Of Montreal, Justice, Arcade Fire lead Plug Award nominations
Band Of Horses, The National, Spoon also get nods in 2008
Justice, Battles, Arcade Fire and Spoon have been nominated in several categories in the 2008 Plug Independent Music Awards.
Georgia band Of Montreal have the most nominations, competing in seven categories including Album Of The Year for ‘Hissing Fauna, Are You The Destroyer?’ , Artist Of The Year and Song Of The Year for ‘Suffer For Fashion’.
Arcade Fire and Justice each received six nominations and will go up against Of Montreal for Artist, Song and Album Of The Year while Band Of Horses and The National each got five nods. El-P and Spoon are nominated in four categories.
Radiohead, Bat For Lashes and Liars are also nominated.
The ceremony takes place on February 8 at Terminal 5 in New York City.
Some nominees are:
Album Of The Year:
† (Downtown/Vice/Ed Banger) - Justice
100 Days, 100 Nights (Daptone) - Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings
Boxer (Beggars Banquet) - The National
Cease To Begin (Sub Pop) - Band Of Horses
Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga (Merge) - Spoon
Hissing Fauna, Are You The Destroyer? (Polyvinyl) - Of Montreal
I'll Sleep When You're Dead (Definitive Jux) - El-P
In Rainbows (self-released) - Radiohead
Mirrored (Warp) - Battles
Neon Bible (Merge) - Arcade Fire
Person Pitch (Paw Tracks) - Panda Bear
The Flying Club Cup (Ba Da Bing) - Beirut
Artist Of The Year:
Animal Collective
Arcade Fire
Band Of Horses
Battles
El-P
Justice
Of Montreal
Okkervil River
Panda Bear
Radiohead
Spoon
The National
New Artist Of The Year:
Bat For Lashes
Battles
Dan Deacon
Deerhunter
Justice
Los Campesinos!
No Age
Sea Wolf
St. Vincent
Vampire Weekend
White Rabbits
Yeasayer
Song Of The Year:
Atlas - Battles
Beautiful Life - Gui Boratto
Bros - Panda Bear
D.A.N.C.E. - Justice
Fake Empire - The National
Four Winds - Bright Eyes
Keep The Car Running - Arcade Fire
No Pussy Blues - Grinderman
Suffer For Fashion - Of Montreal
The Underdog - Spoon
Wet And Rusting - Menomena
You're A Wolf - Sea Wolf
--By our New York staff.
Find out more about NME.
Georgia band Of Montreal have the most nominations, competing in seven categories including Album Of The Year for ‘Hissing Fauna, Are You The Destroyer?’ , Artist Of The Year and Song Of The Year for ‘Suffer For Fashion’.
Arcade Fire and Justice each received six nominations and will go up against Of Montreal for Artist, Song and Album Of The Year while Band Of Horses and The National each got five nods. El-P and Spoon are nominated in four categories.
Radiohead, Bat For Lashes and Liars are also nominated.
The ceremony takes place on February 8 at Terminal 5 in New York City.
Some nominees are:
Album Of The Year:
† (Downtown/Vice/Ed Banger) - Justice
100 Days, 100 Nights (Daptone) - Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings
Boxer (Beggars Banquet) - The National
Cease To Begin (Sub Pop) - Band Of Horses
Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga (Merge) - Spoon
Hissing Fauna, Are You The Destroyer? (Polyvinyl) - Of Montreal
I'll Sleep When You're Dead (Definitive Jux) - El-P
In Rainbows (self-released) - Radiohead
Mirrored (Warp) - Battles
Neon Bible (Merge) - Arcade Fire
Person Pitch (Paw Tracks) - Panda Bear
The Flying Club Cup (Ba Da Bing) - Beirut
Artist Of The Year:
Animal Collective
Arcade Fire
Band Of Horses
Battles
El-P
Justice
Of Montreal
Okkervil River
Panda Bear
Radiohead
Spoon
The National
New Artist Of The Year:
Bat For Lashes
Battles
Dan Deacon
Deerhunter
Justice
Los Campesinos!
No Age
Sea Wolf
St. Vincent
Vampire Weekend
White Rabbits
Yeasayer
Song Of The Year:
Atlas - Battles
Beautiful Life - Gui Boratto
Bros - Panda Bear
D.A.N.C.E. - Justice
Fake Empire - The National
Four Winds - Bright Eyes
Keep The Car Running - Arcade Fire
No Pussy Blues - Grinderman
Suffer For Fashion - Of Montreal
The Underdog - Spoon
Wet And Rusting - Menomena
You're A Wolf - Sea Wolf
--By our New York staff.
Find out more about NME.
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