Nick Cave Lashes Out Against Plug Awards

He shares the following quote with The Village Voice regarding his presence at this year's Plug Awards: *"To be honest, I wondered what the fuck we were doing there. I don't want to be ungrateful, but I've never been concerned with indie music being more 'worthy' than mainstream music, whatever kind of inverted snobbery that is."*

Read the entire article here.

MP3: Nick Cave - Breathless

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Plug Awards 2008: The Winners

And they are...

Best Album:
Arcade Fire - Neon Bible

Best New Artist:
Justice

Song Of The Year:
The National - Fake Empire

Best Live Act:
Arcade Fire

Best Music Video:
Battles - Atlas

Best Music Venue:
The Bowery Ballroom (NYC)

Best Online Radio Station:
KCRW

Best Record Shop:
Other Music (NYC)

For all other winners, head here.

MP3: Justice - D.A.N.C.E. (Doudi Remix)

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Plug Awards 2008 Nominees Announced

View the full list here. To quench your immediate thirst, check out the selections for album of the year below. Of Montreal MP3 at bottom.

Arcade Fire - Neon Bible
Band Of Horses - Cease To Begin
Battles - Mirrored
Beirut - The Flying Club Cup
El-P - I'll Sleep When You're Dead
Justice - †
Of Montreal - Hissing Fauna
Panda Bear - Person Pitch
Radiohead - In Rainbows
Sharon Jones - 100 Days, 100 Nights
Spoon - Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga
The National - Boxer

MP3: Of Montreal - Heimdalsgate Like A Promethean Curse

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Plug Award Winners

Screw the Grammys, here's who won on the biggest indie night around, presented last night @ Irving Plaza.

Album Of The Year - Band Of Horses
Artist Of The Year - J Dilla
Live Act - Broken Social Scene
Blog Of The Year - BrooklynVegan
New Artist - Arctic Monkeys
Female Artist - Neko Case
Male Artist - Sufjan Stevens
Indie Album - Yo La Tengo
Electronic Album - Thom Yorke
Song Of The Year - Band Of Horses
Music Video - Wolf Parade
Record Label - Sub Pop
Album Art - Hot Chip
Internet Radio - WOXY.com
Live Music Venue - Bowery Ballroom
Magazine Of The Year - Paste

All the rest (there are lots) can be found here!

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Open The Show @ The Plug Awards!

This just in from the fine folks @ Jelly NYC (they brought you those fantastic McCarren shows over the summer):

Imeem and PLUG are holding a contest to give you and up-and-coming bands a
chance to open up for some of the hottest indie bands today. Just submit
your original song to the PLUG Brooklyn meem; the top rated songs will be
judged by PLUG, and one lucky winner will be chosen! The winning band will
then get a chance to play at the PLUG Brooklyn show on November 17, 2006 @
The Syrup Room. The entry deadline is Tuesday, November 14th.

Enter at: plugbrooklyn.imeem.com

Details

Friday, November 17th

The Syrup Room @ 100 Ingraham st

Line Up:

The Harlem Shakes
Takka Takka
Dragons of Zynth
Illinois

Djs: Finger on the Pulse

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