Mon 12 Feb 2007
Unfortunately I wasn’t able to attend this year’s PLUG awards at Irving Plaza on Saturday with host David Cross. featuring live performances from Stephen Malkmus, Deerhoof and El P. However below are the winners of the awards. If you are interested, our friends at EARFARM went and took pictures HERE.
THE 2007 PLUG AWARDS CATEGORIES AND WINNERS:
Album Of The Year
Band Of Horses – Everything All The Time (Sub Pop)
New Artist Of The Year
Arctic Monkeys
Female Artist Of The Year
Neko Case
Male Artist Of The Year
Sufjan Stevens
Indie Rock Album Of The Year
Yo La Tengo – I Am Not Afraid Of You And I Will Beat Your Ass (Matador)
Metal
The Melvins – (A) Senile Animal (Ipecac)
Hip-Hop Album of the Year
Spank Rock – Yoyoyoyoyo (Big Dada)
Americana Album Of The Year
Band Of Horses – Everything All The Time (Sub Pop)
Punk Album of the Year
CSS – Cansei De Ser Sexy (Sub Pop)
Electronic/Dance Album Of The Year
Thom Yorke – The Eraser (XL)
DJ Album Of The Year
Girl Talk – Night Ripper (Illegal Art)
Avant Album Of The Year
Xiu Xiu – The Air Force (5RC)
Artist Of The Year
J Dilla
Live Act Of The Year
Broken Social Scene
Song Of The Year
Band Of Horses – “The Funeral” (Sub Pop)
Record Producer of the Year
J Dilla
Music Video Of The Year
Wolf Parade – “I’ll Believe In Anything” (Sub Pop)
Album Art/Packaging of the Year
Hot Chip – The Warning (Astralwerks)
Record Label Of The Year
Sub Pop
Live Music Venue of the Year
Bowery Ballroom, New York, NY
Music Festival Of The Year
South By Southwest
Music Website Of The Year
Pitchforkmedia.com
Music Blog of the Year
Brooklynvegan.com
Magazine Of The Year
Paste
College/Non-Comm Radio Station Of The Year
KEXP, Seattle, WA
Record Store of the Year
Amoeba Music, Hollywood, CA
Best Music DVD of the Year
The Pixies – loudQUIETloud: A Film About The Pixies
Zine of the Year
Wax Poetics
Specialty Show Of The Year (Commercial Radio)
SIRIUS Left Of Center – Blog Radio (New York, NY)
Podcast Of The Year
WOXY.com’s Lounge Acts
Internet Radio Station of the Year
woxy.com
Online Radio Station Of The Year (w/terrestrial counterpart)
KEXP, Seattle, WA (kexp.org / 90.3)
Online Record Store Of The Year
amazon.com