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Twice As Nice: Will Dailey, Lake Street Dive lead 2014 Boston Music Awards winners


At the 2014 Boston Music Awards tonight at the Revere Hotel, deuces were wild.

Will Dailey, Bad Rabbits, Hallelujah The Hills, and Lake Street Dive were the big winners, each taking home a pair of BMAs. Singer-songwriter Dailey took home Artist of the Year and Album of the Year on the strength of August’s National Throat, a record that followed his division to break up with major labels and take full control of his career.

Post-R&B brigade Bad Rabbits — last year’s top artist and best r&b/pop group — took home Live Artist Of The Year and Pop/R&B Artist of the Year; indie rock dudes Hallelujah The Hills earned Rock Artist of the Year and Video Of The Year; and Boston-born NPR darlings Lake Street Dive won Song Of The Year (for “Bad Self Portraits”) and Jazz Artist Of The Year, which they also won last year.

Longtime T.T. The Bear’s Place booking agent Randi Millman, who has recently turned Atwood’s Tavern in Cambridge into a well-respected live music venue, was honored as Unsung Hero. Harvard Square’s The Sinclair won for Best Live Music Venue for the second straight year.

Other notable winners include When Particles Collide as New Artist Of The Year, Dutch ReBelle as Hip/Hop Artist of the Year, and Converge as Metal/Hardcore Artist of the Year.

Los Rumberos De Boston, who this year performed at both our SXSW party in Austin and CMJ showcase in New York City, took home International Artist of the Year for the second straight year.

Allston Pudding won for Best Music Blog, a category we were nominated in (and won last year), giving the website its third such distinction in the past four years.

Here’s the full list of the 2014 Boston Music Awards winners

HALL OF FAME INDUCTEE: Johnny A

UNSUNG HERO: Randi Millman

ARTIST OF THE YEAR: Will Dailey

ALBUM/EP OF THE YEAR: Will Dailey, National Throat

SONG OF THE YEAR: Lake Street Dive, “Bad Self Portraits”

NEW ARTIST OF THE YEAR: When Particles Collide

LIVE ARTIST OF THE YEAR: Bad Rabbits

ROCK ARTIST OF THE YEAR: Hallelujah The Hills

HIP-HOP ARTIST OF THE YEAR: Dutch ReBelle

POP/R&B ARTIST OF THE YEAR: Bad Rabbits

AMERICANA ARTIST OF THE YEAR: Cask Mouse

BLUES ARTIST OF THE YEAR: Gracie Curran And The High Falutin’ Band

DJ ARTIST OF THE YEAR: DJ Frank White

ELECTRONIC ARTIST OF THE YEAR: St. Nothing

FOLK ARTIST OF THE YEAR: Dan Blakeslee

INTERNATIONAL ARTIST OF THE YEAR: Los Rumberos de Boston

JAZZ ARTIST OF THE YEAR: Lake Street Dive

METAL/HARDCORE ARTIST OF THE YEAR: Converge

PUNK ARTIST OF THE YEAR: The Hotelier

SINGER-SONGWRITER OF THE YEAR: Lori McKenna

FEMALE VOCALIST OF THE YEAR: Ruby Rose Fox

MALE VOCALIST OF THE YEAR: Jesse Dee

PRODUCER OF THE YEAR: Ed Valauskas

VIDEO OF THE YEAR: Hallelujah The Hills “I Stand Corrected”

BEST BOSTON ARTIST THAT DOESN’T LIVE IN BOSTON: Skaters

BEST DANCE NIGHT: Heroes at T.T. The Bear’s Place

BEST LIVE MUSIC VENUE: The Sinclair

BEST LIVE ONGOING RESIDENCY: Louie Bello At Abby Lane

BEST MUSIC BLOG: Allston Pudding