3rd Annual Cale Awards - Reader's Choice

Best Album
The Decemberists: "The Crane Wife"

Best New Artist
My Brightest Diamond

Best Male Performance
Sufjan Stevens: "The Avalanche"

Best Female Performance
My Brightest Diamond: "Bring Me the Workhorse"

Best Band of '06
The Flaming Lips

Best Hip Hop Album
The Streets: "The Hardest Way to Make an Easy Living"

Best Rock Album
Tie!!
Mastodon: "Blood Mountain"
The Killers: "Sam's Town"

Best Indie Album
Mates of State: "Bring It Back"

Best Pop Album
Mates of State: "Bring It Back"

Most Surprising Album
The Flaming Lips: "At War with the Mystics"

Most Disappointing Album
Tool: "10,000 Days"

Most Overrated Album
Tie!!
Evanescence: "The Open Door"
Pearl Jam: "Pearl Jam"

Most Overrated Artist
Red Hot Chili Peppers

Best Song
"Yeah Yeah Yeah Song" by The Flaming Lips from the album At War with the Mystics

Worst Album
Paris Hilton: "Paris"

Worst Song
"Turn it Up" by Paris Hilton from the album Paris

Worst New Artist
Paris Hilton

Best Live Show
n/a