Top 5 of '05: Favorite Bands

Top 5 Musical Acts

1. German Art Students
2. Awesome Car Funmaker
3. Charlemagne
4. Dumate
5. Pale Young Gentlemen

Dane101 readers agree with the Annual Manual that the German Art Students stand out as one of Dane County’s top acts. The band that also took number two in our best album of 2005 category stands tall at number one. Following in a close second is one of Madison’s top party bands Awesome Car Funmaker. Charlemagne, who took number one in the best album category, ranks as number three in the top band category. Dumate’s unique hip-hop style puts them at number four. Closing out the list is a relative newcomer to the music scene, the Pale Young Gentlemen.

Sixty-six music acts received mentions on the lists of Dane101 readers, here are the rest of the best:
Aaron Scholz, Apparently Nothing, Art Paul Scholosser, Aunt Goodness, Bar Tabbies, Bracelets, Catfish Stevenson, Chris Hoff, Cummies, Daisy Bangs, Del Mar, Dietrich Gosser, 8889, El Clan Destino, el guante, Garbage, Gomers, Gothcicles, Hat Party, His and her vanities, I Voted for Kodos, James Liban Blues Trio, Joel Paterson, Joy Dragland, Kissers, Know Boundaries, Knuckeldrager, Last Gaspe, Madison County, Mama Digdown's Brass Band, Mark Croft, Mooreback Stellar, Motorz, New Kentucky Quarter, New Recruits, Nick Nice, Nob Hill Boys, Outta Toons, Phat Phunktion, Pupy Costello and His Big City Honkytonk, Rob Dz Experience, Rousers, Scott Beardsley and Chris Boeger, Screaming Cyn-Cyn and the Pons, Sara Pace, Selfish Gene, Skintones, Slingbacks, StoneFloat, Super-Eights, Tamara Backus, Tangy, The Arge, The Buffali, The Consequences, The Crest, The Skintones, The Treats, Tim Whalen Nonet, Transformer Lootbag, Viper, and Youngblood Brass Band.