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Austin Music

The 2003 AMP Awards

The best albums, live acts, songs and more

By American-Statesman Music Pundits
Thursday, January 8, 2004

Best Austin Album

How the voting works: Each of the eight critics was allowed to distribute 100 points among his or her top 10 albums. The point totals at right are the sum of their ballots.

1. Ray Wylie Hubbard, "Growl," (Philo) 73

2. Explosions in the Sky, "The Earth Is Not a Cold Dead Place" (Temporary Residence) 47
3. "Los Lonely Boys" (Or Music) 41
4. Chip Taylor & Carrie Rodriguez, "The Trouble With Humans" (Train Wreck/Lone Star) 40
5. Marcia Ball, "So Many Rivers" (Alligator) 29
6. Patty Griffin, "A Kiss in Time" (ATO) 26
7. Grand Champeen, "The One That Brought You" (Glurp!) 25
8. Derailers, "Genuine" (Lucky Dog) 22
9. The Crack Pipes, "Snakes in My Veins" (Emperor Jones) 19
9. Kacy Crowley, "Moodswing" (Stable Records) 19
9. Joe Ely, "Streets of Sin" (Rounder) 19
12. Dixie Chicks, "Top of the World Tour Live" (Open Wide/Monument/Columbia) 18
13. Primordial Undermind, "Thin Shells of Revolution" (Emperor Jones) 15
14. "Gorch Fock" (Perverted Son) 15
15. Various artists, "Texas Funk" (Jazzman) 14
15. Milton Mapes, "Westernaire" (Aspyr) 14
17. Bonny Holmes, "Boxful of Trouble" (self-released) 13
17. J Church/Storm the Tower, "Split" (Broken Rekids) 13
17. Marti Brom, "Wise to You" (Goofin') 13
20. Toni Price, "Born to be Blue" (Antone's) 12

Song of the Year

1. Ray Wylie Hubbard, "(Screw You) We're From Texas"

That old redneck mother, Hubbard, sweeps the second of the top two AMP categories, joining fellow vet Joe Ely and relative newcomers Kacy Crowley and J Church and the unavoidable Los Lonely Boys.

2. Los Lonely Boys, "Heaven"
3. Kacy Crowley, "Kind of Perfect"
3. Joe Ely, "All That You Need"
3. J Church, "The Satanists Convene"

Best Austin Live Act

1. Los Lonely Boys

The high-octane Garza brothers may have seemed like obvious shoo-ins for this category, but they eceived surprisingly strong competition from fellow Latino rockers Del Castillo and fellow 2003 AMP favorite Hubbard.

2. Del Castillo
3. Ray Wylie Hubbard
4. Terri Hendrix
5. Joe Ely

Best New Austin Act

1. Los Lonely Boys

Though the trio that won this category may be the big Austin music story of the year, note that the win, place and show acts are all scions or siblings of famous Texans.

2. Patricia Vonne
3. Colin Gilmore
4. We Will Cut You
4. Rockland Eagles
4. Milton Mapes
4. Bonny Holmes

Best Austin Concert

Austin Music Pundits name their favorite concerts of 2003

Austin Bonner (AAS): Gomez at Stubb's
John Conquest (3rd Coast Music): Dayna Kurtz at Threadgill's World Headquarters
Michael Corcoran (AAS): Junior Senior at Emo's
John T. Davis (AAS): Robert Randolph at Austin City Limits Festival
Jody Denberg (KGSR): Bruce Cockburn at La Zona Rosa
Jeremy Egner (AAS): Ween at ACL Fest
Joe Gross (AAS): Ed Hall, Room 710
Richard Skanse (Texas Music): Terri Hendrix and Chrissy Flatt at Cactus Cafe

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