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The Plug Awards - the Grammys of integrity,
the People's Choice Award of the indie
and underground world, went down last
week in NYC and proclaimed Sufjan Stevens
the biggest winner (3 awards), Bright
Eyes close to that (2 awards), and Animal
Collective, Sleater-Kinney, Bloc Party
showed they're not a bunch of slouches
with awards for the best album the year
in their own respective genres.
The Plug Awards seeks to create an awards
show that escapes all of the evils of
other awards shows that focus on sales,
media saturation, etc (i.e. buying influence)
to reward novel concepts like artistic
integrity, and umm, good music. Sound
like a foreign concept? It shouldn't,
and that's why the Plug awards are trying
to create a venue that isn't so industry-centric.
"It’s not in the spirit of
what PLUG’s about to make nominators/voters
feel like PLUG is looking over your shoulder
with a rulebook in hand," says Plug's
nomination guidelines. Bands must be on
an indie label to qualify, so the show
has been at odds to explain what actually
qualifies as indie these days... a tough
task in any times. The show tries to put
indie music on the map while avoiding
elitism or taking itself too seriously.
The awards are voted on by the publicthrough
the Internets, and had a voter turnout
in the tens of thousands on a world-wide
scale. There was also an advisory board
who helped shaped the event, that included
names like Brooklyn Vegan, Mark Willett
of Music For Robots, and Sam Cannon of
3Hive.
The show was held in Webster Hall on
February 2nd, and included sessions on
how to get your indie on with Indie Night
School, live performances, and of course
the awards.
Plug Inedpendent
Music Awards: The Winners Album Of The
Year
Sufjan Stevens - Illinois (Asthmatic Kitty)
Artist Of
The Year
Bright Eyes
New Artist
Of The Year
Clap Your Hands Say Yeah
Song Of The
Year
Bright Eyes - When The President Talks
To God (Saddle Creek)
Female Artist
Of The Year
NekoCase
Male Artist
Of The Year
Sufjan Stevens
Hip-Hop Album
Of The Year
Dangerdoom - The Mouse And The Mask (Adult
Swim/Epitaph)
Punk Album
Of The Year
Sleater-Kinney - The Woods (Sub Pop)
Metal Album
Of The Year
Fantômas - Suspended Animation (Ipecac)
Electronic/Dance
Album Of The Year
M83 - Before The Dawn Heals Us (Mute)
Americana
Album Of The Year
Iron & Wine/Calexico - In The Reins
(Overcoat)
Indie Rock
Album Of The Year
Bloc Party - Silent Alarm (Vice)
DJ Album Of
The Year
DJ Shadow - One Night In Bangkok (No Shoes)
Avant Album
Of The Year
Animal Collective - Feels (FatCat)
Record Label
Of The Year
Sub Pop
Live Act Of
The Year
Arcade Fire
Music Festival
Of The Year
Coachella
Record Producer
of the Year
Danger Mouse
Music Video
Of The Year
The Decemberists - "16 Military Wives"
(Kill Rock Stars)
Album Art/Packaging
of the Year
Sufjan Stevens - Illinois (Asthmatic Kitty)
Music Website
Of The Year
myspace.com
Magazine Of
The Year
Paste
Zine Of The
Year
Wax Poetics
College/Non-Comm
Radio Station Of The Year
KEXP, Seattle, WA
Specialty
Show Of The Year (Commercial Radio)
WXPN, Philadelphia, PA, World Café
with David Dye
Internet Radio
Station of the Year
indie1031.fm
Record Store
of the Year
Amoeba Music, Berkeley, CA
Best Music
DVD of the Year
The Flaming Lips: The Fearless Freaks
(Shout! Factory)
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