Best Local Band: Originals
TERRIBLE BUTTONS
These frickin' guys. I mean, how many local bands do you know that can sell out local venues and practically have a crowd in tears by the end of the night? Not many. But Terrible Buttons, a Whitworth-bred band that stuck around Spokane, and its "horror folk" doesn't just entertain — it converts. The band plays gritty and sad and powerful stuff, made by some of the hardest-working musicians and kindest human beings in the Lilac City. (LS)
2nd PLACE: Folkinception; 3rd PLACE: Nicole Lewis