2011 Whalie Award Winners

TOP CRITICS AWARDS:

ALBUM OF THE YEAR
 Above/Below "Two Sides"

URBAN ALBUM/MIXTAPE OF THE YEAR
 Erik Lamb "Shoot Everything"

INDIE/PUNK/ALTERNATIVE ALBUM OF THE YEAR
Sodium Lights "Transtulit"

SOLO ALBUM OF THE YEAR
Matt Gouette "Emeline at the Moontower"

RECORD OF THE YEAR
Gone For Good "The Bright Lights"

SONG OF THE YEAR
Gramz "I Have Arrived"

BREAKTHROUGH ARTIST OF THE YEAR
 Camacho

PEOPLE'S CHOICE AWARDS:

BEST ALTERNATIVE
The Facelifters

BEST AMERICANA
The Rivergods

BEST DJ
The Swagger Jackers

BEST HARDCORE / METAL
End All Suffering

BEST URBAN / HIPHOP
N.M.E The Illest

BEST INDIE / EXPERIMENTAL / DANCE
 Brava Spectre

BEST PUNK / SKA
The Hempsteadys

BEST ROCK
The Reducers

BEST SOLO SINGER / SONGWRITER
 Matt Gouette

BEST MUSIC SERIES
The Sinners Circle

BEST MUSIC VIDEO
Matt Gouette "Opinion"

CRITICS CHOICE AWARDS:

BEST ALTERNATIVE PERFORMANCE
 Straight to VHS "Patchwork City"

BEST CONTEMPORARY FOLK / BLUEGRASS PERFORMANCE
Dogbite "Electrified"

BEST BLUES / COUNTRY ROCK PERFORMANCE
 Franklin Brothers "New London Blues"

BEST HARDCORE / METAL PERFORMANCE
ight In May "Modern Modifications"

BEST HIPHOP / RAP PERFORMANCE
Gramz "I Have Arrived"

BEST URBAN ALTERNATIVE PERFORMANCE
Erik Lamb "Shoot Everything"

BEST DANCE / ELECTRONIC PERFORMANCE
The Fears "Closer"

BEST INDIE / EXPERIMENTAL PERFORMANCE
 Get Haunted "Crimson Ribbons"

BEST PUNK / SKA PERFORMANCE
Sadplant "Codependence"

BEST ROCK PERFORMANCE
Gone For Good "Ride To Nowhere"

BEST SOLO SINGER / SONGWRITER PERFORMANCE
Steve Elci "Dance With You"