their music sounds awesome

I think my Klaxons song of the moment is Isle of her. :)

i like "Hall of Records" the best, followed by "Two Recievers", "Golden Skans" and "Magick":)

Come with me, come with me

We'll travel to infinity

Come with me, come with me

We'll travel to infinity

I'll always be there uh-oh my future love

I'll always be there for you my future love

 

That song (esp. that part) had stuck in my head for the last 3 days. :wacky: :D

Come with me, come with me

We'll travel to infinity

Come with me, come with me

We'll travel to infinity

I'll always be there uh-oh my future love

I'll always be there for you my future love

 

That song (esp. that part) had stuck in my head for the last 3 days. :wacky: :D

 

Actually, this song is the favourite of mine. :wacko:

Actually, this song is the favourite of mine. :wacko:

Mine too. :)

 

So....who's in here thinking that Klaxons would win this year's Mercury Prize? :wacko:

If Klaxons win this year's mercury prize I will give up listening to new releases.

:laugh3: Nah, you won't. :P I don't think Klaxons will win either, but who knows? :wacky:

cool, thinker... don't you have any photos?:)

 

(i know that your name begins on "e" but i can't remember now :confused:)

wanted to see them live when they came to Australia as they gave out extra tickets but i must of gone insane cos i didn't end up getting them.

Don't have any photos, I'm afraid, just the memories ;)

They played "The bouncer". That's my favourite :smug:

 

Could you share some of your memories with us, please? :wacko:

Just started listening to them recently. I heard of them when Mark Ronson and Daniel Merriweather covered "Golden Skans". The song has been stuck in my head a lot lately. Anyway, they sound pretty good. I really like "Golden Skans" and "Two Recievers" a lot right now.

Holy crap! They HAVE won the Mercury Prize!:o

 

I really would've suspected Bat For Lashes or Jamie T to win.

OMG!! They did win! :o

 

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Klaxons scoop Mercury album prize

 

 

Rock band the Klaxons have won the Nationwide Mercury Prize for the best album of the past year, beating Amy Winehouse and the Arctic Monkeys.

 

The "new rave" group from south London scooped the £20,000 prize for their debut Myths of the Near Future.

 

Singer Jamie Reynolds said they deserved to beat Winehouse because she made a "retro record and we've made the most forward-thinking record".

Winehouse performed at the ceremony, her first appearance for several weeks.

 

She gave a breathtaking rendition of Love Is A Losing Game from her nominated album Back To Black - but it was not enough to win her the award.

 

Amy Winehouse performed amid speculation about her health

 

There was uncertainty over whether she would even turn up after attending rehab following reported drug use.

Speaking after the show, her father Mitch said: "She was very happy to be here. And I'm just thrilled she was here. She gave a brilliant performance and she looks well."

 

Klaxons, who have only been together for two years, looked elated as they hugged and ran on to the stage to collect their award from Jools Holland.

The Mercury Prize judges said the group took them on an "ecstatic musical adventure".

Their album, which features the singles Golden Skans and It's Not Over Yet, reached number two when it was released earlier this year.

NME editor Conor McNicholas, who was on the judging panel, said Winehouse's performance at the ceremony was "amazing".

"I've never been to an awards ceremony where somebody has performed and the room has been genuinely silent, proper pin-drop stuff," he said.

"But we have to take into account an awful lot and at the end of the day the Klaxons was felt to be the right decision.

 

"It's an album that could only ever have been made in Britain, could only ever have been made at this moment in time and it's a multi-layered album."

Winehouse's album was "one of the greatest vocal performances this country has ever seen", he admitted.

 

Bat for Lashes had been the bookmakers' favourite to win

 

But he added: "You can argue that ultimately it is a backward-looking album and one of the things Klaxons have tried to do is produce something that feels like it came from the future."

 

Winehouse's personal problems did not factor in the decision, he said. "I can honestly say it genuinely comes down to just the music on the album - everything else is shut out of that room."

 

Last year's winners the Arctic Monkeys were nominated for their follow-up Favourite Worst Nightmare. But the Sheffield band did not attend the ceremony because they are on tour in the US.

 

Rapper Dizzee Rascal, who won the award in 2003, was also up for the prize, as was singer-songwriter Natasha Khan, aka Bat For Lashes - the bookmakers' favourite.

 

The shortlist was an eclectic mix again this year, ranging from Leicestershire indie trio The Young Knives to classical quintet Basquiat Strings.

Other nominees included Fionn Regan, New Young Pony Club, The View, Maps and Jamie T.

 

Ladbrokes spokesman, Nick Weinberg, said: "The Klaxons win was a shock. All the money had been for Bat For Lashes.

"We were pleased to get Natasha Khan beaten. It was the worst result in our book."

 

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/6977433.stm

Nice joke Mercury Judges, now can you tell us who the real winner is?

 

Hopefully the curse of the Mercury prize will hit the Klaxons and they break up, removing themselves and their rubbish music from the world and on TV, where they are channel 4's favourite new band to advertise tv shows.

i didn't know Bat for Lashes was up for it ! her music is awesome.

Nice joke Mercury Judges, now can you tell us who the real winner is?

 

Hopefully the curse of the Mercury prize will hit the Klaxons and they break up, removing themselves and their rubbish music from the world and on TV, where they are channel 4's favourite new band to advertise tv shows.

 

 

don't know why you're so against klaxons, and if you really don't like them, you don't have to talk about them like that all the time. we also don't judge your favourite bands when we don't like them.

don't know why you're so against klaxons, and if you really don't like them, you don't have to talk about them like that all the time. we also don't judge your favourite bands when we don't like them.

 

One of my many faults is that I speak my mind about bands, if I don't particular like bands I will say so and not keep it bottled up.

One of my many faults is that I speak my mind about bands, if I don't particular like bands I will say so and not keep it bottled up.

 

i know that, but i think that there's no need to write negative things about a particular band in its thread.. i know that you might think that the thread's for everybody, although the person doesn't like the band, but i think that most of the people who visit this thread likes the band very much, and you just kinda insult it. i know that everyone has different opinions, but you don't need to insult anybody.

If negative comments about a particular band insult somebody, either that person is in the band (and hence it's personal) or they are in too deep with the band.

 

I was only writing about my shocked of the mercury judges to award the prize to a rubbish album.

If negative comments about a particular band insult somebody, either that person is in the band (and hence it's personal) or they are in too deep with the band.

 

I was only writing about my shocked of the mercury judges to award the prize to a rubbish album.

 

"rubbish album"

i think that it's not so rubbish when it got mercury prize...

 

 

whatever

I like Klaxons. :smug:

 

And I'm proud.

I like Klaxons. :smug:

 

And I'm proud.

 

Right;)

I like the Klaxons too!

They aren't bad at all...IMO

I like the Klaxons too!

They aren't bad at all...IMO

 

I also think they aren't bad. I sent the album to my friend, and he said that it was awesome, and he haven't heard anything so listenable for a long time.