Brooklyn Vegan — Wild Beasts @ Union Pool in 2009 (more by Tim Griffin) England's Wild Beasts nabbed a nomination for this year's Mercury Prize for their record Two Dancers. The shortlist of nominees is below, and the winner will be announced September... more info

Stereogum — Wild Beasts were just nominated for the Mercury Prize, and they’re on tour again, so their label Domino is celebrating with this new EP featuring their single “We Still Got The Taste Dancin’ On Our Tongues,” an acoustic version of “The Devi... more info

Guardian Music — Despite its intimations of 1982 chart pop, Paul Dixon's catchy debut single treats you to something wayward and experimentalHometown: Manchester.The lineup: Paul Dixon (voice, guitar, lyre).The background: We don't know much about David's Lyre apart ... more info

Guardian Music — As announcements go, this year's Mercury prize nominations didn't exactly set my world on fire (nor that of Alexis Petridis, who blogged on the announcement). Mumford & Sons, Laura Marling, Corinne Bailey Rae, I Am Kloot ... I guess the judges liked ... more info

Altsounds — Congratulations to Domino Recording artists *Wild Beasts, *whose stunning sophomore album *Two Dancers*has been nominated for the *2010 Mercury Prize for Album of the Year! *View the entire list of this year's nominees here: http://www.mercurypriz... more info

Guardian Music — After years in the shadow of Brooklyn bands, the British album is stronger than ever. Rosie Swash salutes a Mercury shortlist that reflects the boom in homegrown talentHas there ever been a more maligned award than the Mercury music prize? The annual... more info

Guardian Music — Shortlist for music prize reflects genre's resurgence but few surprise nominations as judges opt to play safePut on your floral dress, roll out the checked shirt and dust off your banjo. Nu-folk quietly, gently and melodically infused this year's Bar... more info

Addict Music — The shortlist for the Barclaycard Mercury Prize has been announced this morning and this time it is surprisingly predicatble. more info

Guardian Music — After last year's unfortunate events, the 2010 shortlist reflects an understandably cautious preference for the tried and testedGallery: All the Mercury nominees and their oddsMercury prize 2010: Dizzee Rascal and the xx lead nominationsTowards the e... more info

NME — Don't know your xx from your Wild Beasts? Dizzee Rascal from Paul Weller? Check out our handy guide to this year's prize more info