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The 8th Annual HGMN Year End Awards (and staff picks)
STUDIO ALBUM OF THE YEAR: Scythian - Immigrant Road Show Scythian rocks their unique hodgepodge of Irish, Celtic, klezmer, and gypsy influences. Read our full review here.
LIVE ALBUM OF THE YEAR: Deep Blue Sun - Live at Tree Sound Deep Blue Sun's musical and emotional depth is perfectly captured on Live at Tree Sound. The combination of high-quality studio recording equipment and personnel with the band's preferred concert environment helped them create the ultimate jam album situation. See our full review here.
DVD OF THE YEAR: Wetlands Preserved - The Story of an Activist Rock Club Wetlands was one of the hottest venues for underground music in New York City. The birth, life, and death of the iconic venue is lovingly told by those who sweated, bled, and experienced it first hand. Revealing photos of the venue, fans, and performers are brought to stunning life by the skilled hands of some of today's most innovative digital animators, making for an entirely new experience in documentary film.
CUSTOMER'S CHOICE: Retail: Yo Mama's Big Fat Booty Band - Now You Know Customer's orders spoke and they bought the most of last year's New HGMN Band and Studio Album winner.
Wholesale: Grace Potter - Original Soul Stores most often puchased this first release from Grace Potter who had a steller year touring heavily and gracing the cover of several high profile magazines.
NEW HGMN BAND OF THE YEAR: TIE: Laura Reed & Deep Pocket, Josh Phillips Folk Festival
ROAD WARRIOR OF THE YEAR: Ryan Montbleau Band - In a year when most groups were forced to reduce touring due to high fuels costs, Ryan didn't slow down. In all he performed a whopping 169 shows!
HGMN HALL OF FAME: The Motet joins Umphrey's McGee, The Recipe, Deep Banana Blackout, The Big Wu, Acoustic Syndicate, The Disco Biscuits & Keller Williams in this select list of bands that have help define HGMN over the years.
HG REP OF THE YEAR: Matt Carter - Medford, Oregon
HGMN VENUE OF THE YEAR: TIE: Sullivan Hall - New York City, The Neighborhood Theatre - Charlotte NC
HGMN RADIO STATION OF THE YEAR: WKPS - Penn State University / DJ - Jung En
Congrats to all the winners and thanks for making 2008 a year to remember!
HGMN Staff's Favorites of 2008:
HILL: Favorite shows:
The New Mastersounds - The Pour House - Raleigh, NC
MO2 - Floydfest, Floyd, VA
Albums:
Radiohead - In Rainbows
Coldplay - Viva la Vida
Telepath - Contact
The Malah - Sound Spectrum
STS9 - Peaceblaster
LEE: Favorite shows:
The Jammys - 5/7/2008 (I won one!)
Radiohead - Charlotte, NC (down front!)
Albums:
The Bridge - Blind Man's Hill
Jimmy Herring - Lifeboat
Telepath - Contact
The Malah - Sound Spectrum
SciFi - SciFi
ROBIE:
Favorite shows: Lotus - Trinumeral Festival 8/9/08
Dr. Claw - Bear Creek Festival - 11/16/08
Albums:
Radar Bros. - Auditorium
Lotus - Hammerstrike
Axiotronic - Current
Hot Chip - Made in the Dark
Scythian - Immigrant Road Show
SHERRY:
Favorite shows:
Sol' Jibe - Shakori Hills Grassroots Festival 4/18/08
The New Mastersounds - The Pour House, Raleigh, NC 11/11/08
Albums:
Lotus - Hammerstrike
Rodrigo y Gabriela - Live in Japan
The New Mastersounds - Plug & Play
Josh Phillips Folk Festival - Wicker
Fiddleworms - Volkswagon Catfish
TREVOR:
Favorite shows: - Widespread Panic - 4/25,26 Raleigh NC
Josh Phillips Folk Festival - 12/19/08 - Winter SOULstice - Asheville NC
Albums:
Freekbass - Junkyard Waltz
Scythian - Immigrant Road Show
Josh Phillips Folk Festival - Wicker
Jimmy Herring - Lifeboat
Laura Reed & Deep Pocket - Soul Music
Coming Soon:
January 6 - Chatham County Line - Chatham County Line CD
The Gourds - Haymaker CD
January 13 - Mark 0'Conner's Hot Swing Trio CD
Albert Collins - Cold Tremors (2 live CDs)
January 20 - Umphrey's McGee - Mantis CD
Frank Zappa & the Mothers of Invention - In the 1960s DVD (pre-order)
Derek Trucks Band - Already Free CD
Alex Machacek, Neal Fountain, Jeff Sipe - Official Triangle Sessions CD
North Mississippi Allstars - Do It Like We Used To (2 live CDs)
Steve Earle & the Del McCoury Band - The Mountain CD
February 10 - moe. - Dr. Stan's Prescription Vol. 2 (2 CDs) (pre-order)
Last Week's Additions:
Split Lip Rayfield - I'll Be Around CD
Split Lip Rayfield - Live at the Cotillion Ballroom DVD
Split Lip Rayfield - Live at the Bluebird Theatre CD
Santana - Best of the Fillmore Years - Deluxe Edition (3 CDs)
Syr Mahber - A SOJA Production CD
Phish - Ladies Logo T
Phish Distressed Logo on Heather T
Upcoming Events:
New Year's Eve shows from HGMN members!
Assembly of Dust, The Brew - Pearl Street Nightclub Northampton, MA
Future Rock - Abbey Pub Chicago, IL
Garaj Mahal - Capitol Theater Olympia, WA
Hot Buttered Rum - The Oriental Theater Denver, CO
Hot Day at the Zoo - The Waterhole Saranac Lake, NY
Josh Phillips Folk Festival - Boone Saloon Boone, NC
Keller Williams - Shoreline Ballroom Hilton Head Island, SC
Lotus - Fox Theatre Boulder, CO
Papa Grows Funk - Howlin' Wolf New Orleans, LA
Perpetual Groove - Georgia Theatre Athens, GA
Public Property, Euforquestra -The Industry Iowa City , IA
Roots of Creation - Crotched Mountain Bennington, NH
Ryan Montbleau Band, Zach Deputy - The Warehouse Hartford, CT
Scythian - Stotesbury Mansion Philadelphia, PA
Sim Redmond Band, Thousands of One - Castaways Ithaca, NY
Sol Driven Train - Art's Bar and Grill Mt. Pleasant, SC
Sol Jibe - Village at Northstar Truckee, CA
Speakeasy - Old Rock House St. Louis, MO
Stanley Maxwell -First Night Hartford Hartford, CT
STS9 (Sound Tribe Sector 9), The Pnuma Trio - The
Tabernacle Atlanta, GA
Telepath - The World Grotto Knoxville, TN
The Bridge - Sheraton Center City Hotel Baltimore, MD
The Burnin Smyrnans - Beachside Tavern New Smyrna Beach, FL
The Disco Biscuits - Nokia Theatre Times Square New York, NY
The Herbert Wiser Band - Illinois Brewing Company Bloomington, IL
The Mantras - The Blind Tiger Greensboro, NC
The Max Allen Band - Chateau Thomas Winery Plainfield, IN
The Motet - The Walnut Room Denver, CO
The New Mastersounds - City Limits Delray Beach, FL
Turbine - three20south (formerly Sherpa & Yeti's) Breckenridge, CO
U-Melt, BuzzUniverse - The Stone Pony Asbury Park, NJ
Umphrey's McGee - Auditorium Theatre Chicago, IL
Yo Mama's Big Fat Booty Band - Fleet Landing Charleston, SC
Video of the Week:
The Pour House - Charleston, SC A video highlighting the venue that won 2007's HGMN Venue of the year.
Thanks for reading. HAPPY NEW YEAR!
Lee Crumpton |
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