DOMA XXII: And The Nominees Are...

No Dub Assembly love once again. :(

I think it was better when the staff chose the nominees, as there are some serious snobberies going on around here. I could list the venues, booking agents and bands that AGAIN got left off this ballot, but that would just be ANOTHER negative comment on DC9.

bastardos de sancho should have been up for best latin and best experimental. maybe next year....

BEST GROUP
Ishi - ok
Jonathan Tyler & The Northern Lights - crappy
Midlake - good
Mount Righteous - not bad
RTB2 - good
Telgraph Canyon - great

BEST NEW ACT
Air Review ?
The Beaten Sea - derivative as hell
Ishi - ok
Seryn - not bad
Spooky Folk - ?
Sundress - never heard of them

BEST HARD ROCK ACT
THe BAcksliders - cheesy crap
Descender - good
The House Harkonnen - great
The Phuss - trying way too hard to be cool
Record Hop - great
True Widow - not bad

BEST PUNK ACT
Bad Sports - punk is dead
Here Holy Spain - punk is dead
Legsweeper - punk is dead
Spector 45 - lol
The Uptown Bums - punk is dead
VIDEO - punk is dead

BEST INDIE ROCK ACT
Air Review - bland
Matthew and The Arrogant Sea -boring
Midlake - pretty good
Smile Smile - rock? lol
Spooky Folk - ?
Teenage Cool Kids - decent

BEST MALE VOCALIST
Ryan Thomas Becker (RTB2) - good
Doug Burr - good
Nick Foreman (Dust Congress) - ?
Robert Gomez - unspectacular
Tim Smith (Midlake) - famous-ish
Jonathan Tyler (Jonathan Tyler & The Northern Lights) - needs to just stop

BEST INSTRUMENTALIST
Ryan Thomas Becker (RTB2) - badass
Glen Farris (Doug Burr) - ?
Robert Gomez - pretty good
Chris Holt (The Slack) - wankery
Sean Kirkpatrick (Nervous Curtain, The Paper Chase) - ok
Chris McQueen (Foe Destroyer, Oso Closo) - ?

BEST COVER/TRIBUTE ACT
Boys Named Sue - stupid category
Hard Night's Day - stupid category
Le Cure - stupid category
The King Bucks - stupid category
Petty Theft - stupid category
Rhymin' N Stealin' - stupid category

BEST RECORD LABEL
Battle Flag Records (The Phuss, Jacknife) - crap
Forest Family Records (Cults, Gauntlet Hair) - never heard of it
Gutterth Records (Ryan Thomas Becker, Dear Human) - very hit or miss
Idol Records (Here Holy Spain, Boys Named Sue) - meh
Kirtland Records (Sarah Jaffe, Smile Smile) - any miracle worker actually bringing success to Smile Smile must be doing something right
Spune Records (Telegraph Canyon, Doug Burr) - lucky to have TC

Really? Really? Mike Snider is not among the top 6 music advocates in the area? Really? Really?

For the band categories the options should be expanded to 10 bands. 5 leaves way too many good bands without even a mention. At least POST the next 5 highest bands in each category so we can see.

Solid lists. Some seem all to familiar though which is either a really good sign or a really bad sign.

And let's start the list of snubs. I'll start with what I feel is the biggest ommission:

Summer Ames for "best female vocalist"

(Good grief, have you heard this girl live? This girl gets applause after her sound checks)

Smile, Smile's Truth On Tape didn't get a nod for best album? Do y'all listen to the radio in Dallas?

Where is Becky Middleton??? Crazy...

I would recommend next time have a "best live show" category. Just a thought.

No dove hunter, exit 380, calhoun, american werewolf academy, stella rose, grant jones & the pistol grip lassos, orbans, bastardos de sanchos, burning hotels, titanmoon, trees, la grange, cavern, alex gerst, great tyrant.

What 70 members of the music community did you ask exactly? It seems like anyone you could have asked would have some stake personally in this ballot, if in fact they are still active in this 'community' otherwise you wouldn't have asked them for their opinion...

Shouldn't the entire nomination system be regarded as a massive conflict of interest?

Would have liked to see Air Review and Dovetail for best male vocalist...

Smile Smile's latest record gets no love but you nominate them for best indie ROCK act?

Looks to me like hipster scenester types decided the nominees this year. Quite a bit wrong on the ballot. Your system is flawed.

Maybe the first time I actually agree with a DOMA ballot. Well done.

This is silly. Anyone who thinks DC9 knows what's going on with local music is crazy. How were these groups/people/entities nominated again? 1) No one cares about rubber Gloves, WhoShotJR, DayBowBow, or SpookyFolk. 2) There are way more interesting and talented people in DFW if you would just stop drinking the bong water.

There are a TON of ommissions here. This seems like a very bad way of coming about the nominations.

Why didn't the staff writers or Freedman chose like the Fort Worth Weekly & Quick do?? This is weak.

I guess they just didn't get the votes, but I'm surprised to see no Centro-matic, The Boom Boom Box, Cocky Americans, Dove Hunter, Daniel Folmer, Stella Rose, New Fumes, or Caleb Ian Campbell on here. Now that I think about it, maybe we have more good local bands that I realized. Unfortunately we have JT and the Northern Lights representing us nationally. Puke.

Next year we'll be sure to get a ballot over to Meg who obviously has a handle on the local music scene.

sweet, i'm a producer now. i feel all left out w/o any credits, tho. how about "(RTB2, Paul Slavens, Daniel Folmer, Spooky Folk)" :D

@JC: Ha! Thanks, JC! Sorry about that....

Definition of Anonymous: Bitter, washed out, and delusional local musicians that didn't get the nomination they believe that they are entitled to.

Thanks for the love DOMA! This year is a victory for pot smokers everywhere ...well, mostly in Denton, but that's the way I prefer it anyway. I am happy to see so many mediocre nominees this year. Spooky Folk, Ishi, Sleep Whale, all get me almost dancing. Keep up the average job hipsters!

-Paul

Definition of Anonymous: No-Talent Ass-clown.

Typical Good Ole Boy way of doing things. Same ole bands year after year, and the same ole terrible categories. "Best Booking Agent, Label, Blog, Music Advocate, Radio Show".

Why not start giving MUSIC AWARDS for "Best Band Member Girlfriend, Show Attendee, Bartender At Venue, Bouncer, Doorguy, Light & Sound Technician, Approving Parent/Spouse".

So glad to see that Denton is getting the big nod. To all the haters, quit your band and start going to hipster shows. You might learn a thing or two about merging your idea of "good music" with what other people want to hear.

Also, big ups to Ryan Thomas Becker who stole the show. er, ballot.

Man the eff up Anonymous'. This was one of the best years in Dallas music in this decade. Yes, there are definitely omissions, but this is mere collateral damage when you have so much talent exploding in one scene in a single year. Seems to me we'll be looking back on this year as a pivotal one in Dallas music history.

It's really awesome to see Jesus Christ is interested in Dallas Music. Welcome back Jesus!

LOL
Seryn = Caedmon's Call

wtf no Jason Mraz?

GREAT JOB nominees!

Definition of Anonymous: something or someone that is unknown; undiscovered.

Paul Slavens is my hero.

I find it really amusing that the people who feel most entitled to their opinions get so pissed off when other people have them, too.

same as it ever was

same as it ever was

One day I'll be cool enough to have heard of some of those bands.

I enjoy the comments after the nominations and awards at least as much as the nominations and awards.
On behalf of the band I'm in that got nominated: This is a fair and unbiased system, and this list is a perfect representation of the Dallas and Denton music scene. Thank you for a brilliant ballot, Observer!
On behalf of the other projects I'm involved with that didn't get nominated: This list is obviously created by a bunch of insiders with agendas and poor taste that only nominate themselves or whomever they're screwing. This is a list populated by hacks and cronies. Boo! The Observer has failed all of Mankind.
Anonymous was right to be elated/pissed.

@Anonymous: No you won't.

THE SAME OLL BANDS AS ALWAYS....
Damn, open your eyes peeps.

& does Trees not qualify for best venue?

Congrats bands, bookers and venues!
Good stuff coming out of N Texas these days. Please keep up the great work!

I really like the DOMA logo.

SOMEBODY CALL THE FUCKING WAHHHHHMBULANCE.

I don't care about any other comments that have been posted or will be posted. Chris Mayes took care of them all!

Chris Mayes is a genius

Great job, Denton Observer!

i have a belly button (:

A.Dd+ HOE!!!

For categories like best solo, folk, instrumentalist, male vocalist, female vocalist, etc...are we not asking Dallas' coffeehouses? Opening Bell, Crooked Tree, Mokah Coffee Bar, Roots, It's a Grind,etc, etc?

None of the best acts I've seen at these venues were on any list. Ryan Edgar? Becky Middleton? Summer Ames?

I think a HUGE scene of talented musicians is being overlooked in all of the hipster/club mania. Acts that still sound good when you're sober and alert should be on this list. Time to expand horizons with judge selection.

How in the name of Zues you can leave Smile Smile's Truth On Tape off of the list of Best Albums is beyond me. They're not even my typical cup of tea. However, you can't tune into KXT, a station that the Observer supports and mentions frequently, for 10 minutes without hearing one of several tracks they play from their record. Enough about that. Where are the Toadies? Where's Boom Boom Box? And how do records that have been out for one fucking week get nominated? Shocking.

belly buttons are HOTT!

Belly Buttons are HOTT!

If I hear the word "hipster" again I'm going to vomit. I don't think that anyone even knows what it is. It's just a buzz-word that people use to sound intelligent.

David C,
Spell my name right or suffer my wrath.
Lylas,
Zeus

Thx for the nomination guys...im happy to be in such great company!!

Mad Mexicans appreciates the nomination for Best Latin in the DOMAs. Not even the Arizona immigration laws can stop Mad Mexicans from rockin.

We are glad the Dallas music scene is still going, us included and cool to see new talent coming up.

There should be a “Best Reunion Show” category. Slow Roosevelt, The Toadies, Ugly Mustard, & Brutal Juice have played kick ass reunion shows recently. Now we just need Course of Empire, The Nixons, Hagfish, Hash Palace & others to rock.

Show the young rockers how is used to be done with packed venues.

Mad Mexicans at Trees
Sat. July 10th, 2010

Come see how Mad Mexicans can still rock the house even is we are not mad as we used to be…………

Ay te watcho ninos…………Mad Mexicans

www.myspace.com/madmexicans

Gotta say. I hadn't heard of Tyler and the Northern Lights until the HomeGrown festival. I paid no attention to them at first and was lying in the grass. Eventually, the music began to invade my conscious mind. I sat up. Then I stood. Then I walked to up towards the front of the crowd. That's when you know it's a good band. They should win Best Band by a cool furlong.

@Chris Mayes I love you.

why is seryn even on this?

No GS Boyz? You obviously know nothing about music.

Anonymous' itemized list and accompanying comments are spot on, especially the "lols," "stupid category" and other one-word zingers--I couldn't have said it better myself. But he/she is dead wrong about THe BAcksliders, so I must invite Anonymous to come to their show tomorrow night at the Doublewide--you will get your face rocked off and then we can sit around and rip on other bands....but seriously? THe BAcksliders have renewed my faith in rock-n-roll and absolutely deserve this nomination and more.

Anonymous' itemized list and accompanying comments are spot on, especially the "lols," "stupid category" and other one-word zingers--I couldn't have said it better myself. But he/she is dead wrong about THe BAcksliders, so I must invite Anonymous to come to their show tomorrow night at the Doublewide--you will get your face rocked off and then we can sit around and rip on other bands....but seriously? THe BAcksliders have renewed my faith in rock-n-roll and absolutely deserve this nomination and more.

estes shane whalen? the marfalites? just saying...

Thanks DOMA for nominating us a second year! Congrats to all the nominees.
Let's party!!!

Thanks DOMA for nominating us a second year! Congrats to all the nominees.
Let's party!!!

VOTE FOR A.Dd+

Congrats to everyone nominated! Regardless of your opinion of them, they obviously carry enough clout to get the nomination over others. There’s no perfect system, but I think this way is hell of a lot better than just leaving it up to the Observer. Atleast this way there was an opportunity to gauge what the scene as a whole thought about everyone… There’s flaws in it, sure, I mean hell, did Neon Indian even live in DFW for 15 minutes of the past year? But this is a good way to go about it. There’s plenty of people who weren’t nominated that “should” have been, but that just means it’s been a good year. I’m curious to know EVERYONE nominated… because there are folks on ballots that didn’t make the final 5 or 8 or whatever… That would be a cool list with the number of nominations… and I’d also love to see who would have been the nominees if it was truly left up to the masses… Someone should start a website and take nominations from everyone then crowd source the top 5 in each category… www.dallasmusicawards.com is available people, I’m just saying.

this list is fucking retarded. seriously.

VOTE SPOOKY FOLK!!!!!

I just wanted to say that this whole thing feels like a popularity contest straight out of high school... like "most likely to succeed", "best dressed", "best looking", etc... I think it does more harm to the local scene than good. Why can't we simply appreciate each band/venue for the role it plays in our local scene? Art/music is subjective. So how can one be better than the other? Thank god we have the doublewide, the granada, "hipster" music and texas country. Without diversity this city would be shallow and boring...

I'm happy to see so many of my friends get much-deserved recognition. Cheers.

Your hip hop nominations are complete trash, ive seen most of these acts live and it they are horrible.
Can you honestly say these guys are artists?
Damaged Goods are only good on recordings, sore losers are a joke on stage, never heard of any gallery cat shows, dustin cavasos, really? ADd.+ just put out their first song bout a 1 month ago and have no merits to be called best of dallas.
they are all mom & pop "artists" seriously.
or is it that dallas hip hop is that bad?

embarassing list

Just like the Dallas Observer to bow to their local corporate overlords and only nominate the "hip bands." I challenge you to beat my list of "New Songs That Sound Old" or "Best Songs By Bands With Names Beginning With C". You can't can you? I bet you won't even try!

THIS LIST SUCKS! IF YOU KNEW ANYTHING ABOUT MUSIC, YOU'D HAVE PUT (insert no name band here) IN EVERY CATEGORY!

dear human ftw!!!

AWESOME!!! Three of the Best Tribute Band nominees are performing at Xerofest at Lee Harvey's on June 12. I am soooo going to that now!! www.xerofest.com

I like how the DOMA nomination post comment section always turns into a mini WSJR comment section. Anonymous bile rules!

If you want to see a solid music awards ballot, then hop on over to the FORT WORTH WEEKLY MUSIC AWARDS (ballots were released on Wed.). I'm pretty sure the artists were chosen by the staff, and you don't see the comment section of the Weekly's Blog full of jerk-offs trying to rip each other apart.

The whole event is supposed to be about bringing the music community together, which is exactly what the FW Weekly strives to accomplish. Dallas could learn a few things from "Cowtown".

Great ideas Nico. Some "music scenes" are bigger than other music scenes in Dallas, meaning more venues and coverage, and therefore more nominations for artists of those styles. It'd be nice to at least know that other artists received nods for their achievements in bringing noteriety to the overall Dallas music scene, even if they weren't top 5 in votes. To those who were I say congratulations! Keep doing what you're doing.

Hipster is another word for douchebag.

Mitra should have been a Metal nominee, along with Stir the Silence. Both extremely bad ass and local.

My brothers band made it this year! Go pesos!

Fergus & Geronimo nominated for Best R&B is a wtf

Mrs. Fort Worth, I will have to respectfully disagree with your assessment of the FW Weekly situation. I too live in Fort Worth and can tell you that the FW Weakly knows nothing about the local music scene in the very city which it purports to cover. Their music awards ballot is essentially the same old crap year after year. They include bands that are totally irrelevant and that nobody cares about because the "music editor" is buds with them. Seriously, Fort Worth's so called "music scene" is a joke and will continue to be until the FW Weakly decides to actually cover some shit that people care about.

And with regard to their blog comments section not containing jerk-off's trying to rip each other apart, it's because nobody gives a crap about their site, their articles or anything else that has to do with that P.O.S.

Paul Slavens FTW.

One who knows, who did the FW Weekly miss? You sound like you know a lot of bands. I too live in Fort Worth and was scratching my head trying to drum up more than 2 other artists that did not make the cut that actually play out in Fort Worth. Keep in mind all their bands are supposed to be from Cowtown and not all of North Texas.

TM, I really can't gripe too much about the Weakly's ballot because I don't really care too much about it. My main complaint is that the Weakly's music section is a joke. Each week, half of the so called "music" articles are about bars or restaurants or something other than music and/or bands. They would do themselves well to stick to music in the "music" section of their paper. There are also plenty of bands in Fort Worth that merit coverage, yet they always seem to find bands that do not merit coverage. Each week, the Weakly seems to find new ways to disappoint. They need to spend a few weeks reading the Observer in order to find out how to run a music section.

I agree with Dave Little's assertion that Mike Snider should have been nominated for Best Music Advocate. The same could also be said for Russell Hobbs. (Over 40 years of promoting shows in Deep Ellum between the two.)

If the Observer will allow it, please take my name off the ballot and replace it with either Mike Snider or Russell Hobbs. No disrespect to anyone who nominated me, but both of these guys deserve it more than I do.

i think you deserve it, too, liles. as do the others. but to not have mike there is a shame. i know, we can go down each list and complain about who didn't get nominated. but it seems to me that this is a category that has less to do with taste and more to do with a dogged desire to have live music playing in as many venues as possible. just my opinion, but i'm fucked up in the head.

bummer to not get nominated but happy to see some amazing folks on this list.

and of course Chris M, Jonathan T, and Nelo M are right on for being the gracious artists they are: keep it up guys.

It's nice to see Hunter Hendrickson was nominated.. He is amazing. That's one out of the five acts that actually play's blues. One. Is there nobody with a brain in charge here?

Dallas has an actual blues community with a rich history. Im not even a blues fan and I know that. There are real blues players in this town. You see there names all the time.. Because they are out working hard.

Seems to be the same for R&B... Why ask 70 people who know nothing about a scene who should be nominated? Hell, if they could not think of a blues act, they could open the Observer and find some.

all you whiners can just write in your vote when the ballots come out.

One who knows:

The point wasn't to shine a spotlight at the perfection of the Weekly's music section (which agreed can be disappointing), but rather their propencity for POSITIVITY. Again a music award shouldn't be a teardown, but a celebration of artistry, and a way to help struggling local bands find their audience through free and much needed publicity.

The 'anonymous' posts that feature some mushmouth blasting a band in this comment section is a reflection of the NEGATIVITY the Dallas Observer feeds upon in it's music section and in this blog.

Find me a D.O. music article or blog post w/o at least one backhanded compliment and I'll find you ten FW Weekly write-ups w/o a rip.

obviously there are going to be good and bad aspects of the list. i think the number of nominees is a bit short, but is that due to lack of clubs/stages for the showcase night?

i really enjoyed popping around Lower Greenville last summer and hope the wide-ranging acts, venues will be replicated this year.

A phony award show to let the scene folk pat each other on the back. Please God don't let them have Martellus Bennett rap again this year. It's NEVER a good idea to have bands compete. Bands should be supporting each other, not competing over a fake award presented by some hack local celebrity.

Let me see if I've got this straight:
1) If you're too popular, you shouldn't be on the list.
2) If you're not popular enough, you shouldn't be on the list.
3) The local music community shouldn't be trusted to have a say in the nominations, and the decisions should have been left to Observer employees.
4) The Observer employees are stupid.
5) Having an integrated music community is a terrible idea, because either a) Dallas is doing it wrong, or b) you think you need a passport to get to Ft. Worth or Denton, and so they shouldn't be included. Personally, I agree with the latter argument. Don't bands just podcast their practices instead of touring these days?

You're all doing it wrong.

BOOM!

This is me : voting for Here Holy Spain as the BEST PUNK ACT
xo

Big J should win Best DJ this year..He is phenominal and a good person to boot. Best of Luck.You Got My Vote...

Thank you rewhined. You summed up my feelings about all of this perfectly.

So glad to see the group sundress on here. Its great to see that some people out there are still trying to progress music.

yeah, Jonathan Tyler & The Northern Lights repeat!! Great Band I'm proud to say they are from the big D. Im so glad to see their girl Emotion Brown get nominated for Best Funk/R&B, she put's the funk in music! I am disappointed that their is nothing for calhoun, stella rose, orbans, and burning hotels, Green River Ordinance and Kirby Brown do we have to go to Ft. Worth for that?

It is great to see new young talent like Hunter Hendrickson. Saw him and his band rock the crowd at the Fort Worth Arts Festival. The kid is badass!

just a few thoughts by the headings of each category:

BEST GROUP (WHY ARE ALL THESE GROUPS FROM THE SAME PITCHFORKY GENRE. DOESN'T SEEM RIGHT. A LOT OF PEOPLE WOULD ARGUE THERE ARE STRONGER CANDIDATES FOR THIS AWARD IN OTHER GENRES, SUCH AS COUNTRY, METAL OR PUNK, BUT THOSE GENRES AREN'T UNDERSTOOD BY THE OBSERVER THESE DAYS) - SO, I can't vote for any of these
Ishi
Jonathan Tyler & The Northern Lights
Midlake
Mount Righteous
RTB2
Telgraph Canyon

BEST SOLO ACT - WHAT? NO AARON BARKER?? ANOTHER CROP OF BORING, UNIMAGINATIVE NOMINEES. YAWN
Danny Balis
Ryan Thomas Becker
Doug Burr
Glen Farris
Robert Gomez
Sarah Jaffe

BEST ALBUM - AGAIN, NOTHING BUT PITCHFORK WANNABES. YOU REALIZE, SUCCESS W/ PITCHFORK USUALLY LEADS TO SHORT LIVED SUCCESS.. JUST SAYIN..
Air Review - Landmarks
The Beaten Sea - The Beaten Sea
Dour Burr - O Ye Devastator
Neon Indian - Psychic Chasms
Sarah Jaffe - Suburban Nature
Telegraph Canyon - The Tide and The Current

BEST SONG - AGAIN ANOTHER MEANINGFUL AWARD GOING TO A VERY NARROW OFFERING OF NOMINEES. ALL THESE ARTISTS COULD BE ON THE SAME LABEL FOR CHRISSAKES!
The Beaten Sea - "Doctor's Not Gonna Cure Our Ills"
Ishi - "Pastel Lights"
Sarah Jaffe - "Clementine"
Seryn - "We Will All Be Changed"
Spooky Folk - "Bible Belt"
Telegraph Canyon - "Shake Your Fist"

BEST NEW ACT - DITTO FOR THIS CATEGORY
Air Review
The Beaten Sea
Ishi
Seryn
Spooky Folk
Sundress

BEST BLUES ACT - MODERN BLUES IS KINDA LIKE WATCHING A CIVIL WAR RE ENACTMENT. I'LL STAY AWAY FROM THIS ONE
Hunter Hendrickson
Jonathan Tyler & The Northern Lights
New Science Projects
Quaker City Nighthawks
RTB2
Tweed EQ

BEST HARD ROCK ACT - THE HOUSE HARKONNEN IS THE BEST ACT IN THE LIST SO FAR. TRUE WIDOW IS A GREAT BAND, BUT IN NO WAY BELONGS IN THIS CATEGORY. THEY SHOULD BE IN INDIE ROCK. ON THE OTHER HAND, I'D RATHER LOOSE IN THE HARD ROCK CATEGORY THAN WIN IN THE INDIE ROCK CATEGORY.
THe BAcksliders
Descender
The House Harkonnen
The Phuss
Record Hop
True Widow

BEST COUNTRY ACT - LOTS OF GOOD STUFF IN THIS LIST. POSSIBLY THE TOUGHEST CATEGORY TO CALL....
Danny Balis
Boys Named Sue
Eleven Hundred Springs
The King Bucks
The O's
Somebody's Darling

BEST ALT-COUNTRY/ROOTS ACT - DALLAS, HAVENT YOU LOST THE SPARK IN YOUR LOVE AFFAIR W/ ALT COUNTRY YET. YALL NEED TO TAKE A BREAK
The Beaten Sea
The Hope Trust
The Naptime Shake
Rodney Parker and 50 Peso Reward
Telegraph Canyon
Whiskey Folk Ramblers

BEST ELECTRONICA/DANCE ACT- AND YET MORE PITCHFORK WANNABES..
Darktown Strutters
Fizzy Dino Pop
Florene
FUR
Ishi
Neon Indian

BEST EXPERIMENTAL/AVANT GARDE ACT - DRUG MOUNTAIN SHOULD BE IN HERE
Dear Human
Mount Righteous
Nervous Curtains
Chameleon Chamber Group
Shiny Around The Edges
Sleep Whale

BEST PUNK ACT- LEG SWEEPER RULES. THIS SHOULD BE A NO BRAINER
Bad Sports
Here Holy Spain
Legsweeper
Spector 45
The Uptown Bums
VIDEO

BEST INDIE ROCK ACT IS A BROKEN UP INDIE ROCK ACT
Air Review
Matthew and The Arrogant Sea
Midlake
Smile Smile
Spooky Folk
Teenage Cool Kids

BEST METAL ACT - THIS IS A TOUGH CATEGORY TOO. THE DALLAS METAL SCENE HAS SHOWN MUCH IMPROVEMENT. THERE'S ACTUALLY A VARIETY OF INTERESTING METAL BANDS AROUND AND HARDLY ANY SOUND LIKE PANTERA WANNABES. KILL THE CLIENT IS ON RELAPSE, A FAIRLY MAJOR METAL LABEL. MALEVELLER CAME OUT OF NOWHERE AND IS DEVELOPING A UNIQUE STYLE UNTO THEIR OWN, BEST DESCRIBED AS BAAADASS.
Akkolyte
Fair to Midland
Kill The Client
Maleveller
Shaolin Death Squad
Warbeast

BEST FOLK ACT
Doug Burr
Dust Congress
Fox & The Bird
Glen Farris
Sarah Jaffe
Seryn

BEST FUNK/R&B ACT
Backside Pick
Carmen Rodgers
Dondria
Emotion Brown
Fergus & Geronimo
The Gritz

BEST RAP/HIP-HOP ACT- DEM SOUTHERN FOLKS. THIS SHOULD BE A SHUT-OUT
A.Dd+
Damaged Good$
Dem Southernfolkz
Dustin Cavazos
galleryCat
Sore Losers

BEST JAZZ ACT
Ricki Derek
Freddie Jones
J. Paul Slavens
Snarky Puppy
Bernard Wright Trio
Yells at Eels

BEST DJ
A-One
Big J
Merritt
Schwa
Sober
Yeahdef

BEST LATIN/TEJANO ACT - DONDE BASTARDOS?
Mad Mexicans
Mariachia Quetzal
Mi Son Mi Son Mi Son

BEST MALE VOCALIST
Ryan Thomas Becker (RTB2)
Doug Burr
Nick Foreman (Dust Congress)
Robert Gomez
Tim Smith (Midlake)
Jonathan Tyler (Jonathan Tyler & The Northern Lights)

BEST FEMALE VOCALIST
Jessie Frye
Sarah Jaffe
Mara Lee Miller (Bosque Brown)
Amber Farris (Somebody's Darling)
Sabra Laval
Ashley Myrick (Lalagray, The Beaten Sea)

BEST INSTRUMENTALIST
Ryan Thomas Becker (RTB2)
Glen Farris (Doug Burr)
Robert Gomez
Chris Holt (The Slack)
Sean Kirkpatrick (Nervous Curtain, The Paper Chase)
Chris McQueen (Foe Destroyer, Oso Closo)

BEST COVER/TRIBUTE ACT
Boys Named Sue
Hard Night's Day
Le Cure
The King Bucks
Petty Theft
Rhymin' N Stealin'

BEST RECORD LABEL
Battle Flag Records (The Phuss, Jacknife)
Forest Family Records (Cults, Gauntlet Hair)
Gutterth Records (Ryan Thomas Becker, Dear Human)
Idol Records (Here Holy Spain, Boys Named Sue)
Kirtland Records (Sarah Jaffe, Smile Smile)
Spune Records (Telegraph Canyon, Doug Burr)

BEST PRODUCER
Matt Barnhart (Shearwater, Shiny Around The Edges)
Dave Castell (Toadies, Smile Smile)
Justin Collins (RTB2, Spooky Folk)
John Congleton (St. Vincent, Sarah Jaffe)
Lindsay Graham (The Beaten Sea, Lalagray)
Salim Nourallah (Old 97's, Whiskey Folk Ramblers)

BEST VENUE
Dan's Silverleaf
The Double-Wide
Granada Theater
Kessler Theatre
Rubber Gloves Rehearsal Studios
Sons of Hermann Hall

BEST RECORD STORE
Bill's Records and Tapes
CD Source
CD Universe
Good Records
Forever Young Records
Recycled Books

BEST BOOKING AGENT(S)
Chelsea Callahan (The Double-Wide, Renfield's Corner)
Granada Theater
Gutterth Productions (various venues)
Parade of Flesh (various venues)
Spune Productions (Hailey's Club, Lola's Sixth)
Kris Youmans (The Loft, Palladium Showroom)

BEST MUSIC ADVOCATE
Chelsea Callahan (The Double-Wide, Pre-Kindle)
Chris Flemmons (NX35 Conferette)
Gutterth Productions (booking, record label, podcasts)
Jeff Liles (Kessler Theatre)
MyDentonMusic.com
John Solis (Method Entertainment, Homegrown Festival)

BEST RADIO SHOW/PODCAST
"The Paul Slavens Show," Sundays at 8 p.m. on KKXT-91.7 FM KXT
"The Good Show," Saturdays at 9 a.m. on KTCU-88.7 FM The Choice
Gutterth Podcast (gutterth.com/podcast)
"KXT Texas Mix," Fridays at 12 p.m. on KKXT 91.7 FM KXT
"The Local Edge," Sundays at 11 p.m. on KDGE-102.1 FM The Edge
Track by Track with Paul Slavens (artandseek.net)

BEST BLOG
Day Bow Bow (daybowbow.net)
The Dumbing of America (thedumbingofamerica.net)
Gorilla Vs. Bear (gorillavsbear.net)
Subservient Experiment (subservientexperiment.com)
Weekly Tape Deck (weeklytapedeck.com)

What, you were not nominated? People like you make bad noise! You must be miserable.

Yeahdef repeats as best dj easily. Juicy the Emissary should also be nominated for best producer yall are straight sleeping on the kid.

PS New Vintage from denton should ABSOLUTELY be on this list yall are tripping.

It's true what "who cares what my name is" said tough. The sensibilities of whoever picks this stuff definitely favors certain styles of music and overlooks others.

Best thing about this list...Hunter Hendrickson as top blues act...PRODIGY!

The amazingly talented, Hunter Hendrickson gets my vote. I encourage everyone to check him out and vote for Hunter!

Get Spooky

No Hoyotoho in any of the relevant categories?

Wow. Another shocker from the Observer.

Oh well, at least the veteran California/Texas Electric Daisy Carnival promoters knew who to book with Moby, Kaskade, Benny Benassi and MSTRKRFT on June 19th at the Fair Grounds.

We'll see you at the finish line, folks...

They had to wait to get 300 followers in order to release this list? That's our first problem. Pathetic! We have over one million people in the DFW and it took them that long to get 300 followers? That just tells me no one gives a sheet about this list!

This list is terrible! You may as well not even release a list if it is going to suck this bad! Just making Dallas look bad if you ask me.

Why is everyone bitching so much? Are you kidding me? Pete works his ass off, and beside that many of these nominations are very good.

Yes lots of hard working artist who are good have been left out. And there are lots of artists in Dallas who are national and get no love here.

Maybe the problem with the Dallas music scene is people standing around in bitching instead of doing anything. Haven't seen your face in a bar or show in awhile buying merch or CDs, supporting DJs, or even just actually saying something positive.

Degenerate fucks.

wow people really like their bands, does any of you anonymous band complainer's listen to hip hop? I was under the impression that almost everybody in dallas listen's to hip hop.

To One Who "Knows." Over the past few weeks at the Weekly, we've written about Raging Boner, Fungi Girls, Paul Slavens, JoCo, The Cush, Pelicanstate (the side project of Telegraph Canyon's Chris Johnson), The Burning Hotels, Rotundus, Satellite Dream, Sean Russell, a new performance art space called The Where House, The Migrant (a dude from Denmark who collaborated with The Theater Fire's James Talambas), Cityview (whose new record was produced by the guy who did The Appleseed Cast and The Get-Up Kids), a new supergroup called White Mountain (featuring an ex-member of Black Tie Dynasty and current member of the recently reunited Garuda), Calhoun (whose new record is being produced by the dude who did Ryan Adams' Rock N Roll album), Lola's-palooza, the Other Texas Music Festival, Loop 12, Merkin, Rivercrest Yacht Club, Titanmoon, Daniel Katsuk, Twisted Black (who recorded the vocals for his new CD over the phone from a federal detention facility in Beaumont), and ... you get my point. What Fort Worth Weekly have YOU been reading? Anyway, I wouldn't confuse having a few beers with me once every other month as being my friend. No musician has ever helped me move furniture or picked me up from the airport. None. Sorry your or your friend's band wasn't on the ballot, a ballot compiled by the votes of club owners, promoters, radio people, and other music journalists. Thanks for your time.

Oh. Going back a few weeks earlier, we also wrote about Eyes Wings and Many Other Things, Shapes Stars Make, Fort Worth Sings for Haiti, and Wasted Words Art Collective. We also broke the story about EPIC RUINS (a side project of the guy who drums in Ben Harper's band, Jordan Richardson) and did a cover story on the return of Shea Seger, whose new album includes contributions from the bass player for The Who (yes, THAT Who) and the touring organist for Roger Waters (yes, THAT Roger Waters). And, yes, the Weekly's music section is only one page (plus listings), but it's always 100-PERCENT 817-local: artists either originally from Tarrant County (our distribution area) or living here now. Face.

Atta boy Mariani!!!

blah blah blah

PETE SHMETE....NO ONE GIVES A DAMN ABOUT THIS LIST...300 FOLLOWERS? WOWOWOWOW SUCH HIGH STANDARDS. TOOK YOU THAT LONG TO GET 300 FOLLOWERS...HOW LONG DID IT TAKE YOU TO FIND 70 "journalists, bloggers, booking agents, club managers, producers, DJs, publicists, etc." THIS IS YOU TRYING TO JUSTIFY THIS LIST BECAUSE YOU KNOW IT'S SHITTY!

Objektiv One= degenerate dumbass

what about some Jefferson Colby love??

2 new records in 2010 and have been touring the country this year.

jeffersoncolby.bandcamp.com

Engaging lecture, althoug it can be argued both sides. A bit like talking[url=http://www.lovebindingspell.com] love spells[/url] in the heart of a well-ordered paper.

I Dont know Anthony and I was nominated for the FWWMA.
I was shocked but gratefull none the less. Just being nominated alone is a great honor, especially when I am up against such talented women. Who I will add all deserve the nomination they recieved.
There is way to much negativity here when people should be supporting the scene as apposed to reinforcing the voids.
I casted my vote! GO "the Good Show" 88.7! WOOT!!!!!
i would however like to add my own little nomination on both ballots....MAMBOS MEDIA!!!! =) Rody rocks my world!
LONG LIVE THE MIGHTY INTERWEB!

Hey anonymous, fist your mother and get a fucking life. Apparently you are very interested in the nominees for this years' DOMAs. If you suck at dungeons and dragons, don't knock the only fucking organization that supports local music whether you dig it or not. Fuck off and go fuck a goddamn hobbit or whatever the fuck you virgins are into now. FUCK your opinion... You've not done anything but be a whiney bitch. When you support local music, voice your opinion. By the way... Why the fuck do you keep checking in? Did your mom kick you out of the basement? FUCK YOU! Virgin... At least some people give a shit enough to try and support local music. Really?! Fist your D&D imaginary girlfriend. LIGHTING BOLT! Fuck you. I bet you live with your mom... VIRGIN. SUPPORT LOCAL MUSIC EVEN IF YOU CAN'T GET LAID!

Fatty Lumpkin should have been nominated..

FIST YOUR WORLDOF WARCRAFT MOTHER! Fatty Lumpkin should've done a bit more for Dallas than go on a fucking patchoulie, hippie tainted wannabe Austin pricks... Hey, you know?... Astin is worse than Denton you retarded prick. Then again, at least I got you to say a fucking band name. If You're going to be as negative as someone like me, just make sure you state your case in the beginning. Did I shut you the fuck up yet or are you going to cast a spell on me with your D&D buddies? B.T.W., i don't live with my mom. Isn't 36 a bit to old to be playing dress up at a fucking comic book store? Oh, by the way. I DARE YOU TO GIVE A BLOOD OATHE TO SATAN! TRY IT! Oh wait, you want to go watch Twilight... FUCK YOU.

At least i use my name you fucker! If you don't support Dallas music, go fuck yourself! I am the above comment.

battleflag records is a joke

What the hell is wrong with people?

Indie/Folk/Denton 4 lyfe yall

Thanks for the nominations! I'm looking forward to seeing the outcome! So many good acts that it was hard to vote in some categories!

-Scarlett Wright of Spooky Folk

Glad to see JT and the Northern Lights, Quaker City, Whiskey Folk, Telegraph Canyon, Air Review, Salim, and Mo Brown on the ballot. BUT where's Dovetail? Hoyotoho? Becky Middleton? Kirby Brown? The Roomsounds? I know there's a lot of talent in Dallas, but I'm surprised all these guys got overlooked.

garbage.

the whole ballot is complete GARBAGE.

no wonder no one cares about this haha

not to insult anyone nominated this year .. but ... i can think of alot of local bands that dont suck as much as some of the ones nominated for this .. Ive been in the music scene for many of years now and am very disappointed in you guys this year .. ive been apart of the scene since the early 90's .. ive seen them come and seen them go .. but you guys flat out suck this year .. i cant think of one single band that you have nominated that i would pay to see .. try a little harder next time .. accually attend a show and see for yourself ..

i wouldnt pay to see any of the shitty bands you have on your "list" .. even if i fell in a ditch and broke my leg and they just happened to be playing a show for people in the waiting room at the hospital i would hang myself with the list of shit you published and die ..