And if you're wondering why we have a massive picture of Scritti Politti on the front page. it's because the nominations for this years' Mercury Music Prize have just been announced, and here they are:
Arctic Monkeys
Richard Hawley
Sway
Muse
Editors
Hot Chip
Isobel Campbell
Lou Rhodes
Scritti Politti
Guillemots
Thom Yorke
Zoe Rahman
Full marks to you if you've heard of all 12 of them.
So, any thoughts?