Below is the breakdown of votes for the Sommys.

Congratulations to all of the winners, the Sominees, and to the whole Spokane music community. We proved once again that people actually do care about local music in this town.

Shout out to the special Sommy winners, The Longnecks, who recieved the High Holies Career Achievement Award, and Rhea Beumer, who recieved the highly coveted Sommy of the Year. Stayed tuned on the blog for more multimedia from the Sommys.

And thanks to everyone who supported the event - the judges, presenters, and promoters, and especially Sommys sponsors - The Blvd, The Production Company, spokanetonight.com, Spokane Metro Magazine, Songhurst Guitars, Spokane Racing Limo, The Baby Bar, Holy Waters and Platform Booking; and the Sommys bands, Nick, Matthew Winters, Mon Cheri, Belt of Vapor, Henry Nordstrom and Oil of Angels. Thanks for everyone who turned out to help maked this the best Sommys ever.

Here are the winners, as decided by the votes of more than 600 users of thesomshow.com:

Best Metal Sominees

Behold - 63

Benign -39

Concrete Grip - 48

Monolith - 37

Obstruktor - 20

The Merrick Diaries - 61

The Midnight Society - 103

Best Hip-hop/R&B Sominees

Gun of the Sun - 40

Jaeda - 20

Jamal Ali - 66

JiggyWatts - 64

Knothead - 101

Locke - 117

Wildlives - 21

Best Singer-songwriter Sominees

Allen Stone - 31

Ben Gordon - 52

Dane Ueland - 26

Henry Nordstrom - 26

Karli Fairbanks - 85

Kaylee Cole - 103

Wayne Patrick - 82

Best Rock Sominees

Godbear - 49

La Cha-Cha - 42

London Get Down - 74

Meteorites Attack - 54

Oil Of Angels - 89

Pour Soi - 29

Pretty Faces - 42

Best Artist Sominees

Hannah Reader - 43

James Pants - 96

Josh Simon - 32

Justin Walter - 33

Karli Fairbanks - 80

Mark Ward - 50

Zac Fairbanks - 59

Best New Artist Sominees

Beluga - 26

From Sword To Sunrise - 37

Hannah Reader - 52

Henry Nordstrom - 51

Meteorites Attack - 52

Space Age Fur - 42

The Back Row Kings - 118

Best Live Performance Sominees

Belt of Vapor - 56

Cyrus Fell Down - 115

James Pants - 89

JiggyWatts - 52

Meteorites Attack - 21

Platform Presents the Campfire Series - 28

Pretty Faces - 25

Best Album Sominees

Behold, “ST” - 73

Gun of the Sun “Go Home” - 23

James Pants, “Welcome” - 70

Kaylee Cole “We’re Still Here Missing You” - 82

Locke, “Close To Home” - 52

Lucid, “Bloodlines” - 50

Wayne Patrick, “Sonic Valium” - 73

Band of the Year Sominees

Behold - 76

Cyrus Fell Down - 74

James Pants and the Royal Zodiac - 75

London Get Down - 54

Rough Congress - 65

Space Age Fur - 23

Wayne and Caroline - 83