Mercury Prize Shortlist

The shortlist for this years Mercury prize was released yesterday. Here are the twelve selections from this year:

1) Kasabian
2) Florence and the Machine
3) Bat For Lashes
4) Glasvegas
5) La Roux
6) Lisa Hannigan
7) Speech Debelle
8) The Horrors
9) Friendly Fires
10) The Invisible
11) Sweet Billy Pilgrim
12) Led Bib