RUNNERS-UP: Future Ex-Boyfriends at Flamingo Cantina by Craig Bradley, The Midgetmen at Flamingo Cantina by Justin Petro, Blue October at La Zona Rosa by Billy Perkins, The Arcade Fire at Emo’s by Rob Jones, Ian McLagan & the Bump Band at Lucky Lounge by Ian McLagan, Uranium Savages at Jovita’s by Kerry Awn, Cornell Hurd Band at Jovita’s by Guy Juke, Aaron Hamre Band at Headhunters by Upton Ethelbah, Velvet Revolver at Stubb’s by Billy Bishop

This article appears in March 18 • 2005.

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