Thought today we’d give some space to our friends across the pond as last night they held the ceremony for the annual Nationwide Mercury Prize – which is awarded to best album by a British or Irish artist. Among the 12 albums to make this year’s shortlist were the likes of Robert Plant & Alison Krauss, The Last Shadow Puppets, Adele, oh and some band named Radiohead.

While that might be an impressive list of names (ok maybe not so much to folks here), it was actually a band that the oddsmakers had at 5-1 that took home the prize: U.K. alt-rocker act Elbow for their album The Seldom Seen Kid. Let’s check out a live version of Starlings off the award winning album from this year’s Glastonbury to see what the fuss is all about…

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Jeffrey Greenblatt

Jeff joined the Hidden Track team full-time in 2008 and helps guide the site in his role as Managing Editor and Social Media Coordinator. Each week Jeff pens Pullin' 'Tubes, Tour Dates and Bloggy Goodness in addition to features, video posts and more. Jeff is a graduate of The George Washington University ('98), with a degree in Journalism, and has worked in the media and technology industry for the likes of MTV, VH1, A&E and Joost.

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