Maps for Mercury!

Autumn is creeping in and its time to accept that yup that’s it for summer but hey that’s ok as my favourite music award is just around the corner. Next Tuesday one band will have their album crowned as winner of the Nationwide Mercury Music Prize. So will it be another case of Anthony and the who or are we on the cusp of discovering the next Arctic Monkeys?

There are some great nominations in there – Klaxons, Jamie T etc. My two hot favourites are Maps and Bat for Lashes – suitably popular but individual enough to get Simon Frith (Chief Voter Man) hot under the collar.

Arctic Monkeys are back in there – the first band to have albums making the shortlist two years in a row. Also the now infamous Ms Winehouse has her number one album Back to Black nominated. I have to say my money is not on either of these – the judges will want to breathe life into something a little fresher methinks.

So good luck to you all and make sure you get a good night’s sleep before the award as we all know the winner inevitably shoots right into superstardom with endless rounds of press interviews and also oodles of money.

Pssst judges….vote Maps…the guys a genius!