I’m going to buy the Boston Music Awards Nominations Committee a beer. Everyone gets a sip of a ‘Gansett tallboy.
Last year a lazy bloc of the Boston Music Awards academy spoiled a stellar class when Aerosmith scored two BMA nominations (Live Artist and Rock Artist of the Year). Not so this year, the 2014 noms have no Bad Boys or Dropkicks or Amanda Palmer — love ‘em but they’ve won enough. If you wanna gripe, you’ll find something to gripe about. I love this list.
Bad Rabbits, Dutch Rebelle, Lake Street Dive, Speedy Ortiz and Will Dailey are fine choices to battle for Artist of the Year. The Rabbits, Rebelle, Lake Street, Hallelujah The Hills and Ruby Rose Fox scored multiple nominations. Nods for lesser-known, totally-deserving acts such as Cask Mouse, Nate Leavitt, Gozu and Amy Douglas of Feints is key.
And the whole thing went down at a sweet event at the Lawn on D — the city’s new coolest place — at the first Sound of Our Town festival (put together by our pals at Vanyaland).
With the Both (Aimee Mann and Ted Leo) headlining and Eli “Paperboy” Reed, Speedy Ortiz, Quilt, Dutch ReBelle, Hooray For Earth, Parks and The Grownup Noise providing supporting sets, the event revealed the nominations and kicked off the BMA season. This year’s awards go down Dec. 14 at the Revere Hotel.
Oh, I’m also pretty damn pleased about Guestlisted — the very blog you’re reading!! — scoring its first nomination for Best Music Blog.
Vote for your favorites: www.polleverywhere.com/bma2014
The whole, glorious list…
ARTIST OF THE YEAR
Bad Rabbits
Dutch Rebelle
Lake Street Dive
Speedy Ortiz
Will Dailey
ALBUM/EP OF THE YEAR
D-Tension, “D-Tension’s Secret Project”
Hallelujah The Hills, “Have You Ever Done Something Evil?”
Magic Man, “Before The Waves”
Quilt, “Held In Splendor”
Will Dailey, “National Throat”
SONG OF THE YEAR
Air Traffic Controller, “The House”
Dutch ReBelle “Yen”
John Powhida International Airport “Cover Me I’m Going for Milk”
Lake Street Dive “Bad Self Portraits”
Skaters “Miss Teen Massachusetts”
NEW ARTIST OF THE YEAR
Petty Morals
St. Nothing
The Color And Sound
The Needy Sons
When Particles Collide
LIVE ARTIST OF THE YEAR
Bad Rabbits
Goddamn Draculas
Parlour Bells
Sidewalk Driver
Tigerman WOAH
ROCK ARTIST OF THE YEAR
Goddamn Draculas
Hallelujah The Hills
Mean Creek
Petty Morals
Speedy Ortiz
HIP-HOP ARTIST OF THE YEAR
Cam Meekins
Dutch ReBelle
Michael Christmas
Slaine
STL GLD
POP/R&B ARTIST OF THE YEAR
Bad Rabbits
Dwight & Nicole
Eli “Paperboy” Reed
Louie Bello
Shea Rose
AMERICANA ARTIST OF THE YEAR
Cask Mouse
Joe Fletcher
Sarah Borges
Session Americana
Tallahassee
BLUES ARTIST OF THE YEAR
Gracie Curran And The High Falutin’
Peter Parcek
Quinn Sullivan
Roomful Of Blues
Sugar Ray And The Blue Tones
DJ ARTIST OF THE YEAR
Bianca Oblivion
Chris Ewen
Frank White
Knife
Leah V
ELECTRONIC ARTIST OF THE YEAR
Andre Obin
Bearstronaut
Clifflight
Pale Hands
St. Nothing
FOLK ARTIST OF THE YEAR
Ballroom Thieves
Dan Blakeslee
David Wax Museum
Mutual Benefit
Quilt
INTERNATIONAL ARTIST OF THE YEAR
Debo Band
Evolfo
Los Rumberos de Boston
Marcus Santos
Shun Ng
JAZZ ARTIST OF THE YEAR
Danilo Perez
Grace Kelly
Lake Street Dive
Omar Thomas
Rebecca Parris
METAL/HARDCORE ARTIST OF THE YEAR
Converge
Doomriders
Gozu
Summoner
The Proselyte
PUNK ARTIST OF THE YEAR
Creaturos
Guerilla Toss
Rebuilder
Razors In The Night
The Hotelier
SINGER-SONGWRITER OF THE YEAR
Lori McKenna
Marissa Nadler
Nate Leavitt
Ruby Rose Fox
Will Dailey
FEMALE VOCALIST OF THE YEAR
Amy Douglas of Feints
Jenny Dee of Jenny Dee & the Deelinquents
Marissa Nadler
Ruby Rose Fox
Sarah Rabdau
MALE VOCALIST OF THE YEAR
Barrence Whitfield
Christian McNeil
Gene Dante
Jesse Dee
Roy Sludge
PRODUCER OF THE YEAR
Benny Grotto
Brian Charles
Clinton Sparks
Ed Valauskas
Justin Pizzoferrato
VIDEO OF THE YEAR
Free Pizza, “Boston MA”
Faces On Film, “The Rule”
Hallelujah The Hills “I Stand Corrected”
Matthew Connor, “How Is July Already Over?”
STL GLD, “Again”
BEST BOSTON ARTIST THAT DOESN’T LIVE IN BOSTON
Eli “Paperboy” Reed
Hooray For Earth
Lake Street Dive
Skaters
The Both
BEST DANCE NIGHT
Don’t Ask Don’t Tell at Great Scott
Heroes at TT The Bear’s Place
Make It New at Middlesex Lounge
Pico Picante at Good Life
Soulelujah at ZuZu
BEST LIVE MUSIC VENUE
Atwood’s Tavern
Brighton Music Hall
Great Scott
Red Star Union
The Sinclair
BEST LIVE ONGOING RESIDENCY
Bored of Health at the Plough And Stars
Eleanor Bigsby at Toad
Louie Bello at the Abbey
Tim Gearan at Atwood’s
White Owls at Toad
BEST MUSIC BLOG
Allston Pudding
Boston Hassle
Daykamp Music
Guestlisted
Vanyaland
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