The 2017 WAMAwards Nominees

WA MUSIC AWARDS – CRAFT

BEST BASSIST

Karl Florisson (Fat Sparrow / Harry Mitchell Trio / Karl Florisson Trio)

Rhian Todhunter (Childsaint)

Roy Martinez (Duende Indalo / Gina Williams / Praashekh Quartet / Rose Parker)

Ryan Dux (The Floors / The Kill Devil Hills)

Sara McPherson (Bells Rapids / RAG N’ BONE)                

BEST BRASS/STRINGS/WOODWIND INSTRUMENTALIST

Alana Macpherson [Saxophone] (Alana Macpherson Nonet / Human Contact / Macpherson/ Valenti / WAYJO)

Jamie Oehlers [Saxophone] (Australian Art Orchestra / Blowfish / Jamie Oehlers Quartet / Lost and Found / Memory of Elements / Paul Grabowsky Quartet and Sextet)

Matt Smith [Trumpet] (Mace Francis Orchestra / WAYJO)

Ricki Malet [Trumpet] (Daniel Susnjar Afro-Peruvian Jazz Group / Fat Sparow / Mace Francis Orchestra / Odette Mercy & Her Sould Atomics / The Hounds / WAYJO)

Tristen Parr [Cello] (Decibel / Fall Electric / Praxis Collective / Soundstorm / Viola Dana)

BEST DRUMMER/PERCUSSIONIST

Ben Vanderwal (Memory of Elements)

Daniel Susnjar (Daniel Susnjar Afro-Peruvian Jazz Group)

Michael Perkins (Libby Hammer)

Nathan Sproule (Coco Blu / Daryl Somers / End of Fashion / James Morrison / Kill Teen Angst / Libby Hammer / The Panda Band / Psychonaut / Simon Kelly And The Lonely Wives / The Spitfires / Tracksuit)              

BEST ELECTRONIC PRODUCER

Atripat

Consulate

Feels

Mike Midnight

Tourist Kid

BEST FEMALE VOCALIST

Caitie MacDonald (Nerve Quakes)

Kiera Owen (RAG N’ BONE)

Lucy Farley (Lucy Peach)

Ofa Fotu (Odette Mercy & Her Soul Atomics)

Stella Donnelly

BEST GUITARIST

Axel Carrington (Hip Priest / HYLA / RAG N’ BONE / The Fruity Whites)

Cameron Nicholas (Silent Knight)

Dan Carroll (Grace Barbé / Luke Dux & the Atomic Lunchbox, Mathas, Odette Mercy & Her Soul Atomics)

Karl Hiller (Dmtellic / Duende Indalo / Funk Club House Band / Muchos Mariachi / Odette Mercy & Her Soul Atomics / The Witches / Wormhole)

Lachlan Gear (Lachlan Gear Quintet)

BEST KEYS / SYNTH ARTIST

Aaron Goode (Ryan Beno)

Heather Jenkins (Nerve Quakes)

Josiah Padmanabham (Grievous Bodily Calm)

Russell Holmes (Frames of Minds / Hip Mo Toast / MPS / The Ragabillys / Russell Holmes Trio)

Tom O'Halloran (Memory of Elements / My name is Nobody / Tom O’Halloran Trio)

BEST MALE VOCALIST

Jacob Diamond

Jake Webb (Methyl Ethel)

Riley Pearce

Timothy Nelson

BEST SOUND ENGINEER (LIVE)

Chris Wright

Jack Hoffmann

Jason Brown

Jeremy Beste

John Kerns

Luke Willott

BEST SOUND ENGINEER/PRODUCER (STUDIO)

Andy Lawson (Debaser Studio)

Dan Carroll (Rada Studios)

Dave Parkin (Blackbird Sound Studio)

Lee Buddle (Crank Recording) 

WA MUSIC AWARDS – INDUSTRY

BEST ALBUM

Methyl Ethel - Everything Is Forgotten

POND - The Weather

San Cisco - The Water

The Waifs - Ironbark

BEST BLUES / ROOTS ACT

Dirtwater Bloom

John Butler Trio

MattyTWall

Old Blood

Tracey Barnett

BEST COUNTRY ACT

Belle Harvey

Helen Townsend

Ralway Bell

The Little Lord Street Band

BEST ELECTRONIC ACT (LIVE)

Feels

Phil Stroud

SLUMBERJACK

Tobacco Rat

Tourist Kid

BEST EP

Dream Rimmy - Heavy

POW! Negro - Jasmine & Licorice

SLUMBERJACK - Fracture

Stella Donnelly - Thrush Metal            

BEST EXPERIMENTAL ACT

Dan O'Connor

Furchick

Jean-Michel Maujean

Sage Pbbbt

BEST FOLK ACT

Carla Geneve

Lucy Peach

Riley Pearce

Stella Donnelly

The Little Lord Street Band

BEST HIP HOP ACT

Coin Banks

Drapht

Marksman Lloyd

Ziggy Ramo

BEST INDIGENOUS ACT

Beni Bjah

Gina Williams

John Bennett

Yatangal (Mervyn Mulardy)

Ziggy Ramo            

BEST JAZZ ARTIST

Daniel Susnjar Afro-Peruvian Jazz

Harry Mitchell

Jamie Oehlers

Memory of Elements

BEST METAL / HEAVY ACT

Dirac Sea

Make Them Suffer

Tangled Thoughts of Leaving

Territory

Voyager

BEST POP ACT

Dream Rimmy

Methyl Ethel

San Cisco

Sydnee Carter

PUNK/HARDCORE ACT

Cold Meat

Cursed Earth

Nerve Quakes

Scalphunter

BEST REGIONAL ACT

Carla Geneve

Johnny Taylor

Pete Byfield

Tanya Ransom

Tracey Barnett

BEST ROCK ACT

BOAT SHOW

FOAM

POND

The Floors

Tired Lion

BEST SINGLE

Methyl Ethel - Ubu

San Cisco - The Distance

Stella Donnelly - Mechanical Bull

Tired Lion - Cinderella Dracula

Ziggy Ramo - Black Face

BEST URBAN ACT (incl. FUNK, SOUL & RnB)

Demon Days

Koi Child

Odette Mercy & Her Soul Atomics

POW! Negro          

BEST WORLD MUSIC ACT

Daniel Susnjar Afro-Peruvian Jazz Group

Grace Barbé

Praashekh Quartet

Soukouss Internationale

INDUSTRY REPRESENTATIVE OF THE YEAR

Caitlin Nienaber (Radio Presenter - RTRFM)

Chris Wheeldon (Volunteer, Events & Operations Managar – RTRFM)

Mark Neal (Manager, Booker, Blue Grey Pink, Beaufort St Songwriters Club, The Sewing Room / Entertainment, UpBeat Events / Festival Assistant, HyperFest / Event Coordinator, Tour Manager, WAM)

Rachael Barrett (Photographer – Rachael Barrett Photography)

Rose Kingdom-Barron (Programming Coordinator – The Bird / Safer Venues WA)  

LABEL OF THE YEAR

Good Company

Obsius Records

Rhubarb Records

Televised Suicide

MANAGEMENT AWARD

Jacob Snell (Methyl Ethel / Tired Lion)

Luke Rinaldi (RAG N’ BONE / Red Jezebel / The Ghost Hotel / Usurper of Modern Medicine)

Matt Johnson (BOAT SHOW / Dream Rimmy / The Love Junkies)

Phil Stevens (John Butler Trio / POW! Negro / San Cisco / Stella Donnelly / The Waifs)

Rachel Davison (Mosquito Coast)

GOLDEN WAMi

Caitlin Nienaber (Radio Presenter - RTRFM)

Phaedra Watts (Festival Director – Nannup Music Festival)

Rik van der Velde (Sound Engineer – Engelbert Humperdinck / Frank Sinatra / Gina Williams & Guy Ghouse / Metallica / Fly by Night Club / Perth Blues Club)

Scott Griffiths (MC Optamus – Downsyde / Rap’N’Radio)

WA MUSIC AWARDS – MOST POPULAR

MOST POPULAR ACT

Birds of Tokyo

Drapht

Jebediah

John Butler Trio

Karnivool

Make Them Suffer

Methyl Ethel

POND

San Cisco

SLUMBERJACK

Ta-ku

Tame Impala

The Waifs

Tired Lion

Troye Sivan

Voyager

MOST POPULAR LIVE ACT

Blue Shaddy

BOAT SHOW

Claim The Throne

Drapht

Hideous Sun Demon

Methyl Ethel

POW! Negro

RAG N’ BONE

Scalphunter

Soukouss Internationale

Stella Donnelly

The Love Junkies

The Southern River Band

Tired Lion

The Volcanics

MOST POPULAR MUSIC EVENT

Blues at Bridgetown

Camp Doogs

Fairbridge Festival

Falls Festival

HyperFest

In The Pines

Nannup Music Festival

RTRFM Winter Music Festival

Rust In Perth

State Of The Art Festival     

MOST POPULAR MUSIC VIDEO

Claim The Throne - Mantra

Earth Rot - Waves of the Blackest Mire

Ellie Schoen - Gold Mess

Foxton Kings - Mookaite

Hideous Sun Demon - Bad Girl

Hip Priest - Spicy Veg Trio

Methyl Ethel - Ubu

Peppermint Showers - Dominoes

Peter Bibby - Medicine

Ralway Bell - Caught in the Crossfire

San Cisco - Hey, Did I Do You Wrong?

Tired Lion - Agoraphobia

Voyager – Ascension

Amplifier

Badlands Bar

Fremantle Arts Centre

Jack Rabbit Slim's

Mojo’s Bar

Perth Arena

Rosemount Hotel

Settlers Tavern

The Bird

The Ellington Jazz Club

The Odd Fellow

The Prince of Wales Hotel

The Railway Hotel