The shortlist for the Shortlist prize (a sort of US version of the Mercury prize for those of you who've not been listening at the back) has been released and the likes of MIA, Wilco, Justice and Arcade Fire are on it. We'll find out next month who's won, but here in the meantime, are the artists and relevant albums that are in the running:
Arcade Fire - Neon Bible
Burial - Untrue
Feist - The Reminder
Justice - Cross
LCD Soundsystem - Sound Of Silver
MIA - Kala
Spoon - Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga
Stars - In Our Bedroom After the War
Wilco - Sky Blue Sky
Working For A Nuclear Free City - Businessmen & Ghosts