Radiohead, a band that everyone knows, is no longer the presumptive favorite for the British Mercury Prize for best British album. That spot has been taken over by Burial, a dubstep producer who no one knowns. The anonymous Burial, who has even been rumored to be Thom Yorke himself, is the new odd-on favorite for the Mercury Prize at 3/1 odds for his/her/its album Untrue. That surpasses Yorke and Radiohead's In Rainbows, which had been as high as 9/2 odds, but has recently been pushed back to 5/1.
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The updated odds are as follows:
Burial - Untrue: 3/1
Radiohead - In Rainbows: 5/1
Elbow - The Seldom Seen Kid: 6/1
The Last Shadow Puppets - The Age of the Understatement: 8/1
Laura Marling - Alas, I Cannot Swim: 12/1
British Sea Power - Do You Like Rock Music?: 12/1
Estelle - Shine: 12/1
Neon Neon - Stainless Style: 14/1
Rachel Unthank And The Winterse - The Bairns: 14/1
Robert Plant and Alison Krauss - Raising Sand: 16/1
Adele - 19: 16/1
Portico Quartet - Knee-Deep in the North Sea: 25/1
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I'd say the Burial album is the best from this group, and it would definitely give the Mercury Prize a bit more street cred than going with In Rainbows.