This year sees 80 nominees across 16 different categories.
The nominees for this year's WAM Song Of The Year awards have been announced this morning, as well as the details of the ceremony during which the winners will be announced.
There are 16 different categories for this year's awards, spanning everything from experimental to love songs, to mentally healthy songs and school age awards, as well as the more traditional genre specific categories. Over 80 different songs have been nominated in 2012.
The awards will be presented in a special ceremony, which is open to the public, and being held at the Fly By Night Musicians' Club on Thursday 11 October. Hosting the evening's proceedings will be 96FM's Darren de Mello, while Eskimo Joe's Kav Temperley will be in attendance and punters will be treated to live performances by 2011 Song of the Year Grand Prize winner Timothy Nelson & The Infidels, as well as Yabu Band, Kucka and Boom! Bap! Pow!
You can grab tickets right now from the venue for $23.50 + bf or, if there are any available, on the night for $28.50.
All of the nominees are below.
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Blues & Roots
Sponsored by Clancy's Fish Pub
Bitter Tears by John Read
Driller by Dilip 'n the Davs
Kimberley Moon by Matt Cal
My Baby Must Be Blind by Mister & Sunbird
Too Much Information by Ego Libido
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Country
Sponsored by Boyup Brook Country Music Club
Banged Up by Polly Medlen Band
I Won't Be Too Far Behind by Jonny Taylor
Love Songs by Wes Snowball
Shifting Sands by David Hyams and The Miles To Go Band
Take Me Home by The Ghost Hotel
Experimental
Sponsored by Qwartz Electronic Music Awards
Mollusc by TheIntensoBand
Polly (serialkillersundays) by Kucka
Rumination by Cycle~440
Tetraplegiah by Christopher de Groot
Zip Up Jacket Combination Lock by TheIntensoBand
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Electronic / Dance
Sponsored by SAE Institute
Blanket by DeadCollection
Incandescence by Ylem
Slew by Ylem
Swim (Winter Sleep Rework) by Lilt
We are Home Again by The Brow Horn Orchestra
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Heavy
Sponsored by Lang Studios & Manticore Productions
Bury The King by Goat
Honorary Member of The First High Society by Castle Bravo
Never Sleep Again by Chainsaw Hookers
Sleazebag by Sleepfreak
Walk Away by The Sixth Extinction
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Indigenous
Sponsored by Nannup Music Festival
Blue Stranger by OZ Island
Born on the River by Jake and the Cowboys
Crash by Jake and the Cowboys
Petrol Paint & Glue by Yabu Band
Some Boy by Baby Kool
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Jazz
Sponsored by The Ellington Jazz Club
Fade Away by Rick Webster
Maelstrom by Abbey/Foster/Falle
Roessle by Tal Cohen Quartet
The Busker by Chris Foster Trio
There's More Fish in the Sea by Tal Cohen Quartet
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Love
Sponsored by WAM
Aimee by Rainy Day Women
Driftwood by Helen Shanahan
Falling Outta Love by Sugarpuss
I'll Tell The Water of You by Warning Birds
Priority Tree by Patient Little Sister
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Pop
Sponsored by the City of South Perth
Connect Five by Sheryn Binks
Don't You Forget by Jake and the Cowboys
Relationshipdenial by Bastian's Happy Flight
Sing It by The Ghost Hotel
Sleigh Bed by Rainy Day Women
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Mentally Healthy
Sponsored by the Mental Health Commission WA
Grey Days by Kris Kingwell
Milliner's Song by Claire Moodie
Talk About It by Slackjaw
That Makes You Feel Better by Dave Taylor & The Groove Unit
Petrol Paint & Glue by Yabu Band
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Regional
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Sponsored by Hertz
Brighter Than You Feel by Jonny Taylor
Colour Me Real by Reverend & The Deathbed Conversions
Dreams by Jude Iddison
Heart of a Lion by Codie Sundstrom
Need A Little Love by David Taylor and The Groove Unit
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Schools - 14 Years & Under
Sponsored by AMEB
Fly by Sophie Costello
Inside and Out by Lucinda Nicholls
Please by Zoe Roberts
Sinking Ships by Brittany Freeman
We Shall Not Fall by Splinta
Rock
Sponsored by APRA | AMCOS
7 by The Shallows
Charlatan by Harlequin League
Nothing Left To Prove by Patient Little Sister
Ordinary by Husband
Take Me Home by The Ghost Hotel
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Urban / Hip Hop
Sponsored by Headspace
Affirm Your Masculinity by Andrew Horabin
High Life by Slackman
Jobbed by FG featuring Wisdom2th
The Ego-dystonic Blues by FG
Worldstop by FG
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World / Folk
Sponsored by Fairbridge Festival
Afro Sega by Grace Barbe Afro-Kreol
Isfahan by Daramad
Jump by Spoonful of Sugar
Mother's Petunias by Brayden Sibbald
Old Brown Piano by Rachel & Henry Climb a Hill
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Schools - 15 to 17 Years
Sponsored by City of Wanneroo
Apple & The Worm by Brayden Sibbald
Bumpy Ride by Jennifer Renee Hannam
I Think I've Got You by Morgan Bain
Megalomaniac by Codie Sundstrom
Somebody Else by Julia Nicholls
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