And The Winners Are...  

Atlanta partied in style Saturday night at the Velvet Underground for the inaugural Atlanta Music Guide Music Awards. Sponsored by PBR, the award show kicked off with a VIP party followed by an opening set by DJ Jay Harren from 99X's Sunday School. The award show fired up at 9:30pm with presenters including Trances Arc, Jennifer Owen from ASCAP, Jay Harren from 99X, Nick Parsons from 96Rock, renowned vocal coach Jan Smith, Butch Walker, Josh Rifkind from openmicmadness, Shannon Wright and Tammara Gillen from UPN69, and Caren West, Brian Cooley and Colin Cooley from Wicked West PR. 

Each winner took home a custom designed award (designed by GEO4 Designs). Zack Arias from Used Film, AMG's official photog shot the night and you can check out all the pics here ! You'll be able to catch footage of the event on TV on Atlanta Tonight on UPN69 soon - stay tuned to find out when it will air!

The full list of winners: ( see all the photos here )

  • Favorite Local Release - Red Letter Agent "Under Starlight"
  • Best Venue - The Cotton Club
  • Best Live Act - Heavy Mojo
  • Most Catastrophic Gig - Lazyeye (losing to) Too Far Gone
  • Luckiest Break - The Hiss (opening for Oasis)
  • Best Door/Bar Person - Adam - Vinyl
  • Best Local Rivalry - Rival Entertainment vs. Clear Channel
  • Best Front Person - Bain Mattox
  • Best Producer - Butch Walker
  • Best Publicity Stunt - Y.O.U.
  • Best Website - Cadillac Jones
  • Most Buzzworthy - The Whigs
  • Best Band - Second Shift

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