The annual Plug music award nominations are out. Celebrating almost every permeation of the Indy alternative music scene, the nominations include such current "it" artists as Antony And The Johnsons, Clap Your Hands Say Yeah, and Devendra Banhart. But for industry junkies like Hypebot it's the nominations for media and record labels that us excited. And while your checking out the list ask yourself, "How many of these have I ever heard of?" and "What does that say about me?".
Record Label Of The Year
Anti-/Epitaph
Barsuk
Beggars Group
Definitive Jux
Domino
Matador
Merge
Saddle Creek
Secretly Canadian
Sub Pop
Touch And Go
Warp 
Music Web Site
3hive.com
allmusic.com
brooklynvegan.com
dustedmagazine.com
insound.com
largeheartedboy.com
music.for-robots.com
myspace.com
nme.com
pitchforkmedia.com
stereogum.com
stylusmagazine.com
Magazine Of The Year
Arthur
CMJ New Music Monthly
Decibel
Fader
Filter
Harp
Magnet
Paste
Under The Radar
URB
Vice
XLR8R
Zine Of The Year
'Sup
Beautiful Decay
Big Takeover
Chord
Chunklet
Copper Press
Devil In The Woods
Maximumrocknroll
Punk Planet
Rockpile
Rocktober
Wax Poetics
Read the full list of Plug nominees here....and schedule a little time to learn more about who influences the indy music scene by visting and reading about these "best of the best".
