Mercury Prize

The xx, Alt-J, Kate Tempest, Sampha, Stormzy, Ed Sheeran, and more were nominated.

Skepta beat records by Bowie, Radiohead, Anohni, Bat for Lashes, and more

Bowie recordings of "No Plan," "Killing a Little Time," and "When I Met You," which to this point have only been heard as sung by the cast of the musical, will appear on the soundtrack.

David Bowie, Radiohead, ANOHNI, Bat For Lashes, Savages, Michael Kiwanuka, Laura Mvula, The 1975 and more.

UK singer Benjamin Clementine released his soulful debut album At Least For Now earlier this year, which ended up winning the Mercury Prize last month (beating Florence + the Machine, Jamie xx, Roisin Murphy, Aphex Twin, and mo...

The shortlist for the 2015 Barclaycard Mercury Prize was announced, with the following 12 albums up for this year's prize:Aphex Twin - Syro
Wolf Alice - My Love Is Cool
Róisín Murphy - Hairless Toys
C Duncan - Architect
ESKA - ESKA
Florence and the Machine - How Big, How Blue, How Bea…

Young Fathers @ Bowery Ballroom (more by Amanda Hatfield)

Edinburgh hip hop trio Young Fathers have taken home this year's Mercury Prize, beating out FKA Twigs, Damon Albarn, Bombay Bicycle Club, Anna Calvi & others...

East India Youth's William Doyle is an artist of two halves. On the one hand he's an emotional electronic songsmith: think a James Blake you don't want to grab by the scruff of the neck and pack off to national service...

The 2014 Barclaycard Mercury Prize shortlist has been announced and here are the 12 albums up for it:FKA twigs - LP1
Damon Albarn - Everyday Robots
Young Fathers - Dead
East India Youth - Total Strife Forever
Bombay Bicycle Club - So Long, See You Tomorrow
Anna Calvi - One Breath
GoGo Penguin - v2...

James Blake at Treasure Island 2013 (more by Autumn Andel)

James Blake recently resumed his North American tour, which began on the west coast in October, hitting Treasure Island and other places, but was postponed for five dates so James could perform at the Mercury Prize ceremony back in his homela…