St. Louis Music Blog

A bit late, but below the jump you'll find links to as many blogposts we've run with MP3s -- and the occasional MySpace page and embedded tune -- of each nominated band. Whew. Chime in with any URLs that have tunes in the comments, of course. I think I have everyone. The music showcase blurbs/information is out today in the paper. All 10,000 words of it.

Lifetime Achievement
Bunnygrunt
Trip Daddys
Murder City Players
Bottle Rockets
Kim Massie

Best Americana/Folk
Leadville
MP3: "Wheels"

Theodore
Rough Shop
Tenement Ruth
The Linemen

Best Untraditional Americana/Folk
The Monads
Pokey LaFarge
Dock Ellis Band
Wooden Kites
Rats & People Motion Picture Orchestra

Best Blues:
Big George Brock
Uvee Hayes
Tom Hall
Rum Drum Ramblers
Alvin Jett & the PhaT NoiZ Blues Band

Best DJ
Rob Lemon
Scotty Mac
Flex Boogie
DJ Thumpasaurus
JNX

Best Experimental/Eclectic
.e
MP3: "Noah's Arc"

Raglani
Eric Hall
The Lonely Procession
Bikini Acid

Best Funk/Soul/R&B
Teresajenee
Funky Butt Brass Band
MP3: "Big Sam's Blues"

Lamar Harris
Dogtown Allstars
Gumbohead

Best Hip-Hop/Rap Artist (Solo)
Rockwell Knuckles
Vandalyzm
Tef Poe
Nato Caliph
MP3: "Prophecy"

Black Spade

Best Hip-Hop/Rap Artist (Duo or Group)
Earthworms
Scripts 'N Screwz
Family Affair
Jason and the Beast
Splitface and June 16th

Best Hip-Hop DJ
DJ Trackstar
DJ Needles
DJ Crucial
DJ Mahf
The Beat Street Crew

Best Indie Band
So Many Dynamos
Target Market
The Radical Sons
The Sham
Troubadour Dali
Say Panther

Best Jazz Artist
Dave Stone
Erin Bode
Hamiet Bluiett
Willie Akins
Jeanne Trevor

Best Metal/Thrash Band
Dude Nukem
Sine Nomine
MCF
Head On Collision
Cross Examination

Best New Band:
The Pragmatic
Midtown Thieves
The Mhurs
Exercise
MP3: "Tail Feathers"

The Northwoods
Glass Teeth

Best Punk/Hardcore
Left Arm
Humanoids
Sack Lunch
Suburban Smash
God Fodder
Black For a Second

Best Pop Band
One Lone Car
The 75s
MP3: "This Is Goodbye"

Gentleman Auction House
Grace Basement
The Blind Eyes
Jon Hardy & the Public

Best Rock Band:
LOGOS
Gold Tooth
Shame Club
LucaBrasi
The Feed
The Incurables

Best Singer-Songwriter (Female):
Celia
Beth Bombara
Cassie Morgan
Leslie Sanazaro

Best Singer-Songwriter (Male):
Fred Friction
Caleb Travers
Bob Reuter
Jon Hardy

Best Album (self-released)
The Educated Guess, West Skyline Drive
Fred Friction, Jesus Drank Wine
Tight Pants Syndrome, Singles
Theodore, Defeated, TN
Kentucky Knife Fight, The Wolf Crept, The Children Slept
The Helium Tapes, The Helium Tapes

Best Album (on a label):
Prisonshake, Dirty Moons (Scat)
Magnolia Summer, Lines from the Frame (Undertow)
Raglani, Of Sirens Born (Kranky)
Gentleman Auction House, Alphabet Graveyard (Emergency Umbrella)
Head On Colllision, Ritual Sacrifice (Beer City)
Rum Drum Ramblers, Hey Lordy Mama Mama Get Up And Go (Big Muddy)