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Who deserves more coverage than they got in 2011?

Turbo Fruits. And probably The Ettes. Wahhhh. —Coco Hames

Turbo Fruits and D. Watusi. —Seth Riddle

Turbo Fruits. —Kent Marcus

Battletapes Studio. —Jonas Stein

How can you exist in this age and not determine your own level of coverage? —Jeremy Ferguson

Jordan Caress. She's the secret ingredient to most anything cool in Nashville. —Chris Scruggs

Call It Dope. —Openmic

Space Capone and Movement Nashville in General. —Dean Shortland

Buffalo Clover. —Caitlin Rose, Todd Sherwood

Thelma and the Sleaze. —Jesse Baker, Tiffany Minton

Cherub, Evan P. Donohue, Tesla Rossa. —Brandon Jazz

Useless Eaters. As I write this, I think they just announced their sixth release of the year. Seth Sutton's a machine. —Ben Todd

Matt Campbell, Faux Ferocious. —Evan P. Donohue

Milly Roze is a very dope artist. —Dee Goodz

Nahnee Bori — he'll earn it. —Michael Eades

Tywanna Jo Baskette: She is Nashville's hidden secret, and we need to encourage her to finish her second album! —Tony Youngblood

Quichenight. —Daniel Pujol

No Kings label. They have put out many killer cassettes from Nashville's experimental community, and they are all amazing. —Leslie Keffer

Probably Birdcloud. I have a feeling there is going to be an epidemic of fans once the world finds out about their dirty little mouths. —Nikki Lane

Ovvio Arte. Those bitches are tearin' it up. —Jessi Darlin

Matt Moody is one of the most prolific and hardworking artists I know. —Tristen

Natural Child. —Ben Swank

What was your favorite local record of 2011?

William Tyler, Behold The Spirit ... Useless Eaters, Daily Commute. ... Or, I don't know, maybe Tristen, Charlatans at the Garden Gate; or JEFF the Brotherhood, We Are the Champions; Natural Child, 1971; Diarrhea Planet, Loose Jewels; Those Darlins, Screws Get Loose; The Paperhead, The Paperhead; Ttotals, Drum Is Our Parent; Nameless Cults, Run Dry; Gnarwhal, Duane; Nikki Lane, Walk of Shame; Caitlin Rose, Own Side Now; KORT, Invariable Heartache; The Ettes, Wicked Will. Every other city can suck it. —Ben Todd

It's so hard to choose, but the records I listened to on repeat were Tristen's Charlatans at the Garden Gate, JEFF the Brotherhood's We Are the Champions and Those Darlins' Screws Get Loose. —Tiffany Minton

Tristen, Charlatans at the Garden Gate. —Chris Scruggs

JEFF the Brotherhood, We Are the Champions. —Seth Riddle

Those Darlins, Screws Get Loose. —Jonas Stein

Caitlin Rose, Own Side Now. —Tony Youngblood

Deep Vibration, Strange Love. —Caitlin Rose

Wanda Jackson, The Party Ain't Over. —Evan P. Donohue

Glossary, Long Live All of Us. —Todd Sherwood, Michael Eades

Kyle Andrews, Robot Learn Love, and Parachute Musical, Kill It, Cut It Down. —Dean Shortland

Birdcloud, Birdcloud. —Jesse Baker

Cherub, Man of the Hour. —Andrew Mischke

Kings of Leon, Come Around Sundown. —Kent Marcus

PUJOL, Nasty, Brutish and Short. —Ben Swank

Natural Child, 1971. —Jessi Darlin

Natural Child. Shit, I'm starting to sound obsessed. —Nikki Lane

Nikki Lane, Walk of Shame. —Leslie Keffer

Quichenight, hands down. I listened to it at least one time a day all summer. —Daniel Pujol

Black Keys count? —Chris Cobb

Mine. —Coco Hames

Dee Goodz, The Sun. —Openmic

"B-A-N-A-N-A-S"! Haha, duh! LOL. —Dee Goodz

Balloon Animal, Balloons Over Baghdad. —Chris Crofton

Best show of 2011?

JEFF on Fallon. —Evan P. Donohue

JEFF the Brotherhood/White Stripes at The Ryman. —Kent Marcus

Hans Condor at Drifters for the Ton Up bike show. —Seth Riddle

Hans Condor at Third Man, wowee zowee. —Daniel Pujol

Hans Condor at The 5 Spot. —Coco Hames

The same as every year: Jonathan Richman at The 5 Spot! —Chris Scruggs

Every Two-Dollar Tuesday and every Boom Bap! —Todd Sherwood

Soundstage with K.R.I.T. and Yelawolf. —Dee Goodz

SoundLand festival the day of the Big K.R.I.T. and Yelawolf performance. Main stage and the Mai stage. —Openmic

Jerry Lee Lewis in the Blue Room at Third Man. —Ben Swank

Chromeo at Cannery. —Dean Shortland

Diarrhea Planet's album release at The End comes to mind. —Jesse Baker

Jonny Corndawg at War Memorial. —Jonas Stein

Leslie Hall's performance at Southern Girls Rock and Roll Camp likened to The Runaways landing in Japan. —Tiffany Minton

U2 at Vandy. —Andrew Mischke

Girls at Mercy Lounge. —Caitlin Rose

Elvis Costello at The Ryman. Best show I've ever seen, period. —Brandon Jazz

Davila 666 at Springwater. —Jessi Darlin

Sebastian Speaks party at the VFW. —Ben Todd

R. Stevie Moore at Betty's, Sebastian Speaks anniversary party at VFW, Sickboy Milkplus at Betty's. —Leslie Keffer

Deerhunter at Bonnaroo. —Tristen

Guided by Voices. —Chris Crofton

The first time I saw Birdcloud. I mean? —Nikki Lane

tUnE-YarDs at Exit/In. Bird Names at Noa Noa. —Tony Youngblood

Was that Them Crooked Vultures show this year? [It wasn't.] —Chris Cobb

American Horror Story. —Jeremy Ferguson

Hardest-working local musician?

Daniel Pujol. —Ben Todd, Kent Marcus

Jonas Stein. —Jesse Baker, Daniel Pujol

Matthew Hearn. That dude works a 9-5 printing-sales job every day, helps run Turbo Time Records and shows up to band rehearsal four nights a week. Damn. —Jonas Stein

Tie between Tristen, Caitlin Rose and JEFF for their incessant touring. —Michael Eades

Jonny Corndawg, if you consider him local, since he's been on tour all year round since birth. —Tristen

Jonny Corndawg — is he still considered local? He sure is never in town he tours so much. —Nikki Lane

Jordan Caress. She's one of this city's greatest talents. She should never be idle. Hire her. —Tiffany Minton

Chris Murray from Square People. The man is a songwriting machine. Also, Scott Martin and William Tyler certainly get around. —Tony Youngblood

Ryan Norris, Scott Martin. —Leslie Keffer

Can I say a producer? Jeremy Ferguson at Battletapes. Dude needs more naps. —Ben Swank

Too many to name. I know way too many ridiculously talented people at this point in my life who are inspiring to watch work and create. —Jeremy Ferguson

Hands down, Jem Cohen. —Coco Hames

Spencer Cullum Jr. He's either the hardest-working or has the itchiest feet. —Cailtin Rose

Steve Latanation, he is the best all-around go-to awesome drummer. —Todd Sherwood

Kyle Andrews. (Third year in a row I have said that.) —Dean Shortland

DJ Crisis. —Openmic

Jeremy Todd (Coach)/Dave Paulson. —Andrew Mischke

Jerry "Rock Solid" Pentecost. —Brandon Jazz

I reckon it's Dan Auerbach, he says it himself in GQ: "I don't want to be a dickhead, but honestly, it's because we're good and because we've worked harder than any band I've ever met, without a question. We've toured harder and done more dates and played for less money." —Seth Riddle

That guy who plays piano in the marching band. And Kenny Vaughan. —Chris Scruggs

Ahem. I don't think this needs to even be discussed. —Dee Goodz

Don "Swamp" Mallory. —Chris Crofton

Favorite local blog and/or radio show/podcast?

Yeah, I remember when we had a college radio station here. —Chris Cobb

Not trying to suck up, but Nashville Cream is the only local blog I read every day. Leslie Keffer's Noisebloid is great. The non-music-related podcasts Cinegeek, Happy Birthday Gary and Jesse Is Terrific are excellent. —Tony Youngblood

Nashville Cream. —Evan P. Donohue, Coco Hames, Tristen, Ben Swank

Michael Eades posts funny videos on his blog on Fridays. That's cool. Nashville Cream writes about me a lot, which is also cool. —Brandon Jazz

Dixie Downturn, East Nashville With Love and, of course, We Own This Town. —Michael Eades

The Chris Crofton Show. —Kent Marcus, Caitlin Rose, Chris Crofton

Chris Crofton's podcast is funny, and Nashville's Dead always tells me about shows. —Richie Kirkpatrick

Nashville's Dead. —Jesse Baker, Seth Riddle, Ben Todd

When I 'Net, I look at Cream, Dead and Gizmodo. —Jeremy Ferguson

Collegekidsdropout.com or 2Lsonacloud.com. They been rocking with me since beginning. —Dee Goodz

It's a tie between 2Lsonacloud.com and breakonacloud.com. –Openmic

It's kind of trans-local, but I really dig the new blog Get Bent. —Tiffany Minton

Theatre Intangible. —Leslie Keffer

Undertheguise.com. —Nikki Lane

The Grand Ole Opry on a Saturday night. —Chris Scruggs

Getouttatherezach! —Todd Sherwood

Nashvillest.com. —Dean Shortland

The Lower Atlantis Gun Club. —Andrew Mischke

I think they are all equally important in terms of reporting and providing a perspective. —Daniel Pujol

What band have you seen a lot that you're still not tired of seeing?

JEFF the Brotherhood. —Chris Cobb, Jessi Darlin, Tiffany Minton, Seth Riddle

Natural Child. —Richie Kirkpatrick, Nikki Lane, Daniel Pujol

Majestico — go see them play if you haven't. Natural Child. (Haven't seen a lot but wish I saw more.) —Evan P. Donohue

The Lonely H. —Caitlin Rose, Dean Shortland

Ben Folds. Ironically, I've seen him play more shows outside of Nashville than in. —Tony Youngblood

Hans Condor. —Coco Hames

Justin and the Cosmics. Who knew Conor Lynch played a big mean bass? —Chris Scruggs

D. Watusi. —Ben Swank

The Features, By Lightning!, Kopecky Family Band. —Brandon Jazz

Hands off Cuba, Hobbledeions, Unicorn Hard-On, Sugar Sk*-*lls, Square People Jazz Maturity, Cortney Tidwell. —Leslie Keffer

I like to see Cherub live. All the pretty girls come to his shows. —Dee Goodz

Like I said last year, Derek Hoke! Every Tuesday night. —Todd Sherwood

Cy Barkley and the Way Outsiders. —Jesse Baker

Keegan DeWitt, Madi Diaz. —Andrew Mischke

Tristen has yet to give a performance that was anything less than riveting. —Michael Eades

DP — because I still don't like the name, yet I'm constantly reminded of The Butthole Surfers. —Kent Marcus

Fox Fun. Or really anything that Asher Horton is a part of. —Ben Todd

BearBearBearBear. —Chris Crofton

I don't have one, but I would hope people answer "Openmic." LOL. –Openmic

Respondents:

Jesse Baker: sound engineer, promoter, bar staff, The End, Springwater, Mercy Lounge

Chris Cobb: proprietor, Exit/In and Marathon Music Works

Chris Crofton: comedian; podcaster, The Chris Crofton Show; musician, The Alcohol Stuntband

Jessi Darlin: singer/guitarist, Those Darlins

Dee Goodz: rapper

Evan P. Donohue: musician

Michael Eades: YK Records, Yewknee.com, We Own This Town

Jeremy Ferguson: producer/engineer/proprietor, Battletapes

Coco Hames: lead singer, guitarist, The Ettes

Brandon Jazz: musician, Armed Forces, Pink Spiders; office manager, Mercy Lounge/Cannery Ballroom

Leslie Keffer: musician; blogger, Noisebloid

Richie Kirkpatrick: guitarist and singer, Ri¢hie and Ghostfinger; guitarist, Jessica Lea Mayfield

Nikki Lane: musician

Kent Marcus: entertainment lawyer

Tiffany Minton: drummer for Heavy Cream and Cry Baby

Andrew Mischke: general manager, Mercy Lounge/Cannery Ballroom

Openmic: rapper

Daniel Pujol: musician, PUJOL; poet, EGGS

Seth Riddle: general manager of Serpents & Snakes Records

Caitlin Rose: musician

Chris Scruggs: musician

Todd Sherwood: 5 Spot honcho

Dean Shortland: local-rock advocate, Australian

Jonas Stein: musician, Turbo Fruits; Turbo Time Records; organizer, The Bruise Cruise

Ben Swank: co-founder, Third Man Records; drummer, The Black Faces

Ben Todd: blogger, Nashville's Dead

Tristen: musician

Tony Youngblood: blogger/podcaster, Theatre Intangible

Email music@nashvillescene.com.