This last Tuesday 88NINE Radio Milwaukee held their annual award ceremony to celebrate some of the best that the Milwaukee music sphere has to offer.
As they have in the past, they kicked off the event with a social networking party that featured a new wrinkle in the form of a new partner – Yellow Phone Music Conference.
For those in attendance at the networking aspect of the party, Yellow Phone was running a special on passes to their conference coming up later this fall.
For the performance side of the night, the radio station tapped artists that proved they were the right acts to book, as they were all finalists in at least one award category.
A solid performance was delivered Tuesday night by everybody on the bill, which included The Delta Routine, Boy Blue, Logic and Raze, Trapper Schoepp & the Shades and Jayme Dawicki.
Here is a list of the finalists and the winners of each category.
Album of the Year
Winner: Trapper Schoepp and the Shades - Run, Engine, Run
Boy Blue - I Like You Better When
The Hollowz - Dreams Of Sex and Flying
Logic and Raze - Still Untitled
The Delta Routine - More About You
Song of the Year
Winner: The Hollowz - Parade
Trapper Schoepp and the Shades - I-94
Boy Blue - Robot Tube Socks
BoDeans - Blowin My Mind
Jayme Dawicki - 72 1/2 Toyota Truck
Solo Artist of the Year
Winner: Paul Cebar
SpeakEasy
Evan Christian
Nora Collins
Jayme Dawicki
Band of the Year
Winner: The Delta Routine
Trapper Schoepp and the Shades
The Hollowz
Logic and Raze
Boy Blue
Catchiest Song of the Year
Winner: Boy Blue - Robot Tube Socks
Trapper Schoepp and the Shades - I-94
Jayme Dawicki - 72 1/2 Toyota Truck
BoDeans - Blowin My Mind
The Hollowz - Parade
Album Artwork of the Year
Winner: Sat. Nite Duets - One Nite Only
Jayme Dawicki - Love Love
Animals In Human Attire - Animals In Human Attire
Trapper Schoepp and the Shades - Run, Engine, Run
Logic and Raze - Still Untitled
Music Video of the Year
Winner: Uncle Larry - At The Beach
The Delta Routine - Cool and Collected
The Wildbirds - When I'm With My Friends
Maritime - Paraphernalia
Logic and Raze - Thirsty
Bandcamp Release of the Year
Winner: Surgeons In Heat - Surgeons In Heat
Milo- I Wish My Brother Rob Was Here
The Supper Club - Spirit Cove Edition
Sat. Nite Duets - Summer Of Punishment
Klassik and !OYE! - F*** Yellow Lights
Best Disc We Missed
Winner: Lova Nova - Day 4 Of Nine
Prophetic - Purgatory
Pizzle - Fame In Vain
Nora Collins - Run Away With Me
Blessed Feathers - From The Mouths Of The Middle Class
Born in Milwaukee and raised in the Milwaukee suburb of Brown Deer, Concordia University Wisconsin alumnus Poppe has spent the majority of his life in or around the city and county of Milwaukee.
As an advocate of Milwaukee's hip-hop community Poppe began popular local music blog Milwaukee UP in March 2010. Check out the archived entries here.
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