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2003-2004Best Performing Bands

Best Alternative/Punk
Cruiserweight

Endochine
Wideawake
The Applicators
The Midgetmen
Isola
Spun
Kissinger
Opposite Day
Truepenny

Best Blues
Gary Clark Jr.

Los Lonely Boys
Toni Price
W.C. Clark
Antone's Monday Night Blues Band
Malford Malligan
Guy Forsyth
Ruthie Foster
Eric Johnson & Alien Lovechild
Scott Biram
Marcia Ball
Carolyn Wonderland
Eve Monsees
Gene Taylor Band
Will Knaak

Best Country
Kevin Fowler Band

Reckless Kelly
Dale Watson
Harris & Ryden
Willie Nelson
Pat Green
The Derailers
Cornell Hurd Band
Weary Boys
Onion Creek Crawdaddies
Kelly Willis
Heybale!
Dixie Chicks
Asleep at the Wheel
Cory Morrow
Pauline Reese
Billy Joe Shaver
Elizabeth McQueen & the Firebrands
Shelley King Band
James Hand

Best Cover Band
The Eggmen

The Atlantics
The Newsboyz
Detroit Steel
Memphis Train
Diamond Smugglers
Bigg Balls
Dysfunkshum Junction
Juice
Sauce

Best Electronica/DJ
Matson Belle

Govinda
Trey lopez
Echo Base Soundsystem
NickNack
Alpha Rythm
DJ Mel
Hedda Layne
Lust Murder Box
Scorpio Rising

Best Experimental/Instrumental
John Pointer and Carlos Sosa's Boombox

Explosions in the Sky
McLemore Avenue
Echo Base Soundsystem
Opposite Day
Atash
Golden Arm Trio
Alpha Rythm
Govinda
Tia Carrera

Best Folk
Patty Griffin

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Brobdingnagian Bards
Harris & Ryden
Ruthie Foster
Tish hinojosa
Sara Hichman
Onion Creek Crawdaddies
South Austin Jugband
Taylor Davis Band
Vanessa Peters

Best Hip Hop
Dirty Wormz

Mingo Fishtrap
Overlord
John Pointer & Carlos Sosa's Boombox
NOOK
Bavu Blakes
DJ Mel
Smackola
D-Madness
Big Game Hunter

Best Jam
Mingo Fishtrap

John Pointer & Carlos Sosa's Boombox
Patrice Pike & Black Box Rebellion
Groovin' Ground
Attash
South Austin Jug Band
Los Lonely Boys
Spacetruck
Explosions in the Sky
Larry

Best Jazz
Los Jazz Vatos

Blaze
The David Chenu Quartet
John Pointer & Carlos Sosa's Boombox
Ephraim Owens Trio
Jon Barry Project
Gnappy
Torch
The Brew
Hot Club of Cowtown

Best Kid
Misspent Youth

Dissident
The Wild Things
Cat Scratch/the Quicks
Red-Headed Stepchild
LBJ High School Marching Band
Palm School Choir
McCallum High School Steel Band
Sarah Jarosz
Anderson High School Band

Best Latin Contemporary
Del Castillo

Grupo Fantasma
Los Lonely Boys
Ghandala
Teye & Viva el Flamenco
La Tribu
Vallejo
Cadaques
Beto y los Fairlanes
Patricia Vonne

Best Latin Traditional
Grupo Fantasma

Del Castillo
Cerronato
Sangre de Chamgo
Sambaxe
Mary Welch y los Curanderos
Flaco Jimenez
Catavento
Son y No Son
Maneja Beto

Best Metal/Industrial
Powderburn

Pushmonkey
HeKill three
Human
Lust Murder Box
Tungsten Coil
Ghadzilla Motor Company
Pong
Broken Teeth
Sycamore

Best None of the Above
Schrödinger's Cat

Pieces of East
The Jolly Garogers
Texas Hot Flash
Dreamtrybe
Will Taylor & Strings Attatched
Warrior
Shorty Long
Flametrick Subs
Mr. Fabulous

Best Pop
Wideawake

Matson Belle
Pieces of East
The Atlantics
Cruiserweight
Monte Montgomery
Echoset
Spun
Taylor Davis Band
The Lower Level

Best Rock
Los Lonely Boys

Wideawake
Endochine
Vallejo
Echoset
Kissinger
Pieces of East
Pushmonkey
Monte Montgomery
Truepenny

Best Roots Rock
Reckless Kelly

Harris & Ryden
Shelley String Band
Los Lonely Boys
Milton Mapes
Onion Creek Crawdaddies
The Gourds
Dead End Angels
Nathan Hamilton $ No Deal
Taylor Davis Band

Best World Music
Pieces of East

Del Castillo
Atash
Grupo Fantasma
Ghandala
Teye & Viva el Flamenco
Brobdingnagian Bards
Sarah Dinan Band
Sambaxe
Cluan
Cadaques
Stingers ATX
Los Afrodeliques
La Tribu
Oliver Rajamani

Best Austin Musicians
Hall of Fame
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