And The Nominees For The 2012 Dallas Observer Music Awards Are...

Welcome to Thunderdome. The 2012 Dallas Observer Music Awards poll is now live, and you can go right here and do what America does best: vote on their computer. Or you could go "old school" and find a paper ballot, like the one in this week's issue, then bring it to our November 10 showcase in Deep Ellum, which will feature more than 40 bands in venues like LaGrange, Dada and Trees. Oh, you can buy tickets for that right here. See how easy democracy is?

Peruse the list of nominees, won't you? Over the next few weeks, you'll be getting to know them more... intimately.

See also:
- The 2011 Dallas Observer Music Awards winners

Best Group Act
A.Dd+
The Blurries
Mind Spiders
Oil Boom
Quaker City Night Hawks
Warren Jackson Hearne & Le Leek Electrique

Best Solo Act
Jessie Frye
New Fumes
Ronnie Fauss
Ryan Thomas Becker
Sarah Jaffe
Tiger Darrow

Best Album
Daniel Hart, The Orientalist
John Singer Sergeant, self-titled
Mind Spiders, Meltdown
Nervous Curtains, Fake Infinity
Pinkish Black, self-titled
Sarah Jaffe, The Body Wins

Best Song
A.Dd+, "Shit Got Crazy"
The Colurs, "Easy To Love"
Daniel Hart, "O Sangeeta"
Mind Spiders, "Wait For Us"
Oil Boom, "The Great American Shakedown"

Best New Act
Blackstone Rangers
The Colurs
Joseph SoMo
Tony Ferraro & the Satans of Soft Rock
Year of the Bear
Zhora

Best Blues Act
Aaron Burton
Hunter Hendrickson Band
Jason Elmore
Rev. KM Williams
Smokin' Joe Kubek and Bnois King

Best Country Act
Grant Jones & the Pistol Grip Lassos
Jerrod Medulla
Michael Donner & the Southern Renaissance
Somebody's Darling
The King Bucks

Best Americana/Roots Act
J. Charles & the Trainrobbers
Danny Rush & the Designated Drivers
Josh Weathers
Telegraph Canyon
The O's
Boxcar Bandits

Best Electronic Act
Black Market Pharmacy
Blixaboy
Cutter
Datahowler
Mystery Skulls
Vulgar Fashion

Best Experimental Act
Diamond Age
Eyes, Wings & Many Other Things
New Fumes
Shiny Around the Edges
Summer of Glaciers

Best Punk Act
The Atomic Tanlines
The Black Dotz
Fungi Girls
Mind Spiders
The Phuss
War Party

Best Hardcore Act
Big Fiction
Kill the Client
Power Trip
Wiccans
Wild//Tribe

Best Metal Act
Akkolyte
Bludded Head
Maleveller
Pinkish Black
Terminator 2
Warbeast

Best Rock Act
Bad Design
The Breakfast Machine
The Cush
Quaker City Night Hawks
The Roomsounds
RTB2

Best Pop Act
Blackstone Rangers
Burning Hotels
The Colurs
Salim Nourallah & the Treefort 5
Smile Smile
Zhora

Best Folk Act
Clint Niosi
Hares on the Mountain
Jacob Metcalf
Ronnie Fauss
Vanessa Peters

Best Funk/R&B Act
The Cannabinoids
Ducado Vega
The Gritz
The Relatives
Sore Losers

Best Rap/Hip-Hop Act
A.Dd+
Dustin Cavazos
Mohicans
Playdough
Snow Tha Product
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