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David Cross hosting the Plug Awards
NOT DAVID CROSS (INFO)
David Cross is hosting the annual Plug Awards ceremony at Irving Plaza on February 10th, 2007 (musical acts TBA). David Cross is NOT in a new show called "One Punk Under God". David Cross IS performing at the Onion holiday party, but it's "sold out".
And speaking of the Plug Awards, there's still time to VOTE. Let's look at the songs nominated for "Song of the Year":
* Arctic Monkeys - "I Bet You Look Good On The Dancefloor" (Domino)OK, now vote, or at least post your favorite song of 2006 in the comments.
* Band Of Horses - "The Funeral" (Sub Pop)
* Gossip - "Standing In The Way Of Control" (Kill Rock Stars)
* Hot Chip - "And I Was A Boy From School" (Astralwerks)
* Hot Chip - "Over And Over" (Astralwerks)
* Jenny Lewis w/ Watson Twins - "Rise Up With Fists" (Team Love)
* Midlake - "Roscoe" (Bella Union)
* Peter Bjorn And John - "Young Folks" (Wichita)
* Silversun Pickups - "Lazy Eye" (Dangerbird)
* The Coup - "Laugh/Love/F**k" (Epitaph)
* The Knife - "We Share Our Mother's Health" (Mute)
* Tokyo Police Club - "Nature Of The Experiment" (Paper Bag)
Posted on December 8, 2006 4:01 PM
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tie between "funeral" and "rise up with fists"
Posted by ryan-freshbread | December 8, 2006 4:54 PM
My Top Ten Songs of 2006 [In no particular order]
Let the arguing begin...
The Dears: "Bandwagoneers"
The Decemberists: "O Valencia"
Love Is All: "Turn the Radio Off"
Matt & Kim: "Yeah Yeah"
Think About Life: "Paul Cries"
TV on the Radio: "Wolf Like Me"
Envelopes: "Sister in Love"
Forward, Russia: "Thirteen" [Thanks to BV, I got to see them in the basement of Fontana's during CMJ with about only 50 other people. Sweet!]
Mates of State: "Think Long"
Neko Case: Hold On, Hold On"
Honorable Mention:
Rainer Maria: "Catastrophe"
The Rakes: "Retreat"
Camera Obscura: "Lloyd,I'm Ready to be Heartbroken
Bound Stems: "Western Biographic"
Regina Spektor: "Fidelity"
Posted by MrBartell1 | December 8, 2006 5:29 PM
The Hold Steady: "Massive Nights"
Tom Waits: "You Can Never Hold Back Spring"
Band of Horses: "The Funeral"
The Decemberists: "O Valencia"
Bob Dylan: "When the Deal Goes Down"
(Video of the Year, too)
Gnarls Barkley: "Crazy"
Bruce Springsteen: "My Oklahoma Home"
Built to Spill: "Goin' Against Your Mind"
The Raconteurs: "Broken Boy Soldiers"
Flaming Lips: "The W.A.N.D."
Great year for the old farts
Posted by TheEavesdroppers | December 8, 2006 6:00 PM
hold steady: you can make him like you
matt and kim: yeah yeah
asobi seksu: thursday
but the winner is obviously
peter bjorn and john: YOUNG FOLKS
Posted by a | December 8, 2006 6:46 PM
TV On The Radio - Wolf Like Me
Posted by Anonymous | December 8, 2006 6:48 PM
I vote for the old Brooklyn Vegan over the "new and improved" version!
Posted by Anonymous | December 8, 2006 6:54 PM
i vote gossip-standing in the way of control
i saw them live at the drunken unicorn in Atlanta. AMAZING. beth ditto...what can you say really?
Posted by ashley | December 8, 2006 7:58 PM
Sean Lennon - "Headlights"
Posted by Anonymous | December 8, 2006 8:47 PM
"The Pick of Destiny" — Tenacious D
Posted by yowza | December 8, 2006 9:38 PM
"Honest" by The Long Winters
Posted by drewo | December 8, 2006 10:37 PM
"Your Kisses are wasted on me" by the Pipettes
Posted by Jules | December 8, 2006 10:45 PM
"Dart For My Sweetheart" - Archie Bronson Outfit
"Sniper at the Gates of Heaven" - Black Angels
"Nancy Regan's Head" - Mission of Burma
"Jams Run Free" - Sonic Youth
"Wolf Like Me" - TVOTR
"Cheated Hearts" - Yeah Yeah Yeahs
"Pass the Hatchet, I Think I'm Goodkind" - Yo La Tengo
"Party Pit" - Hold Steady
Posted by matcoz | December 9, 2006 12:29 PM
"The Youngest Was the Most Loved" and "You Have Killed Me" by Morrissey
Not that these were my favorite two songs of the year, I just wanted them to get mentioned.
Posted by Moz fan | December 9, 2006 1:58 PM
Slightly off topic:
allmusic has posted an article, "The 25 Most Crushworthy Bands of 2006" http://allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=61::6<HP
(It's not based on looks.)
The two bands on the list that I know BV has mentioned several times are Land of Talk and Takka Takka.
Posted by Anonymous | December 9, 2006 2:15 PM
how is wolf like me not nomimnated?
Posted by the dude | December 9, 2006 5:54 PM
TOP 15:
TV On the Radio "Wolf Like Me"
Clipse "Mr. Me Too"
Benoit Pioulard "Palimend"
Cut Chemist "What's the Altitude"
Nobody & Mystic Chords of Memory "Decisions, Decisions"
Justin Timberlake "My Love"
Thom Yorke "The Eraser"
Peter Bjorn & John "Amsterdam"
Hot Chip "The Warning"
The Knife "Silent Shout"
Tobias Froberg "For Elisabeth Wherever You Are"
Lupe Fiasco "Kick, Push"
Junior Boys "In the Morning"
Christopher Willits "Colors Shifting"
Murs & 9th Wonder "Yesterday & Today"
Posted by that guy | December 12, 2006 1:27 AM
The Perpetual Self - Sufjan Stevens
or The Henney Buggy Band - Sufjan Stevens
...oh yeah,believe it...I went there.
Posted by jellie | December 15, 2006 3:00 AM