WAMi Award nominationsannounced

Thu 17th Jan, 2008 in Local News

Birds of Tokyo and The John Butler Trio headed the field as WAM announced the nominees for this year’s WAMi Awards.

Nominated for Most Popular Album and Best Rock Act, Birds of Tokyo are up for gongs in six categories on the back of debut LP Day One. Remarkably, all four members are in the running to win individual prizes in the industry-voted awards.

Cementing his place at the top of the blues and roots tree, John Butler took home five nominations, after yet another mega-selling album. The one-time busker at Fremantle markets got the nod for Most Popular Album, Most Popular Act, Most Popular Music Video, Best Blues and Roots Act and Best Guitarist.

Of the newcomers, Felicity Groom and the Black Black Smoke and Abbe May and the Rockin’ Pneumonia fared best, with four nominations each. Last year’s Favourite Newcomer WAMi winners, Sugar Army, also scored four.

The winners will be revealed on February 21 at Beck’s Music Box on the Perth Esplanade. Playing on the night are Jebediah, Birds of Tokyo, Blue Shaddy, Yabu Band with special guests Groovylips and the Yang, Felicity Groom and the Black Black Smoke and DJs Dan the Man and Rok Riley.

2008 WAMi Award nominations:

Most Popular Act: Eskimo Joe, The John Butler Trio, The Panics, Sugar Army

Most Popular Live Act: Gyroscope, Karnivool, Snowman, Streetlight

Most Popular Single/EP: Gyroscope – Snakeskin, Institut Polaire – The Fauna and The Flora, Sugar Army – Where Do You Hide Your Toys?, The Waifs – Sun Dirt Water

Most Popular Album: Birds of Tokyo – Day One, John Butler Trio – Grand National, The Panics – Cruel Guards, Red Jezebel – How I Learnt to Stop
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Favourite Newcomer: Abbe May and the Rockin’ Pneumonia, Felicity Groom and the Black Black Smoke, Harlequin League, Sneaky Weasel Gang

Most Popular Music Video: Gyroscope – Snakeskin, Institut Polaire – City Walls and Empires, The John Butler Trio – Good Excuse, Snowman – Swimming With Sharks

Most Popular Music Website: www.teknoscape.com.au, www.perthbands.com.au, www.rtrfm.com.au, www.rockus.com.au

Most Popular Music Event: In the Pines, Perth International Arts Festival, Southbound, The WAMi Awards

Most Popular Music Venue: Amplifier Bar, Hyde Park Hotel, Mojo’s Bar, Rosemount Hotel

Golden WAMi: Heath Bradby, Juliet John, Peter Barr, Steph Edwardes

Most Promising New Act: Abbe May and the Rockin’ Pneumonia, Astral Travel, Felicity Groom and the Black Black Smoke, Harlequin League

Best Sound Engineer: George Kailis, Ian Stewart, Laurie Sinagra, Luke Willott

Best Record Producer/Engineer: Adam Spark, Al Smith, Dave Parkin, Shaun O’Callaghan

Best WA Record Label: Blazing Strumpet Records, Jarrah Records, Love is My Velocity, Qstik Records

Media Award (Individual): Bob Gordon, Dave Cutbush, Mike Wafer, Peter Barr

Media Award (Organisation): The Drum Media, Rockus, RTR FM 92.1, X-Press Magazine

Management Award: Steph Edwardes, Philip Stevens, Heath Bradby, Juliet John

Best Rock Act: Birds of Tokyo, Capital City, Snowman, Sugar Army

Best Commercial Pop Act: Eskimo Joe, Little Birdy, The Panics, Red Jezebel

Best Indie Pop Act: The Bank Holidays, The Burton Cool Suit, Institut Polaire, New Rules for Boats

Best Hardcore/Punk Act: Extortion, The Homicides, Miles Away, Project Mayhem

Best Hard Rock/Metal Act: Cease, Eleventh He Reaches London, Karnivool, Pathogen

Best Blues/Roots Act: Abbe May and the Rockin’ Pneumonia, The Dave Mann Collective, The John Butler Trio, The Kill Devil Hills

Best Funk Act: The Bluejays, Funkola, Lysistrata, Sunshine Brothers

Best Jazz Act: Graham Wood Quintet, Mace Francis Orchestra, Matt Jodrell Quartet, Void

Best Country Act: The Jayco Brothers, Jeff Strong, The Kill Devil Hills, Polly Medlen

Best Urban/ Hip Hop Act: Che’nelle, Downsyde, Fdel, Rhyme Audial

Best Electronic Act: Brash and Sassy, Electric Limousine, Pendulum, The Transients

Best DJ: Charlie Bucket, Dan the Man, Greg Packer, Gruesome Twosome

Best World Act: David Hyams and the Miles to Go Band, Electric Kora Land, The Flying Carpathians, Zigatango

Best Indigenous Act: Bartlett, Djiva, Peter Brandy, Pigram Brothers

Best Electronic Producer: Dave McKinney, Pendulum, Roly Skender,
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Best Bassist: Greg Sanders (Kill Teen Angst), Ian Berney (Sugar Army), Matt Cheetham (Downsyde), Roy Martinez (Cinema Prague, Dave Mann Collective)

Best Guitarist: Andrew Winton, Adam Spark (Birds of Tokyo), Ant Gray (Schvendes), John Butler

Best Male Vocalist: Brendon Humphries (The Kill Devil Hills), Dave Mann, Ian Kenny (Birds of Tokyo, Karnivool), Nathan Gaunt

Best Female Vocalist: Abbe May, Felicity Groom, Katy Steele (Little Birdy), Rachael Dease (Schvendes)

Best Drummer: Adam Weston (Birds of Tokyo), Nigel Bird (Bob Evans, Mo Wilson and the Drivers), Pete Guazzelli (Fall ELectric), Russell Loasby (Institut Polaire)

Best Instrumentalist: Alex Archer (The Kill Devil Hills), Glenn Sarangapany (Birds of Tokyo), Tara John (Schvendes), Tristen Parr (Schvendes)