CityBeat has announced the nominees for the 2015 Cincinnati Entertainment Awards! This year, the organization did things a little differently allowing the public to weigh in on the nominees before deciding on the artists we will all be able to vote for. Remember, not everyone can be nominated. This is not a contest, just a way for us to pat each other on the back and celebrate local music. Voting will begin this Friday at noon. Here are your nominees:

Bluegrass:

Comet Bluegrass Allstars

Rumpke Mountain Boys

My Brother’s Keeper

Rattlesnakin’ Daddies

The Missy Werner Band

Mamadrones

Country:

Dallas Moore

Bulletville

Jeremy Pinnell

Noah Smith

90 Proof Twang

Pure Grain

Folk/Americana:

Young Heirlooms

Arlo McKinley & The Lonesome Sound

Buffalo Wabs & The Price Hill Hustle

Elk Creek

The Tillers

Shiny and the Spoon

World Music/Reggae:

The Cliftones

Junya Be

Lagniappe

Baoku Moses & the Image Afro-beat Band

Elementree Livity Project

Keshvar Project

Rock:

Honeyspiders

Mad Anthony

Wussy

Buffalo Killers

Pop Goes the Evil

Frontier Folk Nebraska

Metal/Hard Rock:

Electric Citizen

Winterhymn

Chakras

Valley of the Sun

Zebras in Public

Close to Home

Singer/Songwriter:

Arlo McKinley

Noah Smith

Jody Stapleton

Jeremy Pinnell

Rob Fetters

Molly Sullivan

Indie/Alternative:

DAAP Girls

The Yugos

PUBLIC

The Hiders

State Song

Injecting Strangers

Punk:

Tweens

Subsets

Kill City

The Dopamines

Black Planet

Vacation

Blues:

Ricky Nye

The Whiskey Shambles

Kelly Richey

Noah Wotherspoon

Sonny Moorman Group

John Ford

R&B/Funk/Soul:

The Almighty Get Down

The Perfect Children

Under New Order

Ingrid Woode

Freekbass & The Bump Assembly

The Cincy Brass

Jazz:

The Faux Frenchmen

Phil DeGreg and Brasilia

The Hot Magnolias

Art & Science

Blue Wisp Big Band

Animal Mother

Hip Hop:

Eugenius

Eclipse

Buggs tha Rocka

Valley High

Trademark Aaron

Counterfeit Money Machine

Electronic:

Ethosine

Dream Tiger

Playfully Yours

Black Signal

Dark Colour

umin

Best Live Act:

The Almighty Get Down

Wussy

Tweens

Mad Anthony

Young Heirlooms

Injecting Strangers

Best Music Video:

Wussy – “North Sea Girls”



Rob Fetters – “Desire”



Mad Anthony – “Sank for Days”



Injecting Strangers – “Detroit”



Sleep – “I Shot Lincoln”



Tweens - “Forever”



The Tillers – “Willy Dear”



Trademark Aaron – “Gold”



Critical Achievement Awards Album of the Year:

Tweens – Tweens

Pop Goes the Evil – Love Stained Heart

500 Miles to Memphis – Stand There and Bleed

Wussy – Attica!

Rob Fetters – Saint Ain’t

Arlo McKinley & The Lonesome Sound – Arlo McKinley and the Lonesome Sound

The Almighty Get Down – People, This Is …

Buffalo Killers – Heavy Reverie

New Artist of the Year:

Dream Tiger

Honeyspiders

PRIM

Elk Creek

Leggy

Noah Smith

Artist of the Year:

Electric Citizen

Tweens

Mad Anthony

Wussy

The Tillers

Buffalo Killers

The “Best New Bands” showcase will take place at Bogart's on Saturday, January 17 featuring performers up for the “New Artist of the Year” category (as well as other worthy newcomers).

The Cincinnati Entertainment Awards ceremony, featuring live performances and award presentations, returns to Covington’s Madison Theater on Sunday, Jan. 25, 2015. Stay tuned for complete information on the Best New Bands showcase and the Cincinnati Entertainment Awards show/party.