We are pleased to announce the recipients of the 2024 PMIG Publication awards!

This year’s Outstanding Publication Award winner is Lori Burns for her article “Female Subjectivities in the Words, Music, and Images of Progressive Metal: The Case of Tatiana Shmayluk (Jinjer),” published in Music Theory Online in 2023. In this article, Burns combines thorough analysis of text, timbre, and imagery to provide an in-depth look at three music videos by Jinjer. In doing so, Burns shows how Tatiana Shmayluk (the lead singer of the Ukranian band Jinjer) challenges gendered norms in heavy metal and creates space for other, namely feminine, perspectives.

This year’s Adam Krims award goes to Eron Smith for their video article “Flat 2 as Hotness in Post-Millennial Pop,” published on SMT-V in 2022. In this video, Smith explains how flat 2 is used in post-2000s pop to express hotness, defined as “confidence, sexuality, or both.” Drawing on their analysis of over 75 songs, and during an easily digestible 11-minute video, Smith walks listeners through the unique sound and meaning of the “Hot Flat 2” and investigates its connections to musical eroticism.

The committee was Emily Milius (Peabody Institute), Olivia Lucas (Louisiana State University, last year’s winner), and Madison Stepherson (University of Oregon).

Congratulations Lori Burns and Eron Smith!