<![CDATA[PLUG Awards Keeping The Bases Covered - Idolator Comments]]> http://cache.gawker.com/assets/base/img/thumbs140x140/idolator.com.png <![CDATA[PLUG Awards Keeping The Bases Covered - Idolator Comments]]> http://idolator.com Tue, 20 Nov 2007 14:05:50 EST Tue, 20 Nov 2007 14:05:50 EST http://idolator.com/tunes/putting-the-overkill-in-pseudo_event-overkill/plug-awards-keeping-the-bases-covered-323247.php <![CDATA[PLUG Awards Keeping The Bases Covered]]> http://idolator.com/tunes/putting-the-overkill-in-pseudo_event-overkill/plug-awards-keeping-the-bases-covered-323247.php#c3041652 *list

izunes

]]> 33:323247:c3041652 Tue, 20 Nov 2007 14:05:50 EST <![CDATA[PLUG Awards Keeping The Bases Covered]]> http://idolator.com/tunes/putting-the-overkill-in-pseudo_event-overkill/plug-awards-keeping-the-bases-covered-323247.php#c3041648 but radiohead is nominated for 'best album' and not on the 'best INDIE album'

izunes

]]> 33:323247:c3041648 Tue, 20 Nov 2007 14:05:41 EST <![CDATA[PLUG Awards Keeping The Bases Covered]]> http://idolator.com/tunes/putting-the-overkill-in-pseudo_event-overkill/plug-awards-keeping-the-bases-covered-323247.php#c2995725 @The Van Buren Boys: Even more evidence of my assertion that tracking "Best Of" lists on a year-long scale should be done away with. More appropriate now would be people making lists for "Best Albums of the Last Three Months," or "Best Albums This Week," or "Best Album Of The Last Fifteen Seconds (The Duration Of My Attention Span)."

Catbirdseat

]]> 33:323247:c2995725 Thu, 15 Nov 2007 18:35:20 EST <![CDATA[PLUG Awards Keeping The Bases Covered]]> http://idolator.com/tunes/putting-the-overkill-in-pseudo_event-overkill/plug-awards-keeping-the-bases-covered-323247.php#c2994557 @jmb112485: Good call on that. It just seems like a lot of people have forgotten about that album since it was released back in January which is like 10 years in internet time.

The Van Buren Boys

]]> 33:323247:c2994557 Thu, 15 Nov 2007 17:18:41 EST <![CDATA[PLUG Awards Keeping The Bases Covered]]> http://idolator.com/tunes/putting-the-overkill-in-pseudo_event-overkill/plug-awards-keeping-the-bases-covered-323247.php#c2994380 @jmb112485: You mean Philip K. Dick, and yes I agree, it's a bright beautiful future we're looking at...

Dick Laurent is dead.

]]> 33:323247:c2994380 Thu, 15 Nov 2007 17:10:21 EST <![CDATA[PLUG Awards Keeping The Bases Covered]]> http://idolator.com/tunes/putting-the-overkill-in-pseudo_event-overkill/plug-awards-keeping-the-bases-covered-323247.php#c2994188 A vote for Okkervil River is a vote for the mostly unbearded great indie rock hope of America.

heyzeus

]]> 33:323247:c2994188 Thu, 15 Nov 2007 16:58:53 EST <![CDATA[PLUG Awards Keeping The Bases Covered]]> http://idolator.com/tunes/putting-the-overkill-in-pseudo_event-overkill/plug-awards-keeping-the-bases-covered-323247.php#c2994182 @The Van Buren Boys: Ummmm, wasn't menomena best new music also????

Don't mean to call bullshit here--okay, I do.

Anyway, nothing gets overlooked in the internet age. It all gets compressed in white neo-schmalz. That's why its perfect in Richard K. Dick kind of way. Just be happy your alive.

jmb112485

]]> 33:323247:c2994182 Thu, 15 Nov 2007 16:58:20 EST <![CDATA[PLUG Awards Keeping The Bases Covered]]> http://idolator.com/tunes/putting-the-overkill-in-pseudo_event-overkill/plug-awards-keeping-the-bases-covered-323247.php#c2993862 @aluberalles: "In Advance of the Broken Arm" is my favorite album this year. I've seen her twice live and she's been amazing both times, like watching someone grapple with a whole universe inside their brain. At the very least she singlehandedley obliterates fucking "Neon Bible."

SuperUnison

]]> 33:323247:c2993862 Thu, 15 Nov 2007 16:40:55 EST <![CDATA[PLUG Awards Keeping The Bases Covered]]> http://idolator.com/tunes/putting-the-overkill-in-pseudo_event-overkill/plug-awards-keeping-the-bases-covered-323247.php#c2992721 Album of the Year: Includes people of non-Caucasian origin.

Indie Rock Album of the Year: White People-palooza

I still don't "get" the PLUG Awards. Maybe it's better that way.

MTS

]]> 33:323247:c2992721 Thu, 15 Nov 2007 15:39:13 EST <![CDATA[PLUG Awards Keeping The Bases Covered]]> http://idolator.com/tunes/putting-the-overkill-in-pseudo_event-overkill/plug-awards-keeping-the-bases-covered-323247.php#c2992608 How many people actually finished their nominee ballots on time? I think I nominated Google Search for Best Music Website.

blackmailismylife

]]> 33:323247:c2992608 Thu, 15 Nov 2007 15:34:29 EST <![CDATA[PLUG Awards Keeping The Bases Covered]]> http://idolator.com/tunes/putting-the-overkill-in-pseudo_event-overkill/plug-awards-keeping-the-bases-covered-323247.php#c2992398 Ugh, these nominees are so obvious. They've pretty much just copied everything that Pitchfork has hailed all year. The least they could do is nominate a couple albums that were largely overlooked all year (Menomena).

The Van Buren Boys

]]> 33:323247:c2992398 Thu, 15 Nov 2007 15:25:08 EST <![CDATA[PLUG Awards Keeping The Bases Covered]]> http://idolator.com/tunes/putting-the-overkill-in-pseudo_event-overkill/plug-awards-keeping-the-bases-covered-323247.php#c2992183 @DavidWatts: At least half? You're lowballing there. I'd say at least 3/4ths.

Labtheque

]]> 33:323247:c2992183 Thu, 15 Nov 2007 15:15:03 EST <![CDATA[PLUG Awards Keeping The Bases Covered]]> http://idolator.com/tunes/putting-the-overkill-in-pseudo_event-overkill/plug-awards-keeping-the-bases-covered-323247.php#c2991858 @Matos: Huh, I had no idea. I'll go crawl back under my rock now.

the rich girls are weeping

]]> 33:323247:c2991858 Thu, 15 Nov 2007 14:59:55 EST <![CDATA[PLUG Awards Keeping The Bases Covered]]> http://idolator.com/tunes/putting-the-overkill-in-pseudo_event-overkill/plug-awards-keeping-the-bases-covered-323247.php#c2991525 @therichgirlsareweeping: It's on Interscope in the U.S.

Michaelangelo Matos

]]> 33:323247:c2991525 Thu, 15 Nov 2007 14:44:48 EST <![CDATA[PLUG Awards Keeping The Bases Covered]]> http://idolator.com/tunes/putting-the-overkill-in-pseudo_event-overkill/plug-awards-keeping-the-bases-covered-323247.php#c2991462 guys, justice isn't good.

katie_a_princess

]]> 33:323247:c2991462 Thu, 15 Nov 2007 14:41:47 EST <![CDATA[PLUG Awards Keeping The Bases Covered]]> http://idolator.com/tunes/putting-the-overkill-in-pseudo_event-overkill/plug-awards-keeping-the-bases-covered-323247.php#c2990668 Why, it's so that El-P album can be nominated for album of the year, duh. *cough*worldsfairballotboxstuffing*cough*

@Matos: When did M.I.A. sign to a major? Isn't she on XL still?

I hate "indie rock."

the rich girls are weeping

]]> 33:323247:c2990668 Thu, 15 Nov 2007 14:04:38 EST <![CDATA[PLUG Awards Keeping The Bases Covered]]> http://idolator.com/tunes/putting-the-overkill-in-pseudo_event-overkill/plug-awards-keeping-the-bases-covered-323247.php#c2990567 Is it the "rock" part? Even with Battles? Do Radiohead use too many keyboards? Of Montreal rocks harder than Beirut? Oog, I've got to stop thinking about this.

BeRightBack

]]> 33:323247:c2990567 Thu, 15 Nov 2007 13:59:40 EST <![CDATA[PLUG Awards Keeping The Bases Covered]]> http://idolator.com/tunes/putting-the-overkill-in-pseudo_event-overkill/plug-awards-keeping-the-bases-covered-323247.php#c2990377 @Matos: So I guess it comes back to the central question of the post once more: what the hey is the difference between the two lists?

BeRightBack

]]> 33:323247:c2990377 Thu, 15 Nov 2007 13:52:43 EST <![CDATA[PLUG Awards Keeping The Bases Covered]]> http://idolator.com/tunes/putting-the-overkill-in-pseudo_event-overkill/plug-awards-keeping-the-bases-covered-323247.php#c2990342 At least half of those records are total crap.

DavidWatts

]]> 33:323247:c2990342 Thu, 15 Nov 2007 13:51:40 EST <![CDATA[PLUG Awards Keeping The Bases Covered]]> http://idolator.com/tunes/putting-the-overkill-in-pseudo_event-overkill/plug-awards-keeping-the-bases-covered-323247.php#c2990318 @BeRightBack: "lists of nominees" I meant. Bleeeargh.

BeRightBack

]]> 33:323247:c2990318 Thu, 15 Nov 2007 13:50:48 EST <![CDATA[PLUG Awards Keeping The Bases Covered]]> http://idolator.com/tunes/putting-the-overkill-in-pseudo_event-overkill/plug-awards-keeping-the-bases-covered-323247.php#c2990307 PJ Harvey's on a major, though. So too is M.I.A. (sigh)

Michaelangelo Matos

]]> 33:323247:c2990307 Thu, 15 Nov 2007 13:50:26 EST <![CDATA[PLUG Awards Keeping The Bases Covered]]> http://idolator.com/tunes/putting-the-overkill-in-pseudo_event-overkill/plug-awards-keeping-the-bases-covered-323247.php#c2990279 @aluberalles: And PJ Harvey, who seemed kind of a gimme, especially since the list of nominees are so capacious. I count two bands containing girls on each list, and two of them are the same band (Arcade Fire). I could be wrong, though, I don't know anything about Okkervil River, for example. But still: WTF, beardos.

BeRightBack

]]> 33:323247:c2990279 Thu, 15 Nov 2007 13:49:29 EST <![CDATA[PLUG Awards Keeping The Bases Covered]]> http://idolator.com/tunes/putting-the-overkill-in-pseudo_event-overkill/plug-awards-keeping-the-bases-covered-323247.php#c2990050 It's pretty disgusting how male-dominated those lists are, especially considering strong records from St. Vincent, Marnie Stern, Celebration, M.I.A., etc. that would seem to appeal to this same crowd.

AL

]]> 33:323247:c2990050 Thu, 15 Nov 2007 13:40:11 EST <![CDATA[PLUG Awards Keeping The Bases Covered]]> http://idolator.com/tunes/putting-the-overkill-in-pseudo_event-overkill/plug-awards-keeping-the-bases-covered-323247.php#c2990025 @maura: I guess all you have to do is release an album directly after years of being part of the major label machinery to become indie rock again.

Take that, Oasis!

loudersoft

]]> 33:323247:c2990025 Thu, 15 Nov 2007 13:38:43 EST <![CDATA[PLUG Awards Keeping The Bases Covered]]> http://idolator.com/tunes/putting-the-overkill-in-pseudo_event-overkill/plug-awards-keeping-the-bases-covered-323247.php#c2989943 Radiohead isn't "indie rock"? WHAT DO WORDS MEAN ANYMORE

Maura Johnston

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