2012年水星音樂獎提名名單公佈

表揚英國與愛爾蘭地區的最佳專輯、一年一度的英國音樂獎水星音樂獎（Mercury Prize）今天公佈提名名單。水星音樂獎的評審團由英國和愛爾蘭的音樂家、音樂企業高層、記者與唱片工業人士等人組成，品味有別於一般主流音樂獎項，較偏向獨立音樂。1992年第一屆的得獎者是Primal Scream的《Screamadelica》專輯，去年則由PJ Harvey的《Let England Shake》獲得。

今年的提名名單如下：

• Alt-J (∆) - An Awesome Wave
• Ben Howard - Every Kingdom
• Django Django - Django Django
• Field Music - Plumb
• Jessie Ware - Devotion
• Lianne La Havas - Is Your Love Big Enough?
• Michael Kiwanuka - Home Again
• Plan B - Ill Manors
• Richard Hawley - Standing at the Sky's Edge
• Roller Trio - Roller Trio
• Sam Lee - Ground of its Own
• The Maccabees - Given to the Wild

11/2更新：Alt-J (∆) 贏得今年的Mercury Prize！

Directed by Ellis Bahl. Get debut album 'An Awesome Wave' here: http://smarturl.it/AnAwesomeWave (digital) http://smarturl.it/AAWCD (physical). Out in the US via Canvasback Music on September 18

We have been distracted into unnatural motivations: money, prestige, power. Listening to the bird is not going to give you money. Listening to the bird is not going to give you power and prestige. Watching the butterfly is not going to help you economically, politically or socially.