Plug Independent Music Awards

On Saturday, the Plug Indepedent Music Awards ceremony took place at Irving Plaza in NYC. The show, hosted by David Cross, featured performances by Stephen Malkmus, Tokyo Police Club, Deerhoof, El-P, and Silversun Pickups.

Some notable winners:
Band of Horses won “Album of the Year.”
Arctic Monkeys won “New Artist of the Year.”
Sufjan won for “Best Male Artist.”
Neko won for “Best Female Artist.”

You can see pictures of the event here: http://community.livejournal.com/photographers/7864032.html

I suppose I have more respect for the Plug Awards than I do for whatever those things were that got handed out last night.

is it bad when the best singer in your band is the guitar player?

First off let me start out by saying the RHCP are one of my favorite bands. I mean the musicians in that band, Flea, Chad Smith, and most important John Mother F***ing Frusciante, have to be considered close to the top in the game at what they do. What becomes evident after every time I watch them perform live is that Anthony Kiedis drags them down. With his limited range, lyrics that seem to have a need to mention in California in every song, and the fact he stands next to John Frusciante, who might have one of the top 10 in voices i’ve ever heard, on stage, his averageness shines through. If anyone has not heard Frusciante’s solo stuff immediately go on your computer and dl his free album and buy the rest of his albums. you won’t regret it. He can hit some notes a guy after turning 12 should not be able to hit. Frusciante’s guitar work on these albums is also amazing, but that should be expected from him. So, it got me thinking can a band be considered legendary or great when your singer is not even the best singer in the band?