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Doves LP makes award shortlist

RECOGNITION: Doves

THEY may have missed out on a much-predicted Mercury Prize nomination, but the Doves camp should be buoyed by the news they’ve been shortlisted for another award.

As their Kingdom of Rush LP joins the likes of  Arctic Monkeys, Kings Of Leon, Bob Dylan, Super Furry Animals and The Horrors among 25 acts who are Uncut Music Award nominees.

The list will be cut to eight before the final decision is made and announced in the November issue of the magazine.

Judging the albums will be the magazine's editor, Allan Jones, Fleet Foxes' Robin Pecknold, Billy Bragg, folk singer Rachel Unthank, radio host Christian O'Connell, BBC creative head of music entertainment Mark Cooper, Stiff Records founder Dave Robinson plus broadcasters Mark Radcliffe, Bob Harris and Danny Kelly.

Up for the gong at the moment are:

The Acorn – 'Glory Hope Mountain'
Animal Collective – 'Merriweather Post Pavilion'
Arctic Monkeys – 'Humbug'
Bill Callahan – 'Sometimes I Wish We Were An Eagle'
Graham Coxon – 'The Spinning Top'
Alela Diane – 'To Be Still'
Dirty Projectors – 'Bitte Orca'
Doves – 'Kingdom Of Rust'
The Duke And The King – 'Nothing Gold Can Stay'
Bob Dylan – 'Together Through Life'
Fever Ray – 'Fever Ray'
Grizzly Bear – 'Veckatimest'
Levon Helm – 'Electric Dirt'
The Horrors – 'Primary Colours'
Kings Of Leon – 'Only By The Night'
The Low Anthem – 'Oh My God Charlie Darwin'
Madness – 'The Liberty Of Norton Folgate'
Raphael Saadiq – 'The Way I See It'
Super Furry Animals – 'Dark Days/Light Years'
TV On The Radio – 'Dear Science'
Tinariwen – 'Imidiwan: Companions'
White Denim – 'Fits'
Wilco – 'Wilco (The Album)'
Wild Beasts – 'Two Dancers'
The xx – 'xx'.