The Imperious Opinion Music & Media Awards are back after a long and strange 2017.
In the world (movie trailer opening) that celebrates the corporate machines behind karaoke singers and actors pretending to be artists, where shills like Jay-Z, Taylor Swift, Kenny Chesney, Cardi B, Miley Cyrus, & Gucci Gang keep selling an image without substance and yet are considered musicians, ImpOp steps in to highlight and share honest, true art, lovingly crafted by earnest creators who put their true hearts and souls into their work to inspire and make are lives that much better.
Album of the Year:
J Roddy Walston & The Business
Destroyers of the Soft Life
Song of the Year:
Dropkick Murphys “Paying My Way”
Rock Album of the Year:
Nothing More
The Stories We Tell Ourselves
Rock Song of the Year:
CKY “Replaceable”
Nothing quite like an old fashioned snotty rock song with a bobbing riff. Horns up!
Punk Album of the Year:
Rancid Trouble Maker
Punk Song of the Year:
Anti-Flag “Racists”
Indie/Pop Album of the Year:
Portugal. The Man Woodstock
Indie/Pop Song of the Year:
Dan Auerbach “Waiting on a Song”
Heavy/Metal Album of the Year:
Wednesday 13 Condolences
Heavy/Metal Song of the Year:
Error37 “XxCactaurXCorexX”
Hip Hop/Rap Album of the Year:
311 Mosaic
Okay, not exactly Hip Hop/Rap but by gawd the selections offered this year were just straight garbage and this was a great album. So, ya know, meh.
Hip Hop/Rap Song of the Year:
Tech N9ne “Erbody But Me”
Country Album of the Year:
Jason Isbell & The 400 Unit
The Nashville Sound
Country Song of the Year:
Lukas Nelson “Set Me Down On A Cloud”
Cover Song of the Year:
Bleached “One Second”
Narrowly beating out the myriad of great covers by the underrated band Teenage Bottlerocket on Stealing the Covers, Bleached snuck in with the cover of the Tegan and Sara track from their tribute album, The Con X: Covers.
Comedy Song of the Year:
Ninja Sex Party “Why I Cry”
Technically this song came out in 2015 on the album Attitude City, but there weren’t a ton of great comedy albums out this year, and the NSP deserves credit for their catalogue of work.
Saddest Song of the Year:
Shoddy Blacktooth “I Don’t Cry (I Get Drunk I Get High)”
Comeback of the Year:
Goldfinger
John Feldmann returned to work after a nine year hiatus teaming up with Mike Herrera (MxPx), Travis Barker (Blink-182), and Phillip Sneed (Greek Fire). What resulted was the classic Goldfinger sound with a new lineup. Feldmann is still the heart and soul of the group and even after many years of anticipation, The Knife delivered!
ImpOp’s “Find” of the Year:
Manchester Orchestra
Best “Single” Release of the Year That Wasn’t On An Album Until Later When It Appeared On An Album:
Atmosphere & Prof
“Windows”
Best Song About How Love Sucks:
Rise Against “Politics of Love”
Best Song Written by A Former MLB Pitcher:
Pulley “No ‘I’ In Team”
Best Song About Growing Up Overseas:
The Shins “Mildenhall”
Prettiest Voice:
Jessica Lea Mayfield
Best Duet:
Old 97’s & Brandi Carlile
“Good With God”
Best Album by a (sort of) Gothyish Band:
AFI AFI
Best Album by a Weird Hipster:
Father John Misty Pure Comedy
Best Song That Names A Bunch of Cities:
The Mavericks “Ride With Me”
Best Song Under Two Minutes:
Guttermouth “The Point”
Best “I’m a Fuck Up” Song:
Waters “Hiccups”
Best Band Named After Another Band:
A Tribe Called Red
Best Canadian Garage Rock Duo:
The Pack A.D.
Best Band Name:
Stale Cunt
Best Album by Past Oasis Members:
Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds
Who Built The Moon?
Nominees:
A Perfect Circle, Against Me, Amanda Palmer, Apathy, Avatar, AWOLNation, Axis of Awesome, Baby Baby, Band of Skulls, Beartooth, Black Pistol Fire, Black Stone Cherry, The Blackwater Fever, The Blanks, Blitzen Trapper, Bon Iver, Brian Fallon,The Briggs, Brutal Youth, Buckethead, Butch Walker, Chad Gray, The Coathangers, Combichrist, Conor Oberst, The Crispies, Ed Harcourt, Danny Brown, David Lichens, Dead Cross, Deb Talan, Descendents, Dirty Heads, Dorothy, Face To Face, Fade Up Fade Out Bye Bye, Flatfoot 56, Flogging Molly, Foxtails Brigade, Friendship Park, Frightened Rabbit, GDI, Giraffe Tongue Orchestra, Goes Cube, Green Day, Highly Suspect, Iron & Wine, Jake Bugg,The Jayhawks, JD McPherson, Jesca Hoop, Jimmy Eat World, Justin Townes Earle,Kane Strang, K.Flay, The Killers, King Charles, Kurt Vile, The Last Gang, Liam Gallagher, Levee Walkers, The Lippies, MakeWar, Margo Price, Marilyn Manson, Marky Ramones Blitzkrieg, Masked Intruder, Mastodon, Mew, Missio, Mister Heavenly, Mother Mother, Nevermen, New Found Glory, Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds, Nonpoint, Nine Inch Nails, O’Brother, Otep, Patent Pending, Phantogram, P.O.S., Powerman 5000, Power Trip, Prophets of Rage, Racing Glaciers, Radkey,
The Ravonettes, Red Fang, Regina Spektor, Riverboat Gamblers, Royal Thunder, Rubblebucket, The Rumjacks, Runaway Symphony, Run The Jewels, The Rural Alberta Advantage, Seether, Sigrid, Sir Sly, Sleigh Bells, Starset, Steel Woods, Teenage Bottlerocket, 10 Years, 30 Seconds To Mars, Tim Minchin, The Tossers, Trivium, Wavves, We Came As Romans, The White Buffalo, The Virus, Wolf Alice, Zack de la Rocha, Zeal & Ardor.
Movie of the Year:
Dunkirk
Comedy Movie of the Year:
Goon 2 Last of the Enforcers
Horror Movie of the Year:
It
Horror Movie of the Year:
It
Fantasy Movie of the Year:
The Great Wall
Best Movie Containing Lightsabers & Porgs:
Star Wars The Last Jedi
Star Wars The Last Jedi
Best Chick Flick:
Wonder Woman
Wonder Woman
Documentary of the Year:
Icarus
Worst Movie Franchise That Should Be Destroyed From Existence:
Fast & Furious
Most Overrated Movie:
Baby Driver
Best Remake We Didn't Know We Needed:
Kong: Skull Island
Least Necessary Remake:
Spider-Man: Homecoming
Please Stop Making This Genre You're Murdering Our Souls Award:
Pitch Perfect 3
TV Show of the Year:
Game of Thrones Season 7
Comedy Show of the Year:
The Good Place
Comedian of the Year:
Dave Chappelle
After his semi-disappearance from public life, few thought Dave Chappelle could return to form, or even top his previous work, with a return to standup comedy. With The Age of Spin, Dave did both with not one, but two Netflix specials.
Comedy Album of the Year:
Marc Maron Too Real
Comic Book of the Year:
Doomsday Clock (DC)
Artist of the Year:
Pichi & Avo
Thank you to one and all who created art that touched our lives!
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