The online award ballot for this year’s Houston Press Music Awards is now live, so you can go and vote for your favorite local musicians. Click here to launch the site.

Voting continues through Saturday, 11.12.11, which is also when the Houston Press Music Awards showcase takes place, with around 50 nominees performing at Warehouse Live, Lucky’s Pub, Home Plate Sports Bar, House of Blues, Pete’s Dueling Piano Bar, and downtown/midtown venues.

Showcase wristbands are now on sale for $10 at HPMusicAwards.com.

See all the HPMA nominees after the jump…

Best LP/CD/EP

Robert Ellis, Photographs
Trae tha Truth, Street King
Sideshow Tramps, Revelator
Otenki, Kinetic
Los Skarnales, Dale Shine
Delo, Hood Politics Vol. 2
Something Fierce, Don’t Be So Cruel
Literary Greats, Black Blizzard
Various Artists, Honky Tonk Blood soundtrack

Best Mixtape

Preemo, The Magic Bullet
UZOY, The [Def]inition
Killa Kyleon, Candy Paint & Texas Plates 2
Doughbeezy, Reggie Bush & Kool-Aid
Roderickvonn, I’m Almost Done Getting Ready
Mr. Wired Up (Oh Boy), Inside My Mind

Best Song

“Westbound Train,” Robert Ellis
“Band to Save Me,” thelastplaceyoulook
“John the Revelator,” Sideshow Tramps
“Drank In My Cup,” Kirko Bangz
“Devil Box,” Ryan Scroggins & the Trenchtown Texans
“Nigga You Ain’t Fat,” Fat Tony
“Pack It Up,” UZOY
“Ghosts,” Otenki
“Paint the Stars,” Castle Lights
“Sunshine,” Clory Martin
“Future Punks,” Something Fierce

Local Musician of the Year

Trae tha Truth
Kirko Bangz
Robert Ellis
Killa Kyleon
Slim Thug
Josh Wolf

Best New Act

Rivers
Bang Bangz
Finnegan
Square & Compass
Le$
Doughbeezy
The Beans
UZOY
The Handshake

Best Male Vocals

Lee-Lonn
Steve Steele
Jack Freeman
Nava, thelastplaceyoulook
Keith Sparks, Floorbound
German Hernandez, Otenki

Best Female Vocals

Yelba Heaton, Yelba
Monica Matocha
Clory Martin
Kristine Mills
Asli Omar, Tontons
Kam Franklin
Sara Van Buskirk

Best Songwriter

Robert Ellis
Hollywood Floss
Clory Martin
Kevin Kendrick
Nava, thelastplaceyoulook
UZOY

Best Rock

Otenki
thelastplaceyoulook
Bayou City Outlaw Band
Floorbound
Roky Moon & BOLT!
Steve Steele
Castle Lights
The Abyss

Best Indie/Alternative

Gatlin Elms
Wild Moccasins
Screwtape
The Fox Derby
The Tontons
The Manichean

Best Punk/Garage

The Ballistics
Skeleton Dick
The Hates
Something Fierce
Commie Hilfiger
Vivian Pikkles & the Sweethearts Uber Alles

Best Metal

Hindsight
Venomous Maximus
Decimation Theory
Melovine
Legion
Omotai

Best Experimental/Noise

A Dream Asleep
Good Job Underground
B L A C K I E
ERASETHEVIRUS
Letters to Voltron
Female Demand

Best Electronic Act

//TENSE//
LIMB
Glasnost
Provision
Heidi Massin

Best Solo Rapper

Trae tha Truth
UZOY
HasHBrown
Fat Tony
J-Dawg
Delo
Kirko Bangz
Propain
Bun B
Z-Ro

Best Rap Group

The Niceguys
Lower Life Form
H.I.S.D.
CB Kingz
220 Music
Undergravity

Best Rap DJ

DJ Mr. Rogers
iPod Ammo
OG Ron C
DJ Candlestick
DJ Ebonix

Best Club DJ/DJ Night

GRRRL Parts
Gritsy
Bizonee
DJ Bizz
Albert Fix
DJ Sun

Best Pop Artist

Monica Matocha
Melissa Savcic
Tim Qualls
DeAndre Wright
Chase Hamblin
Kathryn Hallberg

Best Latin

Yelba
Los Guerreros de la Musica
La Sien
Chango Man
Dat Boi T
Frankie G Da Mex

Best Jazz

Tianna Hall
Kristine Mills
Free Radicals
Jazz Marauders
Alicia Gianni
Henry Darragh

Best Blues

Little Joe Washington
Steve Krase & the In Crowd
Texas Johnny Brown
Paul Ramirez Band
Trudy Lynn
The Mighty Orq

Best Soul/Funk/R&B

Electric Attitude
Diunna Greenleaf
Ozeal
Lee-Lonn
The Journey Agents
Jack Freeman

Best Reggae/Ska/Dub

Los Skarnales
Ryan Scroggins & the Trenchtown Texans
Idiginis
D.R.U.M.
Footpie
Brains for Dinner

Best Zydeco

Zydeco Dots
Bayou Roux
Curtis Poullard & the Creole Zydeco Band
Step Rideau & the Zydeco Outlaws
Lil’ Brian & the Travelers

Best Country

Robert Ellis & the Boys
Mike Stinson
Dewey Wayne
Brant Lee Croucher
Johnny Falstaff
Sean Reefer & the Resin Valley Boys

Best Folk

Libby Koch
Clory Martin
Harts of Oak
Ancient Cat Society
Hilary Sloan

Best Americana

Folk Family Revival
Literary Greats
The Octanes
Sideshow Tramps
Buxton

Best Cover/Tribute Act

Maximus
Beetle
The Fab 5
Gene’s Addiction
Bourbon Street
Danneurysm

Best Guitarist

Kelly Doyle, Robert Ellis & the Boys
Jeremiah Wood, Castle Lights
Fausto Padilla, Otenki
Ken Sarmiento
The Mighty Orq

Best Bassist

Cason Sicking, Floorbound
Josh Tenorio, Otenki
Aaron Eaves, Castle Lights
Daniel Taylor, The Beans
Nick Gaitan, Umbrella Man/Octanes

Best Drummer

Scott Sparks, Floorbound
Chris Kelly, Otenki
Brendan Hall, The Beans
Brian Shoppell, Umbrella Man/Paul Ramirez Trio
Mikey Garcia, thelastplaceyoulook

Best Keyboards

Colton Majors, Otenki
Jennifer Grassman
St. Clair, The Journey Agents
Paul Viers, Ozeal
Barry Seelen

Best Miscellaneous Instrument

Sean Torres, Los Guerreros de la Musica (timbales)
James Murphy, Electric Attitude (saxophone)
Isaac Munoz, Ozeal (saxophone)
Geoffrey Mueller, Sideshow Tramps (saw)
Jonathan Lin (fiddle)
Lucas Gorham, Grandfather Child (steel guitar)

Best Producer

Beans N’ Kornbread
Ken Sarmiento
Cy Fyre
Jay Snider
DJ Mr. Rogers
Dan Workman

Best Radio Personality

Rod Ryan, 94.5 The Buzz
Optimo Ram, Local Live Radio
Outlaw Dave, AM 950
A.D., 94.5 The Buzz
Raven Douglas, Local Live Radio
St. John Flynn, Houston Public Radio

Best Radio Station

KPFT (90.1 FM)
The Buzz (94.5 FM)
Local Live Radio (locallivehouston.com)
The Box (97.9 FM)
Hot 95.7 (95.7 FM)

Best Radio Program

The Rod Ryan Show, 94.5 The Buzz
Optimo Radio, Local Live Houston
The Front Row, KUHF
Turnin’ Headz Radio, Local Live Houston
Wide Open Spaces, KPFT
Lonestar Jukebox, KPFT

Best Local Label

Space City Records
ZenHill Records
I-10 Records
Blue Bamboo Music
Team Science

Best Live Music Venue

Warehouse Live
House of Blues
Fitzgerald’s
Scout Bar
Continental Club

Best Record Store

Cactus Music
Soundwaves
Vinyl Junkie
Sig’s Lagoon
Vinal Edge Records
Black Dog Records

Best Instrument/Equipment Store
Guitar Center
Rockin’ Robin
Fuller’s Vintage Guitar
Texas Music Emporium

Best Scenester

H-Kane
Pedro Salazar
Jessica Vickery
Clint Broussard
Pam Cantu
Roach