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A Cut Above Voters' Individual Ballots

Forty movers and shakers weigh in with votes for the best new band in Portland.

Ballots with no numbers are in no particular order.

Dave Allen, Founder, OEbase.com
1. Menomena
2. Climber
3. Viva Voce
4. The Roulettes
5. Cotton Jenny

David Also, Editor/Publisher, Music Liberation Project
1. Menomena
2. Viva Voce
3. Lifesavas

Anonymous Entry
Storm & the Balls
Telephone
Bad Juju
Note Notas
Gruesome Galore

John Askew, Owner, FILMguerrero
1. Holy Sons
2. Norfolk & Western
3. Richmond Fontaine
4. Viva Voce
5. Menomena

Mark Baumgarten, Music editor, Willamette Week
1. Thermals
2. Menomena
3. The Minds
4. Dolorean
5. Blitzen Trapper

Anthony Bayles, Marketing Director, Monqui
Crosstide
Climber

John Chandler, music writer, Portland Tribune
Dolorean
Climber
Prids
Storm & the Balls
Clampitt, Gaddis & Buck

Jimi Biron, booking agent, McMenamins
Blues Goblins
Black Peppercorns
Eux Autres
Ape Shape

Eric Bowler, general manager, Elevated Media Group
1. Livesavas
2. Lightheaded
3. Sirens Echo
4. Illaj
5. DJ Sneakers

DJ Carrion, owner, Damned Events
1. Dismantled
2. Written In Ashes
3. Julian Tulips Licorice
4. Zonewire
5. Synchronicity Frequency

Dave Clifford, contributor, Willamette Week
1. The Hunches
2. The Formless
3. Coast Ghost
4. Lord (formerly Ice Machine)
5. Blues Goblins

Kim Colton, contributor, Willamette Week
Dolorean
The Thermals
Shicky Gnarowitz
Wet Confetti
Clampitt Gaddis and Buck

Chad Crouch, owner, Hush Records
Menomena
Viva Voce
Dolorean
Graves

Terry Currier, owner, Music Millennium
1. Lifesavas
2. Dolorean
3. Drumattica
4. Otha
5. Odds Against Tomorrow

Michael Davis, owner/operator, LocalsOnline
1. John Shipe
2. Lea Krueger
3. Dan Jones
4. Stephanie Schneiderman
5. Jessica Plotkin

Brian Doyle, editor, Portland Magazine
The Roberto Gonzalez Band
Swing & A Miss

Zach Dundas, staff writer, Willamette Week
Schicky Gnarowitz and the Transparent Wings of Joy
Eux Autres
Clampitt, Gaddis & Buck
Grails
Lion Fever

Ken Dyber, owner, Aesthetics
Siren Echo

E*Rock, founder, Audio Dregs
Strategy
Menomena
Point Line Plane
The Thermals

Michael Fitzgerald, owner/promoter, Reverb Records
1. The Upsidedown
2. Pulseprogramming
3. Desert City Soundtrack
4. Telephone
5. Alter Echo

Dave Gaysunas, booking/bar manager, Twilight Café & Bar
1. The Observers
2. The Clorox Girls
3. Born Losers
4. Mantis
5. LKN (formerly StellaMarie)

John Graham, contributor, Willamette Week
Alarmist
The Minds
The Punk Group
Lion Fever

Ryder Greene, co-owner, Green Noise Records
1. The Minds
2. Buttfrenchers
3. Triggers
4. Diskords
5. Moneychangers

Brandon Lieberman, music director, KBOO-FM
(in no particular order) Blues Goblins, Hillstomp, Lion Fever

Misty McElroy, executive director, Rock N' Roll Camp for Girls
1. Siren's Echo
2. Pom Pom Meltdown
3. The Decemberists
4. All Girl Summer Fun Band
5. Corrina Repp

Alex McKenzie, founder, The Basement Circuit
1. LKN (formerly StellaMarie)
2. Davies vs. Dresch
3. The Big I Am
4. Nervous & the Kid
5. Snuggleups

Scott McLean, co-owner/booker, Holocene
Strategy
The Cherry Blossoms
The Joggers
Menomena
DJ Beyonda

Jeff Rosenberg, program host, KBOO-FM; contributor, Willamette Week
1. The ForReals
2. Carmina Luna
3. High Country Elevators
4. Flat Mountain girls
5. The Gypsy Moths

Malati Rossington, owner, Double Trouble Productions
1. Last Empire
2. Lord (Formerly Ice Machine)
3. Party Time
4. Get Hustle
5. Fireballs of Freedom

Chris Scofield, owner, Strange Attractors Audio House
1. Eluvium
2. Nice Nice
3. Nudge
4. [[[VVRSSNN]]]
5. Magic Bullet/Grassy Knoll

Joey Scruggs, booking agent, Bitter End Pub
1. Luminous Fog
2. Hillstomp
3. Carmina Luna
4. Juana Camilleri Band
5. Acoustic Minds

Matt Simons, owner, Slabtown
1. Telephone
2. Brian Coates
3. Bad Ju Ju
4. Blitzentrapper
5. Crown Motel

Trevor Solomon, assistant manager, Thrasher Presents
Audio Learning Center
Swords (formerly the Swords Project)
Dolorean
Helio Sequence
Joggers

Alex Steininger, vice president, CD Baby
1. Loch Lomond
2. Note Notas
3. Menomena
4. Hillstomp
5. The Tongues

Bryan Suereth, director, Disjecta
1. Silver Palm
2. The Shins
3. The Monitr Baats
4. Pseudosix
5. Nice Nice

Jenny Tatone, Contributor, Willamette Week
1. The Decemberists
2. The Shins
3. The Hunches
4. Sarah Dougher
5. The Thermals

Alex Valdivieso, Contributor, Willamette Week
Loch Lomond
Blitzen Trapper
Climber
The Thermals

Jane Weinberg, all ages booker and promoter, Meow Meow
1. Case Scenario
2. Belmonte Academy
3. Dead Face Down
4. The Empty
5. Tuesday Cloud

Matt Wright, music editor & content developer, OEbase.com
1. Menomena
2. Lifesavas
3. Blitzen Trapper
4. Viva Voce
5. Dykeritz

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