Nominees have been announced for the 2008 PLUG Awards, which celebrates the best from the independent music community. Nominees were picked by the PLUG Cartel — a wide collection of industry professionals and tastemakers like Video Static (hey!) — but the ultimate winners will be chosen via online voting at plugawards.com, so if you're passionate: Vote early, vote often.
Nominees for Best Video are...
- Aesop Rock "None Shall Pass" (Definitive Jux)
— Ordinary Kids, directors
- Bat For Lashes "What's A Girl To Do?" (Caroline)
— Dougal Wilson, director
- Battles "Atlas" (Warp)
— Timothy Saccenti, director
- Emily Haines And The Soft Skeleton "Our Hell" (Last Gang Records)
— Jaron Albertin, director
- Escort "All Through The Night" (Escort Records)
— Irvin Coffee, director
- José González "Down The Line" (Mute)
— Andreas Nilsson, director
- Justice "D.A.N.C.E." (Downtown / Vice / Ed Banger)
— Justin & Francois, directors
- Liars "Plaster Casts Of Everything" (Mute)
— Patrick Daughters, director - Maximo Park "Our Velocity" (Warp)
— Nima Nourizadeh, director
- Menomena "Rotten Hell" (Barsuk)
— War & Julius, directors
- St. Vincent "Jesus Saves, I Spend" (Beggars Banquet)
— Andy Bruntel & Bucky Fukumoto, directors
- The Shins "Phantom Limb" (Sub Pop)
— Patrick Daughters, director