Alt-J wins the 2012 Mercury Prize

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Indie quartet Alt-J has won the 2012 Mercury Prize for its debut album, An Awesome Wave. The annual prize is awarded for the best album from Ireland and the United Kingdom. Alt-J joins PJ Harvey, Pulp, The xx, Arctic Monkeys, and Portishead among the ranks of Mercury Prize winners. This time around, though, none of the other nominees were particularly well known on this side of the pond.