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We’ve just announced the winners of this year’s Westword Music Awards. See the winners in each of our forty categories in the post that follows — the names of the artists who came out on top of the public vote are bolded and enlarged.
We took a few photos of the winners (and friends) last night at the Awards party — you can see them above certain categories below. Congratulations to every nominee! There is truly an embarrassment of excellent talent in the Denver music scene.
POP — TRADITIONAL
Eldren
Foxfield Four
Ivory Circle
Petals of Spain
Rachel & the Kings
The Samples
The Wild After
You Me & Apollo
POP — ALTERNATIVE
The Centennial
Claymore Disco
The Epilogues
Flashbulb Fires
Monroe Monroe
My Body Sings Electric
The Royal
Take the Oars
Vices I Admire
We Like Monsters
POP — INDIE
Fingers of the Sun
I’m a Boy
The Jekylls
The Kissing Party
Esme Patterson
Sunboy
Science Partner
Varlet
ROCK — TRADITIONAL
Calder’s Revolvers
The Congress
The Cutthroat Drifters
Fox Street All Stars
Hot Apostles
Kinetix
Lola Black
Mosey West
Musketeer Gripweed
Something Underground
Thief River
Warhawk
West Water Outlaws
Walter
ROCK — ALTERNATIVE
Dragondeer
The Drunken Cuddle
In the Whale
The Knew
Lil Thunder
The Outfit
Safe Boating Is No Accident
Yawpers
ROCK — INDIE
A Band in Pictures
Confluence
Distant Correspondent
FaceMan
Fierce Bad Rabbit
Land Lines
Navy
Princess Music
Shady Elders
Snake Rattle Rattle Snake
The Somerset Catalog
Sour Boy, Bitter Girl
South of France
Swing Hero
Twin Peaks
ROCK — GARAGE
The Blue Rider
Colfax Speed Queen
Indigenous Robots
The Manxx
The Patient Zeros
Thee Dang Dangs
ROCK — GARAGE PUNK
The Best Creeps
The Dirty Few
Ned Garthe Explosion
Pizza Time
Zebroids
ROCK — PSYCH/AMBIENT
Emerald Siam
Pale Sun
Plume Varia
Tjutjuna
Prismwaves
ROCK — HEAVY
Angry Hand of God
The Bronze
Black Lamb
Core Zero
Il Cattivo
Low Gravity
MF Ruckus
Muscle Beach
Omniism
Space in Time
ROCK — PROGRESSIVE
19 a.d.d.
Dreadnought
El Toro de la Muerte
Facial
I Sank Molly Brown
ORiiiON
Rubedo
ROCK — JAM/IMPROV
Frogs Gone Fishing
Jet Edison
The Magic Beans
Rastasaurus
Smack Thompson
Springdale Quartet
Technicolor Tone Factory
Whiskey Tango
Wonderlic
Yamn
HIP-HOP — MC (MALE)
AP
Babah Fly
Big House
Cavem Moetavation
Myke Charles
Extra Kool
FL
Fo Chief
H*Wood
Hustleman
Hypnautic
Kontrast
Mr. Midas
Molina Speaks
Pries
Reason the Citizen
Trev Rich
SF1
Sole
SP Double
Spoke in Wordz
Thomas Tha Franchise
Time
Turner Jackson
Whygee
HIP-HOP — MC (FEMALE)
Kitty Crimes
KooQua
Lily Fangz
Lady Speech
Bianca Mikahn
Rebel Queen
Xencs L. Wing
HIP-HOP — GROUP
2MX2
Aires Jackson
Black Mask
BLKHRTS
Cobraconda
Diamond Boiz
Fresh Breath Committee
Planes!
The ReMINDers
Soul Pros
Stay Tuned
HIP-HOP — BAND
Beats Noir
BigWheel Electrosoul
Eddie Knolls
Filthy T
The Foodchain
MTHDS
No 1 Left Standing
Reverb and the Verse
Wheelchair Sports Camp
Whiskey Blanket
HIP-HOP — PRODUCER
AG Flux
Big J Beats
Boonie Mayfield
Es Nine
Gypdahip
Kid Hum
Mass Prod
Maulskull
Qknox
SP Double
PUNK
The A-OKs
Allout Helter
Boldtype
Chase Ambler
Dangerous Nonsense
Frontside Five
Jack’s Smirking Revenge
King Rat
Little Fyodor & Babushka
Pitch Invasion
Potato Pirates
Red Stinger
Reno Divorce
The Rotten Blue Menace
Shining Wires
SPELLS
Straight Outta Luck
Synthetic Elements
Truckasaurus
Wiredogs
POST-PUNK
Accordion Crimes
CP 208
Glass Hits
Glass Homes
Joy Subtraction
The Photo Atlas
Wire Faces
HARDCORE
As the Sky Darkens
Call of the Void
Catholic Girls
Civilized
Final Blow
Git Some
Make Way
Negative Degree
Of Feather and Bone
METAL
Allegaeon
Arcanium
Black Acid Devil
Cult of the Lost Cause
Doperunner
Flood of Souls
Ghosts of Glaciers
Havok
IAMTHESHOTGUN
Iconocaust
In the Company of Serpents
Khemmis
Kill Syndicate
Lotus Gait
Native Daughters
No Fair Fights
Seris
Speedwolf
TaunTaun
Weapönizer
METAL — EXTREME
Cephalic Carnage
Crypticus
Dissonance in Design
Enemy Reign
Gomorrah
Primitive Man
Vale of Pnath
Vimana
Zombie Hate Brigade
AMERICANA
Ark Life
Blake Brown & the American Dust Choir
Elephant Revival
Grant Farm
Rocktin Grove
Strange Americans
AVANT-POP
A. Tom Collins
Champagne Charlie
Chimney Choir
Ian Cooke
James and the Devil
The Raven and the Writing Desk
Ross Etherton and the Chariots of Judah
The Widow’s Bane
FOLK
Belle Jar
Glowing House
The Haunted Windchimes
Jesse Manley
The Maykit
The Monocle Band
Paper Bird
Poet’s Row
Shel
Sister Grotto
BLUEGRASS
Blue Canyon Boys
Finnders & Youngberg
Good Gravy
Head for the Hills
Long Road Home
The Railsplitters
Trout Steak Revival
SINGER-SONGWRITER
Megan Burtt
Covenhoven
Patrick Dethlefs
Jeremy Dion
Rob Drabkin
Gregory Alan Isakov
John Common Superheart
Kal Cahoone & the Dirty Pretty
Katey Laurel
Mike Marchant
Joshua Novak
Anthony Ruptak
Andy Thomas
COUNTRY
Bonnie & the Clydes
Casey James Prestwood & the Burning Angels
Ryan Chrys
Ethyl & the Regulars
Halden Wofford & the Hi*Beams
Katie Glassman & Snapshot
Marty Jones & the Great Unknowns
Kristina Murray
New Ben Franklins
The Patti Fiasco
ELECTRONIC
Human Agency
Krooked Drivers
Late Night Radio
Man Mantis
Pan Astral
Project Aspect
The Real Cosby
RUMTUM
Signal Path
Unlimited Gravity
ELECTRONIC — EXPERIMENTAL
ALERT
CacheFlowe
Crab Lab
EchBeds
Hollagramz
Iuengliss
Kevin Costner Suicide Pact
Men in Burka
Pythian Whispers
Snubluck
Thug Entrancer
Tollund Men
ELECTRONIC — POP
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Chrome Drones
Church Fire
CRL CRRLL
Inner Oceans
Roniit
Rose Quartz
JAZZ
Adam Bartczak
Ed Battle
Dave Devine
Vlad Girshevich
Go Star
Greg Garrison
Greg Harris Vibe Quintet
Jeff Jenkins Organization
Kenny Walker Sextet
Josh Quinlan
Matt Skellenger
Jon Wirtz
BLUES
The Austin Young Band
Bad Brad & the Fat Cats
Dan Treanor’s Afrosippi Band
Sammy Dee
The Delta Sonics
The Lionel Young Band
FUNK/SOUL/R&B
Filthy Children
Funkiphino
Amanda Hawkins
Devan Blake Jones
Mike Clark & the Sugar Sounds
Nathaniel Rateliff & the Nightsweats
The Other Black
Rowdy Shadehouse
SuCh
REGGAE/DUB
Apex Vibe
Coral Thief
The Dendrites
Desciples
Dubskin
Judge Roughneck
SlaughterHouse Rootz
Tatanka
WORLD
Atomga
Euforquestra
The Indulgers
Izcalli
Pink Hawks
Potcheen
Quemando
AVANT-GARDE/ECLECTIC
The Howling Hex
The Inactivists
Itchy-O
Magic Cyclops
Total Ghost
DJ — EDM
Decadon
Falcon Punch
Illenium
Keepers
Lotus Drops
Vinnie Maniscalco
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Pruitt
Samples
DJ — HIP-HOP
Cysko Rokwell
DeeJay Tense
DJ Dozen
DJ Ktone
DJ Lazy Eyez
DJ Low Key
DJ Spyda T.E.K.
DJ Top Shelf
MU$A
DJ — DANCE
Hollow
Mile High Soul Club
Ginger Perry
Rockstar Aaron
Shannon von Kelly
Tyler Snow
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