The nominees for this year’s WAM Song of the Year awards have been confirmed, with the likes of Schvendes, The Panda Band and New Rules for Boats all up for gongs.

The awards are split into 17 categories and recognise all types of music, ranging from indigenous to gospel to school to jazz. The 17 category winners, as well as one overall winner, will be announced on October 31, at a ceremony held at the Fly by Night Musicians Club in Fremantle.

WAM Song of the Year 2007 nominees:

Gospel:
Shout (Chad Blondel)
Our Anthem (Stadium)
My Hallelujah (Paul Morrison)
Holding On to You (Trent Williams)
Mercy (Paul Morrison)

Jazz:
Curious Yellow (Adrian Kelly)
Melodian Melody (Mace Francis)
Where’s He Sepcin? (Mace Francis)
Sanctuary (Pete Jeavons, Dave Jeavons)
The Weight of the World (Cloud Kollectiv)

Country:
Alma St Blues (Kevin Smith)
Bad Luck With the Good (Corey Colum)
Revenge is Sweet (Jane Germain)
Take Me With You (Polly Medlen)
Your Longest Day (Andrew Powell)

Urban:
Slipping Away (Glen Foreman, Alex Plant)
Rhymes and Reason (Glen Foreman, Alex Plant)
I Got You (Kelly Mae-Vernice)
Long Haul Flight (Adrian Kelly)
Get by (Glen Foreman, Scott Griffiths, Alex Plant)

Electronic/Dance:
Can’t Let You Be Lonely (The Transients)
Coo, Coo, Coo (Trilby Termperley)
No Milk for You (Brash and Sassy)
Stones in the Sky (Damian Crosby)
Hot Property (Hayley McLennan)

Indigenous:
Kick the Monkey (Jason & Phillip Bartlett)
Paluka Pitja (Michael Gus Hogan)
None Like You (Delson Stokes Jnr, Boyd Stokes)
Game of Love (Djiva)
Ngank Boodjak (Djiva)

World and Folk:
Upside Down (Abe Dunovits)
Nobody Told Me (Bianca Jade)
Rusting Armour (Craig Sinclair)
Just for Today (Kristen Arnott, Trevor Jalla)
Moodjebing (Djiva)

Regional:
End of the Line (Polly Medlen)
Catch Me (Benjamin Rose)
Kanaji Binbaku (David Morgan)
Two Months (Polly Medlen)
Warm Summer Rain (Kevin Lymn)

Love:
There is a Room On Hold (The Bank Holidays)
All These Lovers (Aaron’s Crusade)
Shone (Jolyon Ford)
The Times (Trent Williams)
4 Letters and a Furrowed Brow (Rachael Dease)

Blues n Roots:
Love Like Snow (Natasha Bouchard)
Bellyfull (Freya Hanly)
The Drought (Brendon Humphries)
Lara Clare (Craig Sinclair)
Kids (Abbe May)

Primary:
Kids Rock (Year 7, Takari Primary School)
Valley of Flowers (Madi MacDougall, Erika McKay)
All That I Can Do (Erika McKay)
End of the World (Liam Van Aalen)
Fly Away (Tim Aydogdu, Tim Cotterall, Vito Wong, Dimple Zaw Tint, Tyrone Kone, Skye Howard)

Lower Secondary:
Out of Phase (Brodie Stewart)
Wrap Me Up (Eilis Steele)
Don’t Hide Away (Eilis Steele)
Wishing On a Star (Jordi Davieson)
Class Clown (Jordi Davieson)

Upper Secondary:
Overcast Day (Timothy Nelson)
Hey Robin (Wesley Fuller)
All the World to See (Danni Stefanetti)
Annie Say Goodbye (Timothy Nelson)
Paint it Black (Wesley Fuller)

Mixed Bag:
One Little Indian (Dallas Dyson)
Cheating, Cheating, Cheating (The Bank Holidays)
Did I Damage You? (The Kill Devil Hills)
Bring Out Your Dead (Schvendes)
Let it Go, Let it Go (Rob Schifferli, Paul Haines, Martin Allcock, Chris Reimer)

Rock:
SQ (Stuart Loasby)
The World or Nothing (Kill Teen Angst)
Repeat+Repeat (Schvendes)
Fuck Yeah! (Project Mayhem)
Maybe the Boy Who Cried Wolf was just Paranoid (Sugar Army)

Heavy Rock/Metal:
Piece of the Pie (Slim Pickins)
Sober (Daniel Estrin)
Broken Eyes (Brett Jones, Johnny Kyi, Nigel Watts)
Spectoral Awakening (Grant Burns, Richard Clements)
Good to Go (Kevin Curran, Todd Fishwick)

Pop:
It’s Been a While (Alex Arpino)
Plastic Rabbits (Andrew Ryan)
Skips On My Record (New Rules for Boats)
Holidayz (Josh Fontaine)
Oh Daylight (James Crombie)