Critics Poll

Best Roadshow

Neph Basedow: L7, Fun Fun Fun Fest

Greg Beets: Peaches, Fun Fun Fun Fest

Jim Caligiuri: Stevie Wonder, Frank Erwin Center

Thomas Fawcett: Kendrick Lamar, ACL Live at the Moody Theater

Doug Freeman: Kendrick Lamar, ACL Live at the Moody Theater

Abby Johnston: Pokey LaFarge, Parish

Kahron Spearman: Miguel, Emo's

Tim Stegall: The Sonics, Red 7

Michael Toland: Tanya Tagaq, South by Southwest

Jay Trachtenberg: Kate Tempest, South by Southwest

Best Local Show

Basedow: Mirror Travel, Parish

Beets: Moonlight Towers, Hole in the Wall

Caligiuri: Golden Dawn Arkestra, Happen-Ins, Cheer Up Charlies

Fawcett: RAS Day, Kenny Dorham's Backyard

Freeman: Okkervil River, Cactus Cafe

Hernandez: 13th Floor Elevators, Levitation

Johnston: Danny Malone, Holy Mountain

Spearman: Bone, Fur & Feathers, Lamberts

Toland: Tameca Jones, ACL Fest

Trachtenberg: Louis Black's 65th Birthday, Palm Door on Sixth

Local Act You Saw the Most

Basedow: Flesh Lights

Beets: Pocket Fishrmen

Caligiuri: Charlie Faye

Fawcett: Money Chicha

Freeman: East Cameron Folkcore

Johnston: Shakey Graves

Spearman: Bone, Fur & Feathers

Stegall: Riverside Riot

Toland: Happen-Ins

Trachtenberg: Denny Freeman

Local Venue You Visited the Most

Basedow: Mohawk

Beets: Hole in the Wall

Caligiuri: Strange Brew

Fawcett: ACL Live at the Moody Theater

Freeman: ABGB

Hernandez: Red 7

Johnston: ACL Live at the Moody Theater

Spearman: Emo's

Toland: Red 7

Trachtenberg: ACL Live at the Moody Theater

Best Local Residency

Beets: Mike Stinson, Little Longhorn Saloon

Caligiuri: Church on Monday, Continental Club Gallery

Fawcett: Conjunto Los Pinkys, White Horse

Freeman: Durawa, Strange Brew

Hernandez: Sunny Sweeney & Brennen Leigh, Saxon Pub

Johnston: Margaret Wright, Skylark Lounge

Spearman: Margaret Wright, Skylark Lounge

Toland: Church on Monday, Continental Club Gallery

Trachtenberg: Church on Monday, Continental Club Gallery

Best New Local Act

Basedow: Moving Panoramas

Beets: Sailor Poon

Caligiuri: Jaimee Harris

Fawcett: Charlie Belle

Freeman: Charlie Pierce & Choctaw Wildfire

Johnston: Stiletto Feels

Spearman: Malik

Stegall: Equinox

Toland: Knest

Trachtenberg: Imperial Starlighters

R.I.P.

Bill Arhos, Bob Belden, Michael Brown, Sonya Cohen, Ornette Coleman, Don Covay, Jack Ely, Buddy Emmons, Wilton Felder, Kim Fowley, Andy Fraser, Johnny Gimble, Lesley Gore, Dave Hermann, Holy Mountain, Smokey Johnson, Bob Johnston, Davy Jones, Orrin Keepnews, BB King, Ben E. King, Joe B. Mauldin, Ian "Lemmy" Kilmister, Bryn Merrick, Leonard Nimoy, Sean Price, John Renbourn, Slim Richey, Cynthia Robinson, Chris Squire, P.F. Sloan, Percy Sledge, T Bird & the Breaks, Dallas Taylor, Phil Taylor, Clark Terry, Allen Toussaint, Scott Weiland, Reverend Gean West, Thom Wilson