Boston Music Awards 2018
Last Wednesday, December 12th, 2018, was the Boston Music Awards at the House of Blues in Boston, Massachusetts. The night was filled with many live performances from nominees, and later in the night, celebrated the winners across all areas of the Boston music scene.
Here is the list of categories, along with their perspective nominees and winners:
ARTIST OF THE YEAR
Clairo Cousin Stizz - winner Joyner Lucas Latrell James Michael Christmas Millyz Ripe STL GLD The Ballroom Thieves Weakened Friends
UNSIGNED ARTIST OF THE YEAR
Ali McGuirk Anjimile Carissa Johnson & the Cure-Alls Justin Clancy No/Hugs Oompa - winner Ruby Rose Fox Sidney Gish The Devil's Twins Vintage Lee
NEW ARTIST OF THE YEAR
ANSON RAP$ Aubrey Haddard Billy Dean Thomas Cliff Notez - winner Cosmic Johnny Edge Petal Burn Gentle Temper Justin Clancy Leopard Print Taser The Water Cycle
LIVE ARTIST OF THE YEAR
Cousin Stizz Ed Balloon Latrell James Oompa Party Bois Ripe Ruby Rose Fox Sidewalk Driver STL GLD - winner Walter Sickert & The Army of Broken Toys
ALBUM/EP OF THE YEAR
Carissa Johnson & the Cure-Alls - "Talk Talk Talk" Clairo - "diary 001" Justin Clancy - "The Color Blue" Kal Marks - "Universal Care" Michael Christmas - "Role Model" Millyz - "Sped Two: The Sequel" Ripe - "Joy in the Wild Unknown" Sidney Gish - "No Dogs Allowed" - winner Speedy Ortiz - "Twerp Verse" Vundabar - "Smell Smoke"
SONG OF THE YEAR
Aubrey Haddard - “I Should Know Better” Carissa Johnson & the Cure-Alls - “After All” Jonny Glenn ft. Ally Hills & Just Juice - “All Fall Down” Joyner Lucas - “I'm Not Racist” Latrell James - “Okay” - winner Michael Christmas - “Ball” Oompa ft. Cliff Notez - “I Deserve That” Salem Wolves - “Shake” Sidney Gish - “Not but for You, Bunny” Trlogy - “Electric Flame”
MUSIC VIDEO OF THE YEAR
Billy Dean Thomas - "Jab" Happy Little Clouds - "Beneath" Joyner Lucas - "I'm Not Racist" - winner Justin Clancy - "Work In Progress" Michael Christmas - “Ball” Millyz - "SPED" Oompa ft. Cliff Notez - "I Deserve That" Ruby Rose Fox - "Freedom Fighter" STL GLD - "Hold On" Will Dailey - "Bad Behavior"
ALT/INDIE ARTIST OF THE YEAR
Bent Knee Future Teens Honey Cutt Lilith Mint Green Palehound Sidney Gish Tipling Rock Vundabar Weakened Friends - winner
AMERICANA ARTIST OF THE YEAR
Hayley Jane and The Primates Jake Hill & Deep Creek Julie Rhodes Sarah Borges Session Americana Susan Cattaneo The Rationales These Wild Plains Tigerman WOAH Twisted Pine - winner
BLUES ARTIST OF THE YEAR
Ali McGuirk - winner Celia Woodsmith Danielle M & The Glory Junkies Erin Harpe and the Delta Swingers GA-20 James Montgomery Julie Rhodes Matthew Stubbs & The Antiguas Peter Parcek The Silks
COUNTRY ARTIST OF THE YEAR
Annie Brobst Ashley Jordan - winner Chris Moreno Chris Ruediger Gracie Day Hayley Thompson-King Houston Bernard Band Lauren Weintraub Lonely Leesa & the Lost Cowboys Scarlett Drive
DANCE/ELECTRONIC ARTIST OF THE YEAR
Bearstronaut Camino 84 Citrusphere CONTACT Ed Balloon Joe Bermudez Party Bois – winner Photocomfort Steve Darko Trlogy
DJ OF THE YEAR
Bobby Bangers Brek.One DJ 7L DJ Knife DJ L'Duke DJ Slipwax DJ Yvng Pavl Frank White Lenore SuperSmashBroz - winner
FOLK ARTIST OF THE YEAR
Anjimile Box of Birds Dan Blakeslee Darlingside Honeysuckle - winner Lula Wiles Tall Heights The Ballroom Thieves The Wolff Sisters Town Meeting
HIP HOP ARTIST OF THE YEAR
Cousin Stizz - winner Dutch ReBelle Joyner Lucas Latrell James Michael Christmas Millyz Oompa STL GLD Token Vintage Lee
INTERNATIONAL ARTIST OF THE YEAR
Albino Mbie Balla Kouyaté Debo Band Dis n Dat Band Dub Apocalypse Dzidzor Kina Zoré MIXCLA Nichi y Chalas Soul Rebel Project - winner
JAZZ ARTIST OF THE YEAR
Alison Keslow Gretchen & The Pickpockets - winner Jason Palmer Jireh Calo MND FLO Porterfield Rina Yamazaki Terri Lyne Carrington Tia Fuller Yoko Miwa
METAL ARTIST OF THE YEAR
Converge Fórn GOZU Lesser Glow PanzerBastard Protean Collective Scissorfight - winner Vaulted Vein Worshipper
POP ARTIST OF THE YEAR
Brynn Elliott Clairo - winner Eddie Japan Emilia Ali Hana Kahn Jonny Glenn Party Bois Photocomfort PVRIS Ripe
PUNK/HARDCORE ARTIST OF THE YEAR
Actor|Observer Art Thieves Choke Up Nice Guys OC45 Oh The Humanity! Rebuilder Street Dogs - winner The Monsieurs Tied To A Bear
R&B ARTIST OF THE YEAR
Bad Rabbits - winner bittymacbeth Ed Balloon Haasan Barclay Lisa Bello Marcela Cruz Nancia TeaMarrr Treva Holmes VQNC
ROCK ARTIST OF THE YEAR
Animal Flag Black Beach Carissa Johnson & the Cure-Alls Flight of Fire Kal Marks Pile Salem Wolves The Devil's Twins - winner The Rupert Selection The Ultra
SINGER-SONGWRITER OF THE YEAR
Abbie Barrett Ali McGuirk Anjimile Aubrey Haddard - winner Dan Masterson Julia Mark Marissa Nadler Prateek Ruby Rose Fox Will Dailey
VOCALIST OF THE YEAR
Ali McGuirk Aubrey Haddard - winner Fredua Boakye Julie Rhodes Lyndsey Gunnulfsen Martin Earley Ruby Rose Fox Tad McKitterick Walter Sickert Will Dailey
STUDIO PRODUCER OF THE YEAR
Benny Grotto Brian Charles Dave Brophy Dave Minehan Ed Valauskas Janos Fulop - The Arcitype - winner Latrell James Mike Denneen Miranda Serra Sean McLaughlin
LIVE PRODUCTION ENGINEER OF THE YEAR
Benjamin Stoppelman Brendon Downey Chris Johnson Dan Gonzales Darby Smotherman David Hughes Grace Reader - winner Ian Nault Jesse Vengrove Reid Calkin
SESSION MUSICIAN OF THE YEAR
Chris Anzalone Dave Brophy Duke Levine Ed Valauskas Ian Kennedy Jonathan Ulman - winner Matt Zappa Matthew Girard Mike Levesque Tim Hall
LIVE MUSIC PHOTOGRAPHER OF THE YEAR
Ben Stas Cara DiFabio Coleman Rogers Emily Gardner - winner Greg Gaffney Jenny Bergman Jonathan Beckley Natasha Moustache Omari Spears Tim Bugbee
LIVE MUSIC VENUE OF THE YEAR
Blue Hills Bank Pavilion Brighton Music Hall House of Blues - winner Oberon ONCE Somerville Orpheum Theatre Paradise Rock Club Royale The Sinclair The Xfinity Center
INTIMATE LIVE MUSIC VENUE OF THE YEAR
Atwood’s Tavern Dorchester Art Project Great Scott - winner Lilypad Lizard Lounge O’Brien’s Pub The Burren Backroom The Plough & Stars Thunder Road TOAD
LIVE MUSIC RESIDENCY OF THE YEAR
Ali McGuirk First Fridays at Bull McCabes - winner Americana Sundays at Thunder Road Bearly Dead at Thunder Road Black Cotton Club Blue Ribbons at TOAD Dennis Brennan Band at Lizard Lounge Downbeat Mondays at The Sinclair with Matthew Stubbs and the Antiguas OldJack's Last Saturdays RISE Music Series at Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum Tim Gearan Band at Atwood’s Tavern
MUSIC NIGHT OF THE YEAR
Corrosion Emo Night Boston - winner Ichiban Saturday Level Up Make It New Ova-Ez PVRPLE Re:Set The Glitter Boys The Wave Boston
MUSIC PROMOTER OF THE YEAR
Aaron Gray - Grayskull Booking Alyssa Spector - Lysten Boston Carl Lavin - Bowery Boston Christine Varriale - Allston Pudding - winner Jason Trefts - Illegally Blind Lance Tobin - Crossroads Presents Lisa Finelli - Xperience Creative Luke Osenberg - Artificial Contact Richard Bouchard - Indie Rock Ranger Ryan Agate - RTT Presents
MUSIC PUBLICATION OF THE YEAR
Allston Pudding Boston Hassle Boston Herald - Guestlisted DigBoston KillerBoomBox Red Line Roots Sound of Boston The Lowell Spin Vanyaland - winner WBUR - The ARTery
MUSIC JOURNALIST OF THE YEAR
Amelia Mason Arielle Gray Candace McDuffie G. Valentino Ball Jed Gottlieb Joan Anderman Michael Marotta Nina Corcoran - winner Victor Infante Victoria Wasylak
617SESSIONS ARTIST OF THE YEAR
Dylan Rockoff - “For You” Marquis Filthy - “Growing Pains” Ali McGuirk - “Heartbreaker” GHOST GRL - “Sleepless” Jonny Glenn - “For You” Chase Murphy - “Somethin' To Hold” Valleyheart - “Fairfield” Oompa - “Thank You” - winner Paper Citizen - “Hands Dirty” prior panic - “Backse
