Field Report, Jaill, other good bands head up surprisingly solid 2013 WAMI nominees
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Oh, Wisconsin Area Music Industry (or WAMI, if you’re nasty): Has it already been a year since we took our annual potshots at your notoriously suspect and scattershot awards? Has it been that long since Bon Iver won a bunch of trophies, since Rabid Aardvarks were crowned Cover Band of the Year, and since The A.V. Club Milwaukee was stiffed in the prestigious Print/Electronic Media (Southeast) category? (We’re still keeping an eye on you, Shepherd Express.)
But all that’s in the past, because WAMI has announced its 2013 nominees, and you know what? They’re not bad. Sure, there are still plenty of oddball choices (2012 “Rising Star” winner Nora Collins is nominated for the 2013 “Rising Star” award; Group Of The Altos is apparently a “Big Band”), but there’s also plenty of good stuff (Field Report, Jaill, Trapper Schoepp And The Shades, Klassik). And hey, even though the BoDeans aren’t up for any awards, former BoDeans singer Sammy Llanas is. Now that’s the WAMI we know and love.
Below are a few categories of note. (Head to the WAMI website for a full list.) The awards show is scheduled for Sunday, April 14 at Turner Hall.
Artist of the Year
Cory Chisel And The Wandering Sons
Field Report
Jaill
Sammy Llanas
The Delta Routine
The Lucas Cates Band
Trapper Schoepp And The Shades
Album of the Year
Can You Hear Me (Boxkar)
Old Believers (Cory Chisel And The Wandering Sons)
Field Report (Field Report)
Shaker And The Egg (Shaker And The Egg)
Music For Fine Dining (Something To Do)
Good Folks (The Lucas Cates Band)
Whiskey Woman (The WhiskeyBelles)
Song of the Year
“I’ve Been Accused” (Cory Chisel and the Wandering Sons)
“I Am Not Waiting Anymore” (Field Report)
“In Dreams” (Ivy Spokes)
“Anything” (Klassik)
“No Boyfriend” (Nicole Waters)
“Switchblade” (The Delta Routine)
New Artist of the Year
Hugh Bob And The Hustle
Lisa Ridgely And The Fainting Room
Roxi Copland
The G**damns
Rising Star
Bad Habits
Borderline
Felix Ramsey
Myles Wangerin
Nora Collins
Stephanie Brill
Genre categories
Alternative
Avenues
Daphni
Field Report
Ikarus Down
Into Arcadia
Sunspot
Tiny Riots
Big Band/Horn Band
Group Of The Altos
Big Mouth And The Power Tool Horns
Cold Sweat And The Brew City Horns
Extra Crispy Brass Band
Hip Pocket
Mama Digdown’s Brass Band
The Uptown Savages
Rap/Hip Hop
BLAX
Jess Lester
Fresh Cut Collective
Klassik
Pizzle
Prophetic
