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Post by seymourstein on Jul 24, 2010 20:39:15 GMT -5
Nominees
Biffy Clyro – Only Revolutions
Corinne Bailey Rae – The Sea
Dizzee Rascal – Tongue N' Cheek
Kit Downes Trio – Golden
Foals – Total Life Forever
I Am Kloot – Sky At Night
Laura Marling – I Speak Because I Can
Mumford And Sons – Sigh No More
Paul Weller – Wake Up The Nation
Villagers – Becoming A Jackal
Wild Beasts – Two Dancers
The xx – xx
Weird Mercury fact: In the 18 years the MMP has been going Autechre, Richard D. James and Boards of Canada have received a sum total of zero nominations.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 26, 2010 19:16:17 GMT -5
I've only heard Laura Marling, Paul Weller, and The xx from that list. I'm vaguely familiar with Mumford and Sons and Wild Beasts. I'm really not that interested in the British music scene this year.
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Post by seymourstein on Jul 26, 2010 20:23:18 GMT -5
I'm really not that interested in the British music scene this year. Ditto. The US indie/alt scene has been killing the UK for years now. Post sell-out Dizzee seems like a really weird choice for me. I don't really get why that's there at all. Their dismissal of electronica strikes me as really strange though. A lot of really great dubstep full-lengths have been coming out in the past 12 months and it just doesn't seem right to ignore what is considered internationally to be the most exciting movement in UK music. |
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Post by deasy on Jul 28, 2010 8:08:16 GMT -5
Biffy or The XX deserve it imo
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Post by paranoidandroid on Jul 28, 2010 10:21:57 GMT -5
Kit Downes trio Gauranteed. Why? cos i've never heard of them.
Biffy deserves it though.
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Post by seymourstein on Jul 29, 2010 20:20:49 GMT -5
Biffy Clyro are really bad, guys. Kit Downes trio Gauranteed. Why? cos i've never heard of them. No-one has. Check their Last.fm page! |
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Post by Deleted on Jul 30, 2010 6:35:31 GMT -5
Yeah, I don't get Biffy Clyro at all.
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Post by mimmihopps on Jul 31, 2010 3:29:53 GMT -5
Weller doesn't expect to get this. Laura Marling deserves to get a prize like this one.
I like one song by Wild Beasts and that's it.
BTW, I saw the members of The XX in the crowds at Holly Miranda in Borderline Club on Monday.
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Post by seymourstein on Jul 31, 2010 13:40:13 GMT -5
I actually listened to that Wild Beasts record for the first time this week. It's pretty good actually, a lot more interesting than I've come to expect from a British "indie" band. I could say the same about The xx to be honest (although I'd always assumed they were American until recently). Neither are amazing records but they're both pretty idiosyncratic, which is what this whole award's about innit?
Ryan Adams was jizzing about Laura Marling recently so I should probably check her out. After all, this is the guy who turned me on to Gillian Welch.
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Post by mimmihopps on Aug 1, 2010 4:28:26 GMT -5
I saw The XX on the Metropolis festival last year. One song is ok, but I got bored after listening to "aye aye ya..." a thousand times.
Laura Marling is a very talented young lady, seymourstein.
"Indie" means nothing same as what it used to be these days.
It's too easy to call any new bands "indie", but after all, none of them are "indie".
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Post by Deleted on Aug 1, 2010 9:25:25 GMT -5
For the last few weeks all I've listened to is Laura Marling. She's amazing.
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Post by His Royal Noelness on Aug 1, 2010 11:26:02 GMT -5
The xx are just shit
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Post by NYR on Aug 1, 2010 13:52:15 GMT -5
what a shit list. must have been a weak year for the brits musically.
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Post by Mogly on Aug 1, 2010 14:41:09 GMT -5
I do enjoy Wild Beasts, Laura Marling and, especially, the xx out of that list
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Post by themagpie on Aug 5, 2010 11:35:38 GMT -5
biffy clyro all the way!!! great album...
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Post by Deleted on Aug 30, 2010 17:07:41 GMT -5
having seen her 10 times you won't be suprised that i think laura marling out of the albums i have heard from the list deserves to win it.
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Post by Beady’s Here Now on Sept 9, 2010 19:25:16 GMT -5
Just downloaded the xx album. Currently listening to it now
Really liking xx....very chilled and relaxed. VCR, Islands, and Heart Skipped a Beat, Basic Spheres, Night Time and Stars are my favorites (ha, most of the album)
The only track I don't like is Fantasy.
It's a bit samey and reptitive, but it's a good listen and a good album.
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Post by mimmihopps on Sept 10, 2010 0:50:53 GMT -5
To me the only band who deserved to win this prize was Elbow (2008).
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Post by His Royal Noelness on Sept 10, 2010 16:14:28 GMT -5
The xx are very, VERY bad live. It just doesn't work. The recorded stuff is ok but they are AWFUL live
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Post by Cast on Sept 10, 2010 16:51:11 GMT -5
The xx are very, VERY bad live. It just doesn't work. The recorded stuff is ok but they are AWFUL live that makes me feel a little bit better after i missed them. their debut is pretty solid. I have to be in the mood to listen to it but when i am its a great album. I listened to it this week in the dark with good headphones and it fit the music perfectly |
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Post by His Royal Noelness on Sept 10, 2010 17:25:11 GMT -5
It just doesn't work live. I don't know what it is but it just doesn't work for some reason imo
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Post by jrs40 on Sept 10, 2010 18:06:19 GMT -5
Oh the XX can fuck off.
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Post by His Royal Noelness on Sept 10, 2010 18:29:45 GMT -5
Most (not all) bands that win this shitty award don't work out anyway. Look at the winners iver the last few tears for example?
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Post by Beady’s Here Now on Sept 10, 2010 19:22:46 GMT -5
Most (not all) bands that win this shitty award don't work out anyway. Look at the winners iver the last few tears for example? Let's not draw false conclusions. Correlation doesn't always yield causation..... I can understand why The xx wouldnt be good live - the music is too chilled and relaxed and wouldn't be right at a traditional gig environment. However, their debut is indeed very solid. |
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