Uncut Music Awards 2008

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http://www.uncut.co.uk/news/uncut/news/12196

A panel-judged rival to the Mercury Prize, but not restricted to UK artists.

Mission statement: "to find the most inspiring and richly rewarding album of the last 12 months."

This is the long-list of 25, which will eventually become 8. Winner to be announced early November.

Let the snarking commence....

Poll Results

Option	Votes
JAMES BLACKSHAW – Litany Of Echoes	8
PORTISHEAD – Third	4
ROBERT WYATT – Comicopera	3
PAUL WELLER – 22 Dreams	3
RADIOHEAD - In Rainbows	3
VAMPIRE WEEKEND – Vampire Weekend	2
ELBOW – The Seldom-Seen Kid	2
ROBERT PLANT & ALISON KRAUSS – Raising Sand	1
BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN – Magic	1
RACHEL UNTHANK & THE WINTERSET- The Bairns	1
KEVIN AYERS – The Unfairground	1
HOWLIN RAIN – Magnificent Fiend	1
THE HOLD STEADY – Stay Positive	1
PJ HARVEY – White Chalk	1
FLEET FOXES – Fleet Foxes	1
BON IVER – For Emma, Forever Ago	1
WILD BEASTS – Limbo, Panto	0
WHITE DENIM – Workout Holiday	0
ISOBEL CAMPBELL & MARK LANEGAN – Sunday At Devil Dirt	0
NICK CAVE & THE BAD SEEDS – Dig, Lazarus, Dig!!!	0
DRIVE-BY TRUCKERS – Brighter Than Creation’s Dark	0
THE FELICE BROTHERS - The Felice Brothers	0
THE RACONTEURS – Consolers Of The Lonely	0
STEPHEN MALKMUS & THE JICKS – Real Emotional Trash	0
JOAN AS POLICE WOMAN – To Survive	0

― mike t-diva, Friday, 26 September 2008 17:17 (seventeen years ago)

At least James Blackshaw isn't being ignored this time.

― Pfunkboy Formerly Known As... (Herman G. Neuname), Friday, 26 September 2008 17:25 (seventeen years ago)

Bump.

― mike t-diva, Monday, 29 September 2008 07:14 (seventeen years ago)

Is this a bad list or something?

― Mark G, Monday, 29 September 2008 07:21 (seventeen years ago)

yep

― They're a '90s odd couple. And an odds-on choice for laughs. (blueski), Monday, 29 September 2008 10:45 (seventeen years ago)

oh OK.

Based, presumably, on the 'exclusions' rather than the 'what's on this list'?

I mean,it's Uncut, right? Bit like having "ford" on a best car poll by "BMW Monthly" magazine?

― Mark G, Monday, 29 September 2008 10:53 (seventeen years ago)

What is the fucking point?

― The Slash My Father Wrote (DJ Mencap), Monday, 29 September 2008 10:57 (seventeen years ago)

I mean I tried to look from every angle of objectivity I could before asking that important and pressing question and... nothing

― The Slash My Father Wrote (DJ Mencap), Monday, 29 September 2008 10:58 (seventeen years ago)

Narrow scope, much?

― Chris in Belfast, Monday, 29 September 2008 11:14 (seventeen years ago)

A panel-judged rival to the Mercury Prize, but ~~not~~ restricted to UK white artists.

― tpp, Monday, 29 September 2008 11:15 (seventeen years ago)

That's totally unfair - there's that one guy in Elbow.

― NickB, Monday, 29 September 2008 11:32 (seventeen years ago)

Automatic thread bump. This poll is closing tomorrow.

― System, Friday, 3 October 2008 23:01 (seventeen years ago)

not much discussion here

― Pfunkboy Formerly Known As... (Herman G. Neuname), Saturday, 4 October 2008 21:18 (seventeen years ago)

Automatic thread bump. This poll's results are now in.

― System, Saturday, 4 October 2008 23:01 (seventeen years ago)

yay

― Pfunkboy Formerly Known As... (Herman G. Neuname), Sunday, 5 October 2008 10:12 (seventeen years ago)

I didn't know PJ Harvey had a new album out

― The More You Live The Faster You Will Die (Bimble Is Still More Goth Than You), Sunday, 5 October 2008 11:04 (seventeen years ago)

I don't know who the fuck James Blackshaw is, either.

― The More You Live The Faster You Will Die (Bimble Is Still More Goth Than You), Sunday, 5 October 2008 11:05 (seventeen years ago)

http://www.myspace.com/jamesblackshaw

― Pfunkboy Formerly Known As... (Herman G. Neuname), Sunday, 5 October 2008 14:24 (seventeen years ago)

check him out bimble

― Pfunkboy Formerly Known As... (Herman G. Neuname), Sunday, 5 October 2008 16:14 (seventeen years ago)

one month passes...

So... Fleet Foxes got it, with Drive-By Truckers named as "Readers Choice".

http://www.uncut.co.uk/news/fleet_foxes/news/12440
http://www.uncut.co.uk/blog/index.php?blog=13&title=the_readers_choice&more=1&c=1&tb=1&pb=1

― mike t-diva, Wednesday, 12 November 2008 15:50 (seventeen years ago)

i really like that Fleet Foxes record but it's not better then the Radiohead, Elbow or Portishead albums.

― Bee OK, Thursday, 13 November 2008 06:13 (seventeen years ago)

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