CONGRATS! 2016 View Magazine Readers' Choice Award Winners

Results from the 2016 View Magazine Readers' Choice were unveiled in their Oct 13th issue.  Their fans helped vote for the best of everything Hamilton (and the surrounding areas) has to offer.

Here are the music-related winners:

Please not that it goes from Gold (top) to Silver (middle or bottom if only two winners) and Bronze (third).

Band

• Arkells
• Walk Off the Earth
• Monster Truck

Female Artist

• Laura Cole
  
  
  
  Links: Laura Cole, More Laura Cole Stories, Video above courtesy of RoughClips009
  
  
• Ginger St. James
• Robin Benedict

Male Artist

• Tom Wilson aka Lee Harvey Osmond
  
  
  
  Links: Lee Harvey Osmond, More Lee Harvey Osmond Stories, Video above courtesy of Lee Harvey Osmond
  
  
• Steve Strongman

Cover Band

• Freedom Train
  
  
  
  Links: Freedom Train, More Freedom Train Stories, Video above courtesy of Freedom Train, More Led Zeppelin Covers/Stories
  
  
• The Undercovers
• The Crimps

Band Most Likely to Make it Big

• Dead Tired
• The Dirty Nil

Live Venue

• Stonewalls
• This Ain't Hollywood
• Absinthe

Country Bar

• Dirty Dog Saloon
• Carrigan Arms
• Galley Pump

Jazz and Blues Venue

• Bay City Music Hall
• Masque
• Cat N Fiddle

Open Stage

• Lazy Flamingo
• Fisher's Lounge
• Rebel's Rock

Festival

• It's Your Festival
• Supercrawl
• Greenbelt Harvest Picnic

Free Event

• Supercrawl
• It's Your Festival
• Artcrawl

TV Personality

• Bob Cowan (CHCH)
• Cadillac Bill

Coolest Instrument to Play

• Drums
• Bass guitar

Independent Music Label

• Sonic Unyon
• Hidden Pony

Recording Studio

• Grant Avenue Studio
• B-Town Sound
• Studio 410

Producer

• Bob Doidge (Grant Avenue Studio)
• Justin Koop (B-Town Sound)

Rehearsal Space

• SoundCheck
• The Jam Zone

Musical Instrument Store

• Long and McQuade (Burlington)
• Mountain Music
• Acoustic Room

Buying New Music

• HMV
• Cheapies
• Sunrise Records

Buy Used Music

• Dr. Disc
• Where Heads Meet
• Cheapies

Radio Station

• CFMU
• Y108
• Funny820

Radio Personality

• Mike Alfano 95.3 Fresh
• Matt Hayes 102.9 K-Lite
• Mike Nabuurs Funny820

Local Show Promotor

• Ken Inouye
• Dan Rispen

Blast from the Past: Last Year's Winners

Links: View, More from the View's Readers' Poll

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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 Readers' Poll

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