The Winners!!!!

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Here are the results for the 2006 Music Blog Awards. Congrats to everyone who won!

The Nominees For the 1st Annual Music Blog Awards

We are pleased to announce the nominees for the 1st ever Music Blog Awards. The nominees below were selected by music bloggers from across the internet. The bloggers who participated represent a diverse cross-section of genres. Thanks to everyone who voted, now the fun begins.

Event/Award Show Details to follow, shortly.

If you're a music blogger who did not participate in the nomination process, you are still eligible to vote in the finals. Just email us your name, blog, and your choices in each category. Vote for one and only one nominee per category. Votes are due Monday, February 12th at 11:59 PM.

2006 MUBA Awards - Nominees

Album of the Year

1. Camera Obscura – Let’s Get Out Of This Country
2. Hot Chip – The Warning
3. Joanna Newsom – YS
4. The Decemberists – The Crane Wife
5. The Knife – Silent Shout
6. TV on the Radio – Return to Cookie Mountain
   

Song of the Year

1. Band of Horses – "The Funeral"
2. Beirut – "Postcards From Italy"
3. Camera Obscura – "Lloyd, I’m Ready To Be Heartbroken"
4. Gnarls Barkley – "Crazy"
5. Midlake – "Roscoe"
6. Peter Bjorn and John – "Young Folks"
   

Best Artist

1. Beck
2. Joanna Newsom
3. The Decemberists
4. The Knife
5. TV On the Radio
   

Best Blog

1. An Aquarium Drunkard
2. I Guess I’m Floating
3. Large Hearted Boy
4. My Old Kentucky Blog
5. Stereogum

Best Live Band

1. Cansei Der Se Sexy (CSS)
2. Radiohead
3. Tapes N Tapes
4. The Decemberists
5. TV on the Radio

Best Rock/Alt. Rock Album

1. The Raconteurs – Broken Boy Soldiers
2. The Decemberists – The Crane Wife
3. Thom Yorke – The Eraser
4. TV on the Radio – Return To Cookie Mountain
5. Wolfmother – Wolfmother

Best Rock/Alt. Rock Song

1. Band of Horses – "The Funeral"
2. Tapes N Tapes – "Insistor"
3. The Decemberists – "O! Valencia"
4. The Raconteurs – "Steady As She Goes"
5. TV On The Radio – "Wolf Like Me"

Best Debut Album

1. Beirut – Gulag Orkestar
2. Cold War Kids – Robbers & Cowards
3. Gnarls Barkley – St. Elsewhere
4. Lily Allen – Alright, Still
5. Lupe Fiasco – Lupe Fiasco’s Food & Liquor
6. We Are Scientists – With Love and Squalor
   

Best Indie Album

1. Cold War Kids – Robbers & Cowards
2. The Hold Steady – Boys and Girls In America
3. Sunset Rubdown – Shup Up I Am Dreaming
4. Tapes and Tapes – The Loon
5. The Thermals – The Body, The Blood, The Machine
   

Best Dance/Electronica Album

1. Cansei De Ser Sexy – Cansei De Ser Sexy
2. Girl Talk – Night Ripper
3. Goldfrapp – Supernature
4. Hot Chip – The Warning
5. The Knife – Silent Shout
   

Best Dance/Electronica Song

1. Gnarls Barkley – "Crazy"
2. Hot Chip – "And I Was A Boy From School"
3. LCD Soundsystem – "45:33"
4. The Knife – "We Share Our Mother’s Health"
5. The Rapture – "Whoo! Alright, Yeah…Uh Huh"
   

Best Rap Song

1. Nas – "Hip-Hop Is Dead"
2. Outkast – "PJ and Rooster"
3. T.I. – "What You Know"
   

Best Rap Album

1. Clipse – Hell Hath No Fury
2. Ghostface Killah – Fishscale
3. Lupe Fiasco – Lupe Fiasco’s Food & Liquor
4. Nas – Hip-Hop Is Dead
5. Rhymefest – Blue Collar
   

Best Country/Alt.Country/Country Rock Album

1. Drive By Truckers – A Blessing And A Curse
2. Jenny Lewis and the Watson Twins – Rabbit Fur Coat
3. Neko Case – Fox Confessor Brings The Flood
4. Old Crow Medicine Show – Big Iron World
5. The Be Good Tanyas – Hello Love

The Finalists To Be Announced

On Monday, January 22nd at 11:59 PM, we will post the official list of the finalists for the 1st Annual Music Blog Awards. We had a great turn-out and the tentative finalist list looks fantastic.

Check back on Monday for the finalists.

The Music Blog Awards

For all those checking to see what we are about...here's some info about who we are and what are goals are...thanks!

INTRODUCTION

Every few years, the music industry changes forever. This year, it’s going to happen again.

There are three ways that the industry changes.

First, in the way we listen to music. In the 60s, people sat in basements spinning vinyl to all hours of the night. The 80s gave us the compact disc with higher quality music in a smaller package. But then, in the late 90s, a little program called Napster set a course that would, in turn, make the CD…extinct. Now people pack an entire library of music in their pocket. The MP3 now reigns the world of music.

Secondly, it changes in the way we learn about music. In the 60s, Rolling Stone was the authoritative voice on what was cool. The 80s ushered in the MTV-era as music videos became the voice of cool. In the dawn of the new century, Music blogs are now the ones who decide what the world should be listening to.

And lastly, the industry changes in the way we celebrate it. In 1959, at the first ever Grammy Award ceremony, Domenico Modugno beat out Frank Sinatra and Peggy Lee for the Record of the Year. In 1984, the Cars took home the first Moonman statue from the MTV Music Video Awards. In 2007, some artist will be lucky enough to be the first ever to win a MUBA award for album of the year.

THE MUSIC BLOG AWARDS

The Music Blog Awards are the first award show to combine the way today’s audience listens to music (MP3s), discovers music (music blogs), and celebrates it (the MUBA).

Artists will be nominated in a variety of categories by the authors of some of the most popular music blogs on the internet. (see the blog list on the following page)

Five artists will be nominated in each category. Final nominees will be announced on January 22^nd, 2007.

The music bloggers will vote for their favorite finalist in each category.

In early March, we will hold the 1^st Annual Music Blog Award presentation.

Votes Are Being Counted

We're up to our necks in votes, counting them as fast as possible to get the Final Nominations out to you by January 22nd.

This is shaping up to be something special...thanks to everyone so far for participating.

Happy 2007!

As the votes are rolling in, I thought I start a thread about the most anticipated albums for this coming year. Here's the top 20 albums floating around our office. Which albums are you waiting for? Which ones did we forget?

The 20 Most Anticipated Albums for 2007 (in no particular order) :

1. Guns N Roses - Chinese Democracy (March 20, 2007)
2. Linkin Park - The ---- and The ---- (Summer 2007)
3. Smashing Pumpkins - Smashing Pumpkins (May 2007)
4. The Pixies - Untitled (Fall 2007)
5. Bright Eyes - Cassadaga (April 2007)
6. Radiohead - Untitled (Fall 2007)
7. Satelite Party - Kinky (Spring 2007)
8. Dr. Dre - Detox (November 2007)
9. Green Day - Canadian Hoser (Fall 2007)
10. LCD Soundsystem - Sound of Silver (March 2007)
11. Arcade Fire - Neon Bible (Feb. 2007)
12. The Shins - Wincing The Night Away (January 2007)
13. The White Stripes - Top Special (July 2007)
14. Clap Your Hands Say Yeah - Some louder Thunder (January 2007)
15. Modest Mouse - We Were Dead Before The Ship Even Sank (April 2007)
16. Bloc Party - A Weekend in the City (Feb. 2007)
17. Nine Inch Nails - Untitled (May 2007)
18. Chris Cornell - Solo Album 2 (April 2007)
19. Interpol - Untitled (Fall 2007)
20. That awesome debut album by someone we've never heard before!

Happy Holidays from MUBA

I've been sitting here for the past week trying to think up something to write about to keep the blog going. Truth is...it's the holidays...nothing's going on. We're still around and we're rallying up the voters. More news will be around next week. Until then, start collecting your votes together.