To celebrate this First Edition of our Annual Music Awards, we went all out.
You see, the following Awards (from 2006 and on) will feature only the music, bands, and festivals of that year. But for this, our First Annual Awards, we decided that we couldn’t just pass up all the great music and festivals from prior years that we didn’t have a chance to actually Award until now. So, not only did we Nominate and Award those bands whose music was featured in 2005, we pitted them against those in previous years, as well! In essence, whether the music featured in this set of Awards is classic or brand new, the Nominees and Winners of the 2005 Music Awards are the best of the best to date [through ’05].
Best First Release:
Falling Up, Crashings (Rock)
Runners-Up:
Kids In The Way, Safe From The Losing Fight (Emocore Rock)
Aaron Sprinkle, Lackluster (Folk Rock)
Showbread, No Sir, Nihilism Is Not Practical ((True) Screamo)
tobyMac, Momentum (Hip-Hop (Rap)/Hard Rock)
Kutless, Kutless (Hard-Edged Rock/Hard Rock)
John Reuben, Are We There Yet? (Hip-Hop (Rap)/Experimental/Rock)
subseven, Free To Conquer (Emocore/Hardcore)
Everyday Sunday, Stand Up (Rock)
Dizmas, On A Search In America (Hardcore)
Day Of Fire, Day Of Fire (Rock)
Honorable Mentions:
Duvall, Volume & Density (Rock)
Ever Stays Red, …I’ll Tell The World (indie Rock Worship)
Sides Of The North, The Incurable Romantic (indie Hard-Edged Rock)
Best Second Release:
Falling Up, Dawn Escapes (Rock)
Runners-Up:
tobyMac, Welcome To Diverse City (Hip-Hop (Rap)/Rock)
Thousand Foot Krutch, Phenomenon (Rock)
John Reuben, Hindsight (Hip-Hop (Rap)/Experimental/Rock)
Mae, The Everglow (Rock)
The Elms, Truth, Soul, Rock & Roll (Classic-Style Rock)
Kevin Max, The Imposter (Rock)
Bleach, Static (Classic-Style Rock/Rock)
DJ Andy Hunter, Life (Electronic–DJ)
Relient K, Anatomy Of The Tongue In Cheek (Pop/Punk/Rock)
Flatfoot 56, Waves Of War (Celtic Punk)
Honorable Mentions:
Pillar, Fireproof (Hard Rock)
Cool Hand Luke, The Fires Of Life (indie Soft Rock/Rock)
Best Third Release:
Flatfoot 56, Knuckles Up (Celtic Punk)
Runners-Up:
Disciple, This Might Sting A Little (Hard Rock)
Further Seems Forever, Hide Nothing (Emo Rock)
Pillar, Where Do We Go From Here? (Hard Rock)
John Reuben, Professional Rapper (Hip-Hop (Rap)/Experimental/Rock)
Honorable Mentions:
Relient K, Two Lefts Don’t Make A Right… But Three Do (Pop/Punk/Rock)
Best Fourth Release:
Relient K, Mmhmm (TIE)
Switchfoot, The Beautiful Letdown (TIE)
Runners-Up:
dcTalk, Jesus Freak (Rock)
Audio Adrenaline, Some Kind Of Zombie (Rock)
John Reuben, The Boy vs. The Cynic (Hip-Hop (Rap)/Experimental/Rock)
Best Fifth Release:
Spoken, Last Chance To Breathe (Rock/Hardcore)
Runners-Up:
Switchfoot, Nothing Is Sound (Rock)
Poor Old Lu, The Waiting Room (Rock)
Disciple, Back Again (Hard Rock)
Honorable Mention:
dcTalk, Supernatural (Rock)
Best Sixth Release:
Best Farewell Release:
Five Iron Frenzy, The End Is Near Here
NONE.
Best Live Show:
Best Festival:
NONE.