Idolator

Untrue, by the pseudonymous artist Burial, is heavily favored to win this year's Mercury Prize, which is given to the best British album of a 12-month timeframe. But if Untrue should win as expected, the man behind the album will have to come out on stage and perform a song from the record—effectively revealing himself to the world and dispensing with any mystery the album might have at that point. So The Sun, not content with just showing boobs on its inside pages, is going to ruin the fun for everyone and unmask the guy before next month's ceremony! "Conspiracy theories are rife as to who is behind the tunes, with producers NORMAN COOK and APHEX TWIN in the frame," the paper writes, although the more savvy people who read Drowned In Sound are pooh-poohing that idea, saying that the writer only came up with the first two DJ names he could think of in the name of starting controversy. Ooh, burn! More »

Fresh off last year's coronation of the Klaxons as the best band in Britain, this year's Mercury Prize nominations feature quite a range of popular music, from summer jam tournament runner-up Estelle to a few acts that will send you scurrying to Google. More »

For those of you tired of poring over the Jackin' Pop albums and singles lists, we turn now to the Enthusiasm 40 list, which complies the albums that got the most amount of points from the least amount of votes. Topping this round-up was the self-titled debut from dubstep producer Burial (175 points from 15 votes), which we confess to never getting a chance to listen to in '06. Two tracks are below; thanks to all the tipsters who sent these in: More »