By: Rachel Pronger
Earlier this week, the Barclaycard Mercury Prize was won by the bookie`s favourites, The XX; a gang of endearingly awkward nerds from South London whose debut has been easily received by critics and TV producers alike. Whilst this is an uncontroversial victory for the Mercury, famous for last minute side stepping of dead certs, it has not done much to relieve the annual bashing from the media that the award inevitably receives.
