Tag: mercury prize
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Every Mercury Prize 2025 nominee, ranked
The Mercury Prize is back, and a new album will be crowned as the UK and Ireland’s best in Newcastle on Thursday 16 October. To celebrate this year’s competition, Undertone listened to all 12 nominated albums. Which is the best, and which has the best shot at winning? The verdict is in…
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Ezra Collective: Dance, No One’s Watching review – jazz champions play to their strengths
The jazz group that set the Mercury Prize alight last year return with an album that goes all in on infectious dance grooves. Their knack for melody seems to have been forgotten in the party, but this bloated record does conclude with the most moving track of this band’s career.
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Every Mercury Prize 2024 nominee, ranked
With the Mercury Prize, awarded to British and Irish albums on musical merit alone, approaching next month, Undertone takes a look at the twelve nominees. Which make for the most complete, artistically masterful album? And, more importantly, which one will be chosen to win?
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