Friday, October 9, 2009 5:12PM - By Seraphina L.
Speech Debelle had been plucked out of the obscure pool of indie artists when she beat out La Roux, Florence + The Machine, Glasvegas and more for the Mercury Prize.
Now known for her intellectually flowing rhymes, the rapper immediately became a prominent act to book in the UK and overseas. In fact, she was scheduled to play quite a few CMJ shows, including one as an “unannounced” performer for Brooklyn Vegan’s Day Party. After CMJ, she was going to trek across the nation for an LA show, too! However, Speech Debelle aka Corynne Elliot, was forced to cancel all those dates because of recent changes with visa laws.
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Tuesday, September 8, 2009 7:12PM - By Jeffrey Hyatt
Hip-hop artist Speech Debelle won the prestigious Mercury Prize for music Tuesday night – joining a notable list of past winners such as Gomez, Pulp, Badly Drawn Boy and PJ Harvey.
Debelle’s record, Speech Therapy, beat 11 other albums, including entries by La Roux, Glasvegas, Florence and the Machine, Kasabian, Friendly Fires and Bat for Lashes.
Watch Debelle’s post-victory press conference below!
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Tuesday, August 18, 2009 10:43AM - By Anet Hovhanesian
Ever since watching Reba McEntire’s (pictured above) television comedy show, I have a new respect for her and am willing to give her new country album, Keep On Loving You a try. Now back to the true rock music… we have singer/songwriter and musician (he plays the guitar, bass guitar, keyboards, and drums) Brendan Benson with a new album, as well as alternative rock band Sister Hazel with their seventh studio album. And if you are into mainstream reggae/dance music like I am, you have been waiting for the new Sean Paul album for awhile. Well the wait it over, it is out this week.
Albums coming out August 18th:
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Wednesday, July 22, 2009 11:22AM - By Seraphina L.
The Mercury Music Prize shortlist nominations are in, and indie artists have taken over! Usually dominated by mainstream artists, 2009′s shortlist nominations include some of our favorite artists. The dreamy Bat For Lashes is nominated for her prolific Two Suns, Florence and The Machine (tomorrow’s BeatCrave Fav) is nominated for her powerful album, Lungs, our favorite androgynous duo, La Roux (and another one of our BeatCrave Favs) is nominated for their self-titled album, and of course, Glasvegas is in the mix!
The Mercury Music Prize is an annual music prize awarded for the best album from the United Kingdom or Ireland. Each year 12 artists are chosen and are heavily promoted for their nominated album and one artist wins the glorious amount of £20,000. The Mercury Prize has a reputation for “being awarded to outside chances rather than the favorites,” but we couldn’t be happier with the short list nominees this year. See the list with all 12 artists below!
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