I like good music

Mercury Music Awards
The nominated artists are:

Adele
British Sea Power
Burial
Elbow
Estelle
Laura Marling
Neon Neon
Portico Quartet
Rachel Unthank & The Winterset
Radiohead
Robert Plant & Alison Krauss
The Last Shadow Puppets

The only group I rate at all on the list is The Last Shadow Puppets. This tribute to 60's music sung with mournful Sheffield stylings of Alex of the Arctic Monkeys is a pleasure to listen to. It makes you remember why you liked music in the first place. While not being revolutionary or even original, they are so talented and having turned their hands to this homage have made a masterpiece of their own.

Laura Marling can jog on. I liked her lyrics until I saw her live and discovered she was only 17 and was singing about nothing.

I hate to say it, but Radiohead's In Rainbows doesn't deserve the award. Sorry.

I'm really surprised by the amount of bland crap on this list. British Sea Power??! Elbow? I know Elbow's new album had some stunning tracks, but at the end of the day, it's still Elbow! Estelle?!

Burial was another minimal IDM pile of pants. Adele while good, is nothing new, ditto Neon Neon. Plant and Krauss have a good album, but it's not at all innovative. perhaps I'm looking for innovation when it's not a requirement...?