[Winners in bold]
Rock: Buffalo Killers; Mad Anthony ; The KillTones; The Harlequins; Lemon Sky; Mangrenade
Folk/Americana: The Tillers; Magnolia Mountain; Shiny and The Spoon; Young Heirlooms; Josh Eagle and the Harvest City; The Kentucky Struts
Electronic: You, You’re Awesome; Playfully Yours; Moonbow; Freekbot; Skeleton Hands; Skeetones
World Music/Reggae: Orquesta Kandela; The Cliftones; The Pinstripes; Baoku Moses; Tropicoso; Junya Be
Hard Rock: Valley of the Sun; The Mighty Swine; Chakras; Atlantis Becoming; Specyphi; Total Dudes
Country: Kelly Thomas; Jeremy Pinnell & The 55’s; Tex Schramm & The Radio King Cowboys; Mason James; Dallas Moore Band; Ryan Broshear
Alternative/Indie: Wussy; The Seedy Seeds; Automagik; Bad Veins; Why?; The Yugos
Bluegrass: Rumpke Mountain Boys; Comet Bluegrass All Stars; Ma Crow and the Lady Slippers; Hickory Robot; Rabbit Hash String Band; Rattlesnakin’ Daddies
Singer/Songwriter: Pete Dressman; Mark Utley; Zak Morgan; Josh Eagle; Jeremy Pinnell; Kelly Thomas
Punk: Switchblade Syndicate; The Dopamines; Swear Jar; Mixtapes; Horsecop; Martin Luther and the Kings
Hip Hop: J Skillz; Those Guys; The Natives; Gold Shoes; Eclipse; Santino Corleon
Blues: Noah Wotherspoon Band; Ricky Nye; Leo Clarke Band; Natalie Wells; 46 Long; Grooveshire
Metal: Beneath Oblivion; Grey Host; Winterhymn; Scarangella; Pulse 8; Livid
R&B/Soul/Funk: The Cincy Brass; Los Honchos; Sassafraz; Jess Lamb; The Guitars; The MJ’S Blues
Jazz: The Faux Frenchmen; Blue Wisp Big Band; Us, Today; William Menefield; John Zappa; Jamset
Best Live Act: Foxy Shazam; 500 Miles to Memphis; The Newbees; Why?; Walk the Moon; Automagik
New Artist Of the Year: Jeremy Pinnell and the 55’s; DAAP Girls; Ohio Knife; The Natives; R. Ring; Public; Heavy Hinges
Critical Achievement Awards
Album Of The Year: Bad Veins – The Mess We’ve Made; Buffalo Killers – Dig.Sow.Love.Grow; Culture Queer – Nightmare Band; The Happy Maladies – New Again; Hickory Robot – Sawyer; The Pinstripes – I; Rumpke Mountain Boys – Trashgrass; Wussy – Strawberry
Artist Of The Year: Alone at 3AM; Bad Veins; Foxy Shazam; The Pinstripes; Pomegranates; Walk the Moon; Why?; Wussy
This article appears in Dec 11-17, 2013.
