Here's the voting results for the 5th Annual Sommy Awards, as decided by more than 750 voters on thesomshow.com
Thanks to everyone who turned out, all of the artists, and especially the sponsors, Marcus and Marie Ourada with Dix Corp., The Garland Movie Theater, Seely Soccer Academy, Entertainment Spokane, The Party Transport Limousine Service, The Baby Bar/Neato Burrito, and Unified Groove Merchants.
Thanks for the artists who performed, DJ Deseure, Supervillain, Girlfriends, The Globes, Space Opera 77 and The High Holies. along with The Toy Garden, And I Was Like, What? and Shim.
Also many thanks to judges, Monumental Booking, KCDA Local Lounge, Check It Out Music, Empyrean Coffee House, Platform Booking, and The Inlander. Thanks to Thuy, Tyson and Rhea and the rest of the paparazzi duty.
And BIG thanks to Sommy of the Year recipient Bill Powers and The Blvd. House of Music for their amazing help hosting this year's Sommy Awards.
Congrats to Mon Cheri for sweeping the Sommys in four categories including -- for the second year in a row -- Band of the Year.
Best Metal Sominees
10cc Love Affair - 62
A Pyrrhic Victory - 29
Anadonia - 115
Faus - 79
Jedidiah the Pilot - 90
Oceans of Red - 97
Rutah - 28
Best Hip-hop/R&B Sominees
Bela Union - 65
Cheap Meat Suits - 55
Gun of the Sun - 95
Jaeda - 43
Jinx - 83
Quiz -15
The Have-Nots - 56
Best Blues/Jazz
6 Foot Swing - 90
Danny McCollim - 36
Don Goodwin Trio - 44
Hot Club of Spokane - 32
The Booze Fighters - 199
The Groove Patrol - 55
The Spokane 70 - 28
Best Rock Sominees
Belt of Vapor - 91
Illusion 33 - 48
La Cha-Cha - 58
London Get Down - 91
Pegasus Dream - 90
The Toy Garden - 109
Ze Krau - 28
Best Live Performance Sominees
Anadonia - 98
Belt of Vapor - 57
Faus - 77
Mon Cheri - 118
Oil of Angels - 67
Space Opera 77 - 95
The Booze Fighters - 76
Best New Artist Sominees
Electric City Football Camp - 30
Henry Nordstrom - 73
Mon Cheri - 117
Please Drawn In Me - 60
Silver Treason - 44
Space Opera 77 - 108
The Toy Garden - 108
Best Album Sominees
Cheap Meat Suits, "Dark City" - 33
Joel Smith, "The Filibuster" - 47
Karli Fairbanks, "The Breaking of Our Days" - 118
London Get Down, "Terra Incognita" - 73
Mon Cheri, "Colors of Love" - 120
Small Town Nation, "There's Something About Larry" - 76
The Toy Garden, Self titled EP - 77
Best Singer-songwriter Sominees
Henry Nordstrom - 106
Joel Smith - 56
Karli Fairbanks - 142
Kevin Long - 71
Mark Ward - 39
Olive Green Anna - 49
Ron Greene - 62
Band of the Year Sominees
Belt of Vapor - 78
Karli Fairbanks - 86
London Get Down - 82
Mon Cheri - 116
Oil of Angels - 79
Please Draw In Me - 48
Small Town Nation - 69
