Best Acoustic Music Club

A great acoustic musician in a bad venue can be a six-string nightmare. Luckily, Atlanta is blessed with a great scene for the unplugged set, … »more

Best After-Hours/Late-Night Spot

If you’re seeking a lively late-night perch, look no farther than the neon and fluorescent glory of THE MAJESTIC. The eye-catching, art-deco façade beckons a … »more

Best Ballot Stuffers

It’s a thin line between what we call ballot-stuffing and having a huge, supportive fan base. Every year one band runs away with the reader’s … »more

Best Bar

It’s not the overly familiar watering hole of TV’s “Cheers,” but the atmosphere at THE LOCAL makes it a comfortable destination. The place is usually … »more

Best Blues Club

In selecting the city’s best, you always strive to go beyond the obvious. But in this case, the obvious happens to be true: BLIND WILLIE’S … »more

Best Club DJ

Few DJs work as hard as DJ KLEVER. Some may offer more “exclusive” tracks you can’t hear anywhere else. Others may achieve a smoother-flowing set … »more

Best Club Event

Now more than six years old, MIC CLUB is one of Midtown’s longest-running events. Every Tuesday night at Apache Café, beatboxer MC and promoter D.R.E.S. … »more

Best Comedy Club

The king of comedy in Atlanta is the PUNCHLINE COMEDY CLUB. Since 1982, the intimate venue has consistently offered the best roster of acts in … »more

Best Concert Venue

Located in the pulsing heart of boho mecca Little Five Points, indie-owned and -operated VARIETY PLAYHOUSE is a relaxed arena of hipness. Once a theater … »more

Best Country Music Club

In a previous life, the building that houses WILD BILL’S was a Service Merchandise store. Where patrons used to browse the jewelry department, you can … »more

Best Dance Club

Midtown nightclub MJQ CONCOURSE is the perennial favorite in this category because there’s no place more dependable on a weekend night. Each week hundreds of … »more

Best Dive Bar

Moving out doesn’t always mean moving up, and LENNY’S proves that even with a newer and bigger location, it can still proudly call itself the … »more

Best Experimental Music Venue

EYEDRUM ART & MUSIC GALLERY is an experimental music institution. It’s Atlanta’s answer to such nationally heralded avant-garde venues as Tonic and the Kitchen in … »more

Best Gay Club Night

For much of 2006 a segment of Atlanta nightlife was a drag — because there wasn’t as much drag. The closing of Charlie Brown’s Cabaret … »more

Best Georgia-Based Band MySpace Page

Some pop phenomena are impossible to ignore, especially when led by a lanky 17-year-old kid named DeAndre Way who calls himself SOULJA BOY. The Chicago-born, … »more

Best Georgia-Based Music Blog

Music blogs have become the homemade zines of our generation. Everybody has one, and most of them are completely useless. That’s why when a worthwhile … »more

Best Lesbian Bar to Reopen

After shutting its doors last year to make way for a redevelopment project in Decatur, MY SISTER’S ROOM made its welcome return in June. The … »more

Best Local Band That Broke Up

PARTISAN hooked up in 2002, and four years later released The Gothic and the Gospel, an extraordinarily ambitious debut album. It mixed Afro-beat, Fugazi-era emo … »more

Best Local Band You’ve Got to See to Believe

On stage, THE BLACK LIPS explode with raw power that jitters in a stew of blood, sweat and haunted reverb. Somewhere along the journey from … »more

Best Local Country Music Act

When Drew De Man sings about warding off bears on NO RIVER CITY’s second CD, Wolves and Fishes, one can almost see the teeth and … »more

Best Local Electronic Act

DAMON “HABERSHAM” FONOONI is typical of Atlanta’s electronic community: loved and appreciated abroad, but mostly ignored at home. As a DJ and producer who has … »more

Best Local Experimental Music Act

Amid the backdrop of Atlanta’s various fringe electro-noise and experimental acts, TREE CREATURE tests the boundaries of noise, pop and minimalism while diving headlong into … »more

Best Local Folk Act

JEFF EVANS, AKA CHICKENS & PIGS, can keep a room wrapped around his little finger by way of his epic, self-effacing tales of hard luck … »more

Best Local Hip-hop Act That’s Not OutKast

This category could be titled “best local hip-hop act since OutKast.” SUPREEME is that good and that original — which is something that has been … »more

Best Local Indie-Rock Act

If you ask local concert promoters what they think about SNOWDEN, they’ll praise the band for its professionalism: The quartet turns up for a gig … »more

Best Local Instrumentalist

There’s a story about IKE STUBBLEFIELD when he was 15 years old and doing his first session with the Motown studio band. He knocked over … »more

Best Local Jazz Act

The JASPECTS are an innovative musical collective who have mastered the subtle art of code switching. The sextet revels in everything from straight-ahead jazz to … »more

Best Local Label

When Vice magazine came from New York to report on the hottest bands in Atlanta, what label did it seek out? ROB’S HOUSE RECORDS — … »more

Best Local MixTape DJ

No Atlanta mixtape DJ has wielded as much influence as DRAMA, his Aphilliates crew and their Gangsta Grillz brand. Before he and Aphilliates member Don … »more

Best Local New Music Act

THE COATHANGERS understand the raw power of simplicity. In less than a year, these all-female Atlanta post-punks have carved a striking path through the local … »more

Best Local Overall Music Act

It’s no surprise that 2007 is the year DEERHUNTER blew up. After all the attention the group received from sharing stages with the Liars, the … »more

Best Local Pop Band

There are dozens of musical categories that could easily depict ONE HAND LOVES THE OTHER’s many faces. Electronic, R&B, modern classical and experimental music all … »more

Best Local Promoter

The official talent purchaser for the Drunken Unicorn, RANDY CASTELLO AND TIGHT BROS. NETWORK isn’t the hard-nosed businessman that many promoters fancy themselves. He’s usually … »more

Best Local Record Producer

Ever since ALDRIN “DJ” TOOMP produced T.I.’s Grammy-winning hit, “What You Know,” he has been the go-to guy among Atlanta’s scores of hip-hop producers. His … »more

Best Local Singer/Songwriter

Combine equal parts peace-punk intellect, street poet and world-weary traveler with an outsider complex, and you have JUJU B. SOLOMON: a post-Dylan songwriting enigma. To … »more

Best Music Video Shot in Atlanta

The music video for MASTODON’S “COLONY OF BIRCHMEN,” a single from its acclaimed Blood Mountain CD, shows malicious Yeti-like creatures traipsing through forests while the … »more

Best Old-School Drag Queen

Atlanta is truly lucky to have DIAMOND LIL in our midst. Of all the female illusionists who’ve graced the stages of the clubs and after-hours … »more

Best Outdoor Music Venue

For a little-bitty record store, CRIMINAL RECORDS has a great big parking lot and a great big sound system. No, it’s not Chastain Amphitheater, but … »more

Best Place to Hear Local Music

Moving out doesn’t always mean moving up, and LENNY’S proves that even with a newer and bigger location, it can still proudly call itself the … »more

Best Place to Hear Music for Free

Ah, we love those beans and beats. Want some music with that coffee concoction? The best place to hear music for free these days is … »more

Best Pool Hall

Why go to a dingy pool hall when there’s BARLEY’S SPORTS BAR AND LOUNGE? In the heart of downtown, it’s a bar, restaurant and live-music … »more

Best Radio Drag Queen

Radio was the last thing on MISS SOPHIA’s mind when the cross-dressing comedian moved here from Houston to further her stage career. But since taking … »more

Best Rock Club

For starters, THE EARL boasts $2.50 tall boys and friggin’ amazing sweet-potato fries. And unlike many beautiful dives, the sound here is stellar since being … »more

Best Rock Club that Closed

RIP stands for rest in peace, and ISP stands for Industrial Strength Promo. ISP was like an open-till-whenever convenience store for edgy music, art and … »more

Best Strip Club

Even swelling gas prices can’t stop folks from descending on STROKERS, the pleasure palace where parting with dollar bills never felt so liberating. Bottles aren’t … »more

Best Strip Club to Get Your PBR Can Smashed

When it comes to strip clubs, the CLERMONT LOUNGE stands at the topless, er, top of must-see Atlanta landmarks. Locals and visitors are drawn to … »more

Best Urban Music Club

No other venue captures the sonic and cultural diversity of Atlanta like SUGARHILL, an urban hang suite where underground legends, Blackberry professionals and occasional pop … »more

Best Vocalist

Not since Francine Reed settled here 25 years ago has a singer new to the Atlanta scene made such an indelible first impression as BERNADETTE … »more

Timeless: Best Local Blues Act

The blues is a universal feeling that transcends languages, social status and the constraints of musical genre. DANNY “MUDCAT” DUDECK knows that feeling intimately. He … »more

Trendy: Best Local Soul/R&B Act

When RAHBI takes the stage with a swagger that’s part pimp, part drag queen, it’s obvious why his arrival has caused such a stir among … »more

Best Acoustic Music Club

Best Bar to Hook Up

Best Bartender

Best Blues Club

Best Bowling Alley

Best Breakdance Crew

Best Brew Pub

Best Burlesque Troupe

Best Club DJ

Best Club DJ

Best Club Event

Best Comedy Club

Best Concert Venue

Best Dance Club

Best Dive Bar

Best Drag Queen

Best Gay Bar

Best Georgia-Based Band Myspace Page

Best Georgia-Based Music Blog

Best Jazz Club

Best Jukebox

Best Karaoke Night

Best Latin Music Club

Best Lesbian Bar

Best Local Band that Broke Up

Best Local Blues Act

Best Local Country Music Act

Best Local Electronic Act

Best Local Experimental Music Act

Best Local Folk Act

Best Local Hip-Hop Act that's Not Outkast

Best Local Indie-Rock Act

Best Local Instrumentalist

Best Local International Music Act

Best Local Jazz Act

Best Local Label

Best Local Mainstream Rock Act

Best Local New Music Act

Best Local Overall Music Act

Best Local Promoter

Best Local R&B/Soul Act

Best Local Recording Studio

Best Local Singer/Songwriter

Best Local Vocalist

Best Mixtape DJ

Best Neighborhood Bar

Best OTP Music Club

Best Outdoor Music Venue

Best Place for a Cheap Date

Best Place for a First Date

Best Place for an Expensive Date

Best Place to Hear Local Music

Best Place to Hear Music for Free

Best Pool Hall

Best Redneck Bar

Best Rock Club

Best Sports Bar

Best Strip Club

Best Stripper

Best Urban Music Club

Best Acoustic Music Club

A great acoustic musician in a bad venue can be a six-string nightmare. Luckily, Atlanta is blessed with a great scene for the unplugged set, … »more

Best Acoustic Music Club

Best After-Hours/Late-Night Spot

If you’re seeking a lively late-night perch, look no farther than the neon and fluorescent glory of THE MAJESTIC. The eye-catching, art-deco façade beckons a … »more

Best Ballot Stuffers

It’s a thin line between what we call ballot-stuffing and having a huge, supportive fan base. Every year one band runs away with the reader’s … »more

Best Bar

It’s not the overly familiar watering hole of TV’s “Cheers,” but the atmosphere at THE LOCAL makes it a comfortable destination. The place is usually … »more

Best Bar to Hook Up

Best Bartender

Best Blues Club

In selecting the city’s best, you always strive to go beyond the obvious. But in this case, the obvious happens to be true: BLIND WILLIE’S … »more

Best Blues Club

Best Bowling Alley

Best Breakdance Crew

Best Brew Pub

Best Burlesque Troupe

Best Club DJ

Best Club DJ

Best Club DJ

Few DJs work as hard as DJ KLEVER. Some may offer more “exclusive” tracks you can’t hear anywhere else. Others may achieve a smoother-flowing set … »more

Best Club Event

Now more than six years old, MIC CLUB is one of Midtown’s longest-running events. Every Tuesday night at Apache Café, beatboxer MC and promoter D.R.E.S. … »more

Best Club Event

Best Comedy Club

Best Comedy Club

The king of comedy in Atlanta is the PUNCHLINE COMEDY CLUB. Since 1982, the intimate venue has consistently offered the best roster of acts in … »more

Best Concert Venue

Best Concert Venue

Located in the pulsing heart of boho mecca Little Five Points, indie-owned and -operated VARIETY PLAYHOUSE is a relaxed arena of hipness. Once a theater … »more

Best Country Music Club

In a previous life, the building that houses WILD BILL’S was a Service Merchandise store. Where patrons used to browse the jewelry department, you can … »more

Best Dance Club

Midtown nightclub MJQ CONCOURSE is the perennial favorite in this category because there’s no place more dependable on a weekend night. Each week hundreds of … »more

Best Dance Club

Best Dive Bar

Moving out doesn’t always mean moving up, and LENNY’S proves that even with a newer and bigger location, it can still proudly call itself the … »more

Best Dive Bar

Best Drag Queen

Best Experimental Music Venue

EYEDRUM ART & MUSIC GALLERY is an experimental music institution. It’s Atlanta’s answer to such nationally heralded avant-garde venues as Tonic and the Kitchen in … »more

Best Gay Bar

Best Gay Club Night

For much of 2006 a segment of Atlanta nightlife was a drag — because there wasn’t as much drag. The closing of Charlie Brown’s Cabaret … »more

Best Georgia-Based Band Myspace Page

Best Georgia-Based Band MySpace Page

Some pop phenomena are impossible to ignore, especially when led by a lanky 17-year-old kid named DeAndre Way who calls himself SOULJA BOY. The Chicago-born, … »more

Best Georgia-Based Music Blog

Best Georgia-Based Music Blog

Music blogs have become the homemade zines of our generation. Everybody has one, and most of them are completely useless. That’s why when a worthwhile … »more

Best Jazz Club

Best Jukebox

Best Karaoke Night

Best Latin Music Club

Best Lesbian Bar

Best Lesbian Bar to Reopen

After shutting its doors last year to make way for a redevelopment project in Decatur, MY SISTER’S ROOM made its welcome return in June. The … »more

Best Local Band that Broke Up

Best Local Band That Broke Up

PARTISAN hooked up in 2002, and four years later released The Gothic and the Gospel, an extraordinarily ambitious debut album. It mixed Afro-beat, Fugazi-era emo … »more

Best Local Band You’ve Got to See to Believe

On stage, THE BLACK LIPS explode with raw power that jitters in a stew of blood, sweat and haunted reverb. Somewhere along the journey from … »more

Best Local Blues Act

Best Local Country Music Act

When Drew De Man sings about warding off bears on NO RIVER CITY’s second CD, Wolves and Fishes, one can almost see the teeth and … »more

Best Local Country Music Act

Best Local Electronic Act

Best Local Electronic Act

DAMON “HABERSHAM” FONOONI is typical of Atlanta’s electronic community: loved and appreciated abroad, but mostly ignored at home. As a DJ and producer who has … »more

Best Local Experimental Music Act

Best Local Experimental Music Act

Amid the backdrop of Atlanta’s various fringe electro-noise and experimental acts, TREE CREATURE tests the boundaries of noise, pop and minimalism while diving headlong into … »more

Best Local Folk Act

Best Local Folk Act

JEFF EVANS, AKA CHICKENS & PIGS, can keep a room wrapped around his little finger by way of his epic, self-effacing tales of hard luck … »more

Best Local Hip-hop Act That’s Not OutKast

This category could be titled “best local hip-hop act since OutKast.” SUPREEME is that good and that original — which is something that has been … »more

Best Local Hip-Hop Act that's Not Outkast

Best Local Indie-Rock Act

If you ask local concert promoters what they think about SNOWDEN, they’ll praise the band for its professionalism: The quartet turns up for a gig … »more

Best Local Indie-Rock Act

Best Local Instrumentalist

There’s a story about IKE STUBBLEFIELD when he was 15 years old and doing his first session with the Motown studio band. He knocked over … »more

Best Local Instrumentalist

Best Local International Music Act

Best Local Jazz Act

The JASPECTS are an innovative musical collective who have mastered the subtle art of code switching. The sextet revels in everything from straight-ahead jazz to … »more

Best Local Jazz Act

Best Local Label

When Vice magazine came from New York to report on the hottest bands in Atlanta, what label did it seek out? ROB’S HOUSE RECORDS — … »more

Best Local Label

Best Local Mainstream Rock Act

Best Local MixTape DJ

No Atlanta mixtape DJ has wielded as much influence as DRAMA, his Aphilliates crew and their Gangsta Grillz brand. Before he and Aphilliates member Don … »more

Best Local New Music Act

THE COATHANGERS understand the raw power of simplicity. In less than a year, these all-female Atlanta post-punks have carved a striking path through the local … »more

Best Local New Music Act

Best Local Overall Music Act

It’s no surprise that 2007 is the year DEERHUNTER blew up. After all the attention the group received from sharing stages with the Liars, the … »more

Best Local Overall Music Act

Best Local Pop Band

There are dozens of musical categories that could easily depict ONE HAND LOVES THE OTHER’s many faces. Electronic, R&B, modern classical and experimental music all … »more

Best Local Promoter

Best Local Promoter

The official talent purchaser for the Drunken Unicorn, RANDY CASTELLO AND TIGHT BROS. NETWORK isn’t the hard-nosed businessman that many promoters fancy themselves. He’s usually … »more

Best Local R&B/Soul Act

Best Local Record Producer

Ever since ALDRIN “DJ” TOOMP produced T.I.’s Grammy-winning hit, “What You Know,” he has been the go-to guy among Atlanta’s scores of hip-hop producers. His … »more

Best Local Recording Studio

Best Local Singer/Songwriter

Best Local Singer/Songwriter

Combine equal parts peace-punk intellect, street poet and world-weary traveler with an outsider complex, and you have JUJU B. SOLOMON: a post-Dylan songwriting enigma. To … »more

Best Local Vocalist

Best Mixtape DJ

Best Music Video Shot in Atlanta

The music video for MASTODON’S “COLONY OF BIRCHMEN,” a single from its acclaimed Blood Mountain CD, shows malicious Yeti-like creatures traipsing through forests while the … »more

Best Neighborhood Bar

Best Old-School Drag Queen

Atlanta is truly lucky to have DIAMOND LIL in our midst. Of all the female illusionists who’ve graced the stages of the clubs and after-hours … »more

Best OTP Music Club

Best Outdoor Music Venue

For a little-bitty record store, CRIMINAL RECORDS has a great big parking lot and a great big sound system. No, it’s not Chastain Amphitheater, but … »more

Best Outdoor Music Venue

Best Place for a Cheap Date

Best Place for a First Date

Best Place for an Expensive Date

Best Place to Hear Local Music

Moving out doesn’t always mean moving up, and LENNY’S proves that even with a newer and bigger location, it can still proudly call itself the … »more

Best Place to Hear Local Music

Best Place to Hear Music for Free

Ah, we love those beans and beats. Want some music with that coffee concoction? The best place to hear music for free these days is … »more

Best Place to Hear Music for Free

Best Pool Hall

Best Pool Hall

Why go to a dingy pool hall when there’s BARLEY’S SPORTS BAR AND LOUNGE? In the heart of downtown, it’s a bar, restaurant and live-music … »more

Best Radio Drag Queen

Radio was the last thing on MISS SOPHIA’s mind when the cross-dressing comedian moved here from Houston to further her stage career. But since taking … »more

Best Redneck Bar

Best Rock Club

Best Rock Club

For starters, THE EARL boasts $2.50 tall boys and friggin’ amazing sweet-potato fries. And unlike many beautiful dives, the sound here is stellar since being … »more

Best Rock Club that Closed

RIP stands for rest in peace, and ISP stands for Industrial Strength Promo. ISP was like an open-till-whenever convenience store for edgy music, art and … »more

Best Sports Bar

Best Strip Club

Best Strip Club

Even swelling gas prices can’t stop folks from descending on STROKERS, the pleasure palace where parting with dollar bills never felt so liberating. Bottles aren’t … »more

Best Strip Club to Get Your PBR Can Smashed

When it comes to strip clubs, the CLERMONT LOUNGE stands at the topless, er, top of must-see Atlanta landmarks. Locals and visitors are drawn to … »more

Best Stripper

Best Urban Music Club

Best Urban Music Club

No other venue captures the sonic and cultural diversity of Atlanta like SUGARHILL, an urban hang suite where underground legends, Blackberry professionals and occasional pop … »more

Best Vocalist

Not since Francine Reed settled here 25 years ago has a singer new to the Atlanta scene made such an indelible first impression as BERNADETTE … »more

Timeless: Best Local Blues Act

The blues is a universal feeling that transcends languages, social status and the constraints of musical genre. DANNY “MUDCAT” DUDECK knows that feeling intimately. He … »more

Trendy: Best Local Soul/R&B Act

When RAHBI takes the stage with a swagger that’s part pimp, part drag queen, it’s obvious why his arrival has caused such a stir among … »more