2012 Whalie Award Winners

PEOPLE'S CHOICE AWARDS

BEST ALTERNATIVE
Pocket Vinyl

BEST FOLK / BLUEGRASS
Daphne Lee Martin & Raise The Rent

BEST BLUES / COUNTRY ROCK
Uncle Flatty

BEST DJ
DJ Seaneho

BEST HARDCORE / METAL
Art Of Kanly

BEST URBAN ALTERNATIVE
Flowers & Kain

BEST HIP HOP / R&B
Camacho

BEST INDIE / EXPERIMENTAL
Ferocious Fucking Teeth

BEST PUNK
Chasing Trinity

BEST REGGAE / SKA
The Hempsteadys

BEST ROCK
Catfish Phillips

BEST SOLO SINGER / SONGWRITER
Steve Elci

BEST MUSIC SERIES
Bad Manners Bassment Thursday @ Oasis

BEST MUSIC VIDEO
Pocket Vinyl “A Little Joke”

TOP CRITICS AWARDS

ALBUM OF THE YEAR
The Suicide Dolls Prayers In Parking Lots

POP / ROCK ALBUM OF THE YEAR
Pocket Vinyl Monsters Talking

DJ/ DANCE MIX OF THE YEAR
The Swagger Jackers The Life Aquatic

HIP HOP ALBUM/MIXTAPE OF THE YEAR
Erik Lamb Blow Up Dolls

AMERICANA ALBUM OF THE YEAR
Daphne Lee Martin & Raise The Rent Dig & Be Dug

INDIE ALBUM OF THE YEAR
Ferocious Fucking Teeth Ferocious Fucking Teeth

RECORD OF THE YEAR
The Weird Beards Arreaka

SONG OF THE YEAR
Pocket Vinyl "Quiet Epiphany"

BEST COLLABORATION OF THE YEAR
Camacho, Poe Swayzie & Jaszmine Viciousz "Duke Westlake Cypher"

BREAKTHROUGH ARTIST OF THE YEAR
Herff Jones

CRITICS CHOICE AWARDS

BEST ALTERNATIVE SONG
Suicide Dolls "Smash"

BEST  FOLK / BLUEGRASS  SONG
Daphne Lee Martin & Raise The Rent "Pull My Daisy"

BEST BLUES / COUNTRY ROCK SONG
Franklin Brothers "Mike's Backyard"

BEST HARDCORE / METAL SONG
Burning Beneath "Son Of The Apocalypse"

BEST HIPHOP / R&B SONG
Alumni "I Am Me"

BEST URBAN ALTERNATIVE SONG
Erik Lamb "Sky Masterson"

BEST DANCE / ELECTRONIC SONG
Chumzilla "F*ck The Pain Away (Chum's Horny Mix)"

BEST INDIE / EXPERIMENTAL SONG
Ferocious Fucking Teeth "Hinkly"

BEST PUNK / SKA SONG
Dead City Riot "Break Down The Walls"

BEST ROCK SONG
Gone For Good "Calm Down, You're Joking"

BEST SOLO SINGER / SONGWRITER SONG
Carl Franklin "Waiting For The Summer To Come"