Critics Poll
Fri., Jan. 5, 2007
Best Local Show
Greg Beets: Almost There Records' tribute to Neil Young, Stubb's
Jim Caligiuri: Topaz, somebody's house in Rollingwood, July
Robert Gabriel: Public Offenders, Momo's
Christopher Gray: The Ugly Beats, Amplified Heat, Continental Club, April
Melanie Haupt: Scratch Acid, Emo's
Raoul Hernandez: Rolling Stones Hoot, Ruta Maya
Andy Langer: The impromptu Antone's celebration, Antone's, May
David Lynch: Grupo Fantasma, anywhere, anytime
Margaret Moser: Jon Dee and Willie Graham, Austin Music Awards
Austin Powell: Explosions in the Sky, Emo's, January
Audra Schroeder: Scratch Acid, Emo's
Darcie Stevens: Scratch Acid, Emo's
Jay Trachtenberg: Redd Volkaert, Continental Club, any Saturday
Best Roadshow
Beets: The Woggles, Habana Calle 6
Caligiuri: Rolling Stones, Zilker Park
Gabriel: Sharon Jones & the Dap-Kings, Antone's
Gray: Sisters of Mercy, La Zona Rosa
Haupt: Death Cab for Cutie and Franz Ferdinand, the Backyard
Hernandez: Rolling Stones, Zilker Park
Langer: Sam Roberts, ACL Music Fest
Lynch: Lenine, Caribbean Lights
Moser: Rolling Stones, Zilker Park
Powell: Rolling Stones, Zilker Park
Schroeder: Dead Moon, Emo's
Stevens: Shellac, Emo's/Morrissey, Austin Music Hall
Trachtenberg: Rolling Stones, Zilker Park
Local Venue You Visited the Most
Beets: Hole in the Wall
Caligiuri: Cactus Cafe
Gabriel: Flamingo Cantina
Gray: Emo's
Haupt: Emo's
Hernandez: Emo's
Langer: Antone's
Lynch: One World Theatre
Moser: Momo's
Powell: Emo's
Schroeder: Emo's
Stevens: Emo's
Trachtenberg: Antone's
Local Act You Saw the Most
Beets: Graham Reynolds/Golden Arm Trio
Caligiuri: Butch Hancock
Gabriel: Young Nick
Gray: The Black Angels
Haupt: What Made Milwaukee Famous
Hernandez: Alejandro Escovedo
Langer: Zykos
Lynch: Magic Surprise
Moser: Jo Carol Pierce
Powell: Scott H. Biram
Schroeder: Horse + Donkey
Stevens: Voxtrot
Trachtenberg: Alejandro Escovedo
Best New Local Act
Beets: Hit Space
Caligiuri: Band of Heathens
Gabriel: Ryno
Gray: Brothers & Sisters
Haupt: Alex Dupree
Hernandez: Bobby Whitlock and CoCo Carmel
Langer: Tacks, the Boy Disaster
Lynch: Debo Adejobi
Moser: Idgy Vaughn
Powell: Tacks, the Boy Disaster/ The Lovely Sparrows
Schroeder: The Strange Boys
Stevens: Golden Bear
Trachtenberg: Suzanna Choffel
Best Reissue/Box Set
Beets: Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys, Legends of Country Music (Columbia/Legacy)
Caligiuri: Gram Parsons, The Complete Reprise Sessions (Rhino)
Gabriel: Panama!: Latin, Calypso and Funk on the Isthmus 1965-75 (Soundway)
Gray: The Pogues, If I Should Fall From Grace With God (Rhino)
Haupt: Sufjan Stevens, Songs for Christmas (Asthmatic Kitty)
Hernandez: The Complete Motown Singles Vol. 6 (Hip-O Select)
Langer: ZZ Top, Fandango! (Rhino/WEA)
Lynch: Jackie Mittoo, Wishbone (Light in the Attic)
Moser: Doug Sahm, Doug Sahm and Band (Collector's Choice)
Powell: This Heat, Out of Cold Storage (ReR)
Schroeder: Josef K, Entomology (Domino)
Stevens: The Cure, The Head on the Door (Rhino/Fiction/Elektra)
Trachtenberg: Miles Davis Quintet, The Legendary Prestige Quintet Sessions (Prestige)
Best Soundtrack
Beets: A Scanner Darkly (Lakeshore)
Caligiuri: The History Boys (Rhino/WEA)
Gabriel: When the Levees Broke: A Requiem in Four Acts (HBO)
Gray: Tenacious D: The Pick of Destiny (Epic)
Haupt: Fast Food Nation (Park the Van)
Hernandez: A Scanner Darkly (Lakeshore)
Langer: The O.C. Mix 6: Covering Our Tracks (Warner Bros./WEA)
Lynch: The Last King of Scotland (Universal)
Moser: A Scanner Darkly (Lakeshore)
Powell: Little Miss Sunshine (Lakeshore)
Schroeder: Marie Antoinette (Verve Forecast)
Stevens: Stranger Than Fiction (Sony)
Trachtenberg: A Scanner Darkly (Lakeshore)
Best Music DVD
Beets: The Passing Show: The Life & Music of Ronnie Lane (Eagle Vision)
Caligiuri: Marah, Sooner or Later in Spain (Yep Roc)
Gabriel: The Coup, The Best Coup DVD Ever! (MVD)
Gray: U218 Videos (Interscope)
Haupt: Austin City Limits Music Fest 2005 (Image Entertainment)
Hernandez: Kissology (VH1 Classic)
Langer: The Tomorrow Show With Tom Snyder: Punk & New Wave (Shout! Factory)
Lynch: Asylum Street Spankers, Re-Assembly (Spanks-a-Lot)/Porcupine Tree, Arriving Somewhere ... (Navarre)
Moser: Blind Faith, London Hyde Park 1969 (Sanctuary)
Powell: The Devil and Daniel Johnston (Sony Pictures)/Gram Parsons, Fallen Angel (Rhino)
Schroeder: The Devil and Daniel Johnston (Sony Pictures)
Stevens: The Devil and Daniel Johnston (Sony Pictures)
Trachtenberg: Captain Beefheart, Under Review (Sexy Intellectual)
Best Discovery
Beets: www.bedazzled.tv
Caligiuri: Beyond Jazz channel on XM Radio
Gabriel: Friends of Sound and Backspin Records
Gray: Gold Bond Medicated Anti-Itch Cream (for ACL Fest chafing)
Haupt: Motherhood means you don't get to go out anymore
Hernandez: Van den Budenmayer
Langer: www.blurb.com
Lynch: The Sword
Moser: Downtown Buda
Powell: Tonewheel Collective at Beerland
Schroeder: The jukebox at Barfly's
Stevens: Creekside Lounge, Nueva Onda, pastis
Trachtenberg: YouTube
R.I.P.
Beets: Clifford Antone, Don Walser, Wilson Pickett
Caligiuri: Don Walser
Gabriel: Big Hawk, Desmond Dekker, Ali Farka Touré
Gray: Syd Barrett, Wilson Pickett, the Republican Congress
Haupt: Don Walser
Hernandez: Cliffy, Ali Farka Touré, Mariska Veres
Langer: Clifford Antone, Don Walser
Lynch: Ali Farka Touré, György Sándor Ligeti, Desmond Dekker
Moser: Clifford Antone, Jesse Taylor, Jack Jackson
Powell: Clifford Antone, Syd Barrett, Arthur Lee
Schroeder: Syd Barrett, James Brown
Stevens: Syd Barrett, Desmond Dekker, Sleater-Kinney
Trachtenberg: Clifford Antone, Jackie McLean, Dewey Redman
