RUNNERS-UP: Dan Del Santo, World Beat; Poison 13; Omar and the Howlers, I Told You So; Ten from Texas compilation; Robert Keen, No Kinda Dancer; Meat Joy, Meat Joy; The Pool, 333; Joe Ely, Hi-Res; The Offenders, Meat Joy, Jeffersons, Hickoids, Scratch Acid, Napalm, Technicolor Yawns, Metal Moo Cow; Joe “King” Carrasco and the Crowns, Bordertown; Austin Christmas Collection; Austin Lounge Lizards, Creatures from the Black Saloon; Alvin Crow and the Pleasant Valley Boys, Welcome to Texas; Takiy Orqo, La Sirena

This article appears in March 8 • 1985.

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