2011 Mercury Prize Nominees Announced!

A lot of KCRW favorites made the list for the Mercury Prize, which is essentially an album of the year award for best UK album.

Adele, Anna Calvi, Elbow have all stopped by KCRW this year to share songs from their new albums. Metronomy will be joining us for a live Morning Becomes Eclectic session on August 1 (and are live at the Echoplex on July 30). PJ Harvey’s new album was a big hit here and a bunch of our DJs are enamored with newcomer James Blake.

Check out the full list below. Congrats to everyone!

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2011 Barclaycard Mercury Prize Nominees

Adele – 21

Anna Calvi – Anna Calvi

Elbow – Build A Rocket Boys!

Everything Everything – Man Alive

Ghostpoet – Peanut Butter Blues and Melancholy Jam

Gwilym Simcock – Good Days At Schloss Elmau

James Blake – James Blake

Katy B – On A Mission

King Creosote & Jon Hopkins – Diamond Mine

Metronomy – The English Riviera

PJ Harvey – Let England Shake

Tinie Tempah – Disc-Overy