# 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
### Album of the Year

| Year | Recipient |
| 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

| Year | Recipient |
| 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

| Year | Recipient |
| 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

| Year | Recipient |
| 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

| Year | Recipient |
| 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

| Year | Recipient |
| 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

| Year | Recipient |
| 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

| Year | Recipient |
| 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

| Year | Recipient |
| 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

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

### Music DVD of the Year

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

### Music Video of the Year

| Year | Recipient | Nominees |
| 2006 | The Decemberists, "Sixteen Military Wives" | |
| 2007 | Wolf Parade, "I'll Believe in Anything" | CSS, "Let's Make Love and Listen to Death from Above" Danielson, "Did I Step on Your Trumpet" Eagles of Death Metal, "I Want You So Hard (Boy's Bad News)" Heavy Blinkers, "Try Telling that to My Baby" I Love You but I've Chosen Darkness, "The Owl" The Knife, "We Share Our Mothers' Health" Midlake, "Young Bride" Peeping Tom, "Mojo" The Pipettes, "Your Kisses Are Wasted on Me" Vitalic, "Poney Part 1" |
| 2008 | Battles, "Atlas" | |

### Song of the Year

| Year | Recipient | Nominees |
| 2007 | Band of Horses, "The Funeral" | Arctic Monkeys, "I Bet You Look Good on the Dancefloor" The Coup, "Laugh/Love/Fuck" Gossip, "Standing in the Way of Control" Hot Chip, "Boy from School" Hot Chip, "Over and Over" Jenny Lewis And The Watson Twins, "Rise Up with Fists!!" The Knife, "We Share Our Mothers' Health" Midlake, "Roscoe" Peter Bjorn and John featuring Victoria Bergsman, "Young Folks" Silversun Pickups, "Lazy Eye" Tokyo Police Club, "Nature of the Experiment" |
| 2008 | The National, "Fake Empire" | |

### Artist of the Year

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

### New Artist of the Year

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

### Live Act of the Year

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

### Female Artist of the Year

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

### Male Artist of the Year

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

### 2005

* PLUG Artist Impact Award: The Flaming Lips
* Record Producer of the Year: Danger Mouse
* Record Label of the Year: Definitive Jux
* Music Website of the Year: Pitchfork
* Magazine of the Year: The Wire
* College/Non-Comm Radio Station of the Year: KEXP-FM, Seattle, Washington
* Record Store of the Year: Amoeba Music, Hollywood, California
* Specialty Show of the Year: KDLD, Los Angeles, California – Dead Air
* Internet Radio Station of the Year: WOXY.com

### 2006

* PLUG Artist Impact Award: The Flaming Lips
* Record Producer of the Year: Danger Mouse
* Record Label of the Year: Sub Pop
* Music Festival of the Year : Coachella
* Music Website of the Year: Myspace
* Magazine of the Year: Paste
* College/Non-Comm Radio Station of the Year: KEXP-FM, Seattle, Washington
* Record Store of the Year: Amoeba Music, Hollywood, California
* Zine of the Year: Wax Poetics
* Specialty Show of the Year: WXPN, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania – World Café with David Dye
* Internet Radio Station of the Year: indie1031.fm

### 2007

* Record Producer of the Year: J Dilla
* Record Label of the Year: Sub Pop
* Live Music Venue of the Year: Bowery Ballroom, New York City
* Music Festival of the Year: South by Southwest
* Music Website of the Year: Pitchfork
* Music Blog of the Year: BrooklynVegan
* Magazine of the Year: Paste
* College/Non-Comm Radio Station of the Year: KEXP-FM, Seattle, Washington
* Record Store of the Year: Amoeba Music, Hollywood, California
* Zine of the Year: Wax Poetics
* Specialty Show of the Year: Sirius Left of Center – Blog Radio
* Podcast of the Year: WOXY.com – Lounge Acts
* Internet Radio Station of the Year: WOXY.com
* Online Radio Station of the Year (with Terrestrial Counterpart): KEXP-FM, Seattle
* Online Record Store of the Year: Amazon.com

### 2008

* Record Label of the Year: Merge Records
* Live Music Venue of the Year: Bowery Ballroom, New York City
* Music Festival of the Year: Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival
* Music Website of the Year: Pitchfork
* Music Blog of the Year: Stereogum
* Magazine of the Year: Paste
* College/Non-Comm Radio Station of the Year: KEXP-FM, Seattle, Washington
* Record Store of the Year: Other Music, New York City
* Zine of the Year: Wax Poetics
* Specialty Show of the Year: Sirius Left of Center – Blog Radio
* Online Radio Station of the Year: KCRW, Santa Monica, California
* Online Record Store of the Year: iTunes