San Antonio Music Awards 2013: Best Hardcore Band
BEST HARDCORE BAND 1. Ghost Police Check out their newly released Dead Soul Noise, one of the best EPs of 2013. 2. Illustrations 3. Sohns
San Antonio Music Awards 2013: Best R&B Band/Artist
BEST R&B BAND/ARTIST 1. Jonny Jukeboxx It took us three weeks to find out who this mystery man was. He has only released a couple of tracks (including “Touch,” produced by Dante Desperado in New York), but he’s about to step out of the shadows: his 10-track Adonis mix of R&B, hip-hop and electronica is…
San Antonio Music Awards 2013: Best New Band
BEST NEW BAND 1. The Rich Hands (see The Rich Hands Win Big) 2. The Black Market Club 3. Donella Drive
San Antonio Music Awards 2013: Best Latin Alternative/Rock Band
BEST LATIN ALTERNATIVE/ROCK BAND 1. Bombasta (see Bombasta Wins 3 San Antonio Music Awards) 2. Piñata Protest 3. Los De Esta Noche
San Antonio Music Awards 2013: Best Club DJ
BEST CLUB DJ 1. DJ Tone (see DJ Tone Wins Again as Best Club DJ) 2. DJ Tee-Rock 3. DJ JJ López
San Antonio Music Awards 2013: Best Instrumental Band
BEST INSTRUMENTAL BAND 1. Bright Like the Sun “Though devoid of words, the group’s music has an uncanny ability to set vivid other-worldly landscapes flashing though your head,” Current contributor James Courtney wrote about BLS’ acclaimed Coda Fin EP. 2. Adam Zúñiga Band 3. Donella Drive Related Stories
San Antonio Music Awards 2013: Best Bassist
BEST BASSIST 1. Josh Borchardt (Crown, see The Dream Team) 2. Patrick Smith (Whiskey Rodeo) 3. JP Leal (Bombasta, Marco Cholo Quintet) and Corbin Beltrán (Celeste’al Descent) (tie)
San Antonio Music Awards 2013: Best Local Music Radio Show
BEST LOCAL MUSIC RADIO SHOW 1. Tear it Up Tuesdays with The Kueen of Krunk (Chop Shop Radio, chopshopsa.com, see The Kueen of Krunk) 2. Bands I Know (KRTU) 3. The Casbah/Metal Show (KSYM) (tie)
San Antonio Music Awards 2013: Best CD Packaging
BEST CD PACKAGING 1. ‘Dreamers’ (The Rich Hands, see The Rich Hands Win Big) 2. ‘Animal Prisms’ (Pop Pistol) 3. ‘Coda Fin’ (Bright Like the Sun)
San Antonio Music Awards 2013: Music Awards Winners list
BEST VOCALIST BEST GUITARIST BEST BASSIST BEST KEYBOARDIST BEST DRUMMER BEST INDIE ROCK BAND BEST HEAVY METAL BAND BEST HARDCORE BAND BEST INSTRUMENTAL BAND BEST HIP-HOP BAND/ARTIST BEST R&B BAND/ARTIST BEST ELECTRONIC BAND/ARTIST BEST COUNTRY/AMERICANA ARTIST/BAND BEST SINGER-SONGWRITER BEST JAZZ BAND/ARTIST BEST LATIN ALTERNATIVE/ROCK BAND BEST CONJUNTO/ TEJANO BAND/ARTIST BEST LATIN ORCHESTRA BEST CLUB DJ…
The Dream Team: The year’s best musicians all in one place
Mea culpa: in my excitement for adding new categories in this year’s San Antonio Music Awards poll (Best Sound Engineer, Best Sound Person), I forgot to add the most obvious one, which has been neglected for years: Best Accordionist. I promise you next year it’ll be there. Stupid me. However, and in case you haven’t…
San Antonio Music Awards 2013: Best Guitarist
BEST GUITARIST 1. Mike (AUDIOMOUTH, see The Dream Team) 2. Damián Rodríguez (Bekah Kelso band) 3. Tony Cisneros (Los Tovares)
DJ Tone Wins Again as Best Club DJ
In a back-to-back display of pure awesomeness, and a confirmation of the fact that the DJs get more votes than any category, DJ Tone crowned a fantastic year with his second consecutive win as Best Club DJ in our Music Awards. “I describe myself fun, energetic and in touch with the crowd,” DJ Tone (Antonio…
San Antonio Music Awards 2013: Best Vocalist
BEST VOCALIST 1. Frank Tovar (Los Tovares, see The Dream Team) 2. Brad (AUDIOMOUTH) 3. Bekah Kelso
San Antonio Music Awards 2013: Best Indie Rock Band
BEST INDIE ROCK BAND 1. The Rich Hands (see The Rich Hands) 2. Pop Pistol 3. Whiskey Rodeo
The Rich Hands Win Big in Our 2013 Music Awards
When the Rich Hands snagged the title of “Most Underrated Band” in the Current’s 2012 Music Awards, they seemed like the type of act the category was invented for: young, talented and with a handful of excellent singles that promised a lot of potential. So where are they a year (and a half) down the…
San Antonio Music Awards 2013: Best Album
BEST ALBUM 1. ‘Dreamers’ (The Rich Hands, see The Rich Hands Win Big) 2. ‘Within the Shifting Shade’ (Bekah Kelso, see Bekah Kelso Wins Best Singer-Songwriter and Best Song) 3. ‘Faults & Fractures’ (The Black Market Club)
San Antonio Music Awards 2013: Best Drummer
BEST DRUMMER 1. Santos Tovar (Los Tovares, see The Dream Team) 2. Red (AUDIOMOUTH) 3. Ryan Kelso (Bekah Kelso band)
San Antonio Music Awards 2013: Best Video
BEST VIDEO 1. “De la calle” (Bombasta, see Bombasta Wins 3 San Antonio Music Awards) 2. “Texas Devil” (Whiskey Rodeo) 3. “No New Years Know” (Pop Pistol)
San Antonio Music Awards 2013: Best Recording Engineer
BEST RECORDING ENGINEER 1. Aaron Michael Harvey (AMH Studios) Responsible for AMH Studios, one of the busiest studios in town (and this year’s studio category winner), Harvey is the type of engineer versatile enough to understand how a variety of styles should sound, and smart enough to let the artists sound like themselves. 2. Damián…
San Antonio Music Awards 2013: Most Underrated Band/Artist
MOST UNDERRATED BAND/ARTIST 1. The Rich Hands (see The Rich Hands) 2. The Black Market Club 3. Donella Drive Related Stories
San Antonio Music Awards 2013: Best Electronic Band/Artist
BEST ELECTRONIC BAND/ARTIST 1. Something Fiction Third last year, this time Something Fiction took the gold, thanks in good part to the power of the Botany and Micology EPs. 2. Trip The Light 3. Delenda
San Antonio Music Awards 2013: Best Heavy Metal Band
BEST HEAVY METAL BAND 1. The Grasshopper Lies Heavy A thinking man’s power band that came in second last year. In 2013, no one can touch them. 2. Hogbitch 3. The Heroine
San Antonio Music Awards 2013: Best Country/Americana Band/Artist
BEST COUNTRY/AMERICANA ARTIST/BAND 1. Los Tovares The fact that they won the Best Tejano/Conjunto category last year and Country/Americana this time should tell you something about the brothers’ versatility … and huge fan base. 2. Kyle Reed Band 3. Whiskey Rodeo
Bombasta Wins 3 San Antonio Music Awards
It’s official: Bombasta has earned bragging rights as the baddest Latin alternative band in San Antonio, even though they don’t see it that way. “I really don’t think of things in those terms,” guitarist/singer Robert “El Robótico” Livar, still unaware the band had won three awards, told the Current. “We’re just in it like everyone…
San Antonio Music Awards 2013: Best Jazz Band/Artist
BEST JAZZ BAND/ARTIST 1. Royal Punisher An ever-evolving machine that goes from jazz to psychedelia, passing through rock. 2. Marco Cholo Quintet 3. Cryin’ DT Buffkin and the Bad Breath
The Kueen of Krunk Wins Best Local Music Radio Show
Terry Torres is an undeniable presence behind the mic—dynamic, vulgar and totally hilarious, it’s not a stretch to see how she nabbed the Best Radio crown in this year’s Music Award poll (and as the first online-only radio host at that). “My name came from my grandfather,” Torres, fresh out of the hospital after suffering…
San Antonio Music Awards 2013: Best Sound Person
BEST SOUND PERSON 1. Joseph Devine (502 Bar) Have you heard that 502 has the best sound in town? Not sure if the Current ever mentioned that. Now you know, and Joseph Devine is the guy you want to talk to if you don’t want to sound like ass. 2. Roland Fuentes (Nightrocker Live) 3.…
Bekah Kelso Wins Best Singer-Songwriter and Best Song
In 2013, you did it all. Thanks a lot, Bekah. When my wife had a baby it was the perfect excuse for me to miss deadlines, show up late at work or not show up at all. Now, a year after you decided to leave Seattle and come back home to have your baby, you…
San Antonio Music Awards 2013: Best Singer-songwriter
BEST SINGER-SONGWRITER 1. Bekah Kelso (see Bekah Kelso Wins Best Singer-Songwriter and Best Song) 2. Elora 3. Kyle Reed/Lucas Jack (tie)
San Antonio Music Awards 2013: Best Studio
BEST STUDIO 1. AMH Studios A self-described “flexible, low cost home recording studio that can accommodate any style of music, any level of production and any budget.” If you don’t believe it, ask Heather Go Psycho and The Sky Divided. 2. TIMEWHEEL Studios 3. Hollywood Studios
San Antonio Music Awards 2013: Best Keyboardist
BEST KEYBOARDIST 1. Jaime Ramírez (Bombasta, Marco Cholo Quintet, see The Dream Team) 2. Lucas Jack 3. Eloy Espinoza Double E (Los Bandoleros de Henry G, Javier Galván y Grupo Fama)
San Antonio Music Awards 2013: Best Latin Orchestra
BEST LATIN ORCHESTRA 1. Tropi Jazz A local salsa, big band and Latin jazz institution 2. Henry Brun & The Latin Playerz 3. Tropicante
San Antonio Music Awards 2013: Best Hip-Hop Band/Artist
BEST HIP-HOP BAND/ARTIST 1. South Sil On November 1, the Positive 4 Opiates Vol. 2 mixtape will be out, featuring an SA version of Mac Miller’s “Loud” featuring KT da Titan, Kusha Tarantino, Bige, Dopamine and more (Vol. 1 came out in 2012). “People tell me I sound like Texas or that I’m from Houston,”…
San Antonio Music Awards 2013: Best Song
BEST SONG 1. “Sequoia” (Bekah Kelso, see Bekah Kelso Wins Best Singer-Songwriter and Best Song) 2. “Touch” (Jonny Jukeboxx) 3. “Pieces” (The Black Market Club)
San Antonio Music Awards 2013: Best Conjunto/Tejano Band/Artist
BEST CONJUNTO/ TEJANO BAND/ARTIST 1. Grupo Texas Heat A progressive conjunto band that recently reached No. 2 in the tejano4life.com charts. They overcame the usually unbeatable Tovares in this category. 2. Los Tovares 3. Piñata Protest
San Antonio Music Awards 2013: Best Producer
BEST PRODUCER 1. Damián Rodríguez (Bekah Kelso, see Bekah Kelso Wins Best Singer-Songwriter and Best Song) A producer with a taste as subtle as his guitar solos for Bekah Kelso 2. Progeny 3. Kizersoze (Dead the Poets)
