Best Americana/Folk: Magnolia Summer

Best Blues Artist: Bottoms Up Blues Gang

Best DJ: Flex Boogie

Best Eclectic/Uncategorizable: Superfun Yeah Yeah Rocketship

Best Funk/Soul/R&B: Dogtown Allstars

Best Garage Band. Johnny O & the Jerks

Best Hard Rock/Metal. Head-On Collision

Best Hip-Hop DJ. Needles

Best Indie Band. Ghost in Light

Best Jazz Artist. Erin Bode

Best Live Act. 7 Shot Screamers

Best Local Release (on a label). Sex Robots, Sex Robots

Best Local Release (self-released). Nite Owl, Now You Can Boo Me

Best New Artist. The Humanoids

Best Punk/Hardcore. 7 Shot Screamers

Best Pop Band. Sex Robots

Best Rap/Hip-Hop Artist. Midwest Avengers

Best Reggae Band. Murder City Players

Best Rock Band. Riddle of Steel

Best Vocalist. Kim Massie

All of the info is here!

http://blogs.riverfronttimes.com/atoz/2007/06/tomorrows_awards_presentation.php

7:00 - 8:00 p.m.
DJ Foster and Needles
Live Art Demos by Cbabi and Calc 2

8:00 - 9:00 p.m.
RFT Music Showcase 2007 Awards Presentation

9:00 - 10:00 pm
Dogtown Allstars

10:00 - 11:00 pm
7 Shot Screamers

11:00 pm - Midnight
Midwest Avengers

http://blogs.riverfronttimes.com/atoz/2007/06/music_awards_ceremony_entertai.php

Coming to the Pageant on Tuesday, June 12, for the awards presentation?

Then you'll see:

7 Shot Screamers

Midwest Avengers

DJ Foster

DJ Needles

and one more act to be determined.

Hot.

Annie

See below in our profile, and also on the blog!

http://blogs.riverfronttimes.com/stlog/

Please go here and vote for your favorite local artists! Voting will continue right up until the day of the June 3 showcase, so spread the word!

http://www.riverfronttimes.com/poll/musicawards07

As I noted in my column this week, the awards ceremony -- yes, we're having one this year -- is going to have a twist: The top three vote-getters overall are going to perform at the shindig, which will take place on Tuesday, June 12, from 7 p.m. to midnight at the Pageant.

So start posting MySpace bulletins, tell all your friends, and make plans to log on and make your voice heard. (And remember — we can catch ballot-stuffers, so don't even try it!)

All information, including a link to this lovely MySpace page, can be found here: www.riverfronttimes.com/php/retail/stl/musicawards/2007/

Annie

As per her request, Irene Allen of the Round-Ups is no longer on the ballot for Best Vocalist.

--Annie

Yes, that's right! We'll be putting the ballot online the RFT Web site NEXT WEEK! That's where you'll be able to vote for your favorite artist in twenty nifty categories.

The incentive to get everyone to vote is rather sweet: The top three vote-getters across the board in any category will be performing for the adoring masses at the Music Awards presentation on Tuesday, June 12, at the Pageant -- a shindig emcee'd by yours truly, Annie Z.

Remember, the music showcase is June 3! From 2 p.m. to midnight in the Loop. We're finalizing performers as we speak, with the full line-up and schedule set as soon as we know it. Check out this page or over on our blog, STLog, found here: http://blogs.riverfronttimes.com/stlog/

Cheers!

Annie Z., a.k.a. A to Z

Info on voting to come soon!

http://www.riverfronttimes.com/blogs/?p=309

Best Americana/Folk: Bad Folk, Jesse Irwin, Magnolia Summer, the Monads, Rats and People

Best Blues Artist: Bottoms Up Blues Gang, Big George Brock, Tom Hall, Marquise Knox, Casey Reid

Best DJ: DJ Foster, Adrian Fox, Flex Boogie, Rob Lemon, Scotty Mac

Best Eclectic/Uncategorizable: Conformists, Ghost Ice, Eric Hall, Skarekrau Radio, Superfun Yeah Yeah Rocketship

Best Funk/Soul/R&B: Dogtown Allstars, Lamar Harris, Arvell Keithley, Kim Massie, Nite Owl

Best Garage Band: The Gentleman Callers, Johnny O & the Jerks, the Nevermores, Long John Thomas & the Duffs, The Vultures

Best Hard Rock/Metal: Cross Examination, Harkonin, Head-On Collision, Shame Club, Spark Thugs

Best Hip-Hop DJ: Crucial, Needles, Mahf, Trackstar, Charlie Chan

Best Indie Band: Berlin Whale, Bunnygrunt, Ghost in Light, Say Panther, So Many Dynamos

Best Jazz Artist: Willie Akins, Hamiet Bluiett, Erin Bode, Dave Stone Trio, Brian Sullivan Quartet

Best Live Act: Berlin Whale, Femme Fatality, Riddle of Steel, 7 Shot Screamers, So Many Dynamos

Best Local Release (on a label): Blinded Black, Under the Sunrise (SideCho); Finn's Motel, Escape Velocity (Scat); Casey Reid, Cephalclog (Big Muddy); Sex Robots, Sex Robots (Roadhouse Tunes); So Many Dynamos, Flashlights (Skrocki); Target Market, No Thrills (Afternoon)

Best Local Release (self-released): Gentleman Auction House, The Rules Were Handed Down; Ghost in Light, After Fox Meadow; Jumbling Towers, Jumbling Towers; The Linemen, Through Side One; Nite Owl, Now You Can Boo Me; Red Water Revival, In the Frostbidden Years

Best New Artist: Daybreak Boys, Heroes of the Kingdom, Huey, Humanoids, Stella Mora, Walkie Talkie U.S.A.

Best Punk/Hardcore: The Cuban Missiles, the Humanoids, Lye By Mistake, the Pubes, 7 Shot Screamers

Best Pop Band: Gentleman Auction House, the Hibernauts, Ludo, Sex Robots, That's My Daughter

Best Rap/Hip-Hop Artist: Earthworms, Family Affair, Midwest Avengers, Ruka Puff, Toyy

Best Reggae Band: Dub Kitchen, Dubtronix, Murder City Players, Yard Squad

Best Rock Band: The Bureau, Finn's Motel, Riddle of Steel, Team Tomato, Walkie Talkie U.S.A.

Best Vocalist: Kevin Butterfield (Linemen), Joe DeBoer (Jumbling Towers), Kim Massie,
Casey Reid

For everybody!

1. Voting is going to start online in the next few weeks. Once I know the date when the ballot goes live, you better believe everyone here will be the first to know. I expect a deluge of MySpace bulletins at least every other day. There will be pop quizzes.

2. Please add the myspace, myspace.com/rftmusicawards2007. i have tried to add as many people as i can, but it's time-consuming. :-/ it doesn't mean i don't love you.

For nominated bands!

1. WE ARE HANDLING THE BOOKING IN-HOUSE! please, please do not contact venues yourselves and start setting up anything. this makes annie a cranky music editor.

2. PLEASE EMAIL ME THE BEST CONTACT INFO, PHONE NUMBER AND EMAIL, FOR YOUR BAND, to facilitate booking. BY 5 p.m. THIS FRIDAY! THIS WILL HELP ME OUT GREATLY AND WILL HELP YOU WHEN WE PUT THE SHOWCASE TOGETHER! annie.zaleski AT riverfronttimes.com.

annie z

That's right, folks: The music awards nomination ballot for 2007 will appear on our blog (and in the paper) on Wednesday, April 4! Get excited! For more preliminary info on the proceedings, please see my column here, with text reprinted below for your perusal.

I'm not exactly good at being on time. I don't wear a watch, never really pay attention to what time it is and figure that time is an abstract. It's not that I'm being rude, exactly. I'm just sort of spacey.

But I do live up to my nitpicking astrological sign — Virgo, thank you very much — in that I'm a meticulous planner and a scheduler. All of which means I'm excited to announce that our 2007 RFT Music Awards showcase will take place on Sunday, June 3, in the Delmar Loop. I've already set up a MySpace page (myspace.com/rftmusicawards2007), which is again going to be the best place to find out about bands, nominees, showcase times, voting procedures and anything else awards-related. I'm also pleased to announce that we're bringing back an awards-presentation ceremony, a shindig that'll take place at the Pageant on Tuesday, June 12. (Details forthcoming.)

The format of the awards showcase will be slightly different. Unlike last year, we won't be having any national acts performing — it'll be all local bands. And because the 2006 version of our music awards was only about six months ago, I'll be implementing some new categories this year to perhaps (gasp!) inject some new blood into the proceedings.

Why the changes? Well, consider this us deciding to focus on and celebrate what talent St. Louis has to offer. Anyone who's read my column or the music section since I moved to town knows that I love music and am genuinely excited about so many people creating tunes in town. I've been told that perhaps I'm too positive sometimes; and while that might be true, I'd rather write about people doing cool things then dwell on the negative. As the Spice Girls say, "All you need is positivity."