Best Local Show
Greg Beets: Randy “Biscuit” Turner Memorial, Emo’s
Jim Caligiuri: Cindy Cashdollar and friends, Cactus Cafe (June)
Robert Gabriel: Element7D, Antone’s
Christopher Gray: The Riverboat Gamblers, Emo’s (May)
Melanie Haupt: Okkervil River, Emo’s (September)
Raoul Hernandez: Roky Erickson, ACL Music Fest
Andy Langer: Neighbors in Need, Frank Erwin Center
David Lynch: Paris 49, Continental Club
Margaret Moser: True Believers, Antone’s
Audra Schroeder: Rubble, Tuxedo Killers, the Old-Timerz, Nervous Exits, Skullening, Rancho Relaxo
Darcie Stevens: Spoon, Stubb’s
Jay Trachtenberg: Tsunami Relief Benefit, Austin Music Hall
Best Roadshow
Beets: Kaiser Chiefs, ACL Music Fest
Caligiuri: Camper Van Beethoven, Antone’s
Gabriel: Daara J, Caribbean Lights/the Coup, Emo’s
Gray: U2, Toyota Center (Houston)
Haupt: Iron & Wine, Calexico, Stubb’s
Hernandez: Mars Volta, Austin Music Hall/Jandek, Austin Scottish Rite Theatre
Langer: The Frames, Antone’s
Lynch: Joseph Arthur, the Parish/Disengage, Emo’s
Moser: Jones Family Singers, Victory Grill
Schroeder: Jandek, Austin Scottish Rite Theatre
Stevens: Gang of Four, Emo’s/Philip Glass’ Orion, Bass Concert Hall
Trachtenberg: Ravi Shankar, Paramount Theatre
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: The Parish
Moser: Broken Spoke
Schroeder: Emo’s
Stevens: Beerland
Trachtenberg: Antone’s
Local Act You Saw the Most
Beets: The Ugly Beats
Caligiuri: Onion Creek Crawdaddies
Gabriel: D-Madness
Gray: Zykos
Haupt: Okkervil River
Hernandez: Alejandro Escovedo/Jon Dee Graham
Langer: Jon Dee Graham
Lynch: Magic Surprise
Moser: 3 Balls of Fire
Schroeder: Rubble
Stevens: The Arm
Trachtenberg: Grupo Fantasma
Best New Local Act
Beets: The Black Angels
Caligiuri: Jenny Reynolds
Gabriel: Public Offenders
Gray: The Handsome Charlies
Haupt: The Ron Titter Band
Hernandez: Horse + Donkey
Langer: Ghostland Observatory
Lynch: The Always Already/HypnoToad
Moser: The Texas Sapphires/Larry Lange & the Lonely Knights
Schroeder: The Old-Timerz
Stevens: Cardinale
Trachtenberg: Jack & the Beanstalkers
Best Reissue/Box Set
Beets: Children of Nuggets (Rhino)
Caligiuri: Grateful Dead, Fillmore West 1969 (Rhino)
Gabriel: Love’s a Real Thing: The Funky Fuzzy Sounds of West Africa (Luaka Bop)
Gray: Janis Joplin, Pearl (Columbia/Legacy)
Haupt: Johnny Cash, The Legend (Sony)
Hernandez: Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds, B-sides & Rarities (Mute)
Langer: Terry Reid, Superlungs (Astralwerks)
Lynch: King Crimson, The 21st Century Guide to King Crimson Volume Two: 1981-2003 (Discipline Global Mobile)
Moser: Johnny Cash, The Legend (Sony)/One Kiss Can Lead to Another: Girl Group Sounds Lost & Found (Rhino/Wea)
Schroeder: Dinosaur Jr., Dinosaur, Bug, You’re Living All Over Me (Merge)
Stevens: The Cure, Pornography (Rhino/Elektra/Fiction)
Trachtenberg: Ray Charles, Pure Genius: The Complete Atlantic Recordings (Atlantic)
Best Compilation/Soundtrack
Beets: Hal Lifson’s Sex and the ’60s (Varese Sarabande)
Caligiuri: Broken Flowers (Decca)
Gabriel: Run the Road (Vice)
Gray: Deadwood: Music From the HBO Original Series (Lost Highway)
Haupt: Elizabethtown (RCA)
Hernandez: Stubbs the Zombie: The Soundtrack (Shout! Factory)
Langer: Stubbs the Zombie: The Soundtrack (Shout! Factory)
Lynch: Danny Elfman, Charlie & the Chocolate Factory (Warner Home Video)
Moser: Roky Erickson, I Have Always Been Here Before: The Roky Erickson Anthology (Shout! Factory)/Quite a Party! 24 Great Instrumental Bands Play the Fireballs (Ace)
Schroeder: Business Deal Top 40 of 2005 (Business Deal)
Stevens: Everything Is Illuminated (TVT)
Trachtenberg: Broken Flowers (Decca)
Best Music DVD
Beets: X, The Unheard Music (Image Entertainment)
Caligiuri: Elvis Costello, The Right Spectacle (Rhino)
Gabriel: Project Blowed 10th Anniversary (Decon)
Gray: R. Kelly, Trapped in the Closet: Chapters 1-12 (Jive)
Haupt: Bob Dylan, No Direction Home (Paramount)
Hernandez: Alice Cooper, Good to See You Again (Shout! Factory)
Langer: Green Day, Bullet in a Bible (Warner Bros.)
Lynch: Rush, R30 (Zoë/Rounder)
Moser: Blackmore’s Night, Castles & Dreams (Steamhammer Us)
Schroeder: R. Kelly, Trapped in the Closet: Chapters 1-12 (Jive)
Stevens: Drive Well, Sleep Carefully: On the Road With Death Cab for Cutie (Plexifilm)
Trachtenberg: Billie Holiday, The Ultimate Collection (Verve)
R.I.P.
Beets: Randy “Biscuit” Turner, Ram Ayala
Caligiuri: Hunter S. Thompson, Richard Pryor, Clarence “Gatemouth” Brown, R.L. Burnside, Vassar Clements, Jimmy Smith, Jim Capaldi
Gabriel: Lyn Collins, Willie Hutch, Jimmy Smith, R.L. Burnside, Ibrahim Ferrer
Gray: Randy “Biscuit” Turner, New Orleans, CBGB
Haupt: Richard Pryor, Link Wray, August Wilson
Hernandez: Hunter S. Thompson
Langer: smokers’ rights (again!)
Lynch: Robert Moog, Link Wray
Moser: Randy “Biscuit” Turner
Schroeder: Randy “Biscuit” Turner, Church of the Friendly Ghost, Hunter S. Thompson
Stevens: New Orleans, R.L. Burnside
Trachtenberg: New Orleans, Jimmy Smith, Clarence “Gatemouth” Brown
This article appears in 2005.