Best new music blogger#
Best musical anniversary#
Best consequence of a broken HVAC system#
Best transcendental deep-space synth trip#
Best group of veterans of the Blue Man backing band#
Best classical label#
Best instructional dance video#
Best onstage psychedelic costume party#
Best 4 AM bar for live music#
Best cross between the Breeders and Lightning Bolt#
Best group making music with the contents of a thrift-store basement#
Best career reboot by a septuagenarian harmonica player#
Best feminist rock ‘n’ roll exorcism#
Best band primed to break out this year#
Best hot dice#
Best new south-side nightlife spot#
Best punk-rock LGBTQ night#
Best reason to hang out at a barcade after midnight on a school night#
Best lasers at an underground rave#
Best nomadic collective for weird, druggy, hard-hitting underground techno#
Best progressive cumbia and tropical bass night#
Best-dressed DJs#
Best music venue#
Best band#
Best music festival#
Best up-and-coming band#
Best rock club#
Best DJ#
Best band name#
Best hip-hop artist#
Best 4 AM bar#
Best karaoke#
Best jazz club#
Best singer-songwriter#
Best local record label#
Best dance club#
Best dance party#
Best jazz musician#
Best dive bar#