This year marks the third time the Plug Awards will honor the best and brightest in the growing world of independent music. I was fortunate enough to be honored myself with an invitation to join the Advisory Committee which selects the nominees. I will admit that I did not make selections in every category as many of the categories deal with genres I am not familiar enough with. There are two divisions, one for 'music' and one for 'independent media', which combined make up 28 different categories and you the fans can cast your votes by going here.
The awards will be handed out on February 2nd at New York's Webster Hall.
At the awards show Artist Of The Year, Album Of The Year, Indie Rock Album Of The Year, Song Of The Year, Music Video Of The Year and Live Act Of The Year nominees THE NATIONAL will be performing. Additional musical guests will be announced when they are set.
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Here, below, is who and what is on the ballot...
Album Of The Year
Animal Collective - Feels (FatCat)
Antony And The Johnsons - I Am A Bird Now (Secretly Canadian)
Bloc Party - Silent Alarm (Vice)
Clap Your Hands SayYeah - Clap Your Hands SayYeah (Self-released)
Dangerdoom - The Mouse And The Mask (Adult Swim/Epitaph)
Devendra Banahrt - Cripple Crow (XL)
The National - Alligator (Beggars)
The New Pornographers - Twin Cinema (Matador)
Sleater-Kinney - The Woods (Sub Pop)
Spoon - Gimme Fiction (Merge)
Sufjan Stevens - Illinois (Asthmatic Kitty)
Wolf Parade - Apologies To The Queen Mary (Sub Pop)
Artist Of The Year
Animal Collective
Antony And The Johnsons
Bloc Party
Bright Eyes
Broken Social Scene
Clap Your Hands Say Yeah
Devendra Banhart
MF Doom
The National
Sleater-Kinney
Spoon
Sufjan Stevens
New Artist Of The Year
Arctic Monkeys
Black Mountain
Chad VanGaalen
Clap Your Hands Say Yeah
Dungen
Lady Sovereign
Maximo Park
Richard Swift
Serena Maneesh
Tim Fite
Tom Vek
Wolf Parade
Song Of The Year
Antony And The Johnsons - 'Hope There's Someone' (Secretly Canadian)
Black Mountain - 'Druganaut' (Jagjaguwar)
Bright Eyes - 'When The President Talks To God' (Saddle Creek)
Clientele - 'Since K Got Over Me' (Merge)
DevendraBanhart - 'Long Haired Child' (XL)
Ladytron - 'Destroy Everything You Touch' (Rykodisc)
The National - 'Abel' (Beggars)
The New Pornographers - 'The Bleeding Heart Show' (Matador)
Spoon - 'The Beast And Dragon, Adored' (Merge)
Stars - 'Ageless Beauty' (Arts & Crafts)
Sufjan Stevens - 'Chicago' (Asthma
Wolf Parade - "I'll Believe In Anything" (Sub Pop)
Female Artist Of The Year
Annie
Bettye LaVette
CocoRosie
Emiliana Torrini
Hanne Hukkelberg
Lady Sovereign
Laura Cantrell
NekoCase
Princess Superstar
Scout Niblett
Sharon Jones
Vashti Bunyan
Male Artist Of The Year
Andrew Bird
Antony
Chad VanGaalen
Conor Oberst
Devendra Banhart
Jamie Lidell
John Vanderslice
José González
MF Doom
Sam Beam
Sufjan Stevens
Tom Vek
Hip-Hop Album Of The Year
Aesop Rock - Fast Cars, Danger, Fire And Knives (Definitive Jux)
Atmosphere - You Can't Imagine How Much Fun We're Having (Rhymesayers)
Blueprint - 1988 (Rhymesayers)
Cage - Hell's Winter (Definitive Jux)
Clipse - We Got It 4 Cheap Vol. 2 (mixunit.com)
Dälek - Absence (Ipecac)
Dangerdoom - The Mouse And The Mask (Adult Swim/Epitaph)
Edan - Beauty And The Beat (Lewis)
Ohmega Watts - The Find (Ubiquity)
The Perceptionists - Black Dialogue (Definitive Jux)
Quasimoto - The Further Adventures Of Lord Quas (Stones Throw)
Sage Francis - A Healthy Distrust (Epitaph)
Punk Album Of The Year
Against Me! - Searching For A Former Clarity (Fat Wreck)
Bear Vs Shark - Terrorhawk (Equal Vision)
The Blackout Pact - Hello Sailor (Astro Magnetics)
Gogol Bordello - Gypsy Punks: Underdog World Strike (Side One Dummy)
Jello Biafra With The Melvins - Sieg Howdy! (Alternative Tentacles)
Lightning Bolt - Hypermagic Mountain (Load)
The Locust - Safety Second, Body Last (Ipecac)
Pennywise - The Fuse (Epitaph)
The Plot To Blow Up The Eiffel Tower - Love In The Fascist Brothel (Revelation)
Rufio - The Comfort Of Home (Nitro)
Sleater-Kinney - The Woods (Sub Pop)
XBXRX - Sixth In Sixes (Polyvinyl)
Metal Album Of The Year
Big Bear - Big Bear (Monitor)
Children Of Bodom - Are You Dead Yet? (Spinefarm)
Early Man - Closing In (Matador)
Every Time I Die - Gutter Phenomenon (Ferret)
Fantômas - Suspended Animation (Ipecac)
Goblin Cock - Bagged And Boarded (Absolutley Kosher)
God Forbid - IV: Constitution Of Treason (Century Media)
High On Fire - Blessed Black Wings (Relapse)
Jesu - Jesu (Hydra Head)
Meshuggah - Catch Thirtythree (Nuclear Blast)
Pelican - The Fire in Our Throats Will Beckon The Thaw (Hydra Head)
sunnO))) - Black One (Southern Lord)
Electronic/Dance Album Of The Year
Boards Of Canada - The Campfire Headphase (Warp)
The Books - Lost & Safe (Tomlab)
Caribou - The Milk Of Human Kindness (Domino)
Four Tet - Everything Ecstatic (Domino)
Isolée - We Are Monster (Playhouse)
Jackson And His Computer Band - Smash (Warp)
Jamie Lidell - Multiply (Warp)
M83 - Before The Dawn Heals Us (Mute)
Mobius Band - The Loving Sounds Of Static (Ghostly International)
Out Hud - Let Us Never Speak Of It Again (Kranky)
The Juan Maclean - Less Than Human (DFA/Astralwerks)
Vitalic - OK Cowboy (PIAS)
Americana Album Of The Year
Daniel Lanois - Belladonna (Anti-)
Devendra Banhart - Cripple Crow (XL)
Iron & Wine/Calexico - In The Reins (Overcoat)
José González - Veneer (Hidden Agenda)
Langhorne Slim - When The Sun's Gone Down (Narnack)
Lucero - Nobody's Darlings (Liberty And Lament)
M. Ward - Transistor Radio (Merge)
Magnolia Electric Co - What Comes After The Blues (Secretly Canadian)
Matt Sweeney And Bonnie 'Prince' Billy - Superwolf (Drag City)
Nickel Creek - Why Should The Fire Die? (Sugarhill)
Okkervil River - Black Sheep Boy (Jagjaguwar)
Six Organs Of Admittance - School Of The Flower (Drag City)
Indie Rock Album Of The Year
Bloc Party - Silent Alarm (Vice)
Broken Social Scene - Broken Social Scene (Arts & Crafts)
Calla - Collisions (Beggars)
Clap Your Hands SayYeah - Clap Your Hands SayYeah (Self-released)
Deerhoof - The Runners Four (5RC/Kill Rock Stars)
The Hold Steady - Separation Sunday (Frenchkiss)
The National - Alligator (Beggars)
The New Pornographers - Twin Cinema (Matador)
Sleater-Kinney - The Woods (Sub Pop)
Spoon - Gimme Fiction (Merge)
Sufjan Stevens - Illinois (Asthmatic Kitty)
Wolf Parade - Apologies To The Queen Mary (Sub Pop)
DJ Album Of The Year
Annie - DJ-Kicks (!K7)
Clipse - We Got It 4 Cheap Vol. 2 (mixunit.com)
Diplo - FabricLive 24 (Fabric)
DJ Mark Farina - Mushroom Jazz 5 (Om)
DJ Shadow - One Night In Bangkok (No Shoes)
DJ Spooky That Subliminal Kid - Celestial Mechanix: The Blue Series MasterMix (Thirsty Ear)
Dominik Eulberg - Kreucht & Fleucht (Mischwald)
Ewan Pearson - Sci.Fi.Hi.Fi_01 (Soma)
The Glimmers - DJ-Kicks (!K7)
James F@#$%^ Friedman - Go Commando! (Defend Music)
Optimo - Psyche Out (Eskimo)
Richie Hawtin - DE9Transitions (Mute)
Avant Album Of The Year
Animal Collective - Feels (FatCat)
Black Dice - Broken Ear Record (DFA/Astralwerks)
Boredoms - Seadrum/House Of Sun (Vice)
Delia Gonzalez And Gavin Russom - The Days Of Mars (DFA/Astralwerks)
Excepter - Throne (Load)
Gang Gang Dance - God's Money (The Social Registry)
Growing - His Return (Troubleman Unlimited)
Hair Police - Constantly Terrified (Troubleman Unlimited)
Keith Fullerton Whitman - Multiples (Kranky)
Lightning Bolt - Hypermagic Mountain (Load)
Orthrelm - OV (Ipecac)
Wooden Wand & The Vanishing Voice - Buck Dharma (5RC)
Record Label Of The Year
Anti-/Epitaph
Barsuk
Beggars Group
Definitive Jux
Domino
Matador
Merge
Saddle Creek
Secretly Canadian
Sub Pop
Touch And Go
Warp
Live Act Of The Year
Antony And The Johnsons
Arcade Fire
Black Mountain
Bloc Party
Bright Eyes
Death From Above 1979
The Decemberists
Devendra Banhart
Jamie Lidell
The National
Sleater-Kinney
Wolf Parade
Music Festival Of The Year
Austin City Limits
All Tomorrow's Parties
ArthurFest
Bonnaroo
Bumbershoot
CMJ Music Marathon
Coachella
Intonation Music Festival
Lollapalooza
Siren Music Festival
South By Southwest
Vegoose
Record Producer of the Year
9th Wonder
Danger Mouse
Dave Sitek
Diplo
El-P
Four Tet
Isaac Brock
Madlib
Paul "Phones" Epworth
Peter Katis
RJD2
Thom Monahan
Music Video Of The Year
Aesop Rock - "Fast Cars, Danger, Fire And Knives" (Definitive Jux)
Bloc Party - "Helicopter" (Vice)
Cage - "Shoot Frank" (Definitive Jux)
The Decemberists - "16 Military Wives" (Kill Rock Stars)
Goblin Cock - "Stumped" (Absolutley Kosher)
Jason Forrest - "War Photographer" (Sonig)
Maximo Park - "Graffiti" (Warp)
The National - "Daughters Of The Soho Riots" (Beggars)
North American Halloween Prevention Initiative - "Do They Know It's Hallowe'en?" (Vice)
Of Montreal - "Wraith Pinned To The Mist (And Other Games)" (Polyvinyl)
Quasimoto - "Bullyshit" (Stones Throw)
Stars - "Ageless Beauty" (Arts & Crafts)
Album Art/Packaging of the Year
Aesop Rock - Fast Cars, Danger, Fire And Knives (Definitive Jux)
Aimee Mann - The Forgotten Arm (SuperEgo)
Broken Social Scene - Broken Social Scene (Arts & Crafts)
Caribou - The Milk Of Human Kindness (Domino)
Dangerdoom - The Mouse And The Mask (Adult Swim/Epitaph)
The Fall - Fall Heads Roll (Narnack)
Fantômas - Suspended Animation (Ipecac)
Goblin Cock - Bagged And Boarded (Absolutley Kosher)
Silversun Pickups - Pikul (Dangerbird)
Sufjan Stevens - Illinois (Asthmatic Kitty)
Super Furry Animals - Love Kraft (XL)
Wolf Parade - Apologies To The Queen Mary (Sub Pop)
Music Website Of The Year
3hive.com
allmusic.com
brooklynvegan.com
dustedmagazine.com
insound.com
largeheartedboy.com
music.for-robots.com
myspace.com
nme.com
pitchforkmedia.com
stereogum.com
stylusmagazine.com
Magazine Of The Year
Arthur
CMJ New Music Monthly
Decibel
Fader
Filter
Harp
Magnet
Paste
Under The Radar
URB
Vice
XLR8R
Zine Of The Year
Beautiful Decay
Big Takeover
Chord
Chunklet
Copper Press
Devil In The Woods
Maximumrocknroll
Punk Planet
Rockpile
Rocktober
Sup
Wax Poetics
College/Non-Comm Radio Station Of The Year
KALX, Berkeley, CA
KCRW, Santa Monica, CA
KEXP, Seattle, WA
KUCI, Irvine, CA
KUSF, San Francisco, CA
KXLU, Los Angeles, CA
WBER, Rochester, NY
WFMU, East Orange, NJ
WFPK, Louisville, KY
WFUV, Bronx, NY
WNYU, New York, NY
WRAS, Atlanta, GA
Specialty Show Of The Year (Commercial Radio)
KDLE, Los Angeles, CA, Jonesy's Jukebox with Steve Jones
KBZT, San Diego, CA, Big Sonic Chill with Midori
KDGE, Dallas, TX, Adventure Club with Josh Venable
KITS, San Francisco, CA, Soundcheck with Aaron Axelson
WAQZ, Cincinnati, OH, Miss Sally's Playhouse with Sally Vollner
WEQX, Manchester, VT, Download with Alex Taylor
WKQX, Chicago, IL, TBA with Robert English
WPLA, Jacksonville, FL, Forbidden Planet with Robert Goodman
WRAX, Birmingham, AL, Reg's Coffee House with Scott Register
WWCD, Columbus, OH, The Independent Playground with Tom & Rudy
WXPN, Philadelphia, PA, World Caf? with David Dye
WXRT, Chicago, IL, The Eclectic Company with Nicholas Tremulis & Jon Langford
Internet Radio Station of the Year
3wk.com
dublab.com
eastvillageradio.com
indie1031.fm
kcrw.org
kexp.org
radioio.com
somafm.com
wfmu.org
woxy.com
Record Store of the Year
Amoeba Music, Berkeley, CA
Aquarius Records, San Francisco, CA
Criminal Records, Atlanta, GA
Dusty Groove America, Chicago, IL
Easy Street Records, Seattle, WA
Insound, New York, NY
Newbury Comics, Boston, MA
Other Music, New York, NY
Sonic Boom Records, Seattle, WA
Sound Fix, Brooklyn, NY
Twist & Shout, Denver, CO
Waterloo Records And Video, Austin, TX
Best Music DVD of the Year
Dig! (Palm Pictures)
Directors Label Volumes 4-7 (Palm Pictures)
Drive Well, Sleep Carefully: On The Road With Death Cab For Cutie (Plexifilm)
Little Movies Big Noises (Definitive Jux)
Low In Europe (Plexifilm)
Moog (Plexifilm)
Morrissey: Who Put the 'M' in Manchester? (Attack/SVE)
Stones Throw 101 (Stones Throw)
The Dick Cavett Show: Rock Icons (Shout! Factory)
The Flaming Lips: The Fearless Freaks (Shout! Factory)
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