2006 Mercury Music Prize Nominations:

The nominations are:

Bloc Party - 'Silent Alarm'
Hard-Fi -'Stars Of CCTV'
Kaiser Chiefs - 'Employment'
MIA - 'Arular'
The Magic Numbers - 'The Magic Numbers'
Coldplay - 'X&Y'
The Go! Team - 'Thunder, Lightning Strike'
Antony And The Johnsons - 'I Am A Bird Now'
KT Tunstall - 'Eye To The Telescope'
Maximo Park - 'A Certain Trigger'
Seth Lakeman - 'Kitty Jay'Polar Bear - 'Held On The Tips Of Fingers'

The overall winner of the £20,000 prize will be announced on September 6.