2008 Plug Awards Announced

I voted for a few of these and really can't argue too much with the list.

The complete list of winners of the PLUG 2008 Independent Music Awards are:

Album Of The Year -Arcade Fire - Neon Bible (Merge)

New Artist Of The Year - Justice

Female Artist Of The Year - Annie Clark (St. Vincent)

Male Artist Of The Year - Andrew Bird

Indie Rock Album Of The Year - Animal Collective - Strawberry Jam (Domino)

Americana Album Of The Year -Iron & Wine - The Shepherd's Dog (Sub Pop)

Metal Album Of The Year - The Dillinger Escape Plan - Ire Works (Relapse)

Hip-Hop Album Of The Year - Aesop Rock - None Shall Pass (Definitive Jux)

Punk Album Of The Year - Gogol Bordello - Super Taranta! (Side One Dummy)

Electronic/Dance Album Of The Year - Justice - † (Ed Banger/Vice)

DJ Album Of The Year - Hot Chip - DJ-Kicks (!K7)

Avant Album Of The Year - Liars - Liars (Mute)

Artist Of The Year - Radiohead

Song Of The Year - The National - "Fake Empire" - Boxer (Beggars Banquet)

Live Act Of The Year - Arcade Fire

Music Video Of The Year - Battles - "Atlas" (Warp)

Album Art/Packaging Of The Year - Menomena - Friend And Foe (Barsuk)

Label Of The Year - Merge

Live Music Venue Of The Year - Bowery Ballroom (New York, NY)

Music Festival Of The Year - Coachella Valley Music Festival

Music Website Of The Year -Pitchfork Media

Music Blog Of The Year - Stereogum

Magazine Of The Year - Paste

Online Radio Station Of The Year - KCRW

Record Store Of The Year - Other Music (New York, NY)

Zine Of The Year - Wax Poetics

Online Record Store Of The Year - iTunes

College/Non-Comm Radio Station Of The Year - KEXP (Seattle, WA)

Specialty Show Of The Year (Commercial Radio) - Sirius: Left Of Center - Blog Radio (New York, NY)