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

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Album of the Year

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

Americana Album of the Year

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

Avant Album of the Year

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

DJ Album of the Year

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

Electronic/Dance Album of the Year

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

Hip-Hop Album of the Year

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

Indie Rock Album of the Year

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

Metal Album of the Year

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

Punk Album of the Year

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

Album Art/Packaging of the Year

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

Music DVD of the Year

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

Music Video of the Year

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Year Recipient Nominees
2006 The Decemberists, "Sixteen Military Wives"
2007 Wolf Parade, "I'll Believe in Anything"
2008 Battles, "Atlas"

Song of the Year

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Year Recipient Nominees
2007 Band of Horses, "The Funeral"
2008 The National, "Fake Empire"

Artist of the Year

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

New Artist of the Year

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Year Recipient Nominees
2008 Justice
2007 Arctic Monkeys
2006 Clap Your Hands Say Yeah
2005 Arcade Fire

Live Act of the Year

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

Female Artist of the Year

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

Male Artist of the Year

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

2005

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2006

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2007

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2008

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