The Boston Music Awards have announced their nominees for 2016. The awards, founded in 1987, have been honoring outstanding members of the Boston music scene for nearly three decades. This year’s Awards will take place December 8th at the House Of Blues. Four new categories have been added, in addition to the original 28. One of the original categories is Best Music Blog, which Allston Pudding has won three times. The new categories are: Live Production Engineer of the Year, Best Music Photo of the Year, Best Live Intimate Music Venue, and Session Musician of the Year. The award has a new design as well.
The new design for the award.
Tickets are available from $25, which you can purchase here. The Awards will feature live performances from artists, to be announced in October. Who will win? You’ll have to come to the show to find out! You can vote for your choices — including your choice for Best Music Blog, for which Allston Pudding happens to be nominated — here. You can only choose one per category, so choose (Allston Pudding) wisely, especially when voting for Best (Allston Pudding) Music Blog. Nominees include:
Artist of the Year:
Cousin Stizz
Marissa Nadler
Michael Christmas
Palehound
PVRIS
The Ballroom Thieves
Album/EP of the Year:
Bearstronaut – Telecoast
Cousin Stizz – Monda
Julie Rhodes – Bound to Meet the Devil
Reks – The Greatest X
The Hotelier – Goodness
Worshipper – Shadow Hymns
Song of the Year:
Air Traffic Controller – “On The Wire”
Contact – “Never Stop”
Cousin Stizz – “Where I Came From”
Marissa Nadler – “Janie In Love”
PVRIS – “You And I”
Speedy Ortiz – “Death Note”
New Artist of the Year:
Animal Flag
Julie Rhodes
Lady Pills
Salem Wolves
Token
Weakened Friends
Live Artist of the Year:
Cousin Stizz
The Ballroom Thieves
The Devil’s Twins
Tigerman WOAH
Walter Sickert & The Army of Broken Toys
Worshipper
Video of the Year:
Air Traffic Controller – “The House”
Kyle Bent – “Supplier”
Palehound – “Molly”
PVRIS – “You And I”
Ruby Rose Fox – “Dance Of Frankenstein”
Slaine – “Pusher”
Female Vocalist of the Year:
Abbie Barrett
Casey Sullivan (Air Traffic Controller)
Julie Rhodes
Lyndsey Gunnulfsen (PVRIS)
Ruby Rose Fox
Sadie Dupuis (Speedy Ortiz)
Male Vocalist of the Year:
Chris Cote
Dietrich Strause
Evan Kenney
Louie Bello
Walter Sickert
Will Dailey
Americana Artist of the Year:
Honeysuckle
Julie Rhodes
Session Americana
The Ballroom Thieves
These Wild Plains
Tigerman WOAH
Blues Artist of the Year:
Barrence Whitfield & The Savages
Matthew Stubbs & the Antiguas
Peter Parcek
Shor’ty Billups
The Silks
Willie J. Laws Band
DJ/Producer of the Year:
DJ Knife
DJ Slipwax
Frank White
Joe Bermudez
Kon
Leah V
Electronic Artist of the Year:
Bearstronaut
CMB
Contact
Freezepop
Party Bois
Radclyffe Hall
Folk Artist of the Year:
Dan Blakeslee
Darlingside
Honeysuckle
Tall Heights
The Ballroom Thieves
The Novel Ideas
Hip Hop Artist of the Year:
Cousin Stizz
Dutch ReBelle
Michael Christmas
REKS
Slaine
STL GLD
International Artist of the Year:
Debo Band
Dub Apocalypse
Rebecca Zama
Roberto Morbioli
Shun Ng
Ubuntu Band
Jazz Artist of the Year:
Alison Keslow
Amanda Carr
Esperanza Spalding
Grace Kelly
La Vie en Rose
Yoko Miwa
Metal Artist of the Year:
Converge
GOZU
I Am Become Death
Protean Collective
Revocation
Worshipper
Pop Artist of the Year:
Clinton Sparks
Contact
JoJo
Meghan Trainor
PVRIS
Rachel Platten
Punk/Hardcore Artist of the Year:
Actor|Observer
Ascend/Descend
Choke Up
Rebuilder
Somos
The Hotelier
R&B Artist of the Year:
Bad Rabbits
Barrence Whitfield & The Savages
Jesse Dee
Marcela Cruz
Nancia Shea Rose
Rock/Indie Artist of the Year:
Black Beach
Palehound
Pile
Speedy Ortiz
The Devil’s Twins
Vundabar
Singer-Songwriter of the Year:
Abbie Barrett
Lori McKenna
Marissa Nadler
Nate Leavitt
Ruby Rose Fox
Will Dailey
Studio Producer of the Year:
Benny Grotto
Brian Charles
Dave Brophy
Ed Valauskas
Sean McLaughlin
The Arcitype (Janos Fulop)
Live Production Engineer of the Year:
Benjamin Stoppelman
Brendon Downey
Chris Johnson
Dan Gonzales
David Hughes
Reid Calkin
Best Live Music Photographer:
Ben Stas (Pal & Staff Photographer)
Coleman Rogers
Eddy Leiva
Johnny Anguish
Joshua Pickering
Rich Gastwirt
Best Promoter:
Aaron Gray – Grayskull Booking
Alyssa Spector – Lysten Boston
Jason Trefts – Illegally Blind
Lisa Finelli – Xperience Creative
Randi Millman – Atwood’s Tavern
Ryan Agate – RTT Presents
Best Music Night:
Corrosion at Brighton Music Hall
Emo Night at The Sinclair
Fresh Produce at Good Life
Heroes at Middle East
Soulelujah at ZuZu
The Workout KBX at Laugh Boston
Best Live Music Venue:
Brighton Music Hall
House of Blues
Paradise Rock Club
Royale
The Middle East Downstairs
The Sinclair
Best Live Intimate Music Venue:
Club Passim
Great Scott
Lizard Lounge
O’Brien’s Pub
ONCE Ballroom
TOAD
Best Live Ongoing Residency:
Baker Thomas Band at TOAD
Dennis Brennan at the Lizard Lounge
OldJack’s Last Saturdays at the Lizard Lounge
The Blue Ribbons at TOAD
The White Owls at TOAD
Tim Gearan at Atwood’s
Session Musician of the Year:
Dave Brophy
Duke Levine
Jonathan Ulman
Lyle Brewer
Matthew Girard
Paul Ahlstrand
Best Music Blog:
!*> Allston Pudding <*!
Boston Hassle
Guestlisted with Jed Gottlieb
Killer Boom Box
Red Line Roots
Vanyaland
Now go on and VOTE!
—From your friends at Allston Pudding Music Blog.