The winners of the 2008 PLUG INDEPENDENT MUSIC AWARDS were unveiled last night (Thursday, March 6) during the sold-out awards ceremony and concert held at Terminal 5 in New York City. Sponsored by DELL, Ourstage.com, SESAC, Metromix, Lionsgate, iStockphoto, Fairtilizer, Royalty Share, The Bowery Presents and SuperAlright, the Patton Oswalt-hosted event included performances by PLUG Award winners Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds (PLUG Impact Award) and St. Vincent (Best Female Artist), along with sets by nominees Dizzee Rascal, Jose Gonzalez, The Forms, White Denim and DiVinci.
Determined by fans via an online voting process through www.plugawards.com, PLUG Award recipients of 29 categories were announced with several actual award presentations made:
Female Artist Of The Year: Annie Clark of St. Vincent, presented by SNL's Fred Armisen
Song Of The Year: The National for "Fake Empire," presented by Tiny Masters Of Today, the 11- and 13-year-old Brooklyn-based duo who released their debut album last year
New Artist Of The Year: Justice (also winner of Electronic Album of the Year), presented by El-P -producer, multi-nominated artist multiple years for PLUG and co-owner of Def Jux nominated for Hip-Hop album of the year
Indie Rock Album Of The Year: Animal Collective, presented by Tyondai Braxton of BATTLES who were nominated for 7 PLUG Awards this year and the winner of the 2008 PLUG Music Video of the Year
PLUG Impact Award: Nick Cave
Album Of The Year
Arcade Fire – Neon Bible (Merge)
New Artist Of The Year
Justice
Female Artist Of The Year
Annie Clark (St. Vincent)
Male Artist Of The Year
Andrew Bird
Indie Rock Album Of The Year
Animal Collective – Strawberry Jam (Domino)
Americana Album Of The Year
Iron & Wine – The Shepherd's Dog (Sub Pop)
Metal Album Of The Year
The Dillinger Escape Plan – Ire Works (Relapse)
Hip-Hop Album Of The Year
Aesop Rock – None Shall Pass (Definitive Jux)
Punk Album Of The Year
Gogol Bordello – Super Taranta! (Side One Dummy)
Electronic/Dance Album Of The Year
Justice – † (Ed Banger/Vice)
DJ Album Of The Year
Hot Chip – DJ-Kicks (!K7)
Avant Album Of The Year
Liars – Liars (Mute)
Artist Of The Year
Radiohead
Song Of The Year
The National – "Fake Empire" – Boxer (Beggars Banquet)
Live Act Of The Year
Arcade Fire
Music Video Of The Year
Battles – "Atlas" (Warp)
Album Art/Packaging Of The Year
Menomena – Friend And Foe (Barsuk)
Label Of The Year
Merge
Live Music Venue Of The Year
Bowery Ballroom (New York, NY)
Music Festival Of The Year
Coachella Valley Music Festival
Music Website Of The Year
Pitchfork Media
Music Blog Of The Year
Stereogum
Magazine Of The Year
Paste
Online Radio Station Of The Year
KCRW
Record Store Of The Year
Other Music (New York, NY)
Zine Of The Year
Wax Poetics
Online Record Store Of The Year
iTunes
College/Non-Comm Radio Station Of The Year
KEXP (Seattle, WA)
Specialty Show Of The Year (Commercial Radio)
Sirius: Left Of Center – Blog Radio (New York, NY)
More on the Plug Awards here: www.plugawards.com
