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CWMA 2010 Band of the Year

The Naked Eyes

The Naked Eyes have pretty hair-lush, flowing locks like those of Jimmy Page or Eric Clapton circa Cream. Their physical attributes are only partially responsible for the crowd of attractive young ladies who groove in the front row at each Naked Eyes show. Mostly, the Ogden boys' appeal stems from the hypnotic storm of swirling psychedelic rock they generate seemingly without breaking a sweat. Perhaps their audience is also turned on to The Naked Eyes' crafting abilities. Each copy of the band's Spell Talk comes cloaked in a hand-woven jacket with painted-on text. The future is bright, and these guys have the coolest shades.

Music Awards

City Weekly Music Awards 2010

The best in local music: Voted by you, written by us.

The results are in. Local bands who vied for recognition in the City Weekly Music Awards competition have played their guts out ...

The 2010 City Weekly Music Awards Honor Roll

Your guide to the City Weekly Music Awards Top 30.

By Jamie Gadette

It’s going to take years before folks stop referring to the City Weekly Music Awards as the SLAMMys, but we’ll lead by example.

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CWMA Showcase reviews in the Music Blog

City Weekly is proud to present the 2010 City Weekly Music Awards. This year's nominees were selected by a committee of local movers and shakers who are deeply invested in Utah bands. Their passion for homegrown sound is part business, all pleasure. Given the tremendous amount of talented acts in our backyard, narrowing down the field of potential nominees proved difficult as always. Judges ranked each act based on talent, professionalism and initiative (i.e., how often does the artist tour? Record?). The resulting Top 30 represent just a portion of the state's best, most promising musicians.

These artists will perform a series of SHOWCASES the first two weekends in February where audiences will vote for their favorites. You can vote online, at the shows and through text. The top three bands with the most votes will perform at the final closing show at The Depot on Feb. 20.

You can text your vote to 91010 using your favorite band's (KEY WORD). One text vote per number.
Cub Country (CUB)
Bronco (BRONCO)
The Naked Eyes (NAKED)
Plastic Furs (FUR)
Tolchock Trio (TOLCHOCK)
Libbie Linton (LIBBIE)
David Williams (DAVID)
Atherton (ATHERTON)
Paul Jacobsen & Madison Arm (PAUL)
Glade (GLADE)
Desert Noises (DESERT)
Mindstate (MINDS)
Nolens Volens (NOLENS)
The Devil Whale (DWHALE)
Separation of Self (SOS)
Birthquake (BIRTHQ)
Musclehawk (MUSCLE)
Uzi and Ari (UZI)
Future of the Ghost (FOTG)
Aye Aye (AYE)
Laserfang (LASERFANG)
Bird Eater (BIRD)
Tiny Lights (LIGHTS)
Le Force (LEFORCE)
Jezus Rides a Riksha (RIDES)
Michael Gross and the Statuettes (MIC)
Gaza (GAZA)
Eagle Twin (EAGLE)
Linus Stubbs (LINUS)

Thank you for all the DJs who performed the opening party at W Lounge on Wednesday, February 3rd: Loki, DJ Juggy, E Rockalypse, Flash N Flare

Congratulations to Chase 1-2 for winning the title of "2010 CWMA DJ of the Year."

CWMA Videos

CWMA Final Showcase

Video highlights from the CWMA final showcase.

By Marty Foy

CWMA Showcase Circle Lounge

Linus Stubbs, Mindstate and Nolens Volens perform at the Circle Lounge.

By Marty Foy

2009 City Weekly Music Awards

Record stores, record labels, recording engineers, journalists and other folks who live and breathe the Utah music scene helped select the CWMA Top 30 resulting in a wildly eclectic group of artists, from a 16-year-old Utah County wunderkind to salty downtown rock veterans and fashionably dressed electro-pop idols.

SLAMMys 2008 | City Weekly’s Local Music Showcase

When we decided to shift gears with the SLAMMys this year, we weren’t sure if the annual issue would accelerate at a pleasant rate, fall into reverse or just flat-out stall in a ditch of our own digging. But, we took the risk knowing that something...