The nominees for the Nationwide Mercury Prize 2008 have been announced.

The 12 British records in contention for the annual award, last year won by Klaxons for Myths Of The Near Future, are:

Adele 19 8/1
British Sea Power Do You Like Rock Music? 8/1
Burial Untrue 6/1
Elbow The Seldom Seen Kid 6/1
Estelle Shine 8/1
Last Shadow Puppets The Age of the Understatement 5/1
Laura Marling Alas I Cannot Swim 8/1
Neon Neon Stainless Style 10/1
Portico Quartet Knee Deep in the North Sea 10/1
Radiohead In Rainbows 5/1
Rachel Unthank & The Winterset The Bairns 10/1
Robert Plant & Alison Kraus Raising Sand 6/1

William Hill odds as of 1200PM 22/07/2008.

Watch out for the Weekly DiScussion feature on the nominees later today.