Hard to believe it's already been almost two weeks since we put up the 2013 Houston Press Music Awards nomination ballot. This year has not been a slow one, that's for sure.

But now there is officially less than one week until the nominations close, which happens at the stroke of midnight next Thursday, May 23. We'll announce the nominees probably about a week later. (You'll know.) Nominate right here, please.

That's really about all we had to tell you today. Remember only one nomination ballot per person this year. But while we've got your attention, we figured it was a good time to show you some of last year's winners.

BEST ALBUM BEST JAZZ Free Radicals/The Freedom Fence (full performance starts at 3:55)

BEST SOLO RAPPER BEST MIXTAPE Onehunnidt/Keep It 100

BEST LOCAL MUSIC VIDEO H.I.S.D. feat. D. Randle, "Rockit Man"

BEST NEW ACT BEST FEMALE VOCALIST BEST REGGAE/SKA/DUB The Suffers/Kam Franklin

BEST ROCK The Trimms

BEST SOUL/FUNK/R&B Electric Attitude

BEST METAL Venomous Maximus

BEST EXPERIMENTAL/NOISE B L A C K I E

Hopefully you scrolled all the way to the end. Here's the ballot one more time.

• HPMA