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Best party promoter

Scott Cramer

www.cramerpr.com

Runners-up

Jenae Williams

Betta Promotions

Dom Brown

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Best dive bar

on June 23, 2011 at 4:00AM

Richard's Bar 491 N. Milwaukee 312-733-2251 Runners-up
Best neighborhood bar

on June 23, 2011 at 4:00AM

Cole’s 2338 N. Milwaukee 773-276-5802 coleschicago.blogspot.com Runners-up
Best hotel bar

on June 23, 2011 at 4:00AM

Roof on the Wit 201 N. State 312-239-9501 roofonthewit.com Runner-up
Best 4 AM bar

on June 23, 2011 at 4:00AM

Bonny’s 2417 N. Milwaukee 773-486-8480 Runners-up
Best strip club

on June 23, 2011 at 4:00AM

Admiral Theatre 3940 W. Lawrence 773-478-8111 admiralx.com Runners-up
Best casino

on June 23, 2011 at 4:00AM

Horseshoe Casino Hammond 777 Casino Center Drive, Hammond, IN 866-711-7463 horseshoehammond.com Runner-up
Best smoking area

on June 23, 2011 at 4:00AM

Blue Havana 856 W. Belmont 773-242-8262 Runners-up
Best photobooth to make out in

on June 23, 2011 at 4:00AM

Rainbo Club 1150 N. Damen 773-489-5999 Runners-up
Best jukebox

on June 23, 2011 at 4:00AM

Simon’s Tavern 5210 N. Clark 773-878-0894 simonstavern.com Runners-up
Best karaoke

on June 23, 2011 at 4:00AM

Alice’s Lounge 3556 W. Belmont 773-279-9382 Runners-up
Best bartender

on June 23, 2011 at 4:00AM

Jason Turley at Bar Deville 701 N. Damen 312-929-2349 bardeville.com
Best band-on-band synergy

on June 23, 2011 at 4:00AM

Birth and Den worldbirth.blogspot.com noise-den.blogspot.com Birth and Den—two bands that have the "impassioned, sludgy racket" thing down pat—can often be found on the same bill, and the pairing doesn't just work because they share drummer Ian Piirtola.
Best musical wunderkind who could use a nap

on June 23, 2011 at 4:00AM

Daniel Smith redelectricrainbow.com
Best jazz musician

on June 23, 2011 at 4:00AM

Jason Adasiewicz jasonadasiewicz.com
Best dancing front man

on June 23, 2011 at 4:00AM

Damon Locks of the Eternals damonlocks.com/art
Best go-go dancers

on June 23, 2011 at 4:00AM

The Janes myspace.com/thejanesgogo
Best show that made me feel like I bathed in radioactive grime

on June 23, 2011 at 4:00AM

The Mopery's final show The Logan Square DIY venue'sv last hurrah took place right smack in the middle of a stifling and humid stretch during the dog days of last summer.
Best local DJ on Twitter

on June 23, 2011 at 4:00AM

The Hood Internet twitter.com/hoodinternet
Best local response to a national music meme

on June 23, 2011 at 4:00AM

Funemployed's "Arcade Fire Hipster Attack" video youtube.com/FunemployedChicago
Best musical YouTube sensation

on June 23, 2011 at 4:00AM

Keenan Cahill keenansroom.com
Best Chicago dance-music style to recently go global

on June 23, 2011 at 4:00AM

Footwork Two years ago the number of people outside Chicago who were familiar with the mutant juke offshoot known as footwork music could probably have fit comfortably on one Red Line car.
Best local reunion show

on June 23, 2011 at 4:00AM

Cap'n Jazz at Wicker Park Fest Having actually seen a Cap'n Jazz show used to be a valuable badge of underground-rock cred.
Best new band that will make you think it's 1995 again

on June 23, 2011 at 4:00AM

Coping coping.bandcamp.com
Best weekly live-music gig

on June 23, 2011 at 4:00AM

Robbie Fulks at the Hideout robbiefulks.com
Best bluegrass music series

on June 23, 2011 at 4:00AM

Bluegrass Legends Concerts American Legion Hall 1030 Central, Evanston chicagobluegrass.com
Best experimental-music resource

on June 23, 2011 at 4:00AM

Experimental Sound Studio 5925 N. Ravenswood 773-769-1069 experimentalsoundstudio.org Since 1986 this invaluable but modest enterprise has generously and affordably aided those exploring the fringes of sound art, music, and just about any other medium with a sonic component.
Best late-season festival surprise

on June 23, 2011 at 4:00AM

North Coast Music Festival Union Park 1501 W. Randolph 773-598-0852 northcoastfestival.com Most of the city's major outdoor music festivals had already happened when word got out last year that Union Park, longtime home of the Pitchfork Music Festival, would be hosting another big event over Labor Day weekend.
Best merch

on June 23, 2011 at 4:00AM

White Mystery whitemysteryband.com
Best reinvention of an old medium

on June 23, 2011 at 4:00AM

Cassettes It's hard to imagine that cassettes were once considered a threat to the music industry.
Best local sports icon unconventionally reinterpreted as the face of Midwestern microscenes

on June 23, 2011 at 4:00AM

Michael Jordan If there's one local sports icon who could be seen as an inspiration for indie musicians, convention would point to Dennis Rodman; the brash, neon-splattered color schemes that are all the rage with some underground bands look like something Rodman could have dyed into his hair decades ago.

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