Mercury Prize Finalists Announced

It was a good year for British music. Nominees for the Mercury Prize were announced today and it's an eclectic list that includes soul, rock, folk, dance and roots music. All that said, we're guessing Radiohead is a lock.

Adele, "19" (XL)

British Sea Power, "Do You Like Rock Music?" (Rough Trade)

Burial, "Untrue" (Hyperdub)

Elbow, "The Seldom Seen Kid" (Fiction/Universal)

Estelle, "Shine" (Atlantic)

Laura Marling, "Alas I Cannot Swim" (Virgin/EMI)

Neon Neon, "Stainless Style" (Lex)

Portico Quartet, "Knee-Deep In The North Sea" (Vortex)

Rachel Unthank & The Winterset, "The Bairns" (EMI)

Radiohead, "In Rainbows" (XL)

Robert Plant & Alison Krauss, "Raising Sand" (Rounder/Decca)

The Last Shadow Puppets, "The Age Of The Understatement" (Domino)

The winner will be announced Sept. 9