The Boston Music Awards pays tributes to bands and musicians who find their roots in our fair city.

These are the competitors for this year's Best Local Debut Album of the Year Award: Antje Duvekot's "Big Dreams Boulevard," Protokoll's "Self-Titled EP," The Campaign for Real Time's "Yes... I Mean No," Robin McKelle's "Introducing Robin McKelle," Christian Scott's "Rewind That," The Bleedin Bleedins' "Life Without Computers," and the Bon Savants' "Post-Rock Defends the Nation."