KEXP Seattle — This year’s Mercury Prize awards were released earlier this morning, containing 12 British or Irish albums of the year as judged by the independent panel of judges, and attempting to encase the year’s best sounds. In case you don’t know: the Me... more info

ContactMusic — Plan Bs Ill Manors and Jessie Wares Devotion are among the albums nominated for the 2012 Barclaycard Mercury Prize The two artists face stiff competition from LPs by Django Django Alt-J Ben Howard Field Music Lianne Le Havas Michel Kiwanuk... more info

L.A. Times - Pop & Hiss — A steady hum permeates the self-titled debut album from Django Django, an East London four-piece that will arrive later this month for its first two shows in Los Angeles. That record, which is currently available digitally (CD and vinyl come Sept. 25... more info

Prefix — The Barclaycard Mercury Prize has announced its shortlist of albums in contention for this year's British music prize, and according ... Read the full article at http://www.prefixmag.com/news/mercury-prize-announces-2012-shortlist/69021/ more info

Consequence of Sound — Jessie Ware, Richard Hawley, and Django Django are finalists for the UK's best album award. more info

Brooklyn Vegan — by Bill Pearis Django Django at Glasslands, March 2012 (more by Dominick Mastrangelo) The 2012 Mercury Prize shortlist was just announced: The Maccabees - Given to the Wild Jessie Ware - Devotion Alt-J - An Awesome Wave Richard Hawley - Standing... more info

Guardian Music — No dance music, no hard rock, no curveball, no Kate Bush and no true pop among this year's nominationsAs with last year, it's one of those Mercury shortlists that somehow contrives to add up to less than the sum of its parts. These are all decent alb... more info

Guardian Music — London rapper and Sheffield singer stand out as favourites from a shortlist dominated by indie bands and solo artistsPlan B's third album may have involved a daring change of direction, from sweet 60s soul to politically infused rap, but it looks lik... more info

Guardian Music — The Mercury prize albums of the year will be announced later today. Is it time for Plan B? Did alt-j make your blood flow? Let us know who you'd really like to see make the shortlistIt says here: "The Barclaycard Mercury prize ‘2012 albums of th... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Django Django at Glasslands, March 2012 (more by Dominick Mastrangelo) As posted previously, Scotland's Django Django, who are giving their excellent debut LP a US release on September 25 via Domino imprint Ribbon Music (John Maus, Lower Dens), will ... more info