Yahoo! Music UK — Dotmusic - Singer Tom Meighan speaks about album nod 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

BBC Radio 1 Newsbeat — Kasabian and Florence And The Machine up for top album award more info

NME — Serge Pizzorno says the band's nomination came as a shock to him more info

The Newsroom — UK Indie rockers Kasabian receive Mercury Music Prize nomination. more info

XFM.co.uk — Tom Meighan claims that his Barclaycard Mercury Prize nomination vindicates the band... more info

Sky News — Kasabian, Florence And The Machine and La Roux are among the 12 nominees for this year's Mercury Music Prize. 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

AngryApe — La Roux, Horrors, Kasabian and more up for the award more info