Uncut magazine has just announced that Wilco and The Low Anthem have made the shortlist of nominees for the Uncut Music Award. Named to the longlist of 25 nominees late last month for their most recent Nonesuch releases, Wilco (the album) and Oh My God, Charlie Darwin, respectively, the bands are now two of just eight artists up for what Uncut has dubbed the "most inspiring and rewarding musical experience" of the year. Also on the shortlist are Animal Collective, Bob Dylan, Dirty Projectors, Grizzly Bear, Kings of Leon, and Tinariwen.

"If there’s one thing at this stage that I think the judges can agree on," says Uncut's editor Allan Jones, "it’s that 2009 was another brilliant year for music, which of course just makes our job that much harder."

A panel of judges—including Jones; Robin Pecknold of last year's winner, Fleet Foxes; previous Wilco collaborator Billy Bragg; and a number of other musicians and music industry professionals—select a winner to be revealed in January 2010 issue of Uncut, on sale November 24.

For more on the award, visit uncut.co.uk.

Wilco begins its European tour on Uncut's home territory, the UK, next week in Leeds. The Low Anthem's tour with Blind Pilot continues tomorrow night at the Houston House of Blues. For more information on both tours, visit nonesuch.com/on-tour.

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The music video for "Charlie Darwin," the first song off The Low Anthem's Oh My God, Charlie Darwin, can now be seen here at Nonesuch.com. Visit nonesuch.com/media to see the video Stereogum described as an "affecting visual counterpart to Ben Knox Miller's fragile falsetto" on the song. The piece was created by Glenn Z Taunton and Simon Taffe for End of the Road Films.