Plug Awards - Vote Now

If you're an indie music lover, make sure to go vote for the Plug Awards. The nominees are picked by a bunch of bloggers (Rockinsider, GvsB, Myoldkyhome, Pitchfork, YANP, BrooklynVegan, etc.), publicists, label folks, celebs, etc. LA is well represented on the list - it's great to be a music fan in Los Angeles. Congratulations to all the nominees (I apologize if I missed anybody):

Silversun Pickups leads the way with seven nominations including: Album of the Year, New Artist of the Year (are they a new artist?), Indie Rock Album of the Year, Artist of the Year, Live Act of the Year, Song of the Year ("Lazy Eye"), Album Art/Packaging of the Year
Cold War Kids is up for New Artist of the Year
Jenny Lewis is up for Female Artist of the Year, Americana Album of the Year, Artist of the Year, Song of the Year ("Rise Up With Fists")
Mika Miko is up for Punk Album of the Year
Year Future is up for Punk Album of the Year
Dave Cooley is up for Producer of the Year (he produced the SSPU record)
Tony Hoffer is up for Producer of the Year (Belle & Sebastian producer, mixed SSPU)
Stones Throw is up for Label of the Year
Anti- is up for Label of the Year
The Echo is up for Live Music Venue of the Year
The Troubadour is up for Live Music Venue of the Year
Coachella is up for Music Festival of the Year
Filter Magazine is up for Magazine of the Year
Under the Radar is up for Magazine of the Year
KXLU is up for college/non-comm radio station of the year
KCRW is up for college/non-comm radio station of the year
Amoeba is up for record store of the year
KROQ - After Hours w/ Jason Bentley (Los Angeles, CA) - Specialty radio show of the year
KDLD - Jonesy's Jukebox w/ Steve Jones (Los Angeles, CA) - Specialty radio show of the year
KDLD - Dead Air w/ Chuck P (Los Angeles, CA) - Specialty radio show of the year
Dublab.com is up for internet radio station of the year
Littleradio.com is up for internet radio station of the year
KXLU, Indie 103 and KCRW are up for Online Radio station of the year (with terrestrial counterpart)

Once again I would like to extend a giant middle finger to Amy Phillips and the entire virtual staff of the Pitchfork blog. Here's what they had to say, "But please for the love of god, stay away from Silversun Pickups." Hey f--- you Amy Phillips and Pitchfork. Let's recap: they gave SSPU a 5.0, Cold War Kids a 5.0, Jenny Lewis a 6.1 and didn't bother to review the Mika Miko or Year Future records. I have a lot of respect for all five of those bands. They've all got different fanbases but great relationships with their audience.