Here are your official 2023 Listen Up Award nominees! Thank you for doing your part in helping nominate this year’s artists. Voting wraps up Tuesday, February 28th at 11:59pm ET. Vote for your favorite Capital Region bands/artists by clicking here or below:

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2023 Nominees

Favorite Solo Duo:

• Caity Gallagher
• Harry and Alan
• Jason Irwin
• Margo Marcero
• Peter Annello

Favorite Solo/Duo Covers:

• Yellowdog
• Geo
• North Allen Duo
• Gus Unplugged
• Dillion Rivers

Favorite Party Band:

• Off The Record
• The Rhythm Pilots
• The Sugar Hold
• Harmony Rocks
• The Accents

Favorite Country Artist:

• Southbound Renegade
• The Bluebillies
• Tame The Rooster
• Whiskey Highway
• Brule County Bad Boys

Favorite Rock Cover Band:

• Dirt Cheap
• Chris Busone
• Act Your Age
• Six Mile Sundown
• Abywst

Favorite Americana Artist:

• Brain Medicine
• Marty Wendell
• The Bluebillies
• Reese Fulmer
• Big Frank and the Bargain Bingers

Favorite Pop Artist:

• Caity Gallagher
• Peter Annello
• Kaleb Dingmon
• Girl Blue
• Kyla Silk

Favorite Rock/Hard Rock Artist:

• Seize Atlantis
• Shortwave Radioband
• The Hard Luck Souls
• Joe Mansman and the Midnight Revival Band
• Super 400

Favorite Alt/Indie Artist:

• Under the Den
• House of Saturn
• Grape Juice!
• ERIE
• Haunted Cat

Favorite Folk/Bluegrass Artist:

• Hold on Honeys
• Brain Medicine
• Joseph Biss
• The Bluebillies
• Jim Gaudet and the Railroad Boys

Favorite Jazz Artist:

• Mike Newman
• E-Block
• Hot Club of Saratoga
• NEQ
• Keith Pray

Favorite Punk/Garage:

• Black Cat Elliot
• Galene
• ShortWave Radioband
• The Hauntings
• The Sugar Hold

Favorite Metal Band:

• Faced
• Gozer
• Ice Queen
• Lock 9
• Brick By Brick

Favorite Jam Band:

• Annie in the Water
• Raisinhead
• Hilltop
• Ampevene
• Timbre Coup

Favorite Blues Artist:

• Dealt The Blues
• George Fletcher Blues Band
• Matt Mirabile
• Sly Fox and the Hustlers
• The Switch

Favorite R&B/Soul/Funk:

• Ill Funk Ensemble
• E-Block
• Doc Horton
• Nolanauts
• Oobleck

Favorite Electronica/Experimental:

• Architrave
• TV Doctors
• Connor Armbruster
• 100 Psychic Dreams
• Cordyceps

Favorite Performing/Recording DJ:

• DJ HollyW8D
• Tru Master
• DJ TGIF
• Devin BPM
• DJ Irod

Favorite Irish Artist:

• Maggie’s Clan
• Get up Jack
• Triskele
• The Mckrells
• Hair of the Dog

Favorite Hip-Hop Artist:

• B. Austin
• The Big 3
• Ricky Bandana
• Bonus
• Ali Wild

Favorite Grateful Dead Cover Band:

• Dead Man’s Waltz
• The Wheel
• Neon Avenue
• Let’s Be Dead
• Half Step

Favorite Prog. Rock Artist:

• Ampevene
• Crazy Swedes
• TV Doctors
• Seize Atlantis
• Embe Esti

Best Hair and Makeup:

• Peggy of Troy
• Tommy Love
• Jeff Prescott
• Joanna Palladino
• Haunted Cat

Most Likely To Fall off Stage:

• Jay $way
• Tom Dolan
• Jim Barrett
• Grape Juice!
• Matt Delgado

Best Dressed:

• Abby Stone
• Bill Floyd
• Dennis Knight
• Johnny Morse
• Joanna Palladino

Most Likely To Owe The Club Money:

• Jeff Prescott
• Kolbie G.
• Brother T
• Brain Medicine
• The Erotics