http://musicquench.com/garrison_blog The music industry today Sun, 09 May 2010 23:31:29 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc en hourly 1 http://musicquench.com/garrison_blog/2009/07/22/mercury-rising-for-indie-artists/ http://musicquench.com/garrison_blog/2009/07/22/mercury-rising-for-indie-artists/#comments Wed, 22 Jul 2009 14:20:35 +0000 Garrison Lykam http://musicquench.com/garrison_blog/?p=106 The BBC announced nominees for the ‘09 Barclaycard Mercury Prize which goes to the best British or Irish album over the past 12-months. Usually a mix of mainstream and unknown artists, Brit rockers Kasabian (nominated for its 3rd album, “West Ryder Pauper Lunatic Asylum”) and singer-songwriter Bat for Lashes (nominated for her 2nd album, “Two Suns”) highlighted the ‘09 lineup competing for the $32,800 top drawer prize. The nominees include: Friendly Fires, the Horrors, Led Bib, LaRoux, Glasvegas, Sweet Billy Pilgrim, Lisa Hannigan, Florence, Speech Debelle and Florence and the Machine.

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