View Magazine Reader's Choice Award Winners 2013

Readers of Hamilton's View Magazine have had their say!  The mag's Reader's Choice Awards for 2013 have been unveiled.

All the votes are tallied and the Hammer has chosen their local favourites: From the best music, to the best place to break up (Gore Park, by the way) to the finest shops in the land.

Musically, the big winners are rock group Monster Truck with 3 wins and This Ain't Hollywood with 4 (co-owner Lou Molinaro landed an additional two)

You can click here for the full list. 

Below are all the music-related categories.

Congrats to everybody!

Local Female Artist

• Gold: Terra Lightfoot
• Silver: Robin Benedict
• Ginger St. James

Links: Terra Lightfoot, More Terra Lightfoot Stories, Video courtesy of Mel Olds

Local Male Artist

• Gold: Steve Strongman
• Silver: Tomi Swick

Links: Steve Strongman, More Steve Strongman stories, Video courtesy of M2B67

Local Band

• Gold: Monster Truck
• Silver: Arkells

Local Cover Band

• Gold: The Undercovers
• Silver: Freedom Train

Local Band Most Likely to Make it Big

• Gold: Monster Truck

Local Band Name

• Gold: Monster Truck
• Silver: Blind Mule

Local Album Artwork

• Gold: Blind Mule EP
• Silver: Jonny Debt: Prince of The Golden Horseshoe

Open Jam

• Gold: Carrigan Arms
• Silver: This Ain’t Hollywood

Open Stage

• Gold: The Baltimore House  
• Silver: This Ain’t Hollywood

Local Festival

• Gold: Festival Of Friends
• Silver: Super Crawl
• It’s Your Festival

Local Radio Station

• Gold: Y108
• Silver: Funny 820
• CFMU

Local Radio Personality

• Gold: Ric Taylor (CFMU)
• Silver: Lou Molinaro (CFMU)

Local Show Promoter

• Gold: Lou Molinaro
• Silver: Ken Inouye

Local Independent Record Label

• Gold: Sonic Unyon
• Silver: Hidden Pony Records

Coolest Instrument to Play

• Gold: Guitar
• Silver: Drums

Local Recording Studio

• Gold: Grant Avenue Studio
• Silver: Catherine North Studios
• Jukasa Studios

Local Rehersal Space

• Gold: Rock Parlour
• Silver: The Jam Zone
• SoundCheck

Lounge

• Gold: The Casbah Lounge
• Silver: The Baltimore

Live Venue

• Gold: Stonewalls
• Silver: This Ain’t Hollywood
• The Casbah

Country Bar

• Gold: Dirty Dog Saloon
• Silver: Galley Pump

Jazz & Blues Venue

• Gold: The Masque
• Silver: Cat ‘N’ Fiddle

Pub

• Gold: Slainte
• Silver: Rebel’s Rock
• Snooty Fox

Vibe

• Gold: Gallagher’s
• Silver: Sarcoa
• Lazy Flamingo

Dive

• Gold: This Ain’t Hollywood
• Silver: Prince Edward Tavern
• Galley Pump

Musical Instrument Store

• Gold: Long & McQuade
• Silver: Mountain Music
• Musical Equipment Sales

Store to Buy New Music

• Gold: HMV
• Silver: Cheapies
• Dr. Disc

Store to Buy Old Music

• Gold: Cheapies
• Silver: Dr. Disc
• Where Heads Meet

Blast from the Past: The 2012 Winners

Links: View Magazine, More from the View's Reader's Choice Awards

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