Mercury Music Prize host Lauren Laverne
There are few suprises among the nominees for the 2013 Mercury Music Prize.
The award, won last year by relative unknowns Alt-J and first given in 1992, features debuts by Rudimental, Savages, Laura Mvula, Jake Bugg and Disclosure.
Previous nominees include Arctic Monkeys, who won it in 2006 for Whatever People I Am, That's What I'm Not, plus Foals, Laura Marling, James Blake, Jon Hopkins and Villagers.
David Bowie is on the list for his 24th studio album, The Next Day.
The winner will be announced on October 30.
The list in full:
- Arctic Monkeys - AM
- David Bowie - The Next Day
- Disclosure - Settle
- Foals - Holy Fire
- Jake Bugg - Jake Bugg
- James Blake - Overgrown
- Jon Hopkins - Immunity
- Laura Marling - Once I Was An Eagle
- Laura Mvula - Sing to the Moon
- Rudimental - Home
- Savages - Silence Yourself
- Villagers - Awayland
Have the panel missed a trick? Should any Brighton bands have been listed? Who do you think missed out this year?
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