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Each year, PLUG is proud to bring the independent music community together ? fans and biz alike - to recognize the best music and media it has to offer. Congratulations to the Nominees! Now it's time to decide the winners and its all up to you. Polls close soon, so cast your votes below now!

ANNOUNCING: PLUG 2008 Awards Show will be hosted by Patton Oswalt with performances by nominees Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds , St. Vincent , Dizzee Rascal , Jos? Gonzales , and more. Get tix and show info on the event page .

This year cast your votes in GENERAL and (for us music fanatics) OBSESSIVE categories. Just click the Music and Media tabs below, select a category inside (it'll open up for you) and vote. Listen to nominees for each PLUG Award by clicking PLAY ...

(General)

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)

Album Of The Year -

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

New Artist Of The Year -

Female Artist Of The Year

Annie Clark (St. Vincent) Bettye LaVette Emily Haines Emma Pollock Katrina Ford (of Celebration) Marissa Nadler Marnie Stern Natasha Khan (of Bat For Lashes) Nina Nastasia Sally Shapiro Scout Niblett Sharon Jones

Female Artist Of The Year -

Male Artist Of The Year

Andrew Bird Dan Deacon Devendra Banhart El-P Jens Lekman John Vanderslice Jos? Gonz?lez Kevin Barnes (of Of Montreal) Nick Cave Noah Lennox (Panda Bear) Sam Beam (Iron & Wine) Zach Condon (Beirut)

Male Artist Of The Year -

Indie Rock Album Of The Year

Animal Collective - Strawberry Jam (Domino) Arcade Fire - Neon Bible (Merge) Band Of Horses - Cease To Begin (Sub Pop) Battles - Mirrored (Warp) Deerhunter - Cryptograms (Kranky) Les Savy Fav - Let's Stay Friends (Frenchkiss) Of Montreal - Hissing Fauna, Are You The Destroyer? (Polyvinyl) Okkervil River - The Stage Names (Jagjaguwar) Spoon - Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga (Merge) Sunset Rubdown - Random Spirit Lover (Jagjaguar) The National - Boxer (Beggars Banquet) The New Pornographers - Challengers (Matador)

Indie Rock Album Of The Year -

Americana Album Of The Year

Angels Of Light - We Are Him (Young God) Bowerbirds - Hymns For A Dark Horse (self-released) Charlie Louvin - Charlie Louvin (Tompkins Square) Iron & Wine - The Shepherd's Dog (Sub Pop) Jesse Sykes & The Sweet Hereafter - Like, Love, Lust & The Open Halls Of The Soul (Barsuk) Jos? Gonz?lez - In Our Nature (Mute) Marissa Nadler - Songs III: Bird On The Water (Kemado) Oakley Hall - I'll Follow You (Merge) Ola Podrida - Ola Podrida (Plug Research) Porter Wagoner - Wagonmaster (Anti-) Richard Hawley - Lady's Bridge (Mute) The Avett Brothers - Emotionalism (Ramseur) The Cave Singers - Invitation Songs (Matador)

Americana Album Of The Year -

Metal Album Of The Year

Baroness - Red Album (Relapse) Big Business - Here Come The Waterworks (Hydra Head) Boris With Michio Kurihara - Rainbow (Drag City) High On Fire - Death Is This Communion (Relapse) Jesu - Conquerer (Hydra Head) Neurosis - Given To The Rising (Neurot) Om - Pilgrimage (Southern Lord) Pig Destroyer - Phantom Limb (Relapse) The Austerity Program - Black Madonna (Hydra Head) The Dillinger Escape Plan - Ire Works (Relapse) Watain - Sworn To The Dark (Ajna Offensive) Wolves In The Throne Room - Two Hunters (Southern Lord)

Metal Album Of The Year -

Hip-Hop Album Of The Year

Aesop Rock - None Shall Pass (Definitive Jux) Black Milk - Popular Demand (Fat Beats) Brother Ali - The Undisputed Truth (Rhymesayers) Busdriver - RoadKillOvercoat (Epitaph/Anti-) Devin The Dude - Waitin' To Inhale (Rap-A-Lot) Dizzee Rascal - Maths + English (XL) El-P - I'll Sleep When You're Dead (Definitive Jux) Lifesavas - Gutterfly:The Original Soundtrack (Quannum) Little Brother - Getback (ABB) Prodigy - Return Of The Mac (Koch) Sage Francis - Human the Death Dance (Epitaph) Saul Williams - The Inevitable Rise And Liberation Of NiggyTardust (The FADER Label)

Hip-Hop Album Of The Year -

Punk Album Of The Year

Black Lips - Good Bad Not Evil (Vice) Clockcleaner - Babylon Rules (Load) Fucked Up - Year Of The Pig EP (What's Your Rupture?) Future Of The Left - Curses (Too Pure) Gallows - Orchestra Of Wolves (Epitaph) Gogol Bordello - Super Taranta! (Side One Dummy) Magik Markers - Boss (Ecstatic Peace) Marnie Stern - In Advance Of The Broken Arm (Kill Rock Stars) No Age - Weirdo Rippers (FatCat) Pissed Jeans - Hope For Men (Sub Pop) Silver Daggers - New High & Ord (Load) The Locust - New Erections (Anti-)

Punk Album Of The Year -

Electronic/Dance Album Of The Year

!!! - Myth Takes (Warp) Caribou - Andorra (Merge) Chromeo - Fancy Footwork (Vice) Dan Deacon - Spiderman Of The Rings (Carpark) Digitalism - Idealism (Astralwerks) Gui Boratto - Chromophobia (Kompakt) Justice - ? (Downtown / Vice / Ed Banger) Matthew Dear - Asa Breed (Ghostly) Modeselektor - Happy Birthday! (Bpitch Control) Sally Shapiro - Disco Romance (Paper Bag) The Field - From Here We Go Sublime (Kompakt) Ulrich Schnauss - Goodbye (Domino)

Electronic/Dance Album Of The Year -

DJ Album Of The Year

A-Trak - Dirty South Dance (Obey) Booka Shade - DJ-Kicks (!K7) DJ Rekha - Basement Bhangra (Koch) Ewan Pearson - Fabric 35 (Fabric) Henrik Schwarz - Live (!K7) Hot Chip - DJ-Kicks (!K7) Justine D - Rvng Prsnts MX5 (Rvng Intl.) Lee Burridge - Balance 012 (E.Q.) Lil Wayne - Da Drought 3 (self-released) M.A.N.D.Y. - 12 Great Remixes For 11 Great Artists (Get Physical) Prins Thomas - Cosmo Galactic Prism (Eskimo) Ricardo Villalobos - Fabric 36 (Fabric)

DJ Album Of The Year -

Avant Album Of The Year

Black Moth Super Rainbow - Dandelion Gum (Graveface) Daniel A.I.U. Higgs - Atomic Yggdrasil Tarot (Thrill Jockey) Dirty Projectors - Rise Above (Dead Oceans) Eluvium - Copia (Temporary Residence) Eric Copeland - Hermaphrodite (Paw Tracks) HEALTH - HEALTH (Lovepump United) Holy Fuck - LP (XL) Liars - Liars (Mute) Robert Wyatt - Comicopera (Domino) Sunburned Hand Of The Man - Fire Escape (Smalltown Supersound) Sword Heaven - Entrance (Load) Zs - Arms (Planaria)

Avant Album Of The Year -

(Obsessive)

Artist Of The Year

Animal Collective Arcade Fire Band Of Horses Battles El-P Justice Of Montreal Okkervil River Panda Bear Radiohead Spoon The National

Artist Of The Year

Song Of The Year

Arcade Fire - "Keep The Car Running" (Merge) Battles - "Atlas" (Warp) Bright Eyes - "Four Winds" (Saddle Creek) Grinderman - "No Pussy Blues" (Anti-) Gui Boratto - "Beautiful Life" (Kompakt) Justice - "D.A.N.C.E." (Downtown / Vice / Ed Banger) Menomena - "Wet And Rusting" (Barsuk) Of Montreal - "Suffer For Fashion" (Polyvinyl) Panda Bear - "Bros" (Paw Tracks) Sea Wolf - "You're A Wolf" (Dangerbird) Spoon - "The Underdog" (Merge) The Natonal - "Fake Empire" (Beggars Banquet)

Song Of The Year

Live Act Of The Year

Animal Collective Arcade Fire Band Of Horses Battles Black Lips Celebration Dan Deacon Gogol Bordello Les Savy Fav Of Montreal Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings The National

Live Act Of The Year

Music Video Of The Year

Aesop Rock - "None Shall Pass" (Definitive Jux) Bat For Lashes - "What's A Girl To Do?" (Caroline) Battles - "Atlas" (Warp) Emily Haines And The Soft Skeleton - "Our Hell" (Last Gang Records) Escort - "All Through The Night" (Escort Records) Jos? Gonz?lez - "Down The Line" (Mute) Justice - "D.A.N.C.E." (Downtown / Vice / Ed Banger) Liars - "Plaster Casts Of Everything" (Mute) Maximo Park - "Our Velocity" (Warp) Menomena - "Rotten Hell" (Barsuk) St. Vincent - "Jesus Saves, I Spend" (Beggars Banquet) The Shins - "Phantom Limb" (Sub Pop)

Music Video Of The Year

Album Art/Packaging of the Year

Arcade Fire - Neon Bible: Deluxe Edition (Merge) Band Of Horses - Cease To Begin (Sub Pop) Bright Eyes - Cassadaga (Saddle Creek) Celebration - The Modern Tribe (4AD) Devendra Banhart - Smokey Rolls Down Thunder Canyon (XL) Grinderman - Grinderman (Anti-) Menomena - Friend And Foe (Barsuk) Ministry - The Last Sucker (13th Planet/Megaforce) Of Montreal - Hissing Fauna, Are You The Destroyer? (Polyvinyl) Panda Bear - Person Pitch (Paw Tracks) Patton Oswalt - Werewolves And Lollipops (Sub Pop) Shellac - Excellent Italian Greyhound (Touch & Go)

Album Art/Packaging of the Year

Record Label Of The Year

Anti- Arts & Crafts Beggars Group Dangerbird Definitive Jux Domino Ed Banger Jagjaguwar Merge Secretly Canadian Sub Pop Touch & Go Warp

Record Label Of The Year

Live Music Venue Of The Year

Bowery Ballroom - New York, NY Doug Fir Lounge - Portland. OR Emo's - Austin, TX Highline Ballroom - New York, NY Mercury Lounge - New York, NY Metro - Chicago, IL Music Hall Of Williamsburg - Brooklyn, NY Neumos - Seattle, WA Schuba's - Chicago, IL Spaceland - Los Angeles, CA The Middle East - Boston, MA Troubadour - West Hollywood, CA

Live Music Venue Of The Year

Music Festival Of The Year

All Tomorrow's Parties Austin City Limits Music Festival Bonnaroo Bumbershoot CMJ Music Marathon Coachella Valley Music Festival Fun Fun Fun Fest Lollapalooza Pitchfork Music Festival Sasquatch! Music Festival South By Southwest Vegoose

Music Festival Of The Year

(General)

Music Website Of The Year

Allmusic CokemachineGlow The Daily Swarm Daytrotter Elbo.ws The Hype Machine MySpace NME.com Paper Thin Walls Pitchfork Media Prefix Stylus

Music Website Of The Year

Music Blog Of The Year

An Aquarium Drunkard Brooklyn Vegan Coolfer Discobelle Fluxblog Gorilla Vs. Bear Idolator Largehearted Boy Music For Robots My Old Kentucky Blog Nah Right Stereogum

Music Blog Of The Year

Magazine Of The Year

Decibel Filter HARP Magnet Mojo Paste Spin The FADER The Wire Under The Radar URB XLR8R

Magazine Of The Year

Online Radio Station Of The Year

3WK BAGeL Radio CD101 Dublab East Village Radio Indie 103.1 KCRW KEXP Little Radio SomaFM WFMU WOXY

Online Radio Station Of The Year

Record Store of the Year

Amoeba Music - Hollywood, CA Amoeba Music - San Francisco, CA Aquarius Records - San Francisco, CA Criminal Records - Atlanta, GA Dusty Groove America - Chicago, IL Easy Street Records - Seattle, WA Grimey's New & Preloved Music - Nashville, TN Other Music - New York, NY Reckless Records - Chicago, IL Sonic Boom Records - Seattle, WA Twist & Shout - Denver, CO Waterloo Records - Austin, TX

Record Store of the Year

(Obsessive)

Zine Of The Year

DIW Galactic Zoo Dossier Impose Maximumrocknroll Roctober Sentimentalist Signal To Noise Skyscraper Stop Smiling 'Sup The Big Takeover Wax Poetics

Zine Of The Year

Online Record Store Of The Year

Amazon.com Aquarius Records Beatport Bleep eMusic Forced Exposure HipHopSite.com Insound iTunes LaLa Other Music Digital Turntable Lab

Online Record Store Of The Year

College/Non-Comm Radio Station Of The Year

KALX - Berkeley, CA KCMP - Northfield, MN KCRW - Santa Monica, CA KDHX - St Louis, MO KEXP - Seattle, WA KUSF - San Francisco, CA KXLU - Los Angeles, CA WFMU - Jersey City, NJ WLUW - Chicago, IL WNYU - New York, NY WRAS - Atlanta, GA WXPN - Philadelphia, PA

College/Non-Comm Radio Station Of The Year

Specialty Show Of The Year (Commercial Radio)

99X - SundaySchool w/ Elliott Garstin (Atlanta, GA) CD101 - Independent Playground w/ Tom Butler & Rudy Gerdeman (Grove City, OH) Indie 103.1 - Jonesy's Jukebox w/ Steve Jones (Santa Monica, CA) Indie 103.1 - Dead Air w/ Chuck P. (Santa Monica, CA) KBZT - Halloran's FTP! w/ Mike Halloran (San Diego, CA) KDGE - Adventure Club w/ Josh Venable (Dallas, TX) KPNT - New Music Sunday w/ Les Aaron (St Louis, MO) Live 105 - Soundcheck w/ Aaron Axelsen (San Francisco, CA) Sirius: Left Of Center - Blog Radio (New York, NY) The Buzz - Sonic Spectrum w/ Robert Moore (Kansas City, MO) WFNX - First Contact w/ Steve Theo (Boston, MA) WXRT - The Big Beat w/ Marty Lennartz (Chicago, IL)

Specialty Show Of The Year (Commercial Radio)

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