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Welcome to Thunderdome. The 2012 Dallas Observer Music Awards poll is now live, and you can go right here and do what America does best: vote on their computer. Or you could go “old school” and find a paper ballot, like the one in this week’s issue, then bring it to our November 10 showcase in Deep Ellum, which will feature more than 40 bands in venues like LaGrange, Dada and Trees. Oh, you can buy tickets for that right here. See how easy democracy is?
Peruse the list of nominees, won’t you? Over the next few weeks, you’ll be getting to know them more… intimately.
See also:
– The 2011 Dallas Observer Music Awards winners
Best Group Act
A.Dd+
The Blurries
Mind Spiders
Oil Boom
Quaker City Night Hawks
Warren Jackson Hearne & Le Leek Electrique
Best Solo Act
Jessie Frye
New Fumes
Ronnie Fauss
Ryan Thomas Becker
Sarah Jaffe
Tiger Darrow
Best Album
Daniel Hart, The Orientalist
John Singer Sergeant, self-titled
Mind Spiders, Meltdown
Nervous Curtains, Fake Infinity
Pinkish Black, self-titled
Sarah Jaffe, The Body Wins
Best Song
A.Dd+, “Shit Got Crazy”
The Colurs, “Easy To Love”
Daniel Hart, “O Sangeeta”
Mind Spiders, “Wait For Us”
Oil Boom, “The Great American Shakedown”
Best New Act
Blackstone Rangers
The Colurs
Joseph SoMo
Tony Ferraro & the Satans of Soft Rock
Year of the Bear
Zhora
Best Blues Act
Aaron Burton
Hunter Hendrickson Band
Jason Elmore
Rev. KM Williams
Smokin’ Joe Kubek and Bnois King
Best Country Act
Grant Jones & the Pistol Grip Lassos
Jerrod Medulla
Michael Donner & the Southern Renaissance
Somebody’s Darling
The King Bucks
Best Americana/Roots Act
J. Charles & the Trainrobbers
Danny Rush & the Designated Drivers
Josh Weathers
Telegraph Canyon
The O’s
Boxcar Bandits
Best Electronic Act
Black Market Pharmacy
Blixaboy
Cutter
Datahowler
Mystery Skulls
Vulgar Fashion
Best Experimental Act
Diamond Age
Eyes, Wings & Many Other Things
New Fumes
Shiny Around the Edges
Summer of Glaciers
Best Punk Act
The Atomic Tanlines
The Black Dotz
Fungi Girls
Mind Spiders
The Phuss
War Party
Best Hardcore Act
Big Fiction
Kill the Client
Power Trip
Wiccans
Wild//Tribe
Best Metal Act
Akkolyte
Bludded Head
Maleveller
Pinkish Black
Terminator 2
Warbeast
Best Rock Act
Bad Design
The Breakfast Machine
The Cush
Quaker City Night Hawks
The Roomsounds
RTB2
Best Pop Act
Blackstone Rangers
Burning Hotels
The Colurs
Salim Nourallah & the Treefort 5
Smile Smile
Zhora
Best Folk Act
Clint Niosi
Hares on the Mountain
Jacob Metcalf
Ronnie Fauss
Vanessa Peters
Best Funk/R&B Act
The Cannabinoids
Ducado Vega
The Gritz
The Relatives
Sore Losers
Best Rap/Hip-Hop Act
A.Dd+
Dustin Cavazos
Mohicans
Playdough
Snow Tha Product
Tum Tum
Best Jazz Act
Damon K. Clark
Mora Collective
Shelley Carrol
Tatiana Mayfield
Yells At Eels
Best DJ
Sober
Tape Mastah Steph
Track Meet
Wanz Dover
Yeahdef
Best Mixtape
Brain Gang Blue, Numb
Dorrough, Highlights
Joseph SoMo, My Life
Leon the Professional, (B)east
Snow Tha Product, Unorthodox
Best Latin/Tejano Act
Conjunto Baraja de Oro
Latin Express
Lily Vasquez
Mariachi Los Unicos de Greiner
Mariachi Quetzal
Best None of the Above
Curvette
Derwooka
Hentai Improvising Orchestra
Home By Hovercraft
My Wooden Leg
The Tidbits
Best Male Vocalist
Clint Niosi
Daniel Hart
Daron Beck (Pinkish Black)
Sam Anderson (Quaker City Night Hawks)
Warren Jackson Hearne (Le Leek Electrique)
Best Female Vocalist
Amber Farris (Somebody’s Darling)
Jenny Seman (Shiny Around the Edges)
Sarah Jaffe
Sarah Sellers
Taylor Rea (Zhora)
Best Instrumentalist
Hunter Hendrickson, guitar (Hunter Hendrickson Band)
Jon Teague, drums (Pinkish Black)
Mike Forbes, saxophone (Shiny Around the Edges)
Petra Kelly, violin (Hares on the Mountain)
Sean Kirkpatrick, piano (Nervous Curtains)
Best Cover Band
The Gorehounds
Le Cure
Not Fugazi
The Rich Girls
Holt & Stockslager
Stoogeaphilia
Best Label
Dallas Distortion Music
Good Recordings
Gutterth Records
Idol Records
Kirtland Records
Pour Le Corps
Best Producer
Britt Robisheaux
John Congleton
Matthew Barnhart
Picnictyme
Salim Nourallah
Stuart Sikes
Best Venue
The Granada Theater
Sons of Hermann Hall
The Kessler Theater
Trees
House of Blues
Rubber Gloves
Best Talent Buyer
The Granada Theater
The Kessler Theater
Parade of Flesh
Scoremore
Spune Productions
Tactics Productions
Best Record Store
Bill’s Records
Doc’s Records
Forever Young
Good Records
Mad World Records
Top Ten Records
Best Radio Show
The Good Show, KTCU 88.7
Infrequent Exposure, KNTU 88.1
The Local Edge, KDGE 102.1
The Paul Slavens Show, KXT 91.7
Sonic Assembly, KNON 89.3
Best Festival
35 Denton
Bro Fest
Fort Worth Music Festival
Homegrown Music & Arts Festival
KXT’s Summer Cut
Best New Venue
Denton Square Donuts
The Foundry
It’ll Do Club
The Live Oak Music Hall & Lounge
Queen City Hall
Best Video
The Blurries, “My Love Is a Fuse That Burns So Slowly”
Brain Gang Blue, “Party On”
Mind Spiders, “Wait For Us”
Sarah Jaffe, “Glorified High”
Summer of Glaciers, “Elevator”
Best Poster Artist/Screenprinter
Magnificent Beard
Nevada Hill
Pan Ector
Rigor Mortis Printing Co.
Scott Spooner
