PLUG Independent Music Awards

The PLUG Independent Music Awards, or just PLUG Awards, began in 2001 as a "cartel" of music lovers ranging from DJs and managers to indie retailers and fans.

Winners

Album of the Year

Year	Recipient	Nominee
2005	TV on the Radio, Desperate Youth, Blood Thirsty Babes
2006	Sufjan Stevens, Illinois
2007	Band of Horses, Everything All the Time
2008	Arcade Fire, Neon Bible

Americana Album of the Year

Year	Recipient	Nominee
2005	Iron & Wine, Our Endless Numbered Days
2006	Calexico & Iron & Wine, In the Reins
2007	Band of Horses, Everything All the Time
2008	Iron & Wine, The Shepherd's Dog

Avant Album of the Year

Year	Recipient	Nominee
2005	Liars, They Were Wrong, So We Drowned
2006	Animal Collective, Feels
2007	Xiu Xiu, The Air Force
2008	Liars, Liars

DJ Album of the Year

Year	Recipient	Nominee
2005	RJD2, Since We Last Spoke
2006	DJ Shadow, One Night in Bangkok
2007	Girl Talk, Night Ripper
2008	Hot Chip, DJ-Kicks: Hot Chip

Electronic/Dance Album of the Year

Year	Recipient	Nominee
2005	Mouse on Mars, Radical Connector
2006	M83, Before the Dawn Heals Us
2007	Thom Yorke, The Eraser
2008	Justice, Cross

Hip-Hop Album of the Year

Year	Recipient	Nominee
2005	Madvillain, Madvillainy
2006	Danger Doom, The Mouse and the Mask
2007	Spank Rock, YoYoYoYoYo
2008	Aesop Rock, None Shall Pass

Indie Rock Album of the Year

Year	Recipient	Nominee
2005	Interpol, Antics
2006	Bloc Party, Silent Alarm
2007	Yo La Tengo, I Am Not Afraid of You and I Will Beat Your Ass
2008	Animal Collective, Strawberry Jam

Metal Album of the Year

Year	Recipient	Nominee
2005	The Dillinger Escape Plan, Miss Machine
2006	Fantômas, Suspended Animation
2007	Melvins, (A) Senile Animal
2008	The Dillinger Escape Plan, Ire Works

Punk Album of the Year

Year	Recipient	Nominee
2005	Bad Religion, The Empire Strikes First
2006	Sleater-Kinney, The Woods
2007	CSS, Cansei de Ser Sexy
2008	Gogol Bordello, Super Taranta!

Album Art/Packaging of the Year

Year	Recipient	Nominees
2005	Arcade Fire, Funeral
2006	Sufjan Stevens, Illinois
2007	Hot Chip, The Warning
2008	Menomena, Friend and Foe

Music DVD of the Year

Year	Recipient	Nominees
2005	Fat Wreck Chords, Rock Against Bush, Vol. 2
2006	The Flaming Lips, The Fearless Freaks
2007	Pixies, loudQUIETloud

Music Video of the Year

Year	Recipient	Nominees
2006	The Decemberists, "Sixteen Military Wives"
2007	Wolf Parade, "I'll Believe in Anything"	CSS, "Let's Make Love and Listen to Death from Above" Danielson, "Did I Step on Your Trumpet" Eagles of Death Metal, "I Want You So Hard (Boy's Bad News)" Heavy Blinkers, "Try Telling that to My Baby" I Love You but I've Chosen Darkness, "The Owl" The Knife, "We Share Our Mothers' Health" Midlake, "Young Bride" Peeping Tom, "Mojo" The Pipettes, "Your Kisses Are Wasted on Me" Vitalic, "Poney Part 1"
2008	Battles, "Atlas"

Song of the Year

Year	Recipient	Nominees
2007	Band of Horses, "The Funeral"	Arctic Monkeys, "I Bet You Look Good on the Dancefloor" The Coup, "Laugh/Love/Fuck" Gossip, "Standing in the Way of Control" Hot Chip, "Boy from School" Hot Chip, "Over and Over" Jenny Lewis And The Watson Twins, "Rise Up with Fists!!" The Knife, "We Share Our Mothers' Health" Midlake, "Roscoe" Peter Bjorn and John featuring Victoria Bergsman, "Young Folks" Silversun Pickups, "Lazy Eye" Tokyo Police Club, "Nature of the Experiment"
2008	The National, "Fake Empire"

Artist of the Year

Year	Recipient	Nominees
2005	Interpol
2006	Bright Eyes
2007	J Dilla
2008	Radiohead

New Artist of the Year

Year	Recipient	Nominees
2008	Justice
2007	Arctic Monkeys
2006	Clap Your Hands Say Yeah
2005	Arcade Fire

Live Act of the Year

Year	Recipient	Nominees
2005	Death Cab for Cutie
2006	Arcade Fire
2007	Broken Social Scene
2008	Arcade Fire

Female Artist of the Year

Year	Recipient	Nominees
2005	Jean Grae
2006	Neko Case
2007	Neko Case
2008	St. Vincent

Male Artist of the Year

Year	Recipient	Nominees
2005	Tom Waits
2006	Sufjan Stevens
2007	Sufjan Stevens
2008	Andrew Bird

2005

• PLUG Artist Impact Award: The Flaming Lips
• Record Producer of the Year: Danger Mouse
• Record Label of the Year: Definitive Jux
• Music Website of the Year: Pitchfork
• Magazine of the Year: The Wire
• College/Non-Comm Radio Station of the Year: KEXP-FM, Seattle, Washington
• Record Store of the Year: Amoeba Music, Hollywood, California
• Specialty Show of the Year: KDLD, Los Angeles, California – Dead Air
• Internet Radio Station of the Year: WOXY.com

2006

• PLUG Artist Impact Award: The Flaming Lips
• Record Producer of the Year: Danger Mouse
• Record Label of the Year: Sub Pop
• Music Festival of the Year : Coachella
• Music Website of the Year: Myspace
• Magazine of the Year: Paste
• College/Non-Comm Radio Station of the Year: KEXP-FM, Seattle, Washington
• Record Store of the Year: Amoeba Music, Hollywood, California
• Zine of the Year: Wax Poetics
• Specialty Show of the Year: WXPN, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania – World Café with David Dye
• Internet Radio Station of the Year: indie1031.fm

2007

• Record Producer of the Year: J Dilla
• Record Label of the Year: Sub Pop
• Live Music Venue of the Year: Bowery Ballroom, New York City
• Music Festival of the Year: South by Southwest
• Music Website of the Year: Pitchfork
• Music Blog of the Year: BrooklynVegan
• Magazine of the Year: Paste
• College/Non-Comm Radio Station of the Year: KEXP-FM, Seattle, Washington
• Record Store of the Year: Amoeba Music, Hollywood, California
• Zine of the Year: Wax Poetics
• Specialty Show of the Year: Sirius Left of Center – Blog Radio
• Podcast of the Year: WOXY.com – Lounge Acts
• Internet Radio Station of the Year: WOXY.com
• Online Radio Station of the Year (with Terrestrial Counterpart): KEXP-FM, Seattle
• Online Record Store of the Year: Amazon.com

2008

• Record Label of the Year: Merge Records
• Live Music Venue of the Year: Bowery Ballroom, New York City
• Music Festival of the Year: Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival
• Music Website of the Year: Pitchfork
• Music Blog of the Year: Stereogum
• Magazine of the Year: Paste
• College/Non-Comm Radio Station of the Year: KEXP-FM, Seattle, Washington
• Record Store of the Year: Other Music, New York City
• Zine of the Year: Wax Poetics
• Specialty Show of the Year: Sirius Left of Center – Blog Radio
• Online Radio Station of the Year: KCRW, Santa Monica, California
• Online Record Store of the Year: iTunes

External links

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