Best New Band 2009 Ballots! With Winners!

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1. Explode Into Colors - 80 points
2 (tie). Nurses - Tied for second 66 points
2 (tie). Blind Pilot - Tied at 66 points
4. Grouper - 65 points
5. White Fang - 48 points
6. Y La Bamba - 38 Points
7. Ah Holly Fam'ly - 33 points
8. Guidance Counselor - 31 points
9. The Old Believers - 30 points
10. Jared Mees 28 points

Aaron Hall (Holocene)

Adam Gnade (musician and former Mercury music editor)

Adam Shearer (from former BNB member Weinland)

Al James (singer-songwriter for Dolorean)

Alex Steininger (In Music We Trust)

Alicia J. Rose (Booker at Mississippi Studios, musician and photographer)

Kevin Robinson (Viva Voce)

Amy McCullough (former WW music editor currently sailing the high seas)

Andrew Tonry (Mercury freelancer writer)

Andrew Stern (King of Hearts Records, bass player about town)

Angelo De Ieso II (Pop Tomorrow!)

Anne Koch (Business & Entertainment Attorney)

Anthony McNamer (Expunged Records)

Arya Imig (Host of KPSU's Sound Judgment, man about town)

Heather (Booking/FOH Engineer/Promotion, Ash St. Saloon)

Ben Hubbird (CD Baby/Ordinary Times)

Ben @ Kill Rock Stars

Brandon Seifert (Freelance Music Journalist)

P Portlock (Asst. Jr. Exec. of Assoc. Affairs | Bridgetown Breaks)

Brian Mumford (Dragging an Ox Through Water)

Cary Clarke (PDX Pop Now! Board Member, Portland Mercury Local Music Columnist, At Dusk - Musician)

Hank Failing (Failing Records)

Scott McLean (Holocene)

Casey Jarman (WW music editor)

Chad Crouch (Hush Records)

Chris Hnat (Publicist at 230 Publicity)

Chris Funk (member of the Decemberists, Blue Giant, etc.)

Coco Madrid (PRA)

Corinna Repp/Joe Haege (Tu Fawning)

Curtis Knapp (Marriage Records)

DARREN RUSSELL BRIDENBECK THE FIRST (Potlatch Presents, Boy Gorilla Records Promotion)

Dave Depper (Loch Lomond, Norfolk & Western, man about town)

David Chandler (DJ Broken Window)

Deena Barnwell (KBOO radio)

Denver Warner (Sorority House)

Dirtnap Records

DJ Wicked

Douglas Martin (singer/songwriter and blogger for Fresh Cherries from Yakima)

Dylan Magierek (Badman Records)

Em Brownlowe (blogger)

Emily Vidal (Portland musician/video producer)

Eric Mast (Audio Dregs)

Erik Abel (President, Focused Noise Productions)

Erik Bader (WW freelancer)

Craig Marquardo (founder of the Portland Music Awards & Music Spectator magazine)

Zaeron a.k.a Goldini Bagwell of Sandpeople/Clockwerk (Emcee, NW Hip-Hop Tactician, president of the anti skinny jeans movement)

Gina Altamura (Booking and Publicity for Holocene, and also Booking for Lewis & Clark College's KLC Radio)

Goldie Nicole Davich (Creator, Crappy Indie Music The Blog)

Greg Borenstein (PDX Pop Now! board member)

Gus Elg (Recording & mastering engineer @ Sky Onion Studio)

Hannah Carlen (Role: Radio Promoter, Tiny Record Label Owner, Enthusiast)

Haytham Abdulhadi (Roseland theater)

Tera Beth (Hey Lover)

Jen Olesen (Valentine's Booking and Curating)

Jason Quigley (Music Photographer)

Jason Simms (Freelancer for the Oregonian, Content Director @ English, baby!, blogger - simmantics.com, house show host, co-founder of localcut.com, member of The Metal Shakespeare Company)

Jeremy Judy (musician and booking/owner Red Room)

Joan Hiller-Depper (Riot Act Media)

Joseph Bowden (co-owner Bladen County Records)

Jon Ragel (Boy Eats Drum Machine)

Jonathan Sielaff (president, The Creative Music Guild. also, I play bass clarinet and guitar in Mouthpieces and Au and here and there with a bunch of other local bands)

Jordan Dykstra (Marriage Records)

Josh Hodges (Starfucker)

Justin Ringle (Horse Feathers)

Katrina Nattress (Willamette Week music intern)

Kaytea (XO publicity)

Bobby "Fatboy" Roberts (Afternoons, 101.1 KUFO-FM)

Kurt Prutsman (Sometimes I bartend at Dunes, Branx and Satyricon. I play guitar in The Intelligence. I throw house show parties at The Peach House. I also have a music blog called Perv Bird Music)

Connie Wohn (musical refinement stylus503, MFNW)

Laura Gibson (Aspiring Hip-Hop artist and Past Best New Band Winner)

Leigh Feldman (Spectre music)

Lisa Lepine (promotions queen)

Luke Wyland (leader of past BNB band Au)

Marius Libman (Copy—former BNB winner, Atole)

Mark Baumgarten (former WW music editor)

Matt Dabrowiak (Dat'r, man about town)

Matt King (MFNW / Berbati's / Potlatch)

Matthew McLean (Talent Buyer—Monqui Presents)

Matthew Roley (Buffalo Gap)

Matt Slessler (Pabst Blue Ribbon)

Megan Holmes (Holocene Booker)

Michael Mannheimer (WW assistant music editor)

Michael Newman (The Waypost)

Mike McKinnon (Drummer in Reporter)

Miranda King (Booking and Events, Backspace)

Nalin Silva (Kelly's Olympian)

Nathan Carson

Nick Johnson (PDX Pop Now! board member, former KPSU host)

Nick Jaina (former BNB member)

Nilina Mason-Campbell (blogger, photographer, writer, Lost Gospel)

Noel Richmond (The Jolly Roger)

Peter Vaughan Shaver (Entertainment Attorney - Sound Advice, LLC, PDX Pop Now! board member)

Pete Swanson (musician formerly of yellow swans, now solo, label owner—freedom tospend, mastering dude)

Plan B

Colin Grigson (Plan R)

Rob Jones (Jealous Butcher Records)

Robert Ham (freelancer writer for WW, the Oregonian, Pampelmoose, etc.)

Ryan Feigh (FOUNDER OF LUCKY MADISON RECORDS/DYKERITZ MEMBER (we're coming big in 2011!)/LOCAL MUSIC AFICIONADO/PRA DJ/BLOGGER @ CRAPPYINDIEMUSIC.BLOGSPOT.COM)

Saffron Peters (Portland Radio Authority Station Manager and PDX Pop Now! Board of Directors Member)

Sam Soule (Slabtown)

Seth Kaufman (PDX Pop Now! board member)

SP Clarke (writer)

Steve Schroeder (States Rights Records)

Kevin O'Connor (Member of former BNB winnter Talkdemonic, Lucky Madison
Label Manager)

Terry Currier (Music Millenium)

Aaron Shepherd (The Artistery)

Scott Carver (Producer, The Penny Jam)

Theo Craig (Founder & Agent, Indiecon Booking, Adjunct Karmic Adviser, Potlatch Presents)

Todd Fadel (MEOW MEOW, owner 2000-2005)

Tom Humphrey (WW art department)

Tony Prato (Host of KPSU's Irregular Frequencies, PDX Pop Now! booking committee member, man about town)

Travis Wiggins (member of former BNB Please Step Out of the Vehicle, bro about town)

Trevor Solomon (MFNW director)

Whitney Hawke (WW Freelancer)

zebulOn.dak (hip-hop super producer)

Anonymous:

Anonymous

Manny Reyes, Curator/DJ/Musician

Rocky Tinder, ex-Hush booker and "togetherness facilitator"

Mike Jones, Cravedog/CD Forge

WWeek 2015