SAMMIES 2018 NOMINEE LIST

Artist of the Year

CHRCH

Cities You Wish You Were From

Exiled From Grace

House of Mary

Island of Black and White

Jessica Malone

So Much Light

SpaceWalker

The Philharmonik

Release of the Year

A Lot Like Birds—DIVISI

Arts & Leisure—Rescued Objects

Blue Oaks—To Be Kind is Sin

Christopher Fairman—#OAKLAND

Cities You Wish You Were From—CYWYWF

Death Party At The Beach—Absence

House of Mary—Clout

Jessica Malone—Miles Left to Walk

Leigh Vaughnn—Birthright

Nancy Northrup—Higher Mountain

Peter Petty and His Terpsichoreans—Ready, Petty, Go!

So Much Light—Oh, Yuck

SpaceWalker—Folktronica: Divinity & Beyond!

The Christian DeWild Band—Little Devil

Mr. Hooper—Auto Reverse

Blues

Dana Moret & Mr. December

Kyle Rowland Blues Band

Matt Rainey and the Dippin’ Sauce

Michael Ray

Midtown Creepers

Ranell Carpenter Band

The Christian DeWild Band

The Jeff Watson Band

The Zach Waters Band

Working Man Blues Band

Country/Americana/Alt-Country

Amanda Gray

Ariel Jean Band

Bonanza King Band

JonEmery

Me & You

Sactown Playboys

The Cripple Creek Band

The Golden Cadillacs

The Nickel Slots

Cover Band/Tribute Band

Apple Z

Cover Me Badd

Heartless

Just Like Heaven

REMIX

Sheastie Boys

Steelin’ Dan

The Lucky Seven

Thunder Cover

Total Recall

Whoville

Creative Achievement in Support of the Music Scene

Danielle Vincent (First Fest/ Show Up Sac)

Fame By The Flame (Noelle Blanco)

Girls Rock Sacramento

High House

Sol Collective

The Colonial Complex

The Red Museum

Deejay

DJ Billy Lane

DJ Eddie Z

DJ Epik

DJ Essence

DJ Hektor S

DJ Nocturnal

DJ Rated R

DJ Zephyr

Electronica/Experimental

Doombird

Gentleman Surfer

Instagon

Petaluma

Pregnant

So Much Light

SpaceWalker

Tel Cairo

Trophii

Write Or Die

Emcee

Alex Salveson

Aye Tee

Bru Lei

Charlie Muscle

Mozzy

Optimiztiq

Soosh*e!

Tavis

Folk/Bluegrass

According to Bazooka

Inland

Manzanita

Marty Cohen & the Sidekicks

Pine Street Ramblers

Red Dirt Ruckus

Funk

Big Sticky Mess

George Napp

Ideateam

Joy and Madness

The Nibblers

Hard Rock

Among the First

California Riot Act

Control

Korean Fire Drill

Shotgun Sawyer

Some Fear None

Trikome

Hardcore/Industrial/Post-Hardcore

Cross Class

Enso Anima

HOODS

Horseneck

Kill The Precedent

Killer Couture

Something Heartfelt

Subtlety

XTOM HANX

Hip-Hop/Rap

DLRN

eRRth

ill Imperial

Lil Darrion

POOR Majesty

The MyNorities

Indie

Flight Mongoose

House of Mary

Juliet Company

Life in 24 Frames

Pierce and The Gals

The Polyorchids

Vasas

Jazz

Element Brass Band

Hot City

Jacam Manricks

Peter Petty

Shawn Thwaites Rebel Quartet

Switchblade Trio

The Alex Jenkins Trio

Live Performer

Drug Apts.

Jesus & the Dinosaurs

Leigh Vaughnn

Life in 24 Frames

Peter Petty

Screature

SpaceWalker

The Philharmonik

Metal

CHRCH

Chrome Ghost

Exiled From Grace

Graveshadow

Heat Of Damage

Nova Sutro

Restrayned

Wastewalker

With Wolves

Zeroclient

Music Video

Burning Landscapes—"She Was My Vessel”

Exiled From Grace—"Saint”

Hi, Mom!—"Leave The Light On”

Leigh Vaughnn—"Cupcake”

Mahtie Bush—"Return Of The…”

The Philharmonik—"Mama’s House”

The Polyorchids—"Popgun”

Zeroclient—"Parasite”

New Artist

Alex Salveson

Among the First

Cities You Wish You Were From

Leigh Vaughnn

Me & You

The Gold Souls

Producer of the Year

Chris Woodhouse

Ira Skinner

Joe Johnston

Matt Thomas

Patrick Hills

Sean Stack

The Philharmonik

Punk/Post-punk

¡Las Pulgas!

At Both Ends

Captain Cutiepie

Destroy Boys

Drug Apts.

HotBods

Pets

Screature

So Stressed

The MOANS

The O’Mulligans

R&B/Soul

Brandy Robinson

Carla Fleming

Cash Campain

J. Black

Leigh Vaughnn

Levi Moses

The Gold Souls

The Philharmonik

Reggae/Jam

Arden Park Roots

Drunken Kung Fu

Element Of Soul

Island of Black and White

MIND X

Riotmaker

Sacto Storytellers

The Mindful

The Scratch Outs

Two Peace

Rock

Blue Oaks

Burning Landscapes

Cities You Wish You Were From

Drop Dead Red

Humble Wolf

Surviving the Era

The Ghost Town Rebellion

Rockabilly

Frankie And The Defenders

The Cantaliers

The Infamous Swanks

The Twilight Drifters

Singer-Songwriter

Andrew Castro

Christopher Fairman

Hannah Jane Kile

Jayson Angove

Jessica Malone

Kevin Seconds

Nancy Northrup

Sandra Dolores Swanfeldt

William Mylar

Xochitl

Teen

Destroy Boys

Exiled From Grace

Free Candy

Knockout

Lucky/You

URD-OM

World Music

Dinorah and Crosswinds

DonGato Latin Band

La Noche Oskura

Nagual

Swimming in Bengal

World Hood

Yolo Mambo Band