“I think this band will be hugely influential,” suggested Billy Bragg during the judging sessions for this year’s Uncut Music Award. “In the next couple of years we’ll be hearing young bands lifting the tensions and the rhythms of Tinariwen.”

Today: the judges discuss Bob Dylan's "Together Through Life".

Hans-Peter Lindstrøm is someone I’ve written a fair bit about this year, for his Krautnoodle disco marathon with Prins Thomas, “II”, and especially for his amazing remix of “Ant 10” by the Boredoms on “Super Roots 10”.

Today: the Uncut Music Award judges on Dirty Projectors' "Bitte Orca".

Uncut Music Award 2009 nominees to release 5 brand new tracks

Solo show at the Jazz Cafe - ticket details here

First off this week, a quick reminder that we’ve just announced Tinariwen as the winner of our annual Uncut Music Award. I’ve started posting transcripts of the judges’ discussions on the Uncut Music Award blog, beginning with their opinions on Tinariwen and Animal Collective. Kings of Leon, Bob Dylan, Wilco, The Dirty Projectors, Grizzly Bear and The Low Anthem will be coming up over the next week or so.

Brightblack Morning Light, Cass McCombs also set for French festival

Plus read Uncut's review here too

Following on from yesterday's post about Tinariwen, here's a transcript of the Uncut Music Award judges discussing Animal Collective's "Merriweather Post Pavilion".