Nominations Announced For This Year’s Barclaycard Mercury Music Prize

It's one of the most prestigious awards in the music industry and the nominations for this year's Barclaycard Mercury Prize have been announced.

Unfortunately, no Irish acts have made the cut for the 'Album Of The Year' title but some of our favourites have been listed for the £20,000 prize.

The winner will be chosen by a jury of 12 critics, DJs, musicians and other industry figures and will be announced on October 29th.

And the nominees are...

Anna Calvi – One Breath
Bombay Bicycle Club – So Long, See You Tomorrow
Damon Albarn – Everyday Robots
East India Youth – Total Strife Forever
FKA twigs – LP1
GoGo Penguin – v2.0
Jungle – Jungle
Kate Tempest – Everybody Down
Nick Mulvey – First Mind
Polar Bear – In Each and Every One
Royal Blood – Royal Blood