The 2025 New Times Music Awards were a rousing success! Congratulations to the winners!
Best Album
The Flower Machine,
The Waterloo Green
Youth
Harmony Chabot,
“Times Not Right”
Songwriter
1 Miss Leo, “Winter Frost”
2 Harmony Chabot, “Times Not Right”
3 Kenny Taylor, “Call Me Mine”
Country/Americana/Folk
1 Miss Leo, “Winter Frost”
2 Chris Beland, “Tear Apart This Town”
3 Vincent Angelo, “Wildfires”
Rock/Alternative
1 The Vargo Paradox, “Ricochet”
2 Vince Cimo’s Hot Fire, “Live Life”
3 Ryn Callarman, “Wise Fool”
Hip-Hop/Rap
1 Gehrig Kniffen, “Silly Goose”
2 Vincent Angelo, “Stress Relief”
3 IMVA, “Brand New”
R&B/Blues
1 Hot 45, “Sleepin”
2 Maxwell Muscarella, “Keep On Listening”
3 IMVA, “Misbehavin”
Open
1 Dubwise Collective, “Tell Me”
2 The New Analog, “Stank Face”
3 The Loving Mosh, “Unchain Your Buddha”
Covers
1 Pete Pidgeon, “Tonight I’ll Be Staying Here With You”
2 The Vargo Paradox, “Lovesong”
3 Miss Leo, “All Things Must Pass”
Best Live Performance
Gehrig Kniffen
Readers’ Choice
The Loving Mosh
This article appears in Nov 27 – Dec 7, 2025.