Mercury Prize 2013 Shortlist Announced | The Quietus

Mercury Prize 2013 Shortlist Announced

David Bowie, Savages and Foals nominated for this year's prize

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.

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