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Radiohead and David Bowie are among the nominees for the Mercury Prize

Anohni and David Skepta albums also make the cut

  • Dave Turner
  • 4 August 2016

The nominees for this year's Mercury Prize have been announced.

Radiohead (pictured) make the cut with 'A Moon Shaped Pool', their first album since 2011's 'The King Of Limbs', as does Skepta with the blistering 'Konnichiwa'. Kano's the other grime artist involved with 'Made In The Manor', which was released on Parlophone Records in March.

Other nominees include David Bowie for 'Blackstar', his final album that was released two days prior to his death, Hudson Mohawke collaborater Anohni ('Hopelessness') and Jamie Woon ('Making Time').

Annie Mac, Naughty Boy, Big Dada artist Kate Tempest and Pulp frontman Jarvis Cocker are among the judging panel this year, with the winner to be announced on September 15.

Check out the full list of nominees below.

Anohni - 'Hopelessness'
Bat For Lashes - 'The Bride'
David Bowie - 'Blackstar'
Jamie Woon - 'Making Time'
Kano - 'Made in the Manor'
Laura Mvula - 'The Dreaming Room'
Michael Kiwanuka - 'Love & Hate'
Radiohead - 'A Moon Shaped Pool'
Savages - 'Adore Life'
Skepta - 'Konnichiwa'
The 1975 - 'I like it when you sleep, for you are so beautiful yet so unaware of it'
The Comet Is Coming - 'Channel the Spirits'

Dave Turner is Mixmag's Digital News Editor, follow him on Twitter

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