The shortlist for the 2013 Barclaycard Mercury Prize has been announced.

The nominated acts are:

Rudimental - Home
Foals - Holy Fire
Jon Hopkins - Immunity
Jake Bugg - Jake Bugg
Laura Mvula - Sing To The Moon
Villagers - Awayland
David Bowie - The Next Day
Savages - Silence Yourself
Disclosure - Settle
Laura Marling - Once I Was An Eagle
James Blake - Overgrown
Arctic Monkeys - AM

In the meantime, head over here for the shortlist for the Quietus' alternative Mercury Prize, the Jovian Bow Shock Award.