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Yes the age of technology has taken over. As one who boycotts technology as much as I can; I gave in. I started twittering. Don't worry I wont update every 3 minutes. Since I dont have that much time to be on the phone and on the computer. However, as much as I possibly can I will try to let you know where the happening show is located.

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Tonight is the Yesterday Magazine Launch Party! Featuring:
Get Back Loretta / Crash Encore / The Silent Comedy / Burning of Rome / Austin James Band / Long Live Logos- 6 Bands! Starts at 9pm sharp! @ Ruby Room

Come on down for some awesome music, drink specials and of course me !!!

If not my second choice would be Manuok @ Tin Can Ale House.

Lets Tighten It Up!

With tribute bands always forming, its hard to say which one is good and which one isn't. When it comes to soul and funk you can always count on The Tighten Ups to deliver the goods! Lead Singer Laura Jane has pipes like no other front woman in San Diego. Lets not get this mixed up with cover band Lady Dottie and the Diamonds. Those Kats have a genre of their own.

The Tighten Ups is a band of transforming your classic soul songs into something of their own. With a few originals, this band can tear up the club. Playing gigs from North County to the South Bay. East County all the way back to Casbah. There is no stopping them. This year they were nominated for Best Cover or Tribute Band for the 2009 San Diego Music Awards. The SDMA will be held at the Viejas Concerts in the Park Sept 10th.

The Tighten Ups formed in the fall of '07 as Tell Mama, playing their first gig was The Tower Bar. Amazing place for the band to start off. From there they changed their name to The Tighten Ups and has been climbing the music ladder and enjoying every step of the way! The line up started up with Laura Jane on pips, Jerry on Bass, Topher on Sax, Bob on trumpet. With guest drummers always popping in and out such as Morgan Young, Jake Najor, Andy Robillard, and T-bone. The Tighten Ups have finally found a drummer that fits their niche RS. As well as constantly looking for drummers, a guitarist was in hand. Gabe was a perfect mesh for this band. As for the final touch to this great band, a trombone player. This band was set to conquer the scene one funk and soul show at a time.

Songs covered range from Elvis Presley, Otis Redding, Etta James and many many artist from the past! I hope you didnt forget to vote The Tighten Ups SDMA!!

Check out The Tighten Ups on Sept 11 @ Ruby Room show starts at 9pm!

Shows you should NOT miss Aug 15-Aug 31

Mid -August is here. Does this mean the summer is almost over? Maybe. However, the great shows wont stop. The on going music festivals were amazing. NPMT, CHMT, City Fest, and of course more to come! Don't forget that Street Scene and Adams Ave. Street Fair is right around the corner. From now on the nights will only get hot and sticky. So I recommend grabbing a great beer with great friends,because this can only get better; right? Right! To prove it here is a list of great shows to check out the next following weeks.

Aug 15

• Little White Teeth / Greg Gibson CD release / Roll Film @ Ruby Room
• Faraway Boys, The Red Devil Squadron, French Kiss Koma @ The Radio Room
• Japanese Motors, Apes of Wrath, Gestapo Khazi @ Soda Bar
• High on Fire, Earthless, Early Man@ Casbah

Aug 16th

• Pissed Jeans, Rats Eyes, Bumbklaat@ Casbah
• Desert Heir, Random Orbits(WA @ The Radio Room
• DUBSTEP w/ Cloak and Dagger, Jason, and more @ Ruby Room

Aug 17

• The Tighten Ups @ Ruby Room
• The Styletones @ Bar Pink
• Prima Donna, The Boats!(Sacramento), The Pranks, The Glossiness @ The Radio Room
• Mkng Frndz, Partyline, Shebeast@ Soda Bar

Aug 18

• Christmas Island, Fergus & Geronimo, Teenage Cool Kids @ Soda Bar
• The Secret Seven, The Lonely H, Charles Musket @ Casbah

Aug 19th

• Matt Vasquez of Delta Spirit, The Romany Rye and guests @ Casbah
• NOBODY WAVE, PRETEND, VOLTS, LANTERNS @ Radio Room
• Secret Show! Headliner Announced Night Of Event @ Ruby Room

Aug 20

• Sic Waiting, Save Amos, Black Sails Western Shores(Bakersfield @ The Radio Room
• As Tall As Lions, Lanterns and The Color Of Glass@ Casbah

Aug 21

• Powerchords (7" release), Atoms, Casey and Brian@ Soda Bar
• Yesterday Magazine Launch Party! Featuring:
• Get Back Loretta / Crash Encore / The Silent Comedy / Burning of Rome / Austin James Band / Long Live Logos- 6 Bands! Starts at 9pm sharp! @ Ruby Room (<- ill be there)
• Days Of Anomie, Synesthetic, Someday Assassin, Leisuresuit @ The Radio Room

Aug 22

• Zeros, The Dabbers, The Old In Out (ill be selling Zero’s Merch Come say hello)
• Tijuana Panthers @ Soda Bar
• Ramona Falls w/ Silver Darling@ Bar Pink
• Mexico City Rollers, The Old In Out, Apes of Wrath @ Tower Bar

Aug 23 Only ***One Show Matters This Night**

• Goin' Fishin' - a fundraiser for Mark Johnson - Steve Poltz and the Cynics, MEX, Midnight Rivals, a.m.vibe, Black Hondo + Bartenders Bible in the Atari Lounge + DJ Gary Shuffler, El Torito y mas!!!

Aug 24

• Echo Revolution, The New Up, Jalopy Gods @ Radio Room
• Anti Monday League Presents Built to Spill, The Prids and guests @ Casbah SOLD OUT!!!

Aug 25

• QQC, THE PRIDS, BESTIAL MOUTHS @ Radio Room
• Six Organs of Admittance, Master Musicians of Bukake@ Casbah

Aug 26

• aces & eights(boise), danger stranger(anaheim), bust(chicago), nuclear tomorrow@ Radio Room
• The Dirtbombs, The Sermon, The Death Eaters@ Casbah

Aug 27

• Mannequin Men w/ Davila 666, and Slab City @ Bar Pink
• The Warlocks, The Morning After Girls, Gliss @ Casbah

Aug 28

• Cash'd Out, Bill Cardinal @ Casbah
• Normandie @ Bar Pink

Aug 29

• Offical Street Scene After Party - No Age, Crocodiles, Wavves, PENS, Grafitti Island @ Casbah
• Sunday Times, Big Whup @ Soda Bar
• F.U.Z.Z. CD Release Party + guests TBA @ Ruby Room

Aug 30th

• The Box Elders w/ The Anasazis@ Bar Pink
• Ronnie No Good, Unruly Bangs, Good Morning Valentine @ Soda Bar
• CHEWING PICS!, NEIGHBORHOOD BULLYS,@ Radio Room
• The Local 94/9 Presents A FREE SHOW - LIVE broadcast of The Local 94/9, Free food from Lucha Libre Taco Shop - The Gift/Curse, Mutantspaceboy, John Meeks @ Casbah

Aug 31

• Anti Monday League Presents Gary Wilson, James Pants, Ikah Love @ Casbah

check your local listing for change of schedule.

Music Things?

Last year it NPMT was called NxNP. Due to the similarities to SxSW the name had to be changed. What is NPMT you ask. It is a full weekend event that started at the Casbah and ended at The Casbah. It is 3 days of music, 2 days of conference where you get to learn about the music business through panel discussions , and a morning trade show. The money made during the NPMT benefits the San Diego Music Foundation.

I only did two and a half days. Started off with the kick off show at Casbah last night with Thin Man and Midnight Rivals. Which was an absolutely fabulous show thanks to Thin Man and the San Diego Super band that is Midnight Rivals. Followed by a late show of Static Static, Gram Rabbit, and Quintron and Miss Pussycat.

Waking up early in the morning on Saturday to make it towards Lafayette Hotel. The "trade show" (it was really more like 5 booths) was very informal. Taylor guitars, City beat, Piratepods.com, Ego ID Media, IAmHype.com and a few more. The first panel I went to was "Publicity and Promotion: Creating The Buzz " with panelist: Seth Combs, Amanda Kagen, Albert Ching and Wendy Bryford-Jones. This q & a's were good, if you were in a band that didn't know how to self promote. Combs kept cracking jokes here and there to keep us from killing ourselves with boredom. Like I said, the panels are for bands and people who are interested in getting into the music business who do not know what their doing. Maybe some promoters around town should have gone to this. I did see a good amount of people from bands members, promoters, writers and so on and so forth.

Following the last panel I walked into "The Big Gig: Playing Live." The panelist included Tim Mays, Andrew McKeag and Rob Hagey. I went in thinking I was going to learn something about booking shows. I've worked as a promoter so I knew a good amount for booking shows. However, if people would go to websites and check out FAQ; I am pretty sure the questions asked would have been more thought out thoroughly.

After going to about 2 more panels, I realized i didnt have to be there. The panelist were either bullshiting their answers for lack of preparation or not giving a logical response that might help the people asking the questions. I left after the "Indie Label Music" panel.

If you think the panels where a headache. Do not forget about the 200 acts in 20 stages. That alone was something to be stressed about. Best suggestion is to either find one bar and camp out there the whole night or run around like a chicken with your heads cut off trying to make it to see every band on your agenda. I did something better. I avoided the night. Instead Tower Bar was having their own music thing with Beaters (a NPMT artist) and Thin Man. You know where I was that night. Main reason the 2oo acts around NP didnt tickle my fancy was the fact that the majority of those bands where playing with in days of NPMT for either free of 5 bucks. I saw about 10 of those artist with in that week. Trust me I don't want to see 200 acts in less than 6 hours.

I learned my lesson last year when walking all over NP drinking and smoking and show after show after show. A headache to be avoided.

Sunday again back to the panels. This time I skipped it. Went to the Musicfest out doors. Checked out some bands. Then realized again. In three months im going to see EL Vez. Night Marchers are playing the Casbah soon. I understand this was an all ages event, however the majority of the people there were obviously over 21. Most people wondered into Livewire for drinks and shade. While there I was able to talk to the guys from Mr Tube and the Flying Objects, Scott Mercado, Steve Rodriguez from The Dragons and many more. It seemed as though Livewire was the Green Room for all the bands to relax after a long day in the sun.

A few beers deep and away I went. If this night was going to continue; a quick nap was in the works. Following the nap. I went towards downtown for their Cityfest. Saw a few bands then quickly went to Casbah for the end to a semi perfect weekend. Lights On, Apes of Wrath and The Growlers. All great bands, expect to see a few posting of these bands.

After the Growlers played it was the end of a very long weekend.

So a quick RECAP - NPMT - great idea; money goes into a great cause, however the panels need to be more thought out. The questions should be filtered or only go if you really do not know about the music industry.
NPMT Showcase - That should be spread out between the entire week prior to the big outdoor music festival.

City Heights Music Thing - FOR THE WIN! it was fun!

Amateur Hours at the Clubs!

Dear Venues.

Sunday was a disgrace on poor venue booking and managing. Are we fifteen all over again? Did you forget to check the other venues, to see who else was playing? It is not smart to book bands with a similar following. The same group of twenty has to be split between three venues. I feel as though you might need to refer to your Booking Shows 101 manual before continuing the summer festivals. Thank You for reading this

RRLNSG~
Bullet McKenzie


Seriously speaking what a poor cluster fuck of shows at the Ruby Room, Radio Room, and Soda Bar. Ruby Room and Soda Bar double booked the same bands. Who's fault was it? The Bands! (at Ruby and Soda Bar) It was amateur hour all over again. At Soda Bar the lineup was BRAAIINS!!, Nightmares, Pipsqueak, ULTRATWIST. Now the lineup at Ruby Room was Volts, ULTRATWIST, Pipsqueak. Whats wrong with this lineup? On both sides?

Turns out Soda Bar knew about this mix up, and had told the bands to play Ruby Room. When i should up at Ruby Room, half of the bands where there and the other half were at Soda Bar. Braaiins wanted Ultratwist and pipsqueak to play with them. Bad Braaiins.... This over compensation of what could of been a good band years ago is dictating where out of town touring acts should play once venues have booked them else where?

Dear Soda Bar get your shit together. So Far you have been doing well with shows. However one fuck up is not a good thing. Especially because you dont know who is walking into your venue to check out what all this confusing is all about. Ruby Room, decide to just say "Fuck it." they have such great shows coming up anyways. One Sunday with out music is not a bad thing.


Dear Radio Room,
Your Reputation as a venue is slowly dwindling in a downward spiral. I had to leave because it hurt so much to see the lack of people. Over hearing people mention "Sausage Fest." As much as I wanted to support the bands, so I stayed for over 2 hours. Did you really have to start a Sunday show at 10pm? ON A SUNDAY? What kind of RETARD starts a how at 10pm? Having the last band play at MIDNIGHT!? ON A SUNDAY?

Please do something to enlighten my senses when I am at your venue. From the hearsay around town with bands. They are not wanting to play there any more. OH NO! what will you do with the lack of people, and lack of bands? Will Radio Room be another venue gone under? I might have to even remove you from my blogging... However you still have some good shows coming up. Please do me a favor and refer to your Booking Shows 101 Manual again before booking another Sunday show like this past one.

Thanks For Reading
RRNLSG~
Bullet McKenzie

Upcoming shows Not To MISS! Aug 1st -Aug15th!!

The heat is unbelievable. One minute its hot, then the next its cold. Over cast in the morning. Strange isn't it? The shows however, have been incredible. One after another after another. The month of July packed a good amount of concerts all around the strip. Making a decision of where to go kind of hard. August might be able to top July very easily. Ladies and Gentlemen, Upcoming shows you shouldnt Miss!
Aug 1

• MELISSA COFFEY, MISS KELLY STRANGE, THE AGGRONAUTS, GRAVEYARD DOGS @ Radio Room
• Long and Short of It, Tori Cobras, Fing, and Fae Pilot @ Beauty Bar
• FM94/9 presents Greg Laswell, Elizabeth and the Catapult, Derren Raser @ Casbah
• The Hipsters Revisited feat. The Loons @ Bar Pink
• Eastern Sunz @ Soda Bar

Aug 2

• DESERT DIAMONDS, SANGRE SANGRE, EMPTY ORCHESRTA, JUSTIN JOHN RODRIGUES @ Radio Room
• Company of Thieves, Endless Hallway, Black Hondo, and guests @ Casbah
• Park The Van Showcase feat. Golden Boots, Floating Action, and the Generationals @ Bar Pink
• VOLTS / The Ultra-Twist (Italian garage rock!) / Pipsqueak@ Ruby Room
• BRAAIINS!!, Nightmares, Pipsqueak, ULTRATWIST@ Soda Bar

Aug 3

• Lady Dottie & The Diamonds@ U31
• The Styletones @ Bar PInk
• The Bombpops, The Atom Age(Asian Man Records), For the Win@ Radio Room
• Anti Monday League Presents Lymbyc System, Black Mamba, Roll Film@ Casbah
• Blueskies for Black Hearts, Silverleaf, The Constellation Branch @ Soda Bar

Aug 4

• The Bandulus(TX), River City All Stars(TX),The Amalgamated, 2000 Tons of TNT @ The Radio Room
• Mother/Father @ Beauty Bar

Aug 5

• pb dumpsters & knives@ Radio Room
• Bowerbirds, Megafaun, Joel P West @ Casbah
• Live Motown, Classic Soul/RnB all night w/ SOUL CAMP @ Ruby Room
• Agent Ribbons, Sister Crayon, Bitter Sober @ Soda Bar
• The Heavy Glow w/ The Secret Seven & Skyline Union@ U31

Aug 6

• River City, Zagadka(NM) @ The Radio Room
• Maren Parusel, The Paddleboat, Gray Ghosts @ casbah
• The Anna Troy Band@ Bar Pink

Aug 7

• THE RAW DEAL (T.X.), THE SIDE-WYNDERS (L.A.)@ Ruby Room
• Save Amos, The Mainland(Sacramento) @ The Radio Room
• The North Park Music Thing kickoff party - Midnight Rivals(Charlie Ware and Mike Santos(lucy's Furcoat; Pete Reichert (RFTC); Morgan Smith (The Front), Mark Maigaard (Louis XIV)) Thin Man (Early Show) @ Casbah
• Quintron and Ms Pussycat, Gram Rabbit, Static Static (Late Show)@ Casbah
• The Lovemakers w/ The Fresh@Bar Pink
• Beaters 7" release party@ Soda Bar

Aug 8

• Scarlett Symphony / North Park Music Thing! @ Ruby Room
• NORTH PARK MUSIC THING @ Soda Bar
• NPMT feat. Division Day, El Ten Eleven, Get Back Loretta, Lights On @ Bar Pink
• NORTH PARK MUSIC THING! LANTERNS,LOCAL NATIVES, WEATHER BOX, DRUG WARS,SUPER UNL @ Radio Room
• Buckfast Superbee, Stripes and Lines, This is Not My Life, Dead Country@ Casbah

Aug 9th

• The Rumble San Diego - The Growlers, Apes of Wrath, Lights On @ Casbah
• SANU!, PLATYPUS EGG,SQUIRRELLY ARTS, HOCUS @ Radio ROom
• This is Manic / LIONS (Austin) / Nautical Disaster / Double Standard @ Ruby Room

Aug 10

• Says Rally, Red Automatic @ Soda Bar
• Anti Monday League Presents American Steel, The New Trust, Drug Wars @ Casbah

Aug 11th

• KILLS & THRILLS, TIEFIGHTER, @ Radio Room
• Solillaquists of Sound, Brendan B & The Breaks, illuminauts @ Cabash
• Team Abraham, Rademacher @ Soda Bar

Aug 12

• Marasol, XRay Press, Witt, Hurts to Laugh@ Soda Bar
• CD Release - Northern Towns, Brandy Alexander Band, Sunday Times @ Casbah
• the amalgamated-light & 2000 tons of tnt w/dj barnesey @ Radio Room

Aug 13

• The Grass Heat w/ Desert Diamonds, & The Citizen Band @ U31
• CD Release - Hotel St George + Writer, Swim Party, Intricate Machines in the Atari Lounge @ Casbah
• Duel of the Century, Phantom Ratio, Lazy Cobra @ The Radio Room

Aug 14

• The Beautiful View, The Drabs, Human Record @ The Radio Room
• The Muffs, Lovemakers, and guests @ Casbah
• Geezer plus special guests @ Ruby Room
• River City @ Soda Bar

Aug 15

• Japanese Motors, Apes of Wrath, Gestapo Khazi @ Soda Bar
• Little White Teeth / Greg Gibson CD release / TBA @ Ruby Room
• High on Fire, Earthless, Early Man@ Casbah
• Faraway Boys, The Red Devil Squadron, French Kiss Koma @ The Radio Room

San Diego Music Awards!

For those who do not follow the awards. Maybe this year you should. There are some absolutely wonderful bands who have been nominated this year.

The San Diego Music Awards benefits The San Diego Music Foundation, a non-profit dedicated to promoting San Diego music education programs. Over the years the show has featured awards in a variety of categories covering nearly every genre of music, and featured live performances by such major-label, certified platinum, recording artists.

I would like to congratulate all the bands that have been nominated for this amazing award. Good luck. Here are the Nominations for 2009!

Best Cover or Tribute Band
40 Oz. to Freedom
Cashed out
Cheap Leis
Dazed & Confused
Electric Waste Band
Rockola
Rolling the Stone
The Tighten Ups

Best Jazz
Chris Klich Jazz Quintet
David Patrone
Gilbert Castellanos
Jaime Valle
Karin Carson
Mattson 2
Nena Anderson
Steph Johnson

Best Acoustic
Astra Kelly
Erica Davies
Jordan Reimer
Marie Haddad
Smart Brothers
Steven Ybarra
Sven-Erik Seaholm
Veronica May

Best Blues
Chet Cannon & the Committee
Johnny Vernazza Band
Michele Lundeen
Nathan James
Robin Henkel
Steve White
Tomcat Courtney
West of Memphis

Best World Music
Danyavaad & The Shimmy Sisters
Elijah Emanuel
Skelpin
Split Finger
Stranger
The Devastators
Tribal Seeds
Tribe of Judah

Best Americana or Country
Bill Cardinal & The Canyon Band
Billy Midnight
Cathryn Beeks Ordeal
John Meeks
Mark Jackson Band
River City
Sara Petite
Tornado Magnet

Best Hip Hop
afterschoolspecial
Deep Rooted
Jimmy Powers
Lil Uno
MC Flow
The Concrete Project
The Kneehighs
Vokab Kompany

Best Pop
Dynamite Walls
Echo Revolution
Gray Ghosts
Lights On
Team Abraham
The Paddle Boat
The Silent Comedy
Wendy Bailey

Best Alternative
Apes Of Wrath
Hotel St. George
Monsters From Mars
Republic of Letters
Swim Party
Tape Deck Mountain
The Drowning Men
Vision of a Dying World

Best Rock
A Scribe Amidst the Lions
Burning of Rome
Dirty Sweet
The Creepy Creeps
The Dabbers
The Night Marchers
The Pheromones
Transfer

Best Hard Rock
All Leather
Archons
Benedictum
Children of Nova
Earthless
Mower
Superunloader
The Long and Short Of It

Best Club DJ
DJ Artistic
DJ Edgartronic
DJ Gabe Vega
DJ Lord Nelson
Dub Traffic Control
Ikah Love
Mario Orduno
Tribe of Kings

Best Electronic
Illuminauts
Jamuel Saxon
Marcelo Radulovich
MutantSpaceboy
Q'uest Que C'est
Satanic Puppeteer Orchestra
The Album Leaf
UBUV

Best Pop Album
Anna Troy - Wait Another Day
Fiction Family - s/t
Gayle Skidmore - Cowley Road
Get Back Loretta -Where Did You Go
Joey Harris & the Mentals - s/t
Silverleaf – s/t
The Modlins - Where Does it End?
The Predicates - Let Me Carry Your Books

Best Rock Album
Astra - The Weirding
Buckfast Superbee - Turn of the Radio Age
Citizen Band - Breaker Breaker My Heart
Irradio - I am the Horn
The Morning Riot - Carmenita
The Donkeys - Living on the Other Side
The Shamey Jays - Your Pretty Packages
Thin Man - Flush With The Moon

Best Alternative Album
The Powerchords – Think I’m Gonna
Crocodiles - Summer of Hate
Drew Andrews - Only Mirrors
Endoxi – New Blood Old Soul
Flight to Athena – City Under Fire
New Day Mile - Damn Straight
Scarlet Symphony - Foundation
The Fascination-We Can Take Care of Our Own

Best Hard Rock Album
All Leather - Hung Like A Horse
Cage - Science of Anihilation
Cattle Decapitation - The Harvest Floor
Children of Nova - The Complexity of Light
Goblin Cock - Come With Me If You Want To Live
Modern Rifles - I was Young, it was Dark
Unset - Remains of a Dream
The Long and Short Of It - CAW!

Best Hip Hop Album
afterschoolspecial – Not One for Words
Bloodstone and the Princess - Vintage Raw
Deep Rooted-D.E.E.P. R.O.O.T.E.D.
M-Double-A-L - Think and Grow Rich
Microphone Mike-Teen Idol
R.C.K. – Confidence of a King
The Breaux - Restocked
Young Mass - Best of Daygo City

Best Blues Album
Bill Magee - Good Morning Mississippi
Candye Kane - SuperHero
Charles Burton - Everybodys talkin'
Hugh Gaskins - Hughmanity
Lady Dottie & The Diamonds - s/t
Mississippi Mudsharks - Train Rolls On
Sue Palmer & her Motel Swing Orchestra - On Air
Missy Anderson - s/t

Best Jazz Album
Allison Adams Tucker-Come With Me
Bradley Leighton - Soul Collective
Chuck Perrin - Down 2 Bone
Danny Green – With You In Mind
Deejham Marie – Carpet Ride
Lori Bell - The Music of Djavan
Patrick Yandall - A New Day
Peter Sprague & Kevyn Lettau - What is Enough

Best World Album
B-Side Players - Radio Afro Mexica
Danyavaad and the Shimmy Sisters - March of the Gypsies
Keltic Kharma - IKharma
Peter Pupping - Sea Journey
Quinazo-La Ofrenda
Skelpin - Rua Rojo
Stranger-Some Kinda Show
Tribal Seeds- The Harvest

Best Americana or Country Album
Berkley Hart - Las Vegas
Charlie Imes – On an Island
Eve Selis - Angels and Eagles
Folding Mr. Lincoln - Within My Reach
Gregory Page - Bird in a Cage
Joel P. West - Dust Jacket
Sara Watkins - s/t
The Farmers - Fulmination

Best Local Recording
Chad Farran - On Surfari Sessions
Chris Leyva - 27
Goddamn Electric Bill - Topics For Gossip
Happy Ron - Terribly Happy
Josh Damigo - Raw
Pocket - s/t
Rafter - Sweaty Magic
Shark Attack - Shooting Judas

Album of the Year
Anya Marina - Slow & Steady Seduction, Phase II
Crocodiles - Summer of Hate
Drew Andrews - Only Mirrors
Jason Mraz - We Sing, We Dance, We Steal Things
Scarlet Symphony - Foundation
Slightly Stoopid - Slightly Not Stoned Enough to Eat Breakfast Yet Stoopid
The Donkeys – Living on the Other Side
Wavves - s/t

Best New Artist
Bad Science Fiction
Beaters
Black Mamba
Maren Parusel
Sunday Times
The Bloodflowers
The New Archaic
The Styletones

Artist of the Year
Anya Marina
Crocodiles
Delta Spirit
Jason Mraz
Scarlet Symphony
Slightly Stoopid
Switchfoot
Wavves

Song of the Year
Anya Marina - Move You
Crocodiles - I Wanna Kill
Delta Spirit - People C'mon
Jack Tempchin – It Could Have been You or Me
Jason Mraz (with Colbie Caillat) - Lucky
MC Flow - Created Equal
Scarlet Symphony-Your Blood is Mine
Slightly Stoopid - Thinkin Bout Cops