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Best Avant Garde/Experimental Band
The Octopus Project
photo by Todd V. Wolfson
2. Mother Falcon
3. Sorne
4. John Pointer
5. Roger Sellers
6. Holiday Mountain
7. Golden Dawn Arkestra
8. Dead Love Club
9. WD-41
10. Boyfrndz
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Best Blues Act
Gary Clark Jr.
photo by Todd V. Wolfson
2. Peterson Brothers Band
3. Eric Tessmer Band
4. Churchwood
5. Brownout
6. Hard Proof Afrobeat
7. Jack Burton Trio
8. Henry & the Invisibles
9. Roxy Roca
10. Soul Track Mind
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Best Country Act
Bruce Robison & Kelly Willis
photo by Todd V. Wolfson
2. Whiskey Shivers
3. The Whiskey Sisters
4. Dale Watson
5. Them Duqaines
6. The Beaumonts
7. Wood & Wire
8. Amanda Cevallos & the High Hands
9. Sarah Jarosz
10. Sons of Fathers
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Best Cover Band
The Eggmen
photo by Shelley Hiam
2. More Cowbell
3. Flamethrower Love
4. Suede
5. Matchmaker Band
6. Think Lizzy
7. Radiostar
8. Hell's Belles
9. Heart Byrne
10. LC Rocks
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Best Electronic Dance Music Act
Francis Prève
photo by John Anderson
2. Christian Barbuto
3. Scorpio Rising
4. DJ Mel
5. Roger Sellers
6. DJ Chicken George
7. Sock Hop DJs
8. Rize
9. Holiday Mountain
10. Toddy B
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Best Folk Act
Jonny Gray
photo by Sandy Carson
2. Wild Child
3. Shakey Graves
4. Wendy Colonna
5. Sarah Jarosz
6. Ruby Jane
7. Hello Wheels
8. Dana Falconberry
9. Gina Chavez
10. Roger Sellers
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Best Hip-Hop Act
Riders Against the Storm
photo by John Anderson
2. Ray Sr.
3. Super Smash Bros.
4. Zeale
5. Magna Carda
6. Jon the Revelator
7. Phranchyze
8. League of Extraordinary Gz
9. The Track Athletes
10. MC Overlord
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Best Indie Band
Wild Child
photo by Todd V. Wolfson
2. Quiet Company
3. Sphynx
4. Max Frost
5. Mother Falcon
6. Mighty Mountain
7. Tele Novella
8. The Octopus Project
9. Eve & the Exiles
10. Royal Forest
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Best Instrumental Band
Eagle Claw
photo by Sandy Carson
2. Balmorhea
3. TransContinental Trip
4. Minor Mishap Marching Band
5. Equals
6. Explosions in the Sky
7. My Education
8. Tia Carrera
9. MilkDrive
10. Boss Street Brass Band
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Best Jazz Band
Jitterbug Vipers
photo by Todd V. Wolfson
2. Jeff Lofton
3. White Ghost Shivers
4. Church on Monday
5. Black Red Black
6. Ephraim Owens
7. Mike Flanigin Trio
8. Thrift Set Orchestra
9. Hot Texas Swing Band
10. Brannen Temple
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Best Latin Rock Act
Gina Chavez
photo by Sandy Carson
2. 24-7
3. Vallejo
4. Son de Rey
5. Vitera
6. Del Castillo
7. Brownout
8. El Tule
9. Cilantro Boombox
10. Joe King Carrasco
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Best Latin Traditional Act
Gina Chavez
photo by Sandy Carson
2. Conjunto los Pinkys
3. Son de Rey
4. El Tule
5. Luis Bañuelos
6. Susan Torres y Conjunto Clemencia
7. Trio los Vigilantes
8. Los Texas Wranglers
9. Grupo Fantasma
10. Mariachi Relámpago
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Best Metal Band
Dead Earth Politics
photo by Shelley Hiam
2. Eagle Claw
3. Critical Assembly
4. Snake Skin Prison
5. The Sword
6. Powderburn
7. Broken Teeth
8. Headcrusher
9. Course of Ruin
10. Fear Control
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Best None-of-the-Above Band
White Ghost Shivers
photo by Shelley Hiam
2. Mother Falcon
3. Conspirare
4. Shakey Graves
5. The Invincible Czars
6. Uranium Savages
7. Naga Valli
8. Minor Mishap Marching Band
9. Boss Street Brass Band
10. More Cowbell
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Best Punk Band
The Bulemics
photo by Shelley Hiam
2. Lower Class Brats
3. The Hickoids
4. El Pathos
5. Spray Paint
6. Residual Kid
7. BLXPLTN
8. Krum Bums
9. Riverboat Gamblers
10. The Beat Dolls
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Best Rock Band
Quiet Company
photo by Shelley Hiam
2. Wheeler Brothers
3. Bob Schneider
4. Bubble Puppy
5. The Whiskey Sisters
6. Residual Kid
7. Churchwood
8. Van Wilks Band
9. Vallejo
10. The South Austin Moonlighters
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Best Roots Rock Band
Wheeler Brothers
photo by Sandy Carson
2. Shinyribs
3. Water & Rust
4. The Whiskey Sisters
5. John Evans Band
6. The LeRoi Brothers
7. Sons of Fathers
8. South Austin Moonlighters
9. Shakey Graves
10. Reckless Kelly
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Best U18 Band
Residual Kid
photo by Todd V. Wolfson
2. Peterson Brothers Band
3. 24-7
4. The Death Aquatics
5. Annie & Kate
6. Painted Redstarts
7. Grace London
8. The Bare Feat
9. Room 24
10. Tiarra Girls
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Best World Music Band
Hard Proof Afrobeat
photo by John Anderson
2. Atash
3. Ashes of Babylon
4. Morena Soul
5. Naga Valli
6. Austin Samba School
7. Austin Piazzolla Quintet
8. Austin Polka Band
9. Zoumountchi
10. Paula Maya
