The 2008 Plug Awards

The Sky Report will be on hand for tonight's 2008 Plug Independent Music Awards, featuring a headline performance from Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds. Cave is the recipient of this year's Plug Impact Award (awarded to Stephen Malkmus in 2007). The event will take place at Terminal 5 in NYC, with St. Vincent, Jose Gonzalez, and Dizzee Rascal also slated to perform. Swedish disco princess Sally Shapiro (nominated for two Plug Awards) will serve as the guest DJ.

Even though we weren't nominated for Music Blog of the Year (hey, maybe next year!), this does mark the first time we've ever attended an awards show. Exciting indeed. View a full list of this year's nominees here.

You can watch the awards simulcast live tonight at 8:00PM at www.delllounge.com/music/plugawards.

CAT POWER - "Jukebox" (Updated Again!)

Things change. That's life. But sometimes it's for the better. Matador has just re-released the tracklist for Cat Power's forthcoming covers record "Jukebox". No more 'Fortunate Son', but we do get a bonus CD, with covers of Patsy Cline, Roberta Flack, and Nick Cave. As well, the reassembled original disc will now close out with a cover of Joni Mitchell's 'Blue'. The album will be released January 22, 2008.

The times they are a changin', but for the better.

Jukebox tracklist (updated):

01 New York (Frank Sinatra)
02 Ramblin' (Wo)man (Hank Williams)
03 Metal Heart (Cat Power)
04 Silver Stallion (The Highwaymen)
05 Aretha, Sing One For Me (George Jackson)
06 Lost Someone (James Brown)
07 Lord, Help the Poor and Needy (Jessie Mae Hemphill)
08 I Believe in You (Bob Dylan)
09 Song to Bobby (Cat Power)
10 Don't Explain (Billie Holiday)
11 Woman Left Lonely (Janis Joplin)
12 Blue (Joni Mitchell)

Bonus:

01 I Feel (Hot Boys)
02 Naked If I Want To (Moby Grape)
03 Breathless (Nick Cave)
04 Angelitos Negros (Roberta Flack)
05 She's Got You (Patsy Cline)

-Scot Bowman