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2008 Austin Music Award Winners
- HALL OF FAME INDUCTEES: Pinetop Perkins, The Skunks, Rosie Flores, Uncle John Turner, Roy Head, Bad Livers, Gary Primich,Spot Barnett
- BAND OF THE YEAR: Spoon
- SONG OF THE YEAR: The Underdog, by Britt Daniel for Spoon
- ALBUM OF THE YEAR: Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga, Spoon
- BEST ROCK BAND: Spoon
- BEST MALE VOCALIST: Britt Daniel, Spoon
- BEST SONGWRITER: Britt Daniel, Spoon
- BEST RECORD PRODUCER: Mike McCarthy, Britt Daniel, and Jim Eno for Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga, Spoon
- MUSICIAN OF THE YEAR: Roky Erickson
- BEST NEW BAND: White Denim
- BEST PUNK BAND: Krum Bums
- BEST METAL BAND: Broken Teeth
- BEST INDUSTRIAL BAND: Tungsten Coil
- BEST DJ BAND: Toddy B
- BEST INDIE ROCK BAND: Okkervil River
- BEST JAZZ BAND: Blaze
- BEST BLUES BAND: Gary Clark, Jr
- BEST ELECTRIC GUITARIST: Gary Clark, Jr.
- BEST HIP-HOP ACT: Boombox ATX
- BEST INSTRUMENTAL BAND: Explosions in the Sky
- BEST EXPERIMENTAL BAND: Ghostland Observatory
- BEST COUNTRY BAND: Rusty Weir
- BEST BLUEGRASS BAND: Bob Schneider & the Texas Bluegrass Massacre
- BEST ROOTS ROCK BAND: The Gourds
- BEST FOLK ACT: The Brobdingnagian Bards
- BEST LATIN TRADITIONAL BAND: Los Texas Wranglers
- BEST LATIN CONTEMPORARY BAND: Brownout!
- BEST WORLD MUSIC BAND: Atash
- BEST COVER BAND: The Eggmen
- BEST TEEN BAND: Jenny Wolfe & the Pack
- BEST NOVELTY BAND: Jolly Garogers
- BEST NONE OF THE ABOVE BAND: White Ghost Shivers
- BEST FEMALE VOCALIST: Ruthie Foster
- BEST ACOUSTIC GUITARIST: Stephen Bruton
- BEST BASSIST: Bruce Hughes
- BEST DRUMMER: John Chipman
- BEST KEYBOARD PLAYER: Pinetop Perkins
- BEST HORN SECTION: Austin Symphony
- BEST STRING SECTION: Austin Symphony
- BEST MISCELLANEOUS INSTRUMENT: Yvonne Lambert, Theremin
- BEST NEW CLUB: Lamberts
- BEST LIVE MUSIC VENUE: Stubbs
- BEST ACOUSTIC VENUE: The Cactus Café
- BEST ALL AGES VENUE: Emo's
- BEST RECORD STORE: Waterloo Records
- BEST INSTRUMENT EQUIPMENT STORE: Strait Music
- BEST RADIO STATION: KISS-FM
- BEST RADIO PROGRAM: The Bobby Bones Show, KISS-FM
- BEST RADIO PERSONALITY: Bobby Bones, KISS-FM
- BEST RADIO MUSIC PROGRAM: Chillville, Raydog 101X
- BEST CONCERT POSTER: Johnny Winter at Antone's, Jerry Clayworth, Artist
- BEST LOCAL LABEL: Fat Caddy
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