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Professor Sophie Daniels joins Huw to dive deep into the music of Mercury Prize winners.

Professor Sophie Daniels joins Huw to dive deep into the music of Mercury Prize winners.

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Music Played

  • The Cardigans

    My Favourite Game

    • Stockholm.

  • Beck

    E-Pro

    • Interscope.

  • Madra Salach

    Ribbon Factory

    • Island.

  • Grimes

    Genesis

    • 4 A.D..

  • Run‐D.M.C.

    Run's House

    • Tougher Than Leather.
    • Profile Records.

  • Lambrini Girls

    Bang Bang Bang

    • City Slang.

  • Underworld

    Cowgirl (6 Music Festival 2016)

    • Junior Boy's Own.

  • Chalk

    Heaven (feat. Phantogram & cosign)

  • Mr. Fingers

    Can You Feel It

    • Trax.

  • Overmono

    After The Rain

    • XL.

  • Alexander Cook, SOPHIE & QT

    Hey QT

    • Hey QT.
    • XL Recordings.
    • 1.

  • BODEGA

    Literary World

    • Chrysalis.

  • GANS

    MY GOD IS A STRANGER

  • IDLES

    Danny Nedelko

    • PARTISAN RECORDS.

  • Felix da Housecat

    Silver Screen Shower Scene

    • City Rockers.

  • The Runaways

    Cherry Bomb

    • The Best Glam Rock Album In The World...Ever!.
    • VIRGIN.
    • 14.

  • Garbage

    When I Grow Up

    • Mushroom.

  • Prince & The Revolution

    Raspberry Beret

    • Paisley Park/Warner Bros.

  • Erykah Badu & The Alchemist

    To the Moon (Plan C) (feat. Steve Lacy)

    • Control Freaq/Young.

  • Moonchild Sanelly

    Thunda Thighs

    • Transgressive Records.

  • RIP Magic

    Stadium Drive

    • section1.

  • LCD Soundsystem

    tonite

    • DFA Records/Columbia.

  • Boy Harsher

    Faulty

    • Atlantic.

  • The Strokes

    Someday

    • Rough Trade Records.

  • Guided by Voices

    Liar's Tale

    • Scat.

  • Jamie T

    Tallahassee (feat. Leif Vollebekk)

    • Polydor.

  • The Mysterines

    Love's Not Enough

    • Pretty Face Recordings.

  • Personal Trainer

    Moping (6 Music Session, 19 Oct 2026)

  • The Wannadies

    Hit

    • Indolent.

  • Animal Collective

    My Girls

    • CD SINGLE.
    • DOMINO.
    • 1.

  • Shygirl

    Lucky (Hymn)

    • Because Music.

  • Primal Scream

    Loaded

    • Now.

  • Portishead

    Glory Box

    • GO BEAT.

  • Gomez

    Get Myself Arrested

    • Hut Music.

  • PJ Harvey

    This Mess We're In (feat. Thom Yorke)

    • Stories From The City, Stories From The Sea.
    • Universal-Island Records Ltd..
    • 7.

  • Little Simz

    Introvert

    • Awal.

  • Dave

    Black

    • Black (single).
    • Neighbourhood Recordings.
    • 1.

  • Gwenifer Raymond

    Bird Songs For Atomic Skies

    • Bird Songs For Atomic Skies.
    • Fat Possum.
    • 1.

  • Foals

    Red Socks Pugie

    • CD SINGLE.
    • Transgressive Records.
    • 1.

  • Lime Garden

    Moving Target

    • So Young.

  • Bicep

    Equarium (feat. Kehina)

  • Little Grandad

    Tiny Feet

    • Communion.

  • Tiffany Day

    MEANT TO BE (feat. glaive)

  • Dahi

    How To Pray (feat. Kendrick Lamar & Amber Mark)

    • ALTER Music.

  • Marika Hackman

    33

    • Chrysalis Records.

  • The Rakes

    22 Grand Job

    • [PIAS] Cooperative.

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