Last night, Terminal 5 hosted the 2008 Plug Awards, a now-annual event honoring the best in indie rock. The event featured performances from experimental beat-maker Divinci, simplistic rockers White Denim, angelic vocalist St. Vincent, acoustic wielding Jose Gonzalez, local favorites The Forms, and Brit-hop kid Dizzee Rascal. Stout comedian Patton Oswalt hosted the award show, filling in the gaps with surprisingly funny commentary (hipsters are a good target). The sold out crowd was mostly there for headliners Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds, who capped the event with an 11 song set. The event is streaming in its entirety over at Dell Lounge.

Under the cut, you'll find a list of bands/music publications/labels/etc who took home awards last night. For the most part, I was pleased with the results - - glad that Battles, Gogol Bordello and Andrew Bird were recognized for their art this year.

Best

• Album: Arcade Fire - Neon Bible
• New Artist: Justice
• Female Artist: Annie Clark
  
• Male Artist: Andrew Bird
• Indie Rock Album: Animal Collective - Strawberry Jam
• Americana Album: Iron & Wine - The Shepherd's Dog
• Metal Album: The Dillinger Escape Plan - Ire Works
• Hip Hop Album: Aesop Rock - None Shall Pass
• Punk Album: Gogol Borrdello - Super Taranta! (yay!)
• Electronic Album: Justice - †
• DJ Album: Hot Chip - DJ-Kicks
• Avant Album: Liars - Liars
• Artist: Radiohead
• Song: The National - Fake Empire
• Live Act: Arcade Fire
  
• Music Video: Battles - Atlas
• Album Art: Menomena - Friend and Foe
• Record Label: Merge
• Live Music: Bowery Ballroom
• Music Festival: Coachella
• Music Website: Pitchfork Media
• Music Blog: Stereogum
• Magazine: Paste
• Online Radio Station: KCRW
• Record Store: Other Music
• Zine: Wax Poetics
• Online Record Store: iTunes
• College Radio: KEXP
• Specialty Radio Show: Sirius - Left of Center - Blog Radio

Hallway of Nominees. That guy looks like hipster Napoleon Dynamite

Nick Cave = VIP

Believe it or not, Patton Oswalt was pretty funny.

Jose Gonzalez made the ladies swoon.

Nick Cave was like Craig Finn gone outlaw.

Interviews bore Annie Clark (St. Vincent)

Kevin Roberts from Suffrajett hanging with his little brother.