Hi,

Some very good news from here is that Sally Shapiro has been nominated
twice for Plug Awards, an American award for independent music that
will take place in NYC on March 6th next year. Sally is nominated in
the categories "female artist of the year" and "electronic/dance album
of the year".

The nominations have been selected by a committee of music critics &
music business people, but the winners are the artists getting the most
votes on their web page, so if you think Sally should win, feel free to
head over to www.plugawards.com and vote!

Here are the nominations in Sally's categories.

Female artist of the year:
Annie Clark (St. Vincent)
Bettye LaVette
Emily Haines
Emma Pollock
Katrina Ford (of Celebration)
Marissa Nadler
Marnie Stern
Natasha Khan (of Bat For Lashes)
Nina Nastasia
Sally Shapiro
Scout Niblett
Sharon Jones

Electronic/dance album of the year:
!! - Myth Takes (Warp)
Caribou - Andorra (Merge)
Chromeo - Fancy Footwork (Vice)
Dan Deacon - Spiderman Of The Rings (Carpark)
Digitalism - Idealism (Astralwerks)
Gui Boratto - Chromophobia (Kompakt)
Justice - † (Downtown / Vice / Ed Banger)
Matthew Dear - Asa Breed (Ghostly)
Modeselektor - Happy Birthday! (Bpitch Control)
Sally Shapiro - Disco Romance (Paper Bag)
The Field - From Here We Go Sublime (Kompakt)
Ulrich Schnauss - Goodbye (Domino)

Other good news is that "Disco Romance" has been climbing the US
college radio dance chart (called RPM) and is now at no. 15 (chart
#1035)!
Info about the forthcoming 12"s cmoing soon!

Cheers,
Johan.
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