Playing in Traffic Records Credit: Jana Birchum

RUNNERS-UP: Deep South Productions, Steady Boy Records, Bismeaux Records, Beats Broke, Chicken Ranch Records, Vallejo Music Group, Dialtone Records, Western Vinyl, Trampia

This article appears in March 25 • 2011.

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