Arctic Monkeys

[audiobill]

FYI...

The Arctic Monkeys won the Mercury prize for music in England, today (Yeah!!!!):

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/5315452.stm?ls

The shortlist for those of you who are interested on RR is as follows:


Arctic Monkeys - Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not
Muse - Black Holes and Revelations
Isobel Campbell and Mark Lanegan - Ballad of the Broken Seas
Zoe Rahman - Melting Pot
Editors - The Back Room
Lou Rhodes - Beloved One
The Guillemots - Through the Windowpane
Scritti Politti - White Bread, Black Beer
Richard Hawley - Coles Corner
Sway - This Is My Demo
Hot Chip - The Warning
Thom Yorke - The Eraser

Reflections, Rumblings, Comments??

audiobill

[ForeverAutumn]

Of all those, the only ones I've heard are the Arctic Monkeys and Muse. As much as I like the Arctic Monkeys music, I find the lyrics a little immature...admittedly, I'm not their target audience. If I were judging a contest between the two I'd probably choose Muse.

Of course, I'm sure that some of those other bands are also excellent...I just haven't heard them. Although I've fondled that Thom Yorke disk a few times.