Mercury Music Prize shortlist 2009

So here it is, the 2009 Mercury Music Prize shortlist:

Florence and the Machine-Lungs
Kasabian-West Ryder Pauper Lunatic Asylum
Bat for Lashes-Two Suns
La Roux-La Roux
Glasvegas-Glasvegas
Speech Debelle-Speech Therapy
Friendly Fires-Friendly Fires
The Horrors-Primary Colours
Lisa Hannigan-Sea Sew
The Invisible-The Invisible
Led Bib-Sensible Shoes
Sweet Billy Pilgrim-Twice Born Men

I would like to see Friendly Fires, The Horrors or Bat For Lashes to scoop the prize, three very fantastic and addictive albums.

Kasabian-Vlad The Impaler (featuring Noel Fielding): Video

Kasabian have just released the video to their new single Vlad The Impaler and true to it's title, the video is about an evil character with a moustache, played by Noel Fielding (The Mighty Boosh) that skulks about the fields and woods impaling people with a large pencil or post (I would prefer it to be a super pencil myself).
Two minutes of mild entertainment and the song is not too bad neither.


Kasabian - Vlad the Impaler from Kasabian on Vimeo.