Back to 2004 Official Winners List
Balloting ended September 15th

Nominees
Public Awards | Academy Awards
Public Awards
The following categories were voted on by the public.Winners will be announced at the awards ceremony on September 28th, and subsequently posted here.
Best Cover or Tribute Band
The Mar Dels
Rockola
Private Domain
Viva Santana
Liquid Blue
Detroit Underground

Best Jazz
Jose Molina Serrano
Jaime Valle
Gilbert Castellanos
Peter Sprague
Chris Klich
Cabellero Verde Quintet

Best Acoustic
Tristan Prettyman
Anya Marina
Saba
Billy Shaddox
The Ghandi Method
Pete Thurston

Best Blues
The Boogiemen
Lafayette & the Leasebreakers
The Fremonts
Lady Dottie & the Diamonds
Bill Magee Blues Band
Hoodoo Blues

Best World Music
Elijah Emanuel & the Revelations
Skelpin
The Devastators
Agua Dulce
B-Side Players
Crucial

Best Americana
Hot Rod Lincoln
7th Day Buskers
Derek Duplessie & the Desert Poets
Golden Hill Ramblers
Liz Janes
The Coyote Problem

Best Hip Hop
Alfred Howard & the K23 Orchestra
Icons
Sound Providers
Mitchy Slick
Deep Rooted f. Brady & Johaz
Tony da SKITZO

Best Country
Mark Jackson Band
Hill Country
Coyote Moon
Calico Ridge
Ranch Rockers
Crystal Yoakum

Best Pop
Mark Decerbo & Four Eyes
Liquorice Quartet
Rookie Card
Momma
Silver Sunshine
The Shambles

Best Alternative
The Glossines
Operatic
Buzzkill Romantics
Hot Like (a) Robot
Slightly Stoopid
Scarlet Symphony

Best Punk
The Locust
Kill Me Tomorrow
The Parker Theory
Kut U Up
Beehive & the Barrucudas
Strangers Six

Best Rock
Louis XIV
Dirty Sweet
The Dragons
The Millionaires
Reeve Oliver
3against1

Best Electronic
Via Satellite
Trummerflora Collective
The Album Leaf
Maiden Taiwan
DJs on Strike
The Silver Wizard

Best DJ
Mike Czech
Mark Thrasher
Ratty
Rags
Barry Weaver
Scooter

Best New Artist
Pistolita
The Q
Truckee Brothers
Denvor Harbor
The After Party
Yovee

Artist of the Year
As I Lay Dying
Switchfoot
Karl Denson's Tiny Universe
Jason Mraz
Nickel Creek
The Album Leaf

Academy Awards
The following categories were voted on by members of the San Diego Music Academy. Public voting is not allowed on these categories. They are listed here for your information.
Best Pop Album
Christopher Dale - Pick Me Up
Static Halo - Save it for the Ages
Incredible Moses Leroy - Become the Soft.Lightes
Rookie Card - Near Mint
Steve Poltz - Chinese Vacation
AJ Croce - Adrian James Croce

Best Rock Album
Tubby - Unpredictable Jiggle
Louis XIV - s/t
Spell Toronto - The Brown Frequency
Noise Ratchet - s/t
The Stereotypes - 2
This Holiday Life - The Fallout

Best Hip Hop Album
Blame One - Chemically Imbalanced
Partisan and the Observer - Landscape
Dialectx Crew - Mission Statement
Los Able Minded Poets - Collectivly Introspective
Scribe Sayar - Urban Life Music
Figure Of Speech - Sexx Drugs & Hip Hop 2004

Best Alternative Album
Pepper - In With The Old
Channing Cope - Sugar in our Blood
The Album Leaf - In A Safe Place
Buckfast Superbee - s/t
The Robot Ate Me - On Vacation
Irradio - Make-Up for the Inaugurated

Best Punk Album
Blink - 182
The Plot to Blow Up the Eifel Tower - If You Cut Us, We Bleed
Kill Me Tomorrow - The Garbageman & the Prostitutes
Bumbklaatt - Ciegos
Comfortable for You - Prizefight
Dorado Gold - Which Way to Tokyo

Best Hard Rock Album
Sirens Wail - The Other Room
VIII Fraud - errare est humanus
Mower - s/t
Murder My Love - s/t
Cattle Decapitation - Humanure
The Accident Experiment - Arena

Best Blues Album
Robin Henkel - Acoustic Blues
Tomcat Courtney - Sundown San Diego
Earl Thomas - Soul'd
The Boogiemen - A Little Trim
Ruby Blue - Skin
Bill Magee Blues Band - Low Down, Dirty Blues

Best Jazz Album
Jaime Valle - Vital Signs
Patrick Yandell - From the Ashes
Road Work Ahead feat. Peter Sprague -
Robert Walters 20th Congress - Giving up the Ghost
Minga - Flipside
Peter Sprague - Friends for Life

Best Americana Album
Eve Selis - Nothing but the Truth
Buck Howdy - Skidaddle
Berkley Hart - 12
Billy Shaddox - Mellow Me
The Paladins - El Matador
Remedy Motel - A Better Life

Best Local Recording
Greg Laswell - Good Movie
Dave Humphries - 38 Days
Gregory Page - Happiness is being Lonely
Transfer - The Guts of my Arm
Gasoline Please - s/t
Matt Curreri - How to Play the Songs of Matt Curreri

Album of the Year
blink - 182
P.O.D. - Payable on Death
Steve Poltz - Chinese Vacation
Louis XIV - s/t
The Album Leaf - In A Safe Life
Robert Walters 20th Congress - Giving up the Ghost

Song of the Year
Blink - 182
Switchfoot - Dare to Move
Gary Jules & Mike Andrews - Mad World
Steve Poltz - Who I Am
Louis XIV - Finding Out True Love is Blind
Jason Mraz - You and I Both

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