Mercury Prize Nominations - One Day To Go

Mercury Prize nominations are now less than a day away and the speculation on which twelve albums will make the shortlist gains pace. Yesterday's Independent offered a bluffers guide to the run down, which highlighted the likes of 7/1 shot La Roux, South London rapper Speech Debelle and Radio 2 favouriteGary Go for late nods.

Irish blogger Niall Byrne has also taken a late look of the runners and riders on his nialler9 website. Niall is another writer who pins his hopes on Blackpool songstress Little Boots, along with the likes of Friendly Fires, Fanfarlo, The Mummers and The Phantom Band.

Toddla T's Skanky Skanky crops up again following his spot on funfunfun's shortlist over the weekend, while blog support for the self-titled April debut from Blue Roses continues to grow.

Nialler9's home tip comes in a similar vein, as the Dublin writer looks to former Damien Rice collaborator Lisa Hannigan, and her solo debut Sea Sew to fill an Irish spot on the shortlist.

Over at Bleep43, writer Toby Frith has taken an alternative view of proceedings. The writer bemoans the lack of exposure given to dance music by the Mercury Prize panel over the years, and heralds a promising future from the likes of Zomby and Lukid, who follow in the footsteps of 2008 nominee Burial.

Bleep43's tips for the 2009 shortlist come from the "filmic lo-fi grain" of Hazyville from Darren Cunningham's Actress project, new hip hop venture Harmonic 313 from Jedi KnightMark Pritchard and Heartbreak's Italodisco return on Lies.

Read Niall's full article on Nialler9.com

Read Toby's full article on Bleep43.com

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