Hump Day News Is A Big Loser!
“We’re just honored to be nominated” is bullshit people say at Big Night Live on Wednesday, 11 December 2024.
Thanks for stopping by, Boston Music Awards, and congrats to all the winning winners.
Best Visual Artist (as in light shows, like Digital Awareness, etc.) should be a category – just throwing it out there. Why not?
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Boston Music Awards
2024
No shit though, it’s an honor to be nominated. And we did some preview coverage on some of our favorite nominees – including the ones who weren’t nominated!
One preview piece we didn’t write up was for “Best Music Publication.” Which we never got around to, but should have, because Hump Day News was nominated.
All the contributors to Hump Day News have pieced together a certain type of music coverage, which offers something you’re not going to find elsewhere, and hopefully greases the wheels of the local music scene to a non-trivial extent. You never know.
Hard to get a read on whether anyone (besides the band that you wrote the post about, and then tagged on social media) gives a shit. It’s alright if they don’t. But it’s nice when they do. Nominated in 2023 for Best Music Publication. Nominated in 2024 for Best Music Publication. Unless we’re Susan Lucci-ing this shit, we’ll win eventually. If we’re still around.
A lot of this is about staying power, which is why you’ve got to doff your cap to 2024 winner Allston Pudding. You know, for still existing.
However the cookie crumbles, the live Boston Music Awards is a trip. Check out the live sets captured in the video recap, including Yelena Rodriguez, Tyler Loyal, Copilot, The Ghouls, Yanna G and more.
All the other winners are below, copied and pasted from the BMA site. No one said journalism was difficult. (I mean, it is, kinda.) But it’s the showing up every day that’s the really hard part.
WINNERS
ARTIST OF THE YEAR
Noah Kahan
NEW ARTIST OF THE YEAR
Yanna G
ALBUM/EP OF THE YEAR (1 million+ streams)
Millyz - “Katrina's Son”
ALBUM/EP OF THE YEAR
Latrell James - "Running In Place"
SONG OF THE YEAR (1 million+ streams)
Clairo - "Juna"
SONG OF THE YEAR
kei - "Hello"
VIDEO OF THE YEAR
Cakeswagg - "Bad Bitch Link Up" ft. MARQUISE!
LIVE ARTIST OF THE YEAR
Noah Kahan
ALT/INDIE ARTIST OF THE YEAR
Mallcops
BLUES ARTIST OF THE YEAR
GA-20
COUNTRY ARTIST OF THE YEAR
Other Brother Darryl
DANCE/ELECTRONIC ARTIST OF THE YEAR
Rilla Force
DJ OF THE YEAR
SuperSmashBroz
FOLK ARTIST OF THE YEAR
Noah Kahan
HIP-HOP ARTIST OF THE YEAR
Millyz
JAZZ ARTIST OF THE YEAR
Grace Kelly
LATIN ARTIST OF THE YEAR
Yelena Rodriguez
METAL ARTIST OF THE YEAR
Converge
POP ARTIST OF THE YEAR
Clairo
PUNK/HARDCORE ARTIST OF THE YEAR
Rebuilder
R&B ARTIST OF THE YEAR
Tyler Loyal
REGGAE/SKA ARTIST OF THE YEAR
The Elovaters
ROCK ARTIST OF THE YEAR
The Ghouls
SINGER-SONGWRITER OF THE YEAR
Alisa Amador
SPOKEN WORD ARTIST OF THE YEAR
Amanda Shea
VOCALIST OF THE YEAR
Miranda Rae
Music Night of the Year
SILK R&B Party
Live Music Venue of the Year (1000+)
Roadrunner
Live Music Venue of the Year (250+)
The Sinclair
Live Music Venue of the Year (Under 250)
O'Brien's Pub
MUSIC PROMOTER OF THE YEAR
Crossroads Presents
TALENT BUYER OF THE YEAR
Alex Pickert
PRODUCTION MANAGER OF THE YEAR
Marc Picard
STAGE MANAGER OF THE YEAR
Madison Henneberry
Live Audio Engineer of the Year
Brittany Sirois
Lighting Technician of the Year
Ryan Baker
Box Office Team of the Year
Big Night Live
RECORDING STUDIO OF THE YEAR
The SoundLab Recording Studios
STUDIO PRODUCER OF THE YEAR
Deevo Da Genius
Studio Engineer of the Year
Annie Hoffman
Session Musician of the Year
Jonathan Ulman
Artist Manager of the Year
Ceize Gemini
LIVE MUSIC PHOTOGRAPHER OF THE YEAR
Brittany Rose Queen
MUSIC VIDEOGRAPHER OF THE YEAR
Dom 'Tanj' Bruno
MUSIC PUBLICATION OF THE YEAR
Allston Pudding
MUSIC JOURNALIST OF THE YEAR
Noble
MUSIC PODCAST/RADIO SHOW OF THE YEAR
Highstreet
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