In the Spotlight: Klaxons

Klaxons? In the words of one shocked blogger: ‘‘Wot?” Not since M People collected the gong in 1994 has the Nationwide Mercury Prize, the annual award for the best album recorded in Britain or Ireland, been bestowed upon such a controversial choice.

The band, a four-piece from London, won the stg£20,000 prize for their new rave debut album Myths of the Near Future, beating off acts including Arctic Monkeys, The View, Amy Winehouse, ...