The Funkiest of Funkytown

In case you missed it, Fort Worth Weekly has announced their nominees for their 2008 Music Awards. I'm not certain when voting ends, but I do know that winners will be announced June 21 in downtown Fort Worth. Both parking and admission are free to this event, and I will give you more details as I get them.

In the meantime, I offer up for you a list of nominees in all the different categories. If I have a personal preference in a category, I will italicize the name of the artist, song, or whatever. Oh, and click right here to vote.

ROCK:

• Black Tie Dynasty


• The Burning Hotels


• Calhoun


• The Cut*off


• Lifters


• Tame.. Tame & Quiet

HARD ROCK:

• Exit 380


• Incendiary


• Jefferson Colby


• The Me-Thinks


• Sky Eats Airplane


• Spoonfed Tribe


• Stella Rose

HEAVY METAL:

• Addnerim


• Blood of the Sun


• Brickfight


• The Great Tyrant


• Legends of the South


• Merkin


• One-Fingered Fist


• Urizen


• Within Chaos

NEW ARTIST:

• The Black Bonnets


• Frontier Brothers


• Panther City Bandits


• Pretty Baby


• Proud Warrior


• Rivercrest Yacht Club


• Telegraph Canyon


• Whiskey Folk Ramblers

DJ/BEATSMITH:

• Buddah


• FNKY1


• Riot


• Sexy9


• Soul


• Wildhair

LIVE BAND:

• The Campaign


• Darth Vato


• High School Assembly


• Holy Moly


• The Iliads


• Pablo and the Hemphill 7


• Sally Majestic


• Villain Vanguard

NOTE: While I'm inclined to recommend The Campaign for this award based on what I've heard from the MySpace, I cannot honestly recommend any as live bands since I've seen none of them live. And after all, the award is best LIVE band.

AVANT-GARDE/EXPERIMENTAL:

• Alan


• Best Fwends


• The Bible Fire


• Eaton Lake Tonics


• Ghoultown


• PFFFT!


• Sleeplab


• Top Secret...Shhh


• Underground Railroad

ALT-COUNTRY:

• Dove Hunter


• Collin Herring


• Clint Niosi


• Panther City Bandits


• Telegraph Canyon


• The Theater Fire


• Whiskey Folk Ramblers

TEXAS MUSIC:

• Brad Hines


• Joey Green Band


• Jordan Mycoskie & The Fire-Breathing Fish


• Kyle Bennett Band


• Maren Morris


• Magee Payne


• Stephen Pointer


• Standard Transmission

C&W:

• 100 Damned Guns


• Tommy Alverson


• Cadillac Sky


• Lost Country


• Ginny Mac


• Phil Prichett


• Kurt South


• Quebe Sisters

ACOUSTIC/FOLK:

• Blackland River Devils


• Bosque Brown


• Daniel Katsuk


• PrinceRodriguez


• James Michael Taylor


• Russ Walton

JAZZ/WORLD:

• Amistad


• Daymond Callahan


• Fort Worth Jazz Orchestra w/Adonis Rose


• Jazz Monsters


• Jhon Kahsen


• Lazzo


• Rachella Parks

BLUES/FUNK:

• Dirty & Earthvibes


• James Hinkle


• Josh Weathers Band


• The Red Herrings


• Holland K. Smith


• Drue Webber


• JZ & Dirty Pool

R&B/RAP:

• 6TWO


• 8-11 & Ph.D


• Immortal soldierz


• PPT


• Rivercrest Yacht Club


• Smooth Vega


• Versatile


• Keite Young

VOCALIST (FEMALE):

• April Geesbreght


• Maren Morris


• Elizabeth Wills


• Beth Wood


• Zayra (Pretty Baby)

VOCALIST (MALE):

• Daniel Katsuk (Katsuk)


• Matt Mooty (The Burning Hotels)


• Cory Watson (Black Tie Dynasty)


• Carey Wolff


• Keite Young

SONGWRITER:

• Tyler Casey/Nathan Scheidewent (Titan Moon)


• April Geesbreght


• Collin Herring


• Daniel Katsuk (Katsuk)


• Tim Locke (Calhoun)


• Keite Young

ALBUM OF THE YEAR:

• All The Good News - Telegraph Canyon


• Big Fire - April Geesbreght


• Denglish - PPT


• Last of the Great Mississippi Bluesmen Live in Dallas - The Blue Shoe Project


• Out in the Wind - Katsuk


• Past Life Crashing - Collin Herring


• Rivercrest Yacht Club - Rivercrest Yacht Club


• Texas - Playradioplay!


• Vinyl Destination - Joey Greene Band


• When the Music Starts - Mount Righteous

ROCK ALBUM OF THE YEAR:

• Falter.Waver.Cultivate - Calhoun


• Goodwin 2 - Goodwin


• Gravity Suddenly Released - Stumptone


• Film Black - Titanmoon


• My Cosmic Self - Jefferson Colby


• Packaged Up for Beginners - The Cut*off


• Public Service Announcement - Spoonfed Tribe

SONG OF THE YEAR:

• Alibi - Lifters


• Elephants as Big as Whales - Playradioplay!


• Jenny O - Josh Weathers Band


• My Mistake - April Geesbreght


• Punches - Collin Herring


• To Me Mum - PPT


• Violent Man - Pretty Baby

Okay, I have to say this. Shame on the nominating committee for selecting PPT's "To Me Mum" instead of "Save it For Another Day" or "Who's That Girl?", the latter of which should be winning Song of the Year.

ROCK SONG OF THE YEAR:

• Big House - The Cut*off


• Breathe - Calhoun


• Grace - Goodwin


• Gravity Suddenly Released - Stumptone


• Morroco - Titanmoon

There must be something in the Fort Worth water. Both "Black Market Value" and "Need a Release" are better cut*off songs, and "Write for You" is Goodwin's best song.

ARTIST OF THE YEAR:

• Calhoun


• Green River Ordinance


• Goodwin


• Katsuk


• Playradioplay!


• Stumptone

COVER/TRIBUTE BAND:

• Child O' Mine


• Poo Live Crew


• Prophets of Rage


• Stoogeophilia


• Velvet Love Box

MVP:

• Lee Allen


• Andre Edmonson


• Matt Hembre


• Dave Karnes


• Marcus Lawyer


• Adonis Rose


• Bart Rose

I feel totally out of touch with the FW music scene at this moment. I know NONE of these names. Correction: Dave Karnes is the drummer for Rahim Quazi, and that's reason enough for me to recommend him.

VENUE:

• 8.0 Bar and Cafe


• Aardvark


• Arts Fifth Avenue


• Lola's Saloon


• The Moon


• Ridglea Theater


• Scat Jazz Lounge


• The White Elephant