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

Americana Album of the Year

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

Avant Album of the Year

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

DJ Album of the Year

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

Electronic/Dance Album of the Year

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

Hip-Hop Album of the Year

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

Indie Rock Album of the Year

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

Metal Album of the Year

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

Punk Album of the Year

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

Album Art/Packaging of the Year

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

Music DVD of the Year

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

Music Video of the Year

Year	Recipient	Nominees
2008	Battles, "Atlas"
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"
2006	The Decemberists, "Sixteen Military Wives"

Song of the Year

Year	Recipient	Nominees
2008	The National, "Fake Empire"
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"

Artist of the Year

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

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

Female Artist of the Year

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

Male Artist of the Year

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

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

2007

Record Producer of the Year: J Dilla
Record Label of the Year: Sub Pop
Live Music Venue of the Year: The 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

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

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 (website)
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

External links

Official website

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