Kings of Leon make the final eight Uncut Music Award shortlist

Uncut magazine today announces the shortlist for this year's coveted Uncut Music Award.

Among the eight finalists, Southern rockers Kings of Leon will go head to head with the legendary Bob Dylan.

Joining Kings of Leon and Bob Dylan in the final eight are an array of genre-spanning acts - Wilco, Animal Collective, Dirty Projectors, Grizzly Bear, The Low Anthem and Tinariwen.

Only in its second year and already gaining a reputation as the most credible award in music, the Uncut Music Award rewards the most inspiring album of the last twelve months. The artists' nationality, age and sales figures are completely irrelevant as a judging panel of industry figures come together to decide on the winner.

The eight records on the Uncut Music Award shortlist are, in alphabetical order:

Animal Collective – Merriweather Post Pavilion (Domino)
Bob Dylan – Together Through Life (Columbia)
Dirty Projectors – Bitte Orca (Domino)
Grizzly Bear – Veckatimest (Warp)
Kings of Leon – Only By The Night (Columbia)
The Low Anthem – Oh My God Charlie Darwin (Bella Union)
Tinariwen – Imidiwan: Companions (Independiente)
Wilco – Wilco (Nonesuch)