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The Panthys await their owners.

Queen City Music Hall seats about 900 comfortably, and for last night’s Panthy Awards, the newly opened downtown venue was about 75 percent full with nominees in the Weekly’s 16th Annual Music Awards and guests. We received in excess of 125,000 votes over the course of about a month this year, and the big winners were Quaker City Night Hawks, taking home Artist of the Year honors as well as Best Band, Rock Album of the Year (Honcho), Rock Song of the Year (“Fox in the Hen House”), Best Live Band, Best Guitarist (David Matsler), and Best Drummer (Matt Mabe). The Hanna Barbarians also won a couple Panthys, for Best Rock Band and for EP of the Year (Spaceway Sessions, Vol. 1), Scott Copeland took home honors for Best Singer-Songwriter and Texas Music, and perennial favorite Josh Weathers won every category he was nominated in: Best Blues/Soul, Best Male Vocalist, Song of the Year (“Big Night in the City”), and Album of the Year (Big Night in the City). Below are the rest of the winners, with some awesome photos from staff photog Vishal “The Hindu Hammer” Malhotra. ’Til next year.

 

New Artist

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We’reWolves

 

Americana/Roots Rock

Whiskey Folk Ramblers

 

Hard Rock

The Phuss

 

Hardcore

Cadillac to Mexico

 

Heavy Metal

Southern Train Gypsy

 

C&W

The Paychecks

 

Avant Garde/Experimental

Slumberbuzz

 

Pop

Lindby

 

Punk

War Party

 

R&B/Rap

Rivercrest Yacht Club

 

Jazz

Gunga Galunga

 

Acoustic/Folk

Tripp Mathis

 

Semi-Local Band

Whiskey Folk Ramblers

 

Cover/Tribute Band

Big Mike’s Box of Rock

 

Female Vocalist

Sam Wuehrmann (Animal Spirit)

 

Bassist

Jeremy Hull (Holy Moly, Mills & Co.)

 

Record Label

Dreamy Soundz Records

 

Booking Agency

Blackbox Presents

 

Venue

Lola’s Saloon

 

Producer

Jordan Richardson and Steve Steward

 

Indie-Rock Album of the Year

Skeleton Coast by Skeleton Coast

 

Hall of Fame

Casey James

Ken Shimamoto

1 COMMENT

  1. Excellent! I hate that I missed the awards ceremony and after party but I heard it was awesome…and packed! Good job to everyone who worked on this and the voters and congrats to nominees and winners!

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