Online voting in place for this year’s ceremony, to be held Oct 9
By Anthony King | SDUN Editor
North Park-based San Diego Music Foundation released the list of nominees for this year’s San Diego Music Awards. The 23rd annual concert and ceremony returns to Humphreys by the Bay on Oct. 9.
Until then, the Foundation has opened the nominations to online voting, closing Sept. 16. The winners in the 28 categories will be announced at the ceremony, which will also include a Lifetime Achievement Award presentation to Daniel Jackson, a local jazz musician.
“Mr. Jackson remains at the forefront as a unique and much-needed voice in music,” organizers said in a press release. Jackson has worked with many of the industry greats, including Lenny McBrowne, Ray Charles, Wes Montgomery and Willie Bobo, among others.
“The 2013 San Diego Music Awards will feature live performances from some of San Diego’s best emerging and established artists,” organizers said. While the lineup is still being scheduled, confirmed artists include nominees Sara Watkins, Tristan Prettyman, Sara Petite, Blackout Party, The Heavy Guilt and The Palace Ballroom.
Tickets to the ceremony went on sale Monday, July 29, and all proceeds go to the Foundation’s Guitars for Schools program, which has helped more than 45,000 students in over 70 schools across the United States, organizers said.
The Foundation is located at 3047 University Ave. in North Park, and also produces the annual San Diego Music Thing, a two-day “music and media conference” that takes place at many San Diego venues. While last year’s main conference was hosted by the Lafayette Hotel on El Cajon Boulevard, this year’s will be held Sept. 13 – 14 at the Sheraton Hotel in Mission Valley.
For more information on the San Diego Music Awards, and to vote, visit sandiegomusicawards.com or call 619-381-8789. Album-related categories are voted on by members of the San Diego Music Academy.
23rd annual San Diego Music Awards nominees
Best New Artist
Chess Wars
Barbarian
Flaggs
Soda Pants
Teenage Burritos
The Filthy Violets
The Midnight Pine
The Phantoms
Artist of the Year
Family Wagon
Gilbert Castellanos
Little Hurricane
Pinback
The Burning of Rome
The Heavy Guilt
The Silent Comedy
Wavves
Album of the Year
Mike Keneally – “Wing Beat Fantastic”
P.O.D. – “Murdered Love”
Pacific Air – “Stop Talking”
Pinback – “Information Retrieved”
Slightly Stoopid – “Top Of the World”
The Burning of Rome – “With Us”
Tristan Prettyman – “Cedar + Gold”
Wavves – “Afraid of Heights”
Song of the Year
A.J. Croce – “Rollin’ On”
Pacific Air – “Move”
Pinback – “Proceed to Memory”
P.O.D. – “Beautiful”
Slightly Stoopid – “Don’t Stop”
The Silent Comedy – “God Neon”
Tristan Prettyman – “My Oh My”
Wavves – “Demon to Lean On”
Best Live Performer
Burning of Rome
Gilbert Castellanos
Lady Dottie & the Diamonds
Little Hurricane
The Creepy Creeps
The Heavy Guilt
The Silent Comedy
The Styletones
Best Cover Band
Beta Maxx
The Jones Revival
Cash’d Out
The Detroit Underground
Electric Waste Band
Rockola
The Baja Bugs
Thunder Road
Best Jazz
Bill Caballero
Euphoria Brass Band
Gilbert Castellanos
In Motion Trio
Joshua White
Rob Thorsen
Dialog Project
The Earful
Best Singer-Songwriter
Chad Taggart
Christopher Dale
Gayle Skidmore
Gregory Page
Jeff Berkley
Jeffrey Jo Morin
Marie Haddad
Steven Ybarra
Best Blues
The Bayou Brothers
Bill Magee Blues Band
Chet & The Committee
Fuzzy
Michele Lundeen
Robin Henkel ?Stoney
B. Blues Band
Tomcat Courtney
Best World Music
AfroJazziacs
Cumbia Machin
Hrie
Shoreline Rootz
The Devastators
Todo Mundo
Tribal Seeds
Zimbeat
Best Americana
Garbo
John Meeks
L.A. Edwards
Nena Anderson
Sara Petite
Roy Rapid
Sara Watkins
The Tree Ring
Best Hip Hop
Black Resume
Blame One
El Gun Legro
Grammatical B
Parker & the Numberman
Legacy Pack
The Lyrical Groove
Vokab Kompany
Best Pop
Dr. Seahorse
Mad Traffic
Mrs. Magician
Okapi Sun
Scott Mathiason & The Shifty Eyed Dogs
Smile Now Cry Later
The Silent Comedy
Ed Ghost Tucker
Best Alternative
Cuckoo Chaos
Cult Vegas
Dead Feather Moon
The Burning of Rome
The Heavy Guilt
The Nformals
Tropical Popsicle
Wild Wild Wets
Best Rock
Blackout Party
Black Hondo
Family Wagon
Grand Tarantula
Jet West
The Beautiful View
The Donkeys
Transfer
Best Hard Rock
Audio Addiction
Condemned
Death Crisis
Earthless
Griever
Mortuus Terror
Retox
Schitzophonics
Best Club DJ
Adam Salter
Artistic
Fresh One
Gabe Vega
Kanye Asada
Marc Thrasher
Junior the Disco Punk
Saul Q
Best Pop Album
Belmont Lights – “Telegraphs”
Chris Carpenter – “Up All Night”
Dawn Mitschele – “Silence the Noise”
Josh Damigo – “Hope”
Neon Cough – “New Adventures in Wi-Fi”
Tori Roze and The Hot Mess – “Turbulence”
Old Tiger – “Love Have Mercy”
Tolan Shaw – self titled
Best Rock Album
Black Market III – “Songs that Shake The Cage”
Dirty Sirens – self titled
Hills Like Elephants – “Feral Flocks”
Safety Orange – “State of Where I Am”
The Nervous Wreckords – “Let Them All Talk”
The New Regime – “Exhibit A”
The Palace Ballroom – “This is the Plan…”
The Paragraphs – “+/-”
Best Alternative Album
Lexington Field – “No Man’s War”
Mad Traffic – “City”
New Mexico – “Malpaís”
Social Club – “Gamma Rays”
The Burning of Rome – “With Us”
The Heavy Guilt – self titled
The Night Marchers – “Allez Allez”
We Are Sirens – “Every, Body, Panic”
Best Hard Rock Album
Author & Punisher – “Women and Children”
Boy King – “1”
Dirty Sirens – self titled
In Feat and Faith – self titled
Lord Howler – “…Hath Four Heads!”
Retox – “YPLL”
The Suicide Chords – “A Process of Self Worth”
Best Hip Hop Album
Addiquit – “Tragedy”
Awol & Gamma – “SinSerious”
Bloodstone The Street Preacher – “Life of Rhyme”
Marty MacPhly – “In Advance”
Miki Vale – “The Good, The Bad & The Lovely”
Odessa Kane – “Cuetes & Balisongs”
Trackwide – “21+”
Vokab Kompany & Crush Effect – “VKCE”
Best Blues Album
Candye Kane – “Coming Out Swingin’”
Charles Burton Blues Band – “Sweet Potato Pie”
Chess Wars – “Peace”
Johnny Vernazza – “Lions & Thieves”
Low Volts – “Oh My Stars”
Red Lotus Revue – “Fourteen Stories”
Sue Palmer & her Motel Swing Orchestra – “Party Favorites”
Whitney Shay – “Soul Tonic”
Best Jazz Album
Danny Green – “A Thousand Ways Home”
Gilbert Castellanos – “Federal Jazz Project”
Mike Wofford – “It’s Personal”
Miss Erika Davies – “Part the Sea”
Pocket – “Resonance”
Road Work Ahead – “Intersection”
Steph Johnson – “Nature Girl”
Teagan Taylor – “Hello”
Best Americana Album
A.J. Croce – “Twelve Tales”
Alaina Blair – self titled
El Monte Slim – “If I Could Just Break Even”
Folding Mr. Lincoln – “Two Rivers”
Joel Rafael – “America Come Home”
River City – “The Flood & The Gavel”
The Tilt – “Howlin’”
The Tree Ring – “Brushbloom”
Best World Music Album
B-Side Players – “Revolutionize”
High Tide – “Still Rising”
Keltic Kharma – “Cocktail Kharma”
Patric Petrie – “Pocket Venus”
San Diego Island Boys – “II”
Revival – “The Message”
Stranger Band – “Above it All”
Tribal Theory – “Hell of a Night”
Best Local Recording
Darius Degher – “The Coyote Cantos”
Grampadrew – “Cut From The Cloth”
The Sickstring Outlaws – “Johnny Drank Jack”
The Lovebirds – “and a one and a two”
The Midnight Pine – “Awake Now”
The Touchies – “Mess with the Unicorn”
Tide Pools – “Grief is a Wilderness”
The Wayne Riker Five – “Kindred Souls”
Best Music Video by a San Diego band
Cuckoo Chaos – “Shanghaied”
Mrs. Magician – “There is No God”
P.O.D. – “Beautiful”
Pinback – “Sherman”
Slightly Stoopid – “Don’t Stop”
Social Club – “Slow Motion”
The Silent Comedy – “God Neon”
Wavves – “Afraid of Heights”
