BREAKING NEWS: HOUSTON PRESS MUSIC AWARDS WINNERS

Well, we may not yet be done with our commentary, but the SHOW MUST GO ON! And tonight it did - the totally secret (ok, so maybe others knew about it, but we didn't) invite RSVP only awards ceremony is going on. Right now, as it turns out. Matt Brownlie (Bring Back the Guns) was liveblogging the event for a while (he appears to have left now) on hands_up. Reposted here for your non-link following pleasure - winners so far:

Best New Act: The Dimes
Best Metal: Chrome 44
Best Punk: Poor Dumb Bastards
Best Indie: The Dimes
Best Alternative Rock: Lonestar Pornstar
Best Country: John Evans
Best Hardcore: the Jonnbenet
Best Traditional Rock: Southern Backtones
Best Experimental/Avant Garde: Peekaboo Theory
Best Local Hip Hop: Karina Nistal
Best National Hip Hop: Paul Wall

Guess the annoucement of the awards kinda makes our review of the festival moot. Hell, no it doesn't. We'll get back to it now.

UPDATE: Looks like album of the year went to Million Year Dance for Liberation. Hippie jokes.