ARTIST OF THE YEAR

Bad Rabbits

Michael Christmas

Ruby Rose Fox

Speedy Ortiz

The Ballroom Thieves

ALBUM/EP OF THE YEAR

Cousin Stizz – “Suffolk County”

Krill – “A Distant Fist Unclenching”

Session Americana – “Pack Up The Circus”

Sidewalk Driver – “My Face”

Speedy Ortiz – “Foil Deer”

SONG OF THE YEAR

Dirty Bangs – “I’m In Love With The Summertime”

Ruby Rose Fox – “Golden Boy”

Sidewalk Driver – “Everybody Loves My Face”

Speedy Ortiz – “Raising The Skate”

The Ballroom Thieves – “Archers”

NEW ARTIST OF THE YEAR

Oh Malô

Palehound

Party Bois

Vundabar

Worshipper

LIVE ARTIST OF THE YEAR

Dirty Bangs

NEMES

Party Bois

Tigerman WOAH

Zip-Tie Handcuffs

ROCK/INDIE ARTIST OF THE YEAR

Dirty Bangs

Hallelujah The Hills

Speedy Ortiz

Palehound

Pile

HIP-HOP ARTIST OF THE YEAR

Cousin Stizz

Dutch ReBelle

Michael Christmas

STL GLD

Termanology

POP ARTIST OF THE YEAR

Meghan Trainor

PVRIS

Ruby Rose Fox

Shea Rose

Will Dailey

R&B ARTIST OF THE YEAR

Bad Rabbits

Barrence Whitfield & The Savages

Jesse Dee

Sebastian Mikael

Shea Rose

AMERICANA ARTIST OF THE YEAR

Grey Season

Honeysuckle

Session Americana

The Ballroom Thieves

These Wild Plains

BLUES ARTIST OF THE YEAR

Barrence Whitfield & The Savages

Gracie Curran & The High Falutin’

Peter Parcek

Toni Lynn Washington

Willie J. Laws Band

DJ/PRODUCER OF THE YEAR

DJ Knife

Frank White

KON

LeahV

Statik Selektah

ELECTRONIC ARTIST OF THE YEAR

Bearstronaut

Let’s Wait

Radclyffe Hall

St. Nothing

Skinny Bones

FOLK ARTIST OF THE YEAR

Dan Blakeslee

Grey Season

Honeysuckle

Ian Fitzgerald

The Ballroom Thieves

INTERNATIONAL ARTIST OF THE YEAR

Debo Band

Dub Apocalypse

MAMADOU Band

Roberto Morbioli

Shun Ng

JAZZ ARTIST OF THE YEAR

Alison Keslow

Esperanza Spalding

Grace Kelly

La Vie en Rose

Lake Street Dive

METAL ARTIST OF THE YEAR

Converge

Lunglust

Protean Collective

Rozamov

Worshipper

PUNK/HARDCORE ARTIST OF THE YEAR

Raw Blow

The Hotelier

The Warning Shots

Trophy Lungs

Zip-Tie Handcuffs

SINGER-SONGWRITER OF THE YEAR

Abbie Barrett

Danielle Miraglia

Lori McKenna

Ruby Rose Fox

Will Dailey

FEMALE VOCALIST OF THE YEAR

Abbie Barrett

Ellen Kempner

Lyndsey Gunnulfsen

Marissa Nadler

Ruby Rose Fox

MALE VOCALIST OF THE YEAR

Barrence Whitfield

Evan Kenney

Louie Bello

Peter Wolf

Will Daley

STUDIO PRODUCER OF THE YEAR

Benny Grotto

Brian Charles

Dave Minehan

Ed Valauskas

Paul Q. Kolderie

VIDEO OF THE YEAR

Eldridge Rodriguez – “Giving Myself Over To Boston”

Fran-P Ft REKS, SPNDA & Moe Pope – “Hypertension”

Hallelujah the Hills – “We Are What We Say We Are”

Petty Morals – “Just A Game”

Tigerman Woah – “Koopa”

BEST DANCE NIGHT

Don’t Ask Don’t tell at Great Scott

Heroes with DJ Chris Ewen

PVRPLE at Good Life

Soulelujah at Zuzu

XMortis at The Middle East

BEST LIVE MUSIC VENUE

Brighton Music Hall

Great Scott

Lizard Lounge

The Middle East

The Sinclair

BEST LIVE ONGOING RESIDENCY

Dadrock with Lyle Brewer & Co at Atwood’s

Dennis Brennan at Lizard Lounge

Louie Bello at Abbey Lane

The Blue Ribbons at TOAD

Tim Gearan Band at Atwood’s

BEST MUSIC BLOG

Allston Pudding

Boston Hassle

Daykamp Music

Guestlisted Jed Gottlieb

Vanyaland

BEST LOCAL PROMOTER

Bowery Presents Boston

Crossroads Presents

Good & Nice

Illegally Blind

Randi Ellen Millman

BEST LIVE MUSIC PHOTOGRAPHER

Ben Stas

Johnny Anguish

Matthew Shelter

Michael Sparks Keegan

Michael Spencer