Alt-J have won the Barclaycard Mercury Prize, which honors the best British album of the past year, for their album An Awesome Wave. Last year's winner was PJ Harvey.
The rest of the nominees were:
Jessie Ware: Devotion
Django Django: Django Django
The Maccabees: Given to the Wild
Roller Trio: Roller Trio
Richard Hawley: Standing at the Sky's Edge
Field Music: Plumb
Michael Kiwanuka: Home Again
Ben Howard: Every Kingdom
Plan B: Ill Manors
Lianne La Havas: Is Your Love Big Enough
Sam Lee: Ground of Its Own