Barclaycard Mercury Prize Nominees Announced

The Barclaycard Mercury Prize is like a long-lost cool rich uncle that shows up on one lucky band’s door every year, gives them 20,000 pounds and a trophy, and disappears back to a meeting to see if we can do ANYTHING about these bogus ATM charges. This year’s potential nephews and nieces have been announced, including site favorites Jessie Ware, alt-J and Django Django. Peep the list below:

Jessie Ware – Devotion
Django Django – Django Django
The Maccabees – Given to the Wild
Roller Trio – Roller Trio
Richard Hawley – Standing at the Sky’s Edge
Field Music – Plumb
Michael Kiwanuka – Home Again
Ben Howard – Every Kingdom
Plan B – Ill Manners
Alt-J – An Awesome Wave
Lianne La Havas – Is Your Love Big Enough
Sam Lee – Ground of Its Own