2010 Houston Press Music Award Winners... All Of 'Em

Marco Torres

Nick Gaitan, Local Musician of the Year/See a slideshow of some of the winners

​So the 2010 Houston Press Music Awards, ceremony and showcase, have come and gone - quite recently, really - and as you're reading this, Rocks Off is probably still working on our wrap-up of the show. Or asleep, but we doubt it. We've been having a little trouble with that lately.

Anyway, we'd like to thank all of you - thousands of you - who voted this year, and especially all of you who make up the audience for Houston's teeming crop of local musicians. We're sure you may not agree with one, two, some or even many of the names on this list - it is 44 categories long, after all.

Tell us about it. Tell us why. Our name may be on these awards, but they're really yours. So let's get to it.

BEST LP/CD
Devin the Dude, Suite 420

BEST EP/7"
Grandfather Child, "Waiting for You"

BEST SONG
Mike Stinson, "No One to Drink With"

LOCAL MUSICIAN OF THE YEAR
Nick Gaitan

BEST NEW ACT
Tim Qualls

BEST MALE VOCALS
Lee Alexander

BEST FEMALE VOCALS
Ira Perez

BEST SONGWRITER
Kristine Mills

BEST ROCK
The Lotus Effect

BEST PUNK
Skeleton Dick

BEST INDIE ROCK
Wild Moccasins

BEST PROGRESSIVE ROCK
Tax the Wolf

BEST HARDCORE/NOISE
Adream Asleep

BEST METAL
Pinche Gringos

BEST INSTRUMENTAL/EXPERIMENTAL
Two Star Symphony

BEST LATIN TRADITIONAL
Mango Punch

BEST LATIN CONTEMPORARY
Los Skarnales

BEST LATIN HIP-HOP
Chingo Bling

BEST MAINSTREAM HIP-HOP
Bun B

BEST UNDERGROUND HIP-HOP
Fat Tony

BEST REGGAE/DUB
Potbelly

BEST JAZZ
Free Radicals

BEST R&B/FUNK/SOUL
2 Dollar Sound

BEST BLUES
Little Joe Washington

BEST ZYDECO
Zydeco Dots

BEST COUNTRY
Robert Ellis & The Boys

BEST FOLK
Flying Fish Sailors

BEST ROOTS-ROCK/AMERICANA
Sideshow Tramps

BEST COVER/TRIBUTE BAND
Beetle

BEST GUITARIST
The Mighty Orq

BEST BASSIST
Nick Gaitan, Nick Gaitan & The Umbrella Man

BEST DRUMMER
Ash Hendley, World's Most Dangerous

BEST KEYBOARDS
Jennifer Grassman

BEST MISCELLANEOUS INSTRUMENT
Geoffrey Muller, Sideshow Tramps (musical saw/banjo)

BEST CLUB DJ
GRRRL Parts

BEST PRODUCER
DJ Red

BEST RADIO PERSONALITY
Rod Ryan (94.5 The Buzz)

BEST RADIO STATION
KPFT (90.1 FM)

BEST RADIO PROGRAM
The Rod Ryan Show (KTBZ)

BEST RECORD STORE
Cactus Music

BEST LOCAL LABEL
Space City Records

BEST LIVE MUSIC VENUE
Warehouse Live

BEST INSTRUMENT/EQUIPMENT STORE
Guitar Center

BEST LOCAL TWITTER PERSONALITY (MUSIC)
Slim Thug