Three San Diego bands that have made an international impact — blink-182, Pierce The Veil and Switchfoot — are among the top 2017 San Diego Music Awards nominees.

This will be the first edition of the annual awards fete since 2015, after a reorganization of the San Diego Music Foundation — under whose auspices the awards are presented — led to 2016 being skipped. Nominees in all 22 categories appear below.

The Poway-bred pop-punk trio blink-182 is nominated for Song of the Year (for “She’s Out of Her Mind”) and Album of the Year (for “California,” the trio’s first album since Matt Skiba replaced band co-founder Tom DeLonge). In December, the new-look blink earned the first Grammy Award nomination in a career that dates back more than two decades).

Pierce The Veil, which last year celebrated its 10th anniversary, is nominated in the same two categories as blink. The Bay Park quartet received nods for Song of the Year (for “Circles”) and Album of the year (for “Misadventures:)


Switchfoot, which last year celebrated its 20th anniversary, is also vying in the same two categories, with nominations for Song of the Year (for “Float”) and Album of the Year (for “Where the Light Shines Through”).

Neo-R&B singer Andra Day, who earned two Grammy Award nominations last year, is nominated for Artist of the Year and Album of the Year (for “Cheers to the Fall”).

At least four other San Diego artists also earned two nominations apiece.

Jazz trumpeter Gilbert Castellanos is nominated for Artist of the Year and Best Jazz.


Singer-songwriter Steph Johnson is nominated for Artist of the Year and Best Jazz Album (for “Music is Art).

The band Schizophonics — which features ace guitarist Pat Beers and won two prizes at the 2015 San Diego Music Awards — is nominated for Best Rock and Best Live Performer.

Hirie — the reggae group led by singer Patricia Jetton — is nominated for Song of the Year (for “Renegade”) and Best World Music Album for “Wandering Soul”).

The winners of the 2017 San Diego Music Awards — the event’s 26th edition — will be announced March 21 at House of Blues. Confirmed performers include Hirie, Schizophonics, The Verigolds, The Creepy Creeps, Gilbert Castellanos and the Young Lions Orchestra and Steph Johnson & the Voices of our City Choir.


Online voting runs from Monday 16 through Feb. 26 at sandiegomusicawards.com. The public can vote in every category except the eight best album categories, which is voted on by members of the San Diego Music Academy. Tickets for the March 21 awards fete go on sale Monday through the event’s website.

The 2015 edition of the San Diego Music Awards included 28 categories. That number has been streamlined to 22 this year, following the combining of several categories and the elimination of the Best Music Video, Best Hard Rock, Best Hard Rock Album, Best Club DJ and Best Cover Band categories.

The recipient of the Country Dick Montana Lifetime Achievement Award has not yet been announced.

2017 San Diego Music Awards nominees

Song of the Year


blink-182 - She’s Out of Her Mind

Hirie - Renegade

Little Hurricane - Bad Business

Switchfoot - Float

Pierce the Veil - Circles

Slightly Stoopid - Hold it Down

Album of the Year

Andra Day - Cheers to the Fall

blink-182 - California

Cattle Decapitation - The Anthropocene Extinction

P.O.D. - The Awakening

Pierce the Veil - Misadventures

Switchfoot - Where the Light Shines Through

Best Singer-Songwriter

Nina Francis

Lady Rogo

Sierra West

Raelee Nikole

Savannah Philyaw

Tolan Shaw

Best Country or Americana

Berkley Hart

Brawley

Morgan Leigh Band

Nancarrow

Sara Petite

The Moves Collective

Best Jazz


Gilbert Castellanos

Ian Tordella

Joshua White

Patrick Yandall

Peter Sprague

Allison Adams Tucker

Best Blues

Chet & the Committee

Mercedes Moore

Michele Lundeen

Robin Henkel

Whitney Shay

Tomcat Courtney

Best Hip-Hop/Rap

Main Flow

Parker Edison

South Psycho Cide

Odessa Kane

Tall Can and Generik

Lyrical Groove

Best Indie/Alternative

Grizzly Business

Prayers

Big Bad Buffalo

Rob Crow’s Gloomy Place

The Bassics

Wild Wild Wets

Best Pop


Birdy Bardot

Dani Bell & the Tarantist

Pony Death Ride

Normandie Wilson

KI

Sister Speak

Best Rock

Amerikan Bear

Black Market III

Dead Feather Moon

Roni Lee

The Farmers

Schizophonics

Best World Music

B-Side Players

Brogue Wave

Mariachi Garabaldi

Quel Bordel

Todo Mundo

Tribal Theory

Best New Artist

Casey Hensley Band

Elektric Voodoo

Hexa

Spitfire Torpedo

Skyterra

Spooky Cigarette

Best Live Performer


Jason Hanna & the Bullfighters

Joshua White

Rebecca Jade & the Cold Fact

Schizophonics

The Creepy Creeps

The Little Richards

Best Country or Americana Album

Country Rockin’ Rebels - Ride Rebel Ride

Eve Selis - See Me with Your Heart

Shadowdogs - Tangerine

The Midnight Pine - The Midnight Pine

Trouble in the Wind - Lefty

Ypsitucky - New Old Lady

Best Jazz Album

Danny Green Trio - Altered Narratives

Lori Bell - Brooklyn Dreaming

Sue Palmer - The Thunderbird Sessions

Nathan Hubbard - Furiously Dreaming

Natural Sounds Trio - Natural Sounds Trio

Steph Johnson - Music is Art

Best Blues Album

Give Me Back My Wig Band - Big Wigs

John Meeks - On A Sea Darkly

The Fremonts - Alligator

Wayne Riker Brotherhood - Blues Convocation

The Holla Pointe - Down The Road A Piece

Chickenbone Slim - Gone

Best Hip Hop/Rap Album


Bloodstone - Street Ammunition

The Knee Highs - We Put The Function in Dysfunction

Vokab Kompany - In Good Company

Dre Cat - Californ-IPA

Gonjasufi - Callus

Def Shon - Hypebomb University

Best Indie/Alternative Album

Imagery Machine - Imagery Machine

Le Chateau - Brutalism

Mrs Magician - Bermuda

The Verigolds - For Margaret

The Dabbers - I Am Alien Now

Silent - A Century of Abuse

Best Pop or Rock Album

Bit Maps - You, Me and Dystopia

Daddy Issues - Daddy Issues

Mittens - Mittens

The Donkeys - Midnight Palms

The Phantoms - The Phantoms

The Routine - Black Tropics

Best World Music Album

Doornob Collective - Standing Tall

Dubest - Live at the Belly Up Tavern

Fluid Foundation - Fluid Foundation

Hirie - Wandering Soul

Jet West - Wake Up

E.N. Young - Call On Me

Best Local Recording


Ass Pocket Whiskey Fellas - Second Pint

Authentic Sellout - Take Back the Streets

Euphoria Brass Band - Live & Loud

Soft Lions - XOXO

Sure Fire Soul Ensemble - Out on the Coast

The Sleepwalkers - Roots Rockin’ with The Sleepwalkers

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