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The Nominations are in - Mercury Prize 2010

  By Bryano | July 27, 2010 - 9:25 am | Featured Post, Music, The Culch
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It’s that time of year again as last week saw 12 of the finest releases of the last year selected for the Mercury Prize short-list. Launched in 1992 the Mercury Prize remains one of the few awards to still hold some merit in these X-Factor driven times and once you’re a UK or Irish artist and actually bother to apply (it’s £195.50 if you fancy your chances…) then you’re in with a shout. The eventual winner will receive £20,000 but more importantly a shed load of press coverage which should see a healthy jump in album sales in the coming months (cue dollar signs in Record Label executive’s eyes). There have been some outstanding albums this year so this was always going to be an interesting set of nominees in terms of wild cards and exclusions and perhaps the most notable name on the list, certainly to us on the … There’s more →

Review: Doves - The Places Between

  By johnmfinn | May 8, 2010 - 9:30 am | Music, The Culch
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Doves have sold over two million records worldwide and have reached the top of the British album charts on two occasions but you could be forgiven for not knowing too much about them. In an industry where subtle seems to be a dirty word Jim Goodwin, Jez Williams and Andy Williams have been happy to do things their own way, accepting success when it comes but not letting it change what they do or how they work. Doves first emerged in 1998 with the release of the Cedar EP. Two further EPs followed before they signed to the London based label Heavenly Records. Debut album, Lost Souls, was released in 2000 and was subsequently nominated for the Mercury Prize. In 2002 they released their second album, The Last Broadcast, which reached number one in the U.K. album charts. Some Cities repeated this success in 2005. Their fourth album, Kingdom of … There’s more →