Western.Oz Blog

HI Kids, Gav here again.

The WAMi Madness Begins...

The WAMi Award Nominees have been announced...if you dont know about who's been nomimated heres the list...

PUBLIC VOTED AWARDS
(These are the awards that will be voted on myspace)

Most Popular Act
Eskimo Joe
Karnivool
Snowman
The Panda Band

Most Popular Album
Bob Evans - Suburban Songbook
Eskimo Joe - Black Fingernails, Red Wine
Snowman - Snowman
The Panda Band - This Vital Chapter

Most Popular Single/EP
Eskimo Joe - Black Fingernails, Red Wine
Little Birdy - Come On, Come On
Schvendes - Small Mercies, Sweet Graves
Sex Panther - Killer Pink

Most Popular Live Act
Eskimo Joe
Karnivool
Schvendes
Snowman

Favourite Newcomer
Birds Of Tokyo
Mink Mussel Creek
Streetlight
Sugar Army

Most Popular Music Video
Eskimo Joe - Black Fingernails, Red Wine
Little Birdy - Come On, Come On
Snowman - You Are A Casino
Antistatic - Stand Up In Disguise

Most Popular Music Website
Perthsounds.com
Rockus.com.au
Perthbands.com
wam.asn.au

Most Popular Music Venue

Amplifier Bar
Hyde Park Hotel
Mojos
Rosemount Hotel

Most Popular Music Event

Big Day Out
In The Pines
WAMi Festival
Southbound

INDUSTRY VOTED AWARDS
(Voted by Industry people only)

Most Promising New Act
Faith In Plastics
Mink Mussel Creek
Streetlight
Sugar Army

Best Record Producer/Engineer
Al Smith
Dave Parkin
Shaun O'Callaghan
Adam Spark

Media Award-Individual
Bob Gordon
Dave Cutbush
Mike Wafer
Peter Barr

Best Male Vocalist
Andy Citawarman
Ian Kenny
Justin Burford
Kavyen Temperley

Best Female Vocalist
Abbe May
Katy Steele
Rachael Dease
Storm Wyness

Best Guitarist
Ant Gray
Drew Goddard
Sean Pollard
Jeremy Martin

Best Bassist
Ben Franz
Benjamin Golby
David Namour
Pete Jeavons

Best Drummer
Gabriel Nicotra
Ian Chater
Rob Nassif
Steve Judd

Best Instrumentalist
Alex Archer
Stephen Callan
Tristan Parr
Andy Citawarman

Best Electronic Producer
HiRO?
Lo Key Fu
Pendulum
Shane Norton

Best Blues/Roots Act
Kill Devil Hills
Andrew Winton
Blue Shaddy
Toby

Best Country Music Act
Connie Kis Andersen
Ronni Rae Rivers
Felicity Groom
The Jayco Brothers

Best Rock Act
Schvendes
The Wednesday Society
Snowman
The Silents

Best Indi Pop Act
New Rules For Boats
The Bank Holidays
Institut Polaire
Faith In Plastics

Best Indigenous Act
Pigram Brothers
Richard Walley
Alice Haines
Bartlett

Management Award
Heath Bradby
Phillip Stevens
Scott Adam
Juliet John

Media Award-Organisation
Drum Perth
Rtrfm
Xpress
Rockus

Best DJ
Dan The Man
Fdel
Charlie Bucket
Moflo Leigh

Best Hardcore/Punk Act
Miles Away
From The Ruins
Eleventh He Reaches London
Extortion

Best Hard Rock Metal ActPresented
Karnivool
Subtruck
Pathogen
Voyager

Best Commercial Pop Act
Eskimo Joe
The Sleepy Jackson
Little Birdy
Bob Evans

Best Jazz Act
Sam Anning
VOID
Matt Jodrell
Mace Francis Orchestra

Best WA Record Label
Blazing Strumpet
Jarrah
Qstik
Sic Squared

Golden WAMi
Heath Bradby
Peter Barr
Paul Sloan
Scott Adam

Best Sound Engineer (live or studio)
Al Smith
Dave Parkin
Ian Stuart
Luke Willot

Best Urban/ Hip Hop Act
Downsyde
Drapht
Che'nelle
Hunter

Best Live Electronic Act
Sir Apple
Pendulum Live
Fdel
The Resonance

Best Funk Act
Lysistrata
The Roast
The Crux
Bobby Blackbird and the Bluejays

Best World Act
Double Entendre
Collective Latino
Zarm
David Hyams And The Miles To Go Band

We at Western.Oz will try to provide the best damn coverage of thew WAMi Awards we can...and of course the WAMi Festival itself. Because we are new I'm expecting a whole lotta "who the fuck are you?" from people but hey...thats the life as a rookie show.

Show News:

We have just booked ourselves out for the next 7 weeks of shows (including our WAMi Festival Specials). But you can mark in a LIVE AT THE OZ Performance from The Feaudians Slips, The Jayco Brothers and maybe Bianca Jade.

Plus we'll talking to The Bullet Holes and The Novocaines in the next two weeks and plenty of new WA Music is coming too...so stay tuned because we have plenty of shit on for you entertainment.

Thats all for now...

Regards

Gavin Crossley