PLUG: Independent Music Awards

Congratulations to the Winners! Announced at the PLUG Independent Music Awards Show March 6 and broadcast live @ Dell Lounge. An amazing night hosted by Patton Oswalt with performances by Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds, St. Vincent, Dizzee Rascal, José González, The Forms, DiVinci, and guest DJ Sally Shapiro. See who you all voted for below!

This year everyone cast their 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 see who this year’s winners were.

(General)

Album Of The Year

Arcade Fire - Neon Bible (Merge) Winner

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)

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New Artist Of The Year

Bat For LashesBattlesDan DeaconDeerhunterJustice Winner

Los Campesinos!No AgeSea WolfSt. VincentVampire WeekendWhite RabbitsYeasayer

New Artist Of The Year -

Female Artist Of The Year

Annie Clark (St. Vincent) Winner

Bettye LaVetteEmily HainesEmma PollockKatrina Ford (of Celebration)Marissa NadlerMarnie SternNatasha Khan (of Bat For Lashes)Nina NastasiaSally ShapiroScout NiblettSharon Jones

Female Artist Of The Year -

Male Artist Of The Year

Andrew Bird Winner

Dan DeaconDevendra BanhartEl-PJens LekmanJohn VandersliceJosé GonzálezKevin Barnes (of Of Montreal)Nick CaveNoah 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) Winner

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)

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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) Winner

Jesse Sykes & The Sweet Hereafter - Like, Love, Lust & The Open Halls Of The Soul (Barsuk)José González - 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)

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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) Winner

Watain - Sworn To The Dark (Ajna Offensive)Wolves In The Throne Room - Two Hunters (Southern Lord)

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Hip-Hop Album Of The Year

Aesop Rock - None Shall Pass (Definitive Jux) Winner

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) Winner

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-)

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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) Winner

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)

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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) Winner

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) Winner

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 CollectiveArcade FireBand Of HorsesBattlesEl-PJusticeOf MontrealOkkervil RiverPanda BearRadiohead Winner

SpoonThe 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 National - "Fake Empire" (Beggars Banquet) Winner

Song Of The Year

Live Act Of The Year

Animal CollectiveArcade Fire Winner

Band Of HorsesBattlesBlack LipsCelebrationDan DeaconGogol BordelloLes Savy FavOf MontrealSharon Jones & The Dap-KingsThe 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) Winner

Emily Haines And The Soft Skeleton - "Our Hell" (Last Gang Records)Escort - "All Through The Night" (Escort Records)José González - "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) Winner

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 & CraftsBeggars GroupDangerbirdDefinitive JuxDominoEd BangerJagjaguwarMerge Winner

Secretly CanadianSub PopTouch & GoWarp

Record Label Of The Year

Live Music Venue Of The Year

Bowery Ballroom - New York, NY Winner

Doug Fir Lounge - Portland. OREmo's - Austin, TXHighline Ballroom - New York, NYMercury Lounge - New York, NYMetro - Chicago, ILMusic Hall Of Williamsburg - Brooklyn, NYNeumos - Seattle, WASchuba's - Chicago, ILSpaceland - Los Angeles, CAThe Middle East - Boston, MATroubadour - West Hollywood, CA

Live Music Venue Of The Year

Music Festival Of The Year

All Tomorrow's PartiesAustin City Limits Music FestivalBonnarooBumbershootCMJ Music MarathonCoachella Valley Music Festival Winner

Fun Fun Fun FestLollapaloozaPitchfork Music FestivalSasquatch! Music FestivalSouth By SouthwestVegoose

Music Festival Of The Year

(General)

Music Website Of The Year