Yes, the Oklahoma Gazette’s annual local music awards are back, and we need your help nominating the best acts for the prestigious honor.

Nominate up to three bands in any of the below categories by commenting on this article with your picks. You may enter nominations for multiple categories in one post. Nominating twice in the same category is disallowed. Nominating ends at midnight Sunday, March 27.

Example entries:
• Best Cover Band: U3 and Bavid Dowie
• Best in Rock: Tom and the Snares, Hardcore Knitting and Eeeew
• Best Blues: The Hot Oatmeal Blues Quartet

People’s Choice can be from any genre; it is purely what you want to tout as the best act in Oklahoma City. And although the Gazette is awesome, we’d like to know where else you get your local music info for the Music Information Source category (blogs, websites, publications, etc.).

The categories:
• Best in Rock
• Best in Pop  
• Best in Folk
• Best in Jazz
• Best in Metal
• Best in Country
• Best in Blues
• Best in Rap/Hip-Hop
• Best in R&B
• Best in Electronic
• Best DJ
• Best Cover Band
• Best Emerging Act
• Best Record Store
• Best Live Music Venue
• Best Music information source (not the Gazette)
• People’s Choice

Vote now in the comment section and be sure to pick up our annual Soundcheck issue on April 6 for the winners!