Ladies and gentlemen, the wheat has been separated from the chaff, the cream has been skimmed from the top, and the nominees for the 2009 Pitch Music Awards have been chosen.
Because we are insanely in love with the scene and wanted to cover as wide an array of local awesomeness as possible, we upped the size of the ballot from16 categories last year to 21 this year, for a total of 126 nominees (30 more than last year).
And, as is always the case year after year, there are many local acts --
