Media More Music Awards… But You Get to Choose Who Wins These Ones
posted by on December 6 at 12:28 PM
Also just announced were the nominees for the 2008 Plug Independent Music Awards.
Album of the year:
Arcade Fire - Neon Bible (Merge)
Band Of Horses - Cease To Begin (Sub Pop)
Battles - Mirrored (Warp)
Beirut - The Flying Club Cup (Ba Da Bing)
El-P - I’ll Sleep When You’re Dead (Definitive Jux)
Justice - † (Downtown / Vice / Ed Banger)
Of Montreal - Hissing Fauna, Are You The Destroyer? (Polyvinyl)
Panda Bear - Person Pitch (Paw Tracks)
Radiohead - In Rainbows (self-released)
Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings - 100 Days, 100 Nights (Daptone)
Spoon - Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga (Merge)
The National - Boxer (Beggars Banquet)
New Artist of the Year:
Bat For Lashes
Battles
Dan Deacon
Deerhunter
Justice
Los Campesinos!
No Age
Sea Wolf
St. Vincent
Vampire Weekend
White Rabbits
Yeasayer
There are a bunch of other categories including Female Artist of the Year, Male Artist of the Year, Metal Album of the Year (with former Seattlites Big Business on the list), Hiphop Album of the Year, and Americana Album of the Year (with current Seattlites the Cave Singers and Jesse Skyes & the Sweet Hereafter listed).
There are also more detailed categories for the “obsessive” music fans including best live act, music festival of the year (Bumbershoot and Sasquatch are in the running) best song, best music video, best live venue (Neumo’s got a shout out), best record store (Sonic Boom and Easy Street are up for that), and best college/non-commercial radio station (no surprise to see KEXP on the list).
You can see the rest of the categories and vote for your favorites artists/magazines/stores/stations at www.plugawards.com. The winners will be announced at the PLUG awards ceremony in NYC on March 6, 2008.
The fuck? no "Bloody Radio" but Lifesavas got on that list?
Also, thank you The Stranger -- without you I wouldn't have even heard of 90% of these indie rock groups.
more than bloody radio, bayani deserved to be on here. thats the one glaring omission i can find; otherwise its an impressive roster.
I resent this list, ultimately, and most lists in general because I dislike all the choices and it makes me feel boringly defeatist.
out of all the clubs in seattle, neumo's gets nominated?!
from their inconsistent sound to overselling shows to nonexistent ventilation, only the high dive ranks lower on places i least like to see a show.
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