The Chocolate Horse are nominated for Artist Of The Year and Best Indie Act

Once again, it’s time to vote for the best music in Cincinnati. This year, the nominees are great, as usual, and I have to say, I’m really conflicted about the vote more than I usually am. For me, the toughest choices will be for Alt/ Indie, Folk and Best New Artist, so many deserving choices. City Beat listed all the nominees and we have them listed for you below as well. Voting is open now and the CEA’s will be handed out on November 20th at the Madison Theatre in Covington.

Congrats to all the nominees!

Bluegrass

Ma Crow and the Lady Slippers
Hickory Robot
Rumpke Mountain Boys
Comet Bluegrass Allstars
The Tadcasters

Country

The Tammy WhyNots
Dallas Moore Band
Kelly Thomas and the Fabulous Pickups
Mack West
Tex Schramm and the Radio King Cowboys

Folk/Americana

Shiny and the Spoon
Magnolia Mountain
Sassy Molasses
The Tillers
Josh Eagle and the Harvest City
David Rhodes Brown

World Music/Reggae

The Pinstripes
Baoku Moses
Newport Secret Six
Tropicoso
Ron Esposito
The Cliftones

Rock

The Guitars
Buffalo Killers
Brian Olive
The Kickaways
The Prohibitionists
The Greenhornes

Hard Rock

Valley of the Sun
Banderas
Two Headed Dog
Atlantis Becoming
Chakras

Metal/Hardcore

Pain Link
Black Tractor
Winterhymn
Mala In Se
Livid
Suffocate Faster

Singer/Songwriter

Daniel Martin Moore
Kim Taylor
Dusty Bryant
Jason Ludwig
Josh Eagle
Joe Hedges

Alternative/Indie

The Seedy Seeds
Pomegranates
Walk the Moon
The Harlequins
Sacred Spirits
The Chocolate Horse

Punk/Post Punk

Vacation
The Dopamines
The Strongest Proof
SS-20
Situation Red
Weakness

Blues

Leo Clarke
Voodoo Puppet
Them Bones
Zachary Burns Band
The Blue Shivers

R&B/Funk/Soul

Freekbass
The Cincy Brass
Ricky Nye and the Paris Blues Band
Erica P.
Iolite
Los Honchos

Jazz

The Faux Frenchmen
The Qtet
Art Gore and the Jazz Knights
Mike Wade and the Ambassadors
Brent Gallaher
Phil DeGreg

Hip Hop

D-Maub
Puck
Vincent Vega
DJ Clockwork
Crack Sauce
Trademark Aaron

Electronic

You, You’re Awesome
Dark Colour
Skeetones
Kry Kids
Pop Empire
Eat Sugar

Best Musical Ambassador to the City

Foxy Shazam
Walk the Moon
The Greenhornes
Brian Olive
Buffalo Killers
Pomegranates

Best Live Act

The Dukes Are Dead
Walk the Moon
500 Miles to Memphis
The Seedy Seeds
The Dopamines
The Cincy Brass
Banderas

New Artist Of the Year

Belle Histoire
Vaudeville Freud
Young Heirlooms
The Tammy WhyNots
The Kickaways
Freekbot
SHADOWRAPTR
The Ready Stance

Album Of The Year

The Seedy Seeds — Verb Noun
Brian Olive — Two of Everything
You You’re Awesome — Good Point, Whoever Said That
Skeetones – Retrospektive
Walk the Moon — i want! i want!
Josh Eagle and the Harvest City — A Good One is Hard to Find
The Guitars — High Action
Shiny and the Spoon — Ferris Wheel

Artist Of The Year

The Chocolate Horse
Skeetones
Buffalo Killers
The Seedy Seeds
Walk the Moon
Brian Olive
Pomegranates
The Greenhornes