Best Jazz
Coral MacFarland Thuet
Fred Benedetti
Jaime Valle
Jump Jones
Pocket
Rob Thorsen

Best Acoustic
Anya Marina
Billy Shaddox
Cathryn Beeks
Gregory Page
Joanie Mendenhall
Renata Youngblood

Best Blues
Bill Magee Blues Band
Candye Kane
Len Rainey & the Midnight Players
Michele Lundeen
Nathan James & Ben Hernandez
Sue Palmer & Her Motel Swing Orchestra

Best World Music
Agua Dulce
B-Side Players
Tribe of Judah
Kush & Jah Blood Fiyah Angels
Stranger
The Devastators

Best Americana
Arabella Harrison
Holiday & the Adventure Pop Collective
Old Man Hands
The Coyote Problem
The Grams
Truckee Brothers

Best Hip Hop
Alfred Howard & the K23 Orchestra
Deep Rooted
Defamation League
Icons
MC Flow
South Psycho Cide

Best Country
Bastard Sons of Johnny Cash
Coyote Moon
Golden Hill Ramblers
High Rolling Loners
Hill Country
Mark Jackson Band

Best Pop
bill
Emery Byrd
Get Back Loretta
Ryan Ferguson
The Shambles
This Holiday Life

Best Alternative
Goodbye Blue Monday
Greg Laswell
Manuok
Operatic
The Donkeys
Years Around the Sun

Best Punk
Kill Me Tomorrow
Misled Citizen
My American Heart
The Heartaches
The Plot to Blow Up the Eiffel Tower
The Power Chords

Best Rock
3against1
Cape May
Dirty Sweet
Reeve Oliver
The North Atlantic
Transit War

Best Hard Rock
Benedictum
Cattle Decapitation
Divided by Zero
Media Lab
Mower
Underminded

Best DJ
DJ Demon
DJ Fingaz
DJ Jon Bishop
DJ Matty A
Ika Love
Kid Lightning

Best Electronic
Airport 81
Aspects of Physics
Goddamn Electric Bill
Square Circle
The Album Leaf
Trummerflora Collective

Best New Artist
Evan Bethany
Grand Ole Party
Kite Flying Society
Sirhan Sirhan
The Prayers
UV Tigers

Artist of the Year
As I Lay Dying
Jason Mraz
Louis XIV
Pinback
Slightly Stoopid
Switchfoot

Best Rock Album
Dare Devil Jane - self-titled
Hot Like a Robot - Virginity
Mike Keneally -Guitar Therapy Love
Sleeping People - self-titled
The Bloody Hollies - If Footmen Tire You
The Farmers - Loaded

Best Alternative Album
Black Heart Procession -The Spell
Pistolita - Oliver Over the Moon
Swim Party - self-titled
Transfer - Faded Signal
Tristeza - A Colores
Wilderness Survival - Pisces Son Heir He's Rising

Best Punk Album
Fifty On Their Heels - self-titled
Glossines -self-titled
GoGoGo Airheart - Rats, Sing! Sing!
The Stranger's Six - A Date with Daylight
Some Girls - Heaven's Pregnant Teens
Scotch Greens - Professional

Best Hard Rock Album
Earthless - Sonic Prayer
Goblin Cock - Bagged & Boarded
Divided By Zero - The Black Sea
Mower - Not For You
Nihilist - Call Down the Thunder
The Accident Experiment - United We Fear

Best Hip Hop Album
Al Howard & the K23 Orchestra - Whisper of a Newborn Ghost
Deep Rooted - Second Coming
Higher Minds - Cali Gold
Pearl - Can You Feel It?
The KneeHighs - Global Warming
Timz - Open For Business

Best Jazz Album
Bob Magnusson - Liquid Lines
Bradley Leighton - Back to the Funk
Chris Klich - Blue Skies
Gilbert Castellanos - Underground
Patrick Yandall - Samoa Soul
Peter Sprague - Taking It All In

Best Americana or Country Album
Berkley Hart - Pocket Change
Buzz Campbell & The Hot Rod Lincoln - Runaway Girl
High Rollin' Loners - self-titled
The Vision of a Dying World - Feelin' Alive
The Wild Truth - This Golden Era
Whiskey Tango - Fresh Crop

Best Local Recording
First Wave Hello - The Lord & It's Penguin
Japanese Sunday - Taps Taps Lights Out
Matt Curreri & Exfriends - Exercise Music for the Lonely
Plural - Love Sleeps Where Love Lies
Steph Johnson - Genesee Avenue
The Jade Shader - Curse of the Tuatara

Album of the Year
AJ Croce - Cantos
Angels & Airwaves - We Don't Need To Whisper
Gilbert Castellanos - Underground
P.O.D. - Testify
Switchfoot - Nothing Is Sound
Tristan Prettyman - Twentythree

Song of the Year
Angels & Airwaves - The Adventure
Augustana - Boston
Nickel Creek - When In Rome
Lil' Rob - Bring Out The Freak In You
Switchfoot - Stars
Tristan Prettyman -Love,Love,Love