win because that’s how I do things.
This should win the 2010 Popjustice Twenty Quid Music Prize because it is basically brilliant:

And this should win the Barclaycard Mercury Prize 2010 because it is actually amazing:

If [...]


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