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