Picked to Click 2011: The ballots
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Check out all of this year's contributors below, and thanks to all the writers, photographers, label owners, club bookers, DJs, and local music experts for weighing in on the 21st Picked to Click poll!
For more on Picked to Click, see the full list of ranking bands here and read the issue with profiles of all the finalists here.
Sara Abdelaal, CLAPS/former station manager of KUST
1. Oaks
2. Pony Trash
3. Safewords
4. Cozy
5. Crimes
Barb Abney, Host, 89.3 The Current
1. Sims
2. Speed's the Name
3. Wugazi
4. Polica
5. Usonia
Ed Ackerson, Susstones/Flowers Studio
1. NPC's
2. Party House
3. The Cloak Ox
4. Ghost Towns of the West
5. tie: Night Moves - Bad Spots - Polica - Fire in the Northern Firs - Dirty Dancing
Ian Anderson, Afternooon Records and Vitriol Promotions
Dearling Physique
Howler
MaLLy
Polica
Villa Rosa
Bethany Barberg - Local Music Assistant - The Local Show - 89.3 The Current
1. Crimes
2. Night Moves
3. Polica
4. Howler
5. Villa Rosa
Kevin Beacham (Rhymesayers, Fifth Element, Redefinition Radio 89.3 The Current)
1)Mally
2)Midwest Konnect
3)The Tribe & Big Cats!
4)Audio Perm
5)Villa Rosa
Jon Behm, Revlier.org
1. Lighted
2. Miami Dolphins
3. Father You See Queen
4. Cloak Ox
5. Albert
Eric Billiet, booking, the Garage
1. Ryan Flannery & the Night Owls
2. 3 Man Trio
3. Brothers Loyalty
4. Defend the Fatherless
5. Next Week's Hero
Dan Black, Co-Owner of The Landland Center for Drawing Band Names on Things of Varying Importance
The Cloak Ox
Jen Boyles, web editor, CityPages.com
1. Gigamesh
2. Prof
3. Mayda
4. Chuck Love
5. Vaski
Mark Brenden, A&E Editor at the Minnesota Daily
1. Night Moves
2. Rifflord
3. Umami
4. The Burglars
5. Hot Freaks
Andrew Broder, Fog and the Cloak Ox, remix artist
False
Claps
Bryce Beverlin Physics Lecture
Colonial Watts
Mouth Guitar Guy
Adam Bubolz, photographer/co-founder Reviler.org
1. Cloak Ox
2. Safewords
3. False
4. Blood Folke
5. Cozy
Tim Campbell, Senior A&E Editor, Star Tribune
The Cloak Ox
The 4onthefloor
Howler
Malamanya
MaLLy
Drew Christopherson (Totally Gross National Product, Polica, Solid Gold, Votel)
The Cloak Ox
Radical Cemetery
Father You See Queen
Little Dog On Top Of A Big Dog
Grandmas Boyfriend
Ben Clark, photographer
A. Wolf & Her Claws
Gramma's Boyfriend
Night Moves
Polica
Votel
Max Clark, Co-Owner UF Records
1. Nightosaur
2. Animal Magnetism
3. Hot Rash
4. Serenghetto
5. Witchden
Chris Cloud, Founder of MPLS.TV
1. Prof
2. Polica
3. Seated Heat
4. Elite Gymnastics
5. Gramma's Boyfriend
Cyn Collins - KFAI Spin with Cyn programmer, freelance booker (Palmer's, Nick & Eddie, The Ritz), author/music and arts freelance journalist.
1. The Japhies
2. The Sex Rays
3. Poverty Hash
4. Blood'n'Stuff
5. TIE: Baby Boys/The Bad Spots
Brian Corner, Publicity Support for the Cedar Cultural Center
1. Matt Latterell
2. Becky Shaheen and the Midnight Hour
3. Miami Dolphins
4. Malamanya
5. Kazyak
Machen Davis, Marketing Coordinator at First Avenue & 7th St. Entry
Polica
MaLLy
Cloak Ox
Gramma's Boyfriend
Howler
Mike 2600, DJ, creative director at Burlesque of North America
1. The Cloak Ox
2. Slapping Purses
3. DJ Last Word
4. Albert
5. The Ben LaFond Band
Martin Devaney, Song guy, Eclipse Records, Amsterdam Bar and Hall, Trivia Mafia
Walker Fields
Wizards Are Real
Baby Boys
Cloak Ox
The Sheridan Fox
Pat Dougherty, musician, writer, and podcaster from the Second-Hand Opera Artist Collective
1. Fairfax, AK
2. Ghostmouth
3. Fire in the Northern Firs
4. Broken Bicycles
5. Thomas Kivi and the Immigrants
Ben Durrant - Musician, Engineer@Crazy Beast Studio
1. Cloak Ox
2. Polica
3. Food Pyramid
4. Might Moves
5. Blind Shake - Not a new band, but kicking so much ass..
Ali Elabbady Aka Egypto Knuckles, CEO/Producer; Background Noise Crew; writer, Reviler, the Mad Bloggers, and B-Sides and Bullshit
1. Mally
2. The Tribe & Big Cats!
3. Prof
4. Sims
5. Villa Rosa
Trevor Engelbrektson, Live Sound/Booking, Nomad World Pub
*NOT IN ORDER*
Wide Eyes
Shon Troth
Sleeping in the Aviary
Flying Dorito Bros.
Blood&stuff
Eli Flasher, booking, First Avenue & 7th St. Entry
1. Umami
2. Bloodnstuff
3. 4onthefloor
4. The Cloak Ox
5. MaLLy
Rainer Fronz, Learning Curve Records C.O.O.
Animal Lover
Hot Rash
Elite Gymnastics
Gramma's Boyfriend
Cars & Trucks
Jay Gabler, Arts Editor, Twin Cities Daily Planet
1. Elite Gymnastics
2. The Arms Akimbo
3. Policia
4. Calamity and the Owl
5. SPEARZ
Jeff Gage, writer, City Pages
1--Baby Boys
2--Gramma's Boyfriend
3--Dial Up
4--A. Wolf & Her Claws
5--Fur Pillows
Jonathan Garrett, Freelance writer
1. Elite Gymnastics
2. Howler
Sam Gerard, two time winner of tied for 9th in Picked to Click, TRV PVNK in Voytek
1. Cozy
2. Nightosaur
3. Robust Worlds
4. Brain Tumors
5. Safewords
Paul Gillis, Talent Manager for Ripple Entertainment, LLC
1. Night Moves
2. Howler
3. Brute Heart
4. Polica
5. Coloring Time
Craig Grossman, Founder and Agent with Green Room Music Source
Greycoats
Stephanie Says
The Blue Mollies
Saltee
John Maus
Sonia Grover, booker, First Avenue
1) Polica
2) The 4OnTheFloor
3) Cloak Ox
4) Votel/Villa Rosa (tie)
5) Gramma's Boyfriend
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