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THE 2014 BOSTON MUSIC AWARDS IN PHOTOS

Written by MARTIN CABALLERO Posted December 15, 2014 Filed Under: MUSIC

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Photos By Derek Kouyoumjian

 

Warning: there will be no analysis of the importance (or lack thereof) of the Boston Music Awards beyond this point. Yes, it is the cause of an unnecessarily high amount of hand-wringing by artists and journalists every year, and yes, it doesn’t necessarily represent the totality of the city’s deep and rich scene. But as anyone who attended last night’s event at the Revere Hotel can tell you, it’s more of a party than anything else.

 

And, more importantly, an excuse to give the bands and artists a proper party to do their thing. With two stages split between the hotel’s large seated theater and its open event space, there was plenty of space to take in the performances, giving more the feel of a real concert than at some of the past award shows at the Liberty Hotel. The lobby connecting the two rooms was decidedly less roomy, forcing the artists performing there into a minor clusterfuck of people waiting for drinks, looking for the bathroom, dropping off coats and just about everything else — maybe not the ideal situation to take in the muscular Latin percussion of Marcus Santos’ Grooversity band. But the gala pageantry played perfectly into the hands of acts on the big stages like glam rockers Sidewalk Driver and Rock ‘n’ Roll Rumble winners Goddamn Draculas, and even after the awards had been announced, there was plenty of reason to stick around: STL GLD, Tigerman Woah, Hallelujah the Hills,  and Dutch ReBelle anyone?

 

Oh yeah, and along the way, there were some awards too, many of whom you may have read about in the Dig over the last 12 months. Capping off his banner year, Will Dailey picked up the trophies for Artist of the Year and Album/EP of the Year for his stellar National Throat, which he discussed in depth with us last week, but was trumped by Jesse Dee as Male Artist of the Year. Perennial favorites Bad Rabbits also scored a double success, with awards of Live Artist of the Year and Pop/R&B Artist of the year. Two of the stars from this fall’s Boston Calling were notable winners too, as Lake Street Dive’s “Bad Self Portraits” took home the Song of the Year and St. Nothing won Electronic Artist of the Year. See the complete list of winners below.

 

For another year, the BMAs gave us another fine night to come out and celebrate the luxury of living in a city with a world-class music scene.

 

 


 

ARTIST OF THE YEAR
Will Dailey

 

ALBUM/EP OF THE YEAR
Will Dailey – National Throat

 

SONG OF THE YEAR
Lake Street Dive “Bad Self Portraits”

 

NEW ARTIST OF THE YEAR
When Particles Collide

 

LIVE ARTIST OF THE YEAR
Bad Rabbits

 

ROCK ARTIST OF THE YEAR
Hallelujah The Hills

 

HIP-HOP ARTIST OF THE YEAR
Dutch ReBelle

 

POP/R&B ARTIST OF THE YEAR
Bad Rabbits

 

AMERICANA ARTIST OF THE YEAR
Cask Mouse

 

BLUES ARTIST OF THE YEAR
Gracie Curran And The High Falutin’

 

DJ ARTIST OF THE YEAR
DJ Frank White

 

ELECTRONIC ARTIST OF THE YEAR
St. Nothing

 

FOLK ARTIST OF THE YEAR
Dan Blakeslee

 

INTERNATIONAL ARTIST OF THE YEAR
Los Rumberos de Boston

 

JAZZ ARTIST OF THE YEAR
Lake Street Dive

 

METAL/HARDCORE ARTIST OF THE YEAR
Converge

 

PUNK ARTIST OF THE YEAR
The Hotelier

 

SINGER-SONGWRITER OF THE YEAR
Lori McKenna

 

FEMALE VOCALIST OF THE YEAR
Ruby Rose Fox

 

MALE VOCALIST OF THE YEAR
Jesse Dee

 

PRODUCER OF THE YEAR
Ed Valauskas

 

VIDEO OF THE YEAR
Hallelujah The Hills “I Stand Corrected”

 

BEST BOSTON ARTIST THAT DOESN’T LIVE IN BOSTON
Skaters

 

BEST DANCE NIGHT
Heroes at TT The Bear’s Place

 

BEST LIVE MUSIC VENUE
The Sinclair

 

BEST LIVE ONGOING RESIDENCY
Louie Bello At Abby Lane

 

HALL OF FAME
Johnny A

 

UNSUNG HERO
Randi Millman

 

BEST MUSIC BLOG
ALLSTON PUDDING

 

 

MARTIN CABALLERO
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Filed Under: MUSIC Tagged With: Air Traffic Controller, Bad Rabbits, BMAs, Boston, Boston Music Awards 2014, Cask Mouse, D-Tension, Dutch Rebelle, Eli "Paperboy" Reed, goddamn draculas, Hallelujah the Hills, John Powhida International Airport, Lake Street Dive, Michael Christmas, Music, Quilt, Revere Hotel, Speedy Ortiz, st. nothing, STL GLD, Tigerman WOAH!, Will Dailey

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