New Wave Outpost Forum

Out of the following fairly boring list of nominees this year...

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Mumford & Sons-Sigh No More
Dizzee Rascal-Tongue n’ Cheek
Paul Weller-Wake Up the Nation
Corrine Bailey Rae-The Sea
I Am Kloot-Sky at Night
Wild Beasts-Two Dancers
Kit Downes Trio-Golden
Biffy Clyro-Only Revolutions
Villagers-Becoming a Jackal
Laura Marling-I Speak Because I Can
Foals-Total Life Forever

...the winner was the most boring of them all.

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The Mercury Prize is useless (as proven again by this year's nominees). The first I heard of it was when the execrable Antony And The Johnsons won a few years ago.