The couple of songs I've heard from "Media" are ace - "Some Incriminating Photographs" for example. They would fit in better in today's musical landscape I reckon and be more successful with that album today, not withstanding their success with Radio 4 and other contemporaries. "Glass Danse" does pwn, though.
The RRP on a Toronado Deluxe is 599, there is also one called the "Big Block" Toronado, which has a weird competition stripe (but a pair of Seymour Duncans, no less) for 499, although this lacks the padded gig bag of the more expensive one.
To be fair, it's an award for one year's (or one album's) work, so the fact that Maximo Park etc may not stand the test of time has no relevance methinks.