2009 LOCAL BUZZ ROCK AWARDS nominee listing

GOPHER ENTERTAINMENT, TOXIC ENTERTAINMENT and DIAMOND SOUND STUDIOS proudly present:

THE 2009 LOCAL BUZZ ROCK AWARDS

To benefit The National Kidney Foundation of Middle Tennessee

APRIL 10th 2009 at The Rutledge Live Music Venue

Hosted by Aljon Go and Tony Stone with special guests

PERFORMERS INCLUDE:

The Compromise, Michael James, Error 51, Voodoo Prophet, The Worsties, Kings In Pieces, Broken Frame, Beautifully Crude and the reunion of The Beauty School Dropouts!

AWARD CATEGORIES:

BAND OF THE YEAR
Framing Hanley
Lovers and Liars
Kings In Pieces
Mindset Defect
After Elvis
American Bang

LISTENER'S CHOICE AWARD (fan voting is now closed)
Framing Hanley
Lovers and Liars
Kings In Pieces
Mindset Defect
After Elvis
American Bang

LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
Frank Sass, sound engineer

SONG OF THE YEAR
"For You" Beautifully Crude
"Holding on to Nothing" Lovers and Liars
"Butterflies" Michael James
"Paint the Sky" Mindset Defect
"Barely Breathe" Broken Frame
"Tone Deaf" The Worsties

ALBUM OF THE YEAR
"It's All About to Change" Broken Frame
"The Ties That Bind" Beautifully Crude
"2FNHot" Mondo Primo
"Volume 1" The Becoming
"And Nothing But the Truth" fORMER
"The Invisible Man" Halo Stereo

BEST NEW ARTIST
Gone City
Lover's Ball
The Worsties
Push Button Start
Manic Bloom
Kings In Pieces

BEST ALTERNATIVE/POP-ROCK
The Worsties
Mondo Primo
Shirock
The Compromise
Auto Vaughn
Safety Suit

BEST ROCK
Halo Stereo
fORMER
Beautifully Crude
After Elvis
November
The Royce

BEST METAL
Mindsplitter
Piranah
Error 51
Deadchain
Mindset Defect
Voodoo Prophet

BEST PUNK/HARDCORE/UNDERGROUND
Fist of the North Star
Look What I Did
The Creeping Cruds
The Blacklist Royals
The Carry-ons
The Running

BEST ROOTS/AMERICANA/SINGER SONGWRITER
The Last Straw
Michael James
Chris Hurt
Mellow Down Easy
Hollywood Cowboy
Shaky DeVille

BEST MALE VOCALIST
Nixon - Framing Hanley
Caleb Owens - The Becoming
Tyler Meritt - Broken Frame
Michael Ashley - Beautifully Crude
Michael James
Josh Baker - Ugene

BEST FEMALE VOCALIST
Dacia - Atomic Blonde
Heather Jacks - The Heather Jacks Record
Katie Kerkhover
Melissa Montgomery - Upside of Envy
Anna Worstie - The Worsties
Jen Halverson- HipKitty

BEST GUITARISTS
Voodoo Prophet
Dead Air Radio
The Last Straw
Fist of the North Star
The Creeping Cruds
Mindset Defect

BEST BASSIST
Look What I Did
fORMER
The Compromise
Beautifully Crude
American Bang
Auto Vaughn

BEST PERCUSSIONIST
Piranah
Dead Air Radio
Mindset Defect
Voodoo Prophet
Broken Frame
Framing Hanley

Special thanks to the Grafix Lab.