BEST NEW LOCAL BAND

Brushville

Again topping the tallies in yet another category, this band has actually been around for awhile, but they do have a new name so readers seemed to think they qualified as a new local band. Up until this summer they were called Brushfire, but after being contacted by another band using that name, they became Brushville and therefore, apparently, a new band. Hot on the chase of a Nashville recording contract and career, the boys are doing their best to get seen and heard as best new band on the national scene. Most of the other top vote-getters in this category were not new either, (NIL8 received three dozen votes), but down in the middle of the mix we found several, such as New City Road, Looming, Hey Brother, the Old Fashioneds, Midnight Dreary, Sunshine Daydream and Pop Quiz Hotshot that are really new and deserved a mention. Runner-up: Leaving Ashland (together for about four years)