WAMi Award nominations announced

The nominees have been confirmed for this year’s West Australian Music Industry Awards and it’s the usual suspects dominating proceedings as expected.

Eskimo Joe lead the pack with six nominations, including Most Popular Act, Most Popular Album, Most Popular Single and Most Popular Music Video. Vocalist Kavyn Tempany also scored a nomination for the Best Male Vocalist award.

Snowman must fancy their chances at the awards too, with nominations for Most Popular Act, Most Popular Live Act, Best Rock Act and Most Popular Music Video. The band released their self-titled debut album in 2006 and are celebrating their recent addition to the 2007 Big Day Out lineup around Australia.

Snowman manager Heath Bradby, who also manages The Silents (nominated in the rock category) and Jebediah, is up for this year’s Golden WAMi. Also Nominated are Peter Barr (RTRFM), promoter Paul Sloan and Qstik Records’ Scott Adam.

Streetlight, Sugar Army and Mink Mussel Creek represent the class of 2006, with all three bands nominated for Favourite Newcomer and the industry-voted Most Promising New Act.

The most bizarre nomination came as the now-defunct Perthbands.com received a nomination for best music website. The site has been missing in action for a year but somehow managed to win another nomination to follow its 2006 win. Rockus.com.au, Perthsounds.com and wam.asn.au were also nominated. Rockus was also nominated for the media (organisation) award – but they have tough opposition from RTRFM, X-Press and Drum Media.




2007 WAMi Award nominees (public voted):

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:
Perthbands.com
Perthsounds.com
Rockus.com.au
Wam.asn.au

Most popular music venue:
Amplifier Bar
Hyde Park Hotel
Mojo’s Bar
Rosemount Hotel

Most popular music event:
Big Day Out
In the Pines
WAMi Festival
Southbound



2007 WAMi Award nominees (industry voted):

Most promising new act:
Faith in Plastics
Mink Mussel Creek
Streetlight
Sugar Army

Best indigenous act:
Richard Walley
Alice Haines
Bartlett
Pigram Brothers

Best record producer/engineer:
Al Smith
Shaun O’Callaghan
Dave Parkin
Adam Spark

Best WA record label:
Blazing Strumpet
Jarrah Records
Qstik
Sic Squared

Media award (individual):
Bob Gordon
Dave Cutbush
Mike Wafer
Peter Barr

Media award (organisation):
Drum Perth
RTRFM
Xpress
Rockus

Management award:
Heath Bradby
Phillip Stevens
Scott Adam
Juliet John

Golden WAMi:
Heath Bradby
Paul Sloan
Peter Barr
Scott Adam

Best male vocalist:
Justin Burford (End of Fashion)
Andy Citawarman (Snowman)
Ian Kenny (Karnivool, Birds of Tokyo)
Kavyen Tempany (Eskimo Joe)

Best female vocalist:
Abbe May (The Fuzz)
Rachel Dease (Schvendes)
Katy Steele (Little Birdy)
Storm Wyness (Sex Panther)

Best guitarist:
Ant Gray (Schvendes)
Drew Goddard (Karnivool)
Sean Pollard (New Rules for Boats)
Jeremy Martin (Eleventh He Reaches London)

Best bassist:
Ben Franz (The Waifs)
Ben Golby (New Rules for Boats)
David Namour (The Panda Band, Rollerskates)
Pete Jeavons (Thrust)

Best drummer:
Gabriel Nicotra (The Panda Band, Rollerskates)
Ian Chater (The Bank Holidays)
Steve Judd (Karnivool)
Rob Nassif (Gyroscope)

Instrumentalist:
Alex Archer (Kill Devil Hills)
Stephen Callan (The Panda Band, Rollerskates)
Andy Citawarman (Snowman)
Tristan Parr (Schvendes, Fall Electric)

Best electronic producer:
HiRO?
Lo Key Fu
Pendulum
Shane Norton

Best DJ:
Dan the Man
Fdel
Charlie Bucket
Moflo Leigh

Hard rock/metal:
Karnivool
Subtruck
Pathogen
Voyager

Commercial pop:
Eskimo Joe
The Sleepy Jackson
Little Birdy
Bob Evans

Hardcore/punk:
Miles Away
From the Ruins
Eleventh He Reaches London
Extortion

Jazz:
Sam Anning Quintet
VOID
Matt Jodrel Quartet
Mace Francis Orchestra

Blues/roots:
Kill Devil Hills
Blue Shaddy
Andrew Winton
Toby

Country:
Connie Kis Anderson
Ronni Rae Rivers
Felicity Groom
The Jayco Brothers

Rock:
Schvendes
The Wednesday Society
Snowman
The Silents

Indie pop:
New Rules for Boats
The Bank Holidays
Institut Polaire
Faith in Plastics

Urban/hip-hop:
Downsyde
Drapht
She’nelle
Hunter

Live electronic:
Sir Apple
Pendulum Live
Fdel
The Resonance

Funk:
Lysistrata
The Roast
The Crux
Bobby Blackbird and the Bluejays

World music:
Double Entendre
Collective Latino
Zarm
David Hyams and the Miles to Go Band


The 2007 WAMi Awards will be presented at the Beck’s Verandah on February 21. Voting for this year’s awards can be done online through www.myspace.com/musicwa.