Skepta and Anohni are my only real loves on here, if either of them win it will wind up the right sort of wankers so i'm good either way
― the Zenga bus is coming (Noodle Vague), Friday, 5 August 2016 07:32 (seven years ago) link
Had no idea Savages had put out a second record.
― Hey Bob (Scik Mouthy), Friday, 5 August 2016 08:07 (seven years ago) link
Polar Bear's Seb Rochford is one of the two drummers in Shabaka Hutchings' main band, Sons of Kemet. Maybe that counted against them, but their second album is way better than CIC, which is a lot of fun, but hardly the cosmo-electro-jazz masterpiece some are claiming. For my money, SOK are far and away the most exciting of the new school UK jazz acts, doing something genuinely new by mixing African-Caribbean rhythms with Ethiopian melodies, spiritual jazz, dub, bass music etc. But no matter, Shabaka is a star and it's great to see him getting the exposure.
― Poor.Old.Tired.Horse. (Stew), Friday, 5 August 2016 10:44 (seven years ago) link
kano one is pretty mediocre.
wouldnt be surprised if skepta takes it.
would be positive for the mercury if they gave it to someone with a massive groundswell of support right now, also an independent/self-made artist, though young fathers winning in 2014 might harm its chances by being another rap album too soon.
― StillAdvance, Friday, 5 August 2016 10:48 (seven years ago) link
Yeah, I'd agree with that, Poor.Old.Tired.Horse; the second SoK album is really bnrilliant, and they were fabulous live (even without Rochford). (The second drummer is the guy who plays with Floating Points, isn't he?)
Still, I reviewed Comet is Coming for The Quietus and really like it, so I'm delighted to see it nominated, doubly so cos Shabaka is excellent in everything he's done.
― Hey Bob (Scik Mouthy), Friday, 5 August 2016 11:10 (seven years ago) link
true love waits from MSP i thought was incredible, but yet to hear that in full, same for the anohni one. i know that one is prob the obvious contender in so many ways (formally innovative, politicised, very on trend, made by a trans artist, all of which is great for a million think pieces), but it would maybe be too logical a choice.
― StillAdvance, Friday, 5 August 2016 11:19 (seven years ago) link
second savages album is good but it's not a huge advancement on from the first one to me.
― akm, Friday, 5 August 2016 11:21 (seven years ago) link
The Skepta, Anohni, Bowie and Mvula albums are all genuinely great and I'd be happy to see any of them take it (though probably happiest for Skepta). The rest of the list isn't at all bad either. Miles better than last year.
― It certainly is punk of the Church of England to think that way (tangenttangent), Friday, 5 August 2016 11:29 (seven years ago) link
Sorry if I sounded a bit harsh on CIC - it's a cool record and I'm sure they'd be ace live.
Tom Skinner is the other drummer in SOK, yeah. Watching the two of them play off each other is fantastic. He and Shabaka are on a few of Alexander Hawkins records - the most exciting young pianist in the UK! Hopefully he'll get the token jazz choice at some point, although it'll probably go to some insipid Nils Frahm-plays-Keith-Jarrett guff like GoGo Penguin
http://www.alexanderhawkinsmusic.com/alexander-hawkins-trio.html
Shabaka has a new album out in September with his South African band - sounds real nice based on the bits I've heard. Anyway I should leave this chat for the jazz thread :)
I'd be happy if either Skepta, Anohni or Bowie won. The latter doesn't really need it though.
― Poor.Old.Tired.Horse. (Stew), Friday, 5 August 2016 11:34 (seven years ago) link
im a fan, but bowie winning would be the lamest possible example of celeb death sentimentalism, and i doubt even bowie would think it a better idea for him to win over someone less established.
― StillAdvance, Friday, 5 August 2016 11:37 (seven years ago) link
David Bowie the bookies' favourite to win the Mercury PrizeSo, as the Mercury Prize shortlist was unleashed yesterday, the bookies named David Bowie the favourite to take the album of the year award.
Though the bookies were certain that Remain was going to win in the European Referendum, and look how that turned out. The Mercury panel will probably now vote to leave the world of music altogether and give the prize to a garden shed in Basingstoke instead. Which, frankly, would be a much more interesting outcome.
Presumably those putting their pounds on Bowie to win are hoping that the Mercury judging panel won't be able to resist the temptation to use their prize to pay tribute to one of the true greats of British music. And it was a pretty damn decent final album, of course.
But - even though the Leave-voting British public have been given some token-gesture input this year – the Mercury judging panel has a habit of shunning the obvious, except when shunning the obvious would be the obvious thing to do. So who knows? I think things are still looking pretty good for that shed.
Anyway, here are the odds Ladbrokes were offering yesterday...
David Bowie - Blackstar - 2/1Radiohead - A Moon Shaped Pool - 5/1Anohni – Hopelessness - 5/1Skepta – Konnichiwa - 8/1Michael Kiwanuka - Love & Hate - 10/1The 1975 - I Like It ... -12/1Kano - Made In The Manor - 12/1Laura Mvula - The Dreaming Room - 16/1Savages - Adore Life - 16/1Bat For Lashes - The Bride - 16/1The Comet Is Coming - Channel The Spirits - 25/1Jamie Woon - Making Time - 25/1
― StillAdvance, Friday, 5 August 2016 11:39 (seven years ago) link
kiwanuka most def wont win because Benjamin Clementine won last year.
― StillAdvance, Friday, 5 August 2016 11:41 (seven years ago) link
You'd need to be a particularly befuddled type of day tripper to bet on Radiohead.
― Matt DC, Friday, 5 August 2016 16:44 (seven years ago) link
Thanks for reminding me how shit Benjamin Clementine is
― imago, Friday, 5 August 2016 16:55 (seven years ago) link
who gets the money if Bowie wins?
― soref, Friday, 5 August 2016 16:57 (seven years ago) link
I guess they get to keep the dough.
― Mark G, Saturday, 6 August 2016 23:36 (seven years ago) link
Automatic thread bump. This poll is closing tomorrow.
― System, Thursday, 18 August 2016 00:01 (seven years ago) link
probably going to vote mvula here, it's ace
― imago, Thursday, 18 August 2016 12:45 (seven years ago) link
skepta, anohni, bowie and the 1975 (!) also good, comet is coming decent, rest idk
― imago, Thursday, 18 August 2016 12:47 (seven years ago) link
Automatic thread bump. This poll's results are now in.
― System, Friday, 19 August 2016 00:01 (seven years ago) link
Almost the same order as that Ladbrokes list!
― Mark G, Friday, 19 August 2016 06:28 (seven years ago) link
number of positive mentions of Radiohead in thread: 0
― Tom Watson in a fedora (Noodle Vague), Friday, 19 August 2016 07:56 (seven years ago) link
so this was vote for your favourite not who will win?
put money on Mvula purely because it's not gone to a woman for five years now (but then the list has never even been an equal gender split - surprised this isn't brought up more)
― nashwan, Friday, 19 August 2016 11:43 (seven years ago) link
if Mvula wins it'll be the best winner since records began (or, say, Dummy)
― imago, Friday, 19 August 2016 12:10 (seven years ago) link
"Dummy"
― Mark G, Friday, 19 August 2016 12:41 (seven years ago) link
Making an effort for once to listen to every one of these before the reveal. But just couldn't make it through all of 'Love and Hate'.
― Jeff W, Wednesday, 14 September 2016 19:12 (seven years ago) link
5 minutes working on a "embarrassing necro-sentimentality vote...for Radiohead" line but it probably isnae worth the effort
― you can't drowned a duck (Noodle Vague), Wednesday, 14 September 2016 19:45 (seven years ago) link
Skepta won!
― a serious and fascinating fartist (Simon H.), Friday, 16 September 2016 01:21 (seven years ago) link
Of all the acts that performed I was most impressed by his performance. I've never heard his music until tonight. Very pleasing result and his mum busting moves during his acceptance speech was really special!
― Acting Crazy (Instrumental) (jed_), Friday, 16 September 2016 03:13 (seven years ago) link
Nice result, god bless this pointless award, srsly
― you can't drowned a duck (Noodle Vague), Friday, 16 September 2016 05:52 (seven years ago) link
https://twitter.com/YoshisDino/status/776529201025392640
― groovypanda, Friday, 16 September 2016 06:55 (seven years ago) link
It was 50/50 whether his Twitter bio would read 'Arsenal fan' or 'Richard Dawkins devotee really'.
The Adenuga household is going to be a lot of fun this Christmas, I suspect. (Although the album itself doesn't really take off for me).
― Matt DC, Friday, 16 September 2016 07:48 (seven years ago) link
I love Shutdown, but not heard the album yet. I guess they will be congratulating themselves on not giving it to Radiohead or Bowie and showing how down they are. They probably still secretly listen to Elbow tho :p
― calzino, Friday, 16 September 2016 09:57 (seven years ago) link
His acceptance speech/stage invasion was proper heartwarming.
― chap, Friday, 16 September 2016 10:17 (seven years ago) link
I guess they will be congratulating themselves on not giving it to Radiohead or Bowie and showing how down they are.
They can't win. If they'd given it to Radiohead or Bowie you'd be complaining how out of touch they were.
― heaven parker (anagram), Friday, 16 September 2016 10:22 (seven years ago) link
grime is full of really nice chaps. where are all the nasty horrible bastards?
― Lennon, Elvis, Hendrix etc (dog latin), Friday, 16 September 2016 10:26 (seven years ago) link
xpTbh I wouldn't have given a shit, but I do have a distaste for the type of amorphous music biz detritus that make up the judging panels for this type of shite.
― calzino, Friday, 16 September 2016 10:32 (seven years ago) link
After their performance of "Love Me", I think I've finally got the point of The 1975. It's a bit like when I saw Years & Years on the Xmas TOTP and went "oh, NOW I get it..."
― mike t-diva, Friday, 16 September 2016 10:35 (seven years ago) link
where are all the nasty horrible bastards?
In prison?
― illegal economic migration (Tracer Hand), Friday, 16 September 2016 10:52 (seven years ago) link
I mean, 1Xtra has had to remove at least 3 artists from their playlist in the last year alone for various bad behaviourAnd there's this guy, who I actually met one time - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crazy_Titch
But none of that has to do w/Skepta. Feels weird that he's won this, as Mercs are usually for new artists?
― illegal economic migration (Tracer Hand), Friday, 16 September 2016 10:57 (seven years ago) link
well if Radiohead got nommed..
― Lennon, Elvis, Hendrix etc (dog latin), Friday, 16 September 2016 10:59 (seven years ago) link
Yeah I guess I don't know what the point of it is
― illegal economic migration (Tracer Hand), Friday, 16 September 2016 11:05 (seven years ago) link
What a tragedy for much-lived deceased rock legends Radiohead
― you can't drowned a duck (Noodle Vague), Friday, 16 September 2016 11:10 (seven years ago) link
Lol autocorrect
― you can't drowned a duck (Noodle Vague), Friday, 16 September 2016 11:11 (seven years ago) link
In an increasingly collaborative scene no-one wants to work with them because they're fucking liabilities.
― Matt DC, Friday, 16 September 2016 11:44 (seven years ago) link
(I mean Wiley has never struck me as a particularly nice guy but he's at least a dick you can work with)
― Matt DC, Friday, 16 September 2016 11:45 (seven years ago) link
If he shows up
― illegal economic migration (Tracer Hand), Friday, 16 September 2016 12:09 (seven years ago) link
But yes
Interesting that the judging panel has 50/50 gender balance when the shortlist never has.http://www.mercuryprize.com/news/full-2016-judging-panel-revealed
― nashwan, Friday, 16 September 2016 12:51 (seven years ago) link
― the Zenga bus is coming (Noodle Vague), Friday, August 5, 2016 8:32 AM (one month ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
prescient: https://twitter.com/RappinGuardian/status/776730376895098880
― soref, Friday, 16 September 2016 14:07 (seven years ago) link
Haha oh god
― imago, Friday, 16 September 2016 14:18 (seven years ago) link
lol!, I haven't witnessed anyone using the witty epithet "(c)rap music" in at least probably 15 years
― calzino, Friday, 16 September 2016 14:22 (seven years ago) link
Love my privilege a bit butthurt, soooo tasty
― you can't drowned a duck (Noodle Vague), Friday, 16 September 2016 14:23 (seven years ago) link
IT IS THE NINETIES AND THERE IS TIME FOR (K)RAP
― you can't drowned a duck (Noodle Vague), Friday, 16 September 2016 14:25 (seven years ago) link
Next thing you'll be saying you haven't seen anyone use the word 'Bliar' in all that time.
― Matt DC, Friday, 16 September 2016 14:26 (seven years ago) link
no .. seriously, I thought that was a lost 90's thing that people whose last album purchase was Brothers In Arms used. But I'm not on FB and don't read comments sections.
― calzino, Friday, 16 September 2016 14:29 (seven years ago) link
need a cryingBowie.jpg
― you can't drowned a duck (Noodle Vague), Friday, 16 September 2016 14:31 (seven years ago) link
Wait, I thought Bowie would have wanted Skepta to win? This is all very confusing.
― Matt DC, Friday, 16 September 2016 16:06 (seven years ago) link
sometimes an artist is more open-eared than their loyal fans. there's a 500 post ILM list thread we don't need.
― you can't drowned a duck (Noodle Vague), Friday, 16 September 2016 16:23 (seven years ago) link