Critics Poll
Critics' favorites from 2001
Fri., Jan. 4, 2002
Best Local Show
Greg Beets: Pong, Brown Whörnet, Room 710
Jim Caligiuri: Old 97's, Slobberbone, Stubb's
Michael Chamy: Silver Scooter, Fivehead, Palaxy Tracks' Austin farewell, Ritz Lounge
Christopher Gray: Spoon, Grand Champeen, The Mercury
Raoul Hernandez: Buick McKane, Continental Club
Andy Langer: Davíd Garza, the Mercury; Doyle Bramhall II, Antone's
David Lynch: Pong, Red Eyed Fly
Margaret Moser: Soap Creek Reunion, La Zona Rosa
Jerry Renshaw: Heybale, Continental Club
Jay Trachtenberg: Soap Creek Reunion, La Zona Rosa
Best Roadshow
Beets: Ex-Girl w/ Robin "M" Harris, Red Eyed Fly; Bellrays, White Stripes, Room 710
Michael Bertin: Beulah, Stubb's
Caligiuri: Lucinda Williams, Jim Lauderdale, Backyard
Chamy: Mogwai, Austin Music Hall & La Zona Rosa
Gray: U2, Frank Erwin Center, Reunion Arena (Dallas), and Compaq Center (Houston)
Hernandez: Air, La Zona Rosa
Langer: The Cult, Stubb's
Lynch: Femi Kuti, Stubb's
Moser: U2, Frank Erwin Center; Gregg Allman, La Zona Rosa
Renshaw: Drive-By Truckers, Triple Crown Pub (San Marcos)
Trachtenberg: Los Lobos, Stubb's; OutKast, Austin Music Hall
Local Band You Saw the Most
Beets: Pong
Bertin: Li'l Cap'n Travis
Caligiuri: Dale Watson & His Lone Stars
Chamy: Fivehead; Explosions in the Sky
Gray: Kissinger; Jane Bond
Hernandez: Derailers
Langer: Lonelyland
Lynch: Damnations
Moser: Toni Price
Renshaw: Roy Heinrich & the Pickups
Trachtenberg: Redd Volkaert; La Tribu
Club You Visited the Most
Beets: Room 710
Bertin: Stubb's
Caligiuri: Continental Club
Chamy: The Mercury
Gray: Beerland
Hernandez: Continental Club
Langer: Antone's
Lynch: Continental Club; The Mercury
Moser: Antone's
Renshaw: Hole in the Wall
Trachtenberg: Continental Club
Best New Local Act
Beets: Tuna Helpers
Bertin: Grand Champeen (not that new)
Caligiuri: Caroline Herring
Chamy: Shearwater
Gray: Masonic
Hernandez: Those Peabodys
Langer: Masonic
Lynch: Divahn
Moser: Caroline Herring
Renshaw: The Converters
Trachtenberg: Gnappy
Notable Passing
Beets: Joey Ramone; George Harrison
Bertin: Joey Ramone; George Harrison
Caligiuri: George Harrison
Chamy: Joey Ramone; Richie Lee (Acetone); Michael Karoli (Can)
Gray: Boozoo Chavis; Aaliyah; Jack Lemmon
Hernandez: Joey Ramone; John Lewis; Tommy Flannagan
Langer: Mambo John Treanor
Lynch: The Voices of Christ; George Harrison
Moser: Joey Ramone; George Harrison; Robbie Jacks; Champ Hood; Shoeshine Charley Miller; Mambo John Treanor; 343 members of the NYPD and FDNY; about 3,000 citizen heroes
Renshaw: Red Eyed Fly
Trachtenberg: Drummers Billy Higgins and Mambo John Treanor
Best Box Set/Reissue
Beets: Ramones, Ramones, Leave Home, Rocket to Russia, Leave Home
Bertin: The Soft Boys, Underwater Moonlight
Caligiuri: Gary Stewart, Out of Hand/Your Place or Mine
Chamy: Neu!, Neu!2, and Neu!3
Gray: Lynyrd Skynyrd, Street Survivors
Hernandez: Charley Patton, Screamin' & Hollerin' the Blues
Langer: De La Soul, 3 Feet High and Rising
Lynch: Artie Shaw, Self-Portrait
Moser: Ramones, Ramones, Leave Home, Rocket to Russia, Road to Ruin / Omar & the Howlers, Hard Times in the Land of Plenty, Wall of Pride
Renshaw: X reissues
Trachtenberg: Billie Holiday, Lady Day: The Complete Billie Holiday on Columbia 1933-44
Best Soundtrack
Beets: Waking Life
Bertin: The Royal Tenenbaums
Caligiuri: Grateful Dawg
Chamy: George Washington
Gray: Moulin Rouge
Hernandez: Before Night Falls
Langer: Good Rockin' Tonight: The Legacy of Sun Records
Lynch: Mulholland Drive
Moser: The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
Renshaw: Ghost World
Trachtenberg: Grateful Dawg
Best Song
Beets: Destiny's Child, "Bootylicious"
Bertin: Bob Dylan, "Tweedle Dee & Tweedle Dum"
Caligiuri: Bruce Robison, "What Would Willie Do?"
Chamy: Lift to Experience, "These Are the Days"
Gray: Destiny's Child, "Bootylicious"; Mary J. Blige, "Family Affair" (tie)
Hernandez: U2, "Stuck In a Moment You Can't Get Out Of"
Langer: OutKast, "Ms. Jackson"
Lynch: Tool, "Schism"
Moser: Enya, "Only Time"
Renshaw: Was there one?
Trachtenberg: Delbert McClinton, "When Rita Leaves"
Musical Event
Beets: Willie Nelson's "America the Beautiful" finale on America: A Tribute to Heroes
Bertin: Backstreet's A.J. going into rehab
Caligiuri: Twangfest in St. Louis
Chamy: Explosions in the Sky/explosions in the sky
Gray: The Last Temptation of Superego, Hole in the Wall
Hernandez: U2 @ Erwin Center
Langer: America: A Tribute to Heroes
Lynch: MP3
Moser: U2's in-concert tribute to the 9/11 victims
Renshaw: The Twangbangers, Continental Club
Trachtenberg: SXSW
