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Thursday, September 09, 2010

The xx win Mercury Prize

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London's xx picked up the Barclaycard Mercury Prize for their album xx last night. They held off strong competition from Laura Marling's beautiful I Speak Because I Can and records from the likes of Foals, Mumford & Sons, Dizzee Rascal and Wild Beasts.

In scooping the £20,000 award, singer/bassist Oliver Sim said the band was very grateful and that they'd, "Had the most incredible year."

Previous winners include Pulp, Primal Scream, Klaxons, Arctic Monkeys, Elbow and Franz Ferdinand.

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