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Slowly working around to getting my year end write-up out there – patience, my friends. Till then hop on over to Josh’s 2013 recap and take a garner at what other folks are talking about. And now we have MIDI\’s thoughts on the year in music. Thanks to BeijingDaze for this bit of news – the 2013 MIDI Award Nominations are out. Really though, this is a great opportunity to catch on on some of the most talked about music this year – I’ve provided direct links to the song, albums of the year, and the rest so you can give them all a whirl and see if you agree with these choices. UPDATE: And the nominees winners are….
Rock Album of the Year Award
Dou Wei – Calamity Gold Curse
The Falling – From Ωmega Back To Δlpha
Nezha – Outside Time
Peng Tan – Migration
P.K.14 – 1984
Shanren – Mountain Sounds
Xie Tian Xiao – Illusion
– Intriguing group here – never even heard of these guys but this Nezha album is really friggin good; Yay for P.K.14 and Dou Wei, though the latter one is definitely pretty ‘out there’; Where is the hell is Second Hand Rose?
Song of the Year Award
Mr. Chelonian – ‘Macarena’
Queen Sea Big Shark – ‘Mammoth’
Hao Yun – ‘Alive’
Song Dongye – ‘Miss Dong’
Omnipotent Youth Society – ‘Clouds Pawn Mind’
Zuo You – ‘Don’t Let Wake Up To‘
–All pretty awesome songs, but I would have to hand it to Queen Sea Big Shark (seeing this song live was a highlight this year); the Omnipotent Youth Society song was used as the theme for the Taiwan cut of a Chilean drama called \’No\’, about political campaigning in favor against a military dictatorship – they’re really starting to sound like Neil Young; ‘Miss Dong’ is a serious bore
Best Male Singer Award
Xie Tian Xiao
– Yang Haisong or Hao Yun, who still remains to me super charismatic
Best Female Artist of the Year Award
Fu Han
Guo Ke Yu (Chasing Stars)
– Sophie’s Choice here – all are winners in my book
Best Band of the Year Award
Omnipotent Youth Society
– P.K 14’s year for sure – between producing, going on two nation-wide tours, and killing it at every gig
Award for Best Hard Rock Band
Velvet Road
– Super curious to check out Never Before
Best Metal Band Year Award
Tomahawk
-Ego Fall gets my vote
Folk Year Award
Song Dongye
–Yay for Gangzi, but I’ll have to give it to Shanren; hear Good Sister is changing up their sound so keep an eye on them making some noise next year
Rookie of the Year Award
Nine Treasures
– Perpetual Motion Machine has my love, but really in terms of bands on the brick of success it would have to go to Nine Treasures, who have been having quite the year
Award for Best Live Show
Xie Tian Xiao
– Secondhand Rose miles above the rest
Album of the Year Design Award
Chui Wan – White Nights
Dou Wei – Calamity Gold Curse
P.K.14 – 1984
Shanren – Mountain Sounds
Icing Dolls – Derailed
– All rock!
Best Instrumental Performance Award
Chuanzi (Yu Ci)
Shanren (Xia Bu Dian)
Wang Wen
Brain Failure (Wang Jian)
Zhaoze (Hailiang)
– Newest trend: songs that go on over seven minutes (cough Chui Wan cough); Zhaoze deserves some love
Best Contribution Award Year
Dou Wei
Midi Music Festival
SX Music
Xie Tian Xiao
Zhang Pending
– Yes, let’s have MIDI congratulate itself this year
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