MTV.co.uk News — The acts up for the Mercury Prize have spoken to MTV News about being nominated and their chances of winning.   At the launch event yesterday Bat For Lashes told our reporter that she’s... more info

The Independent — Bat For Lashes has revealed that she wants to scoop the Barclaycard Mercury Prize this year so she can get her own studio. more info

JamBase — Mercury Prize Shortlist Revealed The 2009 Mercury Prize Shortlist has been announced. Awarded to the British or Irish artist who succeeds in creating the Record Of The Year, the award comes with £20,000 and a heap of press. The winner wil... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Mercury Prize 2009 shortlistFlorence and the Machine - Lungs Kasabian - West Ryder Pauper Lunatic Asylum Bat for Lashes - Two Suns La Roux - La Roux Glasvegas - Glasvegas Speech Debelle - Speech Therapy Friendly Fires - Friendly... more info

Guardian Music — Following Latitude on Twitter was a laugh, but it was no substitute for the brilliant Pet Shop Boys, Bat for Lashes and Grace JonesI'd not camped at a festival or indeed anywhere in over five years, and naturally for a city-dweller I was at first fea... more info

XFM.co.uk — Natasha Khan tells Xfm what the Barclaycard Mercury Prize nomination means to her... more info

PopSugar UK — Florence and the Machine and Bat For Lashes are among the nominees of this years Mercury Music Awards. Out of the twelve nominated albums, seven of them are debuts and the artists will find out th... more info

Monsters and Critics — Kasabian, Florence and the Machine and Bat for Lashes are to battle it out for this year's Barclaycard Mercury Prize. more info

BBC Radio 1 Newsbeat — Kasabian, Friendly Fires, Florence & The Machine and Bat For Lashes are among the 12 nominees for this year's Mercury Prize. more info

The Daily Mail — La Roux, Florence and the Machine and Bat for Lashes score Mercury Prize nominations more info