Artist of the Year

Cousin Stizz
Marissa Nadler
Michael Christmas
Palehound
PVRIS
The Ballroom Thieves

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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”

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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”

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New Artist of the Year

Animal Flag
Julie Rhodes
Lady Pills
Salem Wolves
Token
Weakened Friends

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Live Artist of the Year

Cousin Stizz
The Ballroom Thieves
The Devil’s Twins
Tigerman WOAH
Walter Sickert & The Army of Broken Toys
Worshipper

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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”

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Female Vocalist of the Year

Abbie Barrett
Casey Sullivan (Air Traffic Controller)
Julie Rhodes
Lyndsey Gunnulfsen (PVRIS)
Ruby Rose Fox
Sadie Dupuis (Speedy Ortiz)

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Male Vocalist of the Year

Chris Cote
Dietrich Strause
Evan Kenney
Louie Bello
Walter Sickert
Will Dailey

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Americana Artist of the Year

Honeysuckle
Julie Rhodes
Session Americana
The Ballroom Thieves
These Wild Plains
Tigerman WOAH

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Blues Artist of the Year

Barrence Whitfield & The Savages
Matthew Stubbs & the Antiguas
Peter Parcek
Shor’ty Billups
The Silks
Willie J. Laws Band

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DJ/Producer of the Year

DJ Knife
DJ Slipwax
Frank White
Joe Bermudez
Kon
Leah V

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Electronic Artist of the Year

Bearstronaut
CMB
Contact
Freezepop
Party Bois
Radclyffe Hall

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Folk Artist of the Year

Dan Blakeslee
Darlingside
Honeysuckle
Tall Heights
The Ballroom Thieves
The Novel Ideas

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Hip Hop Artist of the Year

Cousin Stizz
Dutch ReBelle
Michael Christmas
REKS
Slaine
STL GLD

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International Artist of the Year

Debo Band
Dub Apocalypse
Rebecca Zama
Roberto Morbioli
Shun Ng
Ubuntu Band

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Jazz Artist of the Year

Alison Keslow
Amanda Carr
Esperanza Spalding
Grace Kelly
La Vie en Rose
Yoko Miwa

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Metal Artist of the Year

Converge
GOZU
I Am Become Death
Protean Collective
Revocation
Worshipper

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Pop Artist of the Year

Clinton Sparks
Contact
JoJo
Meghan Trainor
PVRIS
Rachel Platten

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Punk/Hardcore Artist of the Year

Actor|Observer
Ascend/Descend
Choke Up
Rebuilder
Somos
The Hotelier

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R&B Artist of the Year

Bad Rabbits
Barrence Whitfield & The Savages
Jesse Dee
Marcela Cruz
Nancia
Shea Rose

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Rock/Indie Artist of the Year

Black Beach
Palehound
Pile
Speedy Ortiz
The Devil’s Twins
Vundabar

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Singer-Songwriter of the Year

Abbie Barrett
Lori McKenna
Marissa Nadler
Nate Leavitt
Ruby Rose Fox
Will Dailey

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Studio Producer of the Year

Benny Grotto
Brian Charles
Dave Brophy
Ed Valauskas
Sean McLaughlin
The Arcitype (Janos Fulop)

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Live Production Engineer of the Year (New for 2016)

Benjamin Stoppelman
Brendon Downey
Chris Johnson
Dan Gonzales
David Hughes
Reid Calkin

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Best Live Music Photographer

Ben Stas
Coleman Rogers
Eddy Leiva
Johnny Anguish
Joshua Pickering
Rich Gastwirt

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Best Music Photo of the Year (New for 2016)

Click here to see the Shortlist

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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

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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

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Best Live Music Venue

Brighton Music Hall
House of Blues
Paradise Rock Club
Royale
The Middle East Downstairs
The Sinclair

*Capacity: above 300

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Best Live Intimate Music Venue (New for 2016)

Club Passim
Great Scott
Lizard Lounge
O’Brien’s Pub
ONCE Ballroom
TOAD

*Capacity: 300 and below

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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

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Session Musician of the Year (New for 2016)

Dave Brophy
Duke Levine
Jonathan Ulman
Lyle Brewer
Matthew Girard
Paul Ahlstrand

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Best Music Blog

Allston Pudding
Boston Hassle
Guestlisted with Jed Gottlieb
Killer Boom Box
Red Line Roots
Vanyaland

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