BEST LOCAL SHOW
GREG BEETS Gretchen Phillips/Golden Arm Trio, Cactus Cafe
JIM CALIGIURI Black Joe Lewis & the Honey Bears, Hole in the Wall
THOMAS FAWCETT Grupo Fantasma with Larry Harlow, Antone's
DOUG FREEMAN Alejandro Escovedo/Leatherbag, Cactus Cafe
MELANIE HAUPT Austin Taiko Drummers, Austin Family Music Festival, Pioneer Farms
CHASE HOFFBERGER Bavu Blakes, Mohawk
RAOUL HERNANDEZ Butthole Surfers, Stubb's
DANIEL MEE Trail of Dead, Red 7
MARGARET MOSER Billy Joe Shaver at the Candye Kane benefit, Antone's
AUSTIN POWELL Butthole Surfers, Stubb's
AUDRA SCHROEDER Butthole Surfers, Stubb's
DARCIE STEVENS Fun Fun Fun Fest, Waterloo Park
JAY TRACHTENBERG Steve Jordan, H&H Ballroom
BEST ROADSHOW
BEETS Boys in a Band, Habana Calle 6
CALIGIURI Squeeze, La Zona Rosa
FAWCETT Nas/Talib Kweli, Emo's
FREEMAN Of Montreal, Fiesta Gardens
HAUPT Tom Waits, Jones Hall, Houston
HOFFBERGER Band of Horses, the Parish
HERNANDEZ Monotonix, Mohawk; Nas, Emo's
MEE Chirgilchin, First Unitarian Church
MOSER Steve Jordan, H&H Ballroom
POWELL Kanye West, Frank Erwin Center
SCHROEDER Tom Waits, Palladium Ballroom, Dallas
STEVENS Radiohead, Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion, the Woodlands
TRACHTENBERG Maceo Parker, Antone's
LOCAL VENUE YOU VISITED THE MOST
BEETS Scoot Inn
CALIGIURI Cactus Cafe
FAWCETT Emo's
FREEMAN Mohawk
HAUPT Central Market North
HOFFBERGER Emo's
HERNANDEZ Emo's
MEE Emo's
MOSER Continental Club
POWELL Emo's
SCHROEDER Mohawk
STEVENS Mohawk
TRACHTENBERG Continental Club
LOCAL ACT YOU SAW THE MOST
BEETS The Ugly Beats
CALIGIURI Black Joe Lewis & the Honey Bears
FAWCETT T-Bird & the Breaks
FREEMAN The Lonesome Heroes
HAUPT The Biscuit Brothers
CHASE HOFFBERGER Zeale
HERNANDEZ White Denim
MEE Ume
MARGARET MOSER 3 Balls of Fire
POWELL White Denim
SCHROEDER Foot Patrol
STEVENS Black Joe Lewis & the Honey Bears
TRACHTENBERG Alejandro Escovedo
BEST NEW LOCAL ACT
BEETS Foot Patrol
CALIGIURI Dustin Welch & the House Band
FAWCETT Rae Davis
FREEMAN The Eastern Sea
HAUPT White Denim
HOFFBERGER Hacienda
HERNANDEZ Harlem
MEE Woodgrain
MOSER Iron City Soul Shakers
POWELL Mammoth Grinder
SCHROEDER Shapes Have Fangs
STEVENS The Sour Notes
TRACHTENBERG Cheap Fire
BEST REISSUE/BOX SET
BEETS Nick Lowe, Jesus of Cool
CALIGIURI Hank Williams, The Unreleased Recordings
FAWCETT The Best of Jimmy Hughes
FREEMAN Rodriguez, Cold Fact
HAUPT Pavement, Brighten the Corners: Nicene Creedence Edition
CHASE HOFFBERGER Bob Dylan, The Bootleg Series Vol. 8: Tell Tale Signs, Rare and Unreleased 1989-2006
HERNANDEZ Replacements canon
MEE Minor Threat, First 2 7"s
MOSER The Pogues, Just Look Them Straight in the Eye and Say ... Poguemahone!!
POWELL Rodriguez, Cold Fact
SCHROEDER Mission of Burma, Signals, Calls, and Marches; Vs.; The Horrible Truth About Burma
STEVENS Genesis, 1970-1975
TRACHTENBERG The Best of Dennis Brown: The Ninety Years
BEST SOUNDTRACK
BEETS Juno
CALIGIURI Black Magic
FAWCETT The Wackness
DOUG FREEMAN Juno
HAUPT Twilight
HOFFBERGER Cadillac Records
HERNANDEZ Juno (Deluxe Edition)
MEE Pineapple Express
MOSER Honeydripper
POWELL Mister Lonely
SCHROEDER Mister Lonely
STEVENS Mad Men: Music From the Series, Vol. 1
TRACHTENBERG Shine a Light
BEST MUSIC DVD
BEETS Ladies and Gentlemen, the Fabulous Stains
CALIGIURI Joe Strummer: The Future Is Unwritten
FAWCETT I Got the Feelin': James Brown in the '60s
FREEMAN Wild Combination: A Portrait of Arthur Russell
HAUPT Flaming Lips, Christmas on Mars
HOFFBERGER Rolling Stones, Shine a Light
HERNANDEZ The Who at Kilburn: 1977
MEE Joy Division
MOSER Cowboy Junkies, Trinity Revisited
POWELL Wild Combination: A Portrait of Arthur Russell
SCHROEDER You Think You Really Know Me: The Gary Wilson Story
STEVENS A Colbert Christmas: The Greatest Gift of All!
TRACHTENBERG Rahsaan Roland Kirk: Live in '63 & '67
BEST DISCOVERY
BEETS WFMU's Beware of the Blog
CALIGIURI www.the9513.com
FAWCETT Garage soul revival
FREEMAN Arthur Russell
HAUPT Amadou & Mariam
HOFFBERGER Delta Spirit
HERNANDEZ Bruce Springsteen bootlegs
MEE Wreckless Eric
MOSER Second Life
POWELL Club 1808
SCHROEDER Little Stolen Moments
STEVENS Nomad
TRACHTENBERG America's triumph of hope and reason over fear and ignorance
R.I.P.
BEETS Isaac Hayes, Bo Diddley, Jimmy Carl Black
CALIGIURI Paul Newman, Levi Stubbs, George Carlin
FAWCETT Odetta, Isaac Hayes, Alton Ellis
FREEMAN Danny Roy Young, Odetta, the Bush administration
HAUPT Isaac Hayes, Odetta, Yma Sumac
HOFFBERGER Jerry Wexler, Danny Federici, Guns n' Roses
HERNANDEZ Bo Diddley, Jerry Wexler, Rick Wright
MEE Mitch Mitchell, Buddy Miles, Jimmy Carl Black
MOSER Bo Diddley, Danny Roy Young, Chris Holzhaus
POWELL The Year of Austin Music, the Backyard
SCHROEDER George Carlin, Odetta, Bo Diddley
STEVENS Rick Wright, Isaac Hayes, Mitch Mitchell
TRACHTENBERG Doug Hall, Danny Roy Young, Johnny Griffin
