Mercury Prize Nominees

The 2006 Mercury Prize nominees have been announced. According to HMV U.K. & Ireland head of music Gary Rolfe, this year’s group makes a “pretty classic Mercury nominees list.” The winner be announced on September 5th.

The shortlist is:

Arctic Monkeys, “Whatever People Say I Am, That’s What I’m Not” (Domino)
Isobel Campbell & Mark Lanegan”Ballad of the Broken Seas” (V2)
Editors, “The Back Room” (Kitchenware)
Guillemots, “Through the Windowpane” (Polydor/Universal)
Richard Hawley, “Coles Corner” (Mute/EMI)
Hot Chip, “The Warning” (EMI)
Muse, “Black Holes & Revelations” (Helium 3/Warner)
Zoe Rahman, “Melting Pot” (Manu)
Lou Rhodes, “Beloved One” (Infinite Bloom)
Scritti Politti, “White Bread Black Beer” (Rough Trade)
Sway, “This Is My Demo” (Dcypha)
Thom Yorke, “The Eraser” (XL)
http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/news/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1002840940