Monday Music Junkie: Klaxons, Spank Rock, Enon and more

BY ANDY VIHSTADT

Mercury Rising

While the pre-ceremony buzz seemed to teeter between Amy Winehouse and Bat for Lashes, Klaxons took home the 2007 Mercury Music Prize with its debut, Myths of the Future. The Klaxons saw a 500% increase in record sales since last Tuesday’s announcement and start work on LP2 in the next couple of weeks.

Klaxons-“Gravity’s Rainbow” MP3

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Here’s this year’s list of nominees.

Arctic Monkeys Favourite, Worst Nightmare

Basquiat Strings with Seb Rochford, Basquiat Strings

Bat for Lashes, Fur and Gold

Dizzee Rascal, Maths and English

Klaxons, Myths of the Near Future

Maps, We Can Create

New Young Pony Club, Fantastic Playroom

Fionn Regan, The End of History

Jaime T, Panic Prevention

The View, Hats Off to the Buskers

Amy Winehouse, Back to Black

The Young Knives, Voices of Animals and Men