UPDATE 04/11/16: The winners of the 2016 WA Music Awards have been revealed.
ORIGINAL STORY: The nominees have been revealed and voting is open for the 2016 Western Australian Music Awards.
This year’s nominations are lead by 2015 triple j Unearthed winners Tired Lion, who have nabbed six nominations. Other multiple nominees include Koi Child, Hideous Sun Demon, Verge Collection, Rag n’ Bone, Methyl Ethel and Lucy Peach.
Categories range all the way from craft awards, to genre and industry-based awards, as well as a bunch of public-voted awards for most popular act, new act, live act, music video, venue and event.
Last year the awards were absolutely dominated by Kevin Parker’s Tame Impala, who took out four gongs from their six nominations, while Tired Lion, Methyl Ethel and KUČKA also nabbed multiple gongs.
Western Australia Music has also revealed that the WAMAwards party will take place on Thursday, 3rd November at the Gate One Theatre inside Claremont Showgrounds, with performances from several local acts to take place.
Catch the full list of 2016 WA Music Award nominees below, and party ticketing info here.
Watch: Tired Lion – ‘Suck’
WA Music Awards 2016
BEST SOUND ENGINEER (live)
Jason Brown
James Newhouse
Mark McEwen
Tim McNally
BEST SOUND ENGINEER (studio)
Andy Lawson (Debaser Studio)
Dan Carroll (Rada Studios)
Dave Parkin (Blackbird Studio)
Matt Gio (Rada Studios)
BEST RECORD PRODUCER
Charlie Young
Dom Monteleone (Kingdom Studio)
Joel Quartermain (Wastelands Studio)
Matt Gio (Rada Studio)
BEST ELECTRONIC PRODUCER
Morgan Then & Fletcher Ehlers (Slumberjack)
Ned Beckley (Lower Spectrum)
Phil Stroud
Regan Mathews (Ta-ku)
BEST FEMALE VOCALIST
Abbe May
Ama Quinsee (Legs Electric)
Gina Williams
Lucy Farley (Lucy Peach)
BEST MALE VOCALIST
Bojesse Pigram
Brendon Humphries (The Kill Devil Hills)
Craig Jovanovic (Maverick)
Danny Estrin (Voyager)
Jacob Diamond
BEST GUITARIST
Axel Carrington (Rag n’ Bone / Hip Priest / HYLA)
Benjamin Witt
Laura McCormick (Legs Electric)
Steve Hensby (Steve Hensby Band / Tracksuit / Lucy Peach Band)
BEST BASSIST
Abby Soanes (Legs Electric)
Alex Canion (Voyager)
Charlotte Thorne (Nerve Quakes)
Sara McPherson (Rag n’ Bone / Bells Rapids)
Vanessa Thornton (Jebediah / The Tommyhawks)
BEST DRUMMER/PERCUSSIONIST
Ashley Doodkorte (Voyager, The Floors, Will Stoker & The Embers)
Daniel Susnjar (Daniel Susnjar Afro-Peruvian Jazz Group)
Elliot Smith
Kylie Soanes (Legs Electric / Paul McCarthy & The Wishers)
BEST KEYS / SYNTH ARTIST
Matthew Schmalkuche (Jacob Diamond Band)
Russell Holmes (Russell Holmes Trio / Gina Williams Band)
Timothy Nelson (Timothy Nelson & The Infidels / The Kill Devil Hills)
Tom Kenny (Koi Child)
BEST BLUES / ROOTS ACT
Andrew Winton
Katie J White
MattyTWall
Old Blood
BEST COUNTRY ACT
Belle Harvey
Davey Craddock & The Spectacles
Ralway Bell
Ruby Boots
BEST ELECTRONIC ACT (live)
Basic Mind
Catlips
Mei Saraswati
SLUMBERJACK
Tourist Kid
BEST EXPERIMENTAL ACT
Decibel
Eduardo Cossio
Josten Myburgh
Nathan Thompson
orphans
BEST FOLK ACT
Andrew Winton
The Little Lord Street Band
Lucy Peach
Riley Pearce
BEST INDIGENOUS ACT
Beni Bjah
Gina Williams
John Bennett
Phil Walley-Stack
BEST JAZZ ARTIST
Daniel Susnjar Afro-Peruvian Jazz Group
Jamie Oehlers
Memory of Elements
TRISK
BEST METAL / HEAVY ACT
Drohtnung
Drowning Horse
Make Them Suffer
SANZU
Silent Knight
Voyager
BEST POP ACT
KUČKA
Methyl Ethel
Tame Impala
Tired Lion
Troye Sivan
Verge Collection
BEST PUNK / HARDCORE ACT
Nerve Quakes
SAVIOUR
Scalphunter
The Decline
Zerodent
BEST ROCK ACT
Hideous Sun Demon
Psychedelic Porn Crumpets
Rag n’ Bone
The Love Junkies
Tired Lion
BEST URBAN ACT
Drapht
Koi Child
Mathas
Ta-ku
BEST WORLD MUSIC ACT
Eastwinds
Grace Barbé
Juliana Areias
Soukouss Internationale
BEST ALBUM
Benjamin Witt – FUTURE RESET
Davey Craddock – City West
Koi Child – Koi Child
Mt. Mountain – Cosmos Terros
Nicholas Allbrook – Pure Gardiya
BEST EP
Gunns – She’s A Rainbow
Mei Saraswati – Devotions
Puck – Dead To The World
Verge Collection – Open Plan Living
BEST SINGLE
Abbe May – Doomsday Clock
Childsaint – Hallelujah Heartache
Hideous Sun Demon – Oscillate
Tired Lion – Not My Friends
Verge Collection – Postcodes
BEST RECORD LABEL
The Community Records
Jarrah Records
Pilerats
Spinning Top Music
Walking Horse Music
MANAGEMENT AWARD
Jacob Snell
Luke Rinaldi
Matt Johnson
Philip Stevens
MEDIA AWARD
Bob Gordon (X-Press Magazine)
Andrew Ryan (Cool Perth Nights)
Caitlin Nienaber (RTRFM)
Daniel Cribb (TheMusic.com.au)
Troy Mutton (Pilerats)
GOLDEN WAMi
Jacob Snell
Maria Florides
Matthew Johnson
Phaedra Watts
Tom Fisher
Public Voted Awards
MOST POPULAR ACT
Koi Child
Methyl Ethel
Mosquito Coast
Tame Impala
Tired Lion
Troye Sivan
MOST POPULAR NEW ACT
Ah Trees
Human Buoy
POW Negro
The Money War
Verge Collection
MOST POPULAR LIVE ACT
Hideous Sun Demon
Old Blood
POW Negro
Shit Narnia
The Southern River Band
Tired Lion
MOST POPULAR MUSIC VIDEO
FOAM – Get On Board
Hideous Sun Demon – Cul De Sac Vision
Koi Child – 1-5-9
Methyl Ethel – Idée Fixe
Rag n’ Bone – I Don’t Feel At Home In This
World Anymore
Tired Lion – Not My Friends
MOST POPULAR VENUE
Badlands Bar
Jack Rabbit Slim’s
Mojos Bar
The Bird
MOST POPULAR MUSIC EVENT
Camp Doogs
Nannup Music Festival
RTRFM’s In The Pines
St. Jerome’s Laneway Festival
Wave Rock Weekender
