Austin Music Industry Awards Winners

KUTX named Best Radio Station, Strange Brew Best Venue

The Austin Chronicle hosted the Austin Music Industry Awards this evening at the Palm Door on Sixth. We’ll have photos tomorrow and a recap in Thursday’s issue, but in the meantime, here’s the list of winners and finalists.

KUTX studios (photo by Todd V. Wolfson)

RADIO STATION

1) KUTX
2) Sun Radio
3) KUT
4) 101X
5) KOOP
6) KLBJ
7) KGSR
8) KOKE
9) The Fringe

RADIO PROGRAM

1) Twine Time, Paul Ray, KUTX
2) Jason & Deb, 101X
3) Eklektikos, John Aielli, KUTX
4) Dudley and Bob with Matt, KLBJ
5) Blue Monday, Mike Buck, Sun Radio
6) No Control, Chuck Loesch, 101X
7) Horizontes, Michael Crockett, KUTX
8) A Hill Country Saturday, Kevin Connor, Sun Radio
9) Next Big Thing, Andy Langer, KGSR
10) Texas Radio Live, David Arnsberger, Sun Radio

RADIO PERSONALITY

1) Jason & Deb, 101X
2) John Aielli, KUTX
3) Dudley & Bob, KLBJ
4) Michael Crockett, KUTX
5) Laurie Gallardo, KUTX
6) Mike Buck, Sun Radio
7) Kevin Connor, Sun Radio
8) David Arnsberger, Sun Radio
9) Chuck Loesch, 101X
10) John E. Dee, KUTX

RECORD STORE

1) Waterloo Records
2) End of an Ear
3) Antone’s Record Shop
4) Breakaway Records
5) Trailer Space Records
6) Encore Records
7) Friends of Sound
8) Piranha Records
9) Superfly’s Lone Star Music Emporium
10) Half Price Books

Strait Music Co. (photo by Sandy Carson)

MUSIC STORE

1) Strait Music
2) South Austin Music
3) Austin Vintage Guitars
4) Guitar Center
5) Tommy’s Drum Shop
6) Switched On
7) Rock n Roll Rentals
8) Musical Exchange
9) Blackerby Violin Shop
10) Street-Legal Guitars

INSTRUMENT REPAIR

1) Strait Music
2) South Austin Music
3) Austin Vintage Guitars
4) Violins Etc.
5) Lauren Ellis
6) Musical Exchange
7) Switched On
8) Blackerby Violin Shop
9) Sam Bass Music
10) Tom Oatley




Violins Etc. (photo by Todd V. Wolfson)

SPECIALTY INSTRUMENT STORE

1) Violins Etc.
2) Fiddler’s Green
3) Switched On
4) Tommy’s Drum Shop
5) Strait Music
6) Austin Vintage Guitars
7) South Austin Music
8) Blackerby Violin Shop
9) Guitar Resurrection
10) Westbank String Shop

EQUIPMENT RENTAL 

1) Rock n Roll Rentals
2) Loudmouth Rentals
3) Strait Music
4) Music Lab
5) Soundcheck Austin

RECORDING STUDIO

1) Arlyn Studios
2) 512 Studios
3) Gerron Music
4) Cacophony Recorders
5) The Bubble
6) Ohm
7) Orb Recording Studios
8) Bismeaux
9) The Congress House Studio
10) Jackrabbit Soundshack

PRODUCER

1) AJ Vallejo
2) Omar Vallejo
3) Ray Sr.
4) Tim Gerron
5) Chris “Frenchie” Smith
6) Erik Wofford
7) Adrian Quesada
8) Jim Eno
9) Michael Ramos
10) Cisco Ryder

LOCAL LABEL

1) Raw Paw
2) VMG
3) Modern Outsider
4) Punctum
5) 12XU
6) Saustex
7) Capitol City
8) Chicken Ranch
9) Lounge Side
10) Playing in Traffic




Kevin Curtin (photo by Todd V. Wolfson)

MUSIC WRITER

1) Kevin Curtin
2) Neil Ferguson
3) Michael Corcoran
4) Peter Blackstock
5) Doug Freeman
6) Margaret Moser
7) Greg Beets
8) Jennifer Stark
9) Jim Caligiuri
10) Chase Hoffberger

LIVE MUSIC PHOTOGRAPHER

1) Merrick Ales
2) David Brendan Hall
3) Gabriella McSwain
4) Dave Pedley
5) Winker Withaneye
6) Roger Ho
7) Rodney Bursiel
8) Maurice Eagle
9) Todd V. Wolfson
10) Bob Zink

POSTER

1) Billy Perkins: Widespread Panic
2) Chepo Pena
3) Guy Juke: Alejandro Escovedo, ACL Live at the Moody Theater
4) Mishka Westell: Patty Griffin, ACL Live at the Moody Theater
5) Billie K Buck: Of Montreal
6) Evan Bozarth: Airship
7) Jim Franklin
8) Gary Dorsey: All ATX Invasion, ACL Live at the Moody Theater
9) Unidentified Artist: Bob Schneider & the Moonlight Orchestra, Valentine’s Day, ACL Live at the Moody Theater
10) Unidentified Artist: South Austin Moonlighters, Saxon Pub

ALBUM ART

1) Billy Perkins, for Butcherwhite, White Widow
2) Unidentified Artist for Sam Pace & the Gilded Grit, Rapture
3) Mishka Westell, for Golden Dawn Arkestra EP
4) Grace Park for Grace Park & the Deer
5) Wim Delvoye for Churchwood, Trickgnosis

NEW CLUB

1) TIE: C-Boy’s Heart & Soul / The Roost
3) Vulcan Gas Company
4) Dozen Street
5) Cheer Up Charlies
6) Indian Roller
7) Sweetwater
8) The Highball
9) Radio
10) Hard Luck Lounge 




Strange Brew (photo by Todd V. Wolfson)

LIVE MUSIC VENUE

1) Strange Brew
2) Mohawk
3) Continental Club
4) Saxon Pub
5) The Roost
6) ACL Live at the Moody Theater
7) Empire Control Room
8) Vulcan Gas Company
9) Stubb’s
10) White Horse

LIVE MUSIC BOOKER 

1) David Cotton, The Roost
2) Kacy Crowley, Strange Brew
3) Transmission Events
4) Graham Williams, Transmission Events
5) Marcus Lawyer, Transmission Events
6) Mike Boudreau, Red Eyed Fly
7) Anthony Stevenson, Come and Take It Productions
8) James Taylor, Holy Mountain
9) Travis Newman, Parish
10) Howdy Darrell, White Horse




Vulcan Gas Company (photo by Sandy Carson)

CLUB LIGHTING

1) Vulcan Gas Company
2) Empire Control Room
3) The Parish
4) The Roost
5) ACL Live at the Moody Theater
6) Ilios
7) Strange Brew
8) Cheer Up Charlies
9) The Highball
10) Emo’s

CLUB SOUND

1) Strange Brew
2) Vulcan Gas Company
3) The Roost
4) Parish
5) Saxon Pub
6) Mohawk
7) Cactus Cafe
8) ACL Live at the Moody Theater
9) Continental Club
10) Emo’s

OUTSIDE AUSTIN CITY LIMITS CLUB

1) Gruene Hall, Gruene
2) The Roost
3) Poodie’s, Spicewood
4) Triple Crown, San Marcos
5) Luckenbach Dancehall, Luckenbach
6) Nutty Brown Cafe
7) Bugle Boy, La Grange
8) The Backyard
9) Hanover’s, Pflugerville
10) Giddyup’s

BEST MUSIC VENUE

1) Strange Brew
2) Mohawk
3) ACL Live at the Moody Theater
4) Continental Club
5) Saxon Pub
6) Empire Control Room 
7) Vulcan Gas Company
8) ABGB
9) Cheer Up Charlies
10) Stubb’s

ONGOING MUSIC RESIDENCY

1) Church On Monday, Continental Club Gallery
2) Motown Monday, the Highball
3) Durawa, Strange Brew
4) James McMurtry, Continental Club
5) Bob Schneider, Saxon Pub
6) Toni Price, Continental Club
7) David Grissom, Saxon Pub
8) Tameca Jones, Continental Club Gallery
9) Jon Dee Graham, Continental Club
10) The Resentments, Saxon Pub

MUSIC SUPPORT NONPROFIT

1) HAAM
2) Black Fret
3) SIMS
4) Austin Music Foundation
5) Anthropos Arts




Casey Monahan (photo by John Anderson)

MUSIC BUSINESS HALL OF FAME

1) Casey Monahan
2) Clifford Antone
3) Steve Wertheimer
4) David Cotton
5) Nancy Coplin

AMP “Unsung Hero” Award

Casey Monahan

AMP Esme Barrera Award for Music Activism & Education

Gina Chavez


Tickets are now on sale for the annual Austin Music Awards, presented by The Austin Chronicle and SXSW on Wednesday, March 18. Find out more about this year's lineup and how to attend.

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