SATURDAY SPECTACULAR – Supported by the City of Perth
Saturday 9 Nov: Midday-Midnight, Various Venues, Northbridge
This year’s Saturday Spectacular now features well over 100 local acts on 12 stages, including 4 outdoor stages – the X-Press Launch stage at the Perth Cultural Centre Amphitheatre, Urban Orchard, the Emerging Artists Wetlands Stage presented by CIT, and the Northbridge Piazza Stage which will see the Craft Awards presented by RTRFM, including a live broadcast
THE LINE-UP:
44th Sunset, Adam Trainer (DJ set), Adem K, Amanda Merdzan, Andrew Winton, Antelope, Anton Franc, Apache, Autopilot, Axe Girl, Bastian’s Happy Flight, Boom! Bap! Pow! (WAM Song of the Year Winner – Pop), China Doll, Chris Wheeldon (DJ set), Clint Bracknell, Codie Sundstrom, Coin Banks, Craig McElhinney, Daramad, David Craft & Friends, Dead Owls, Dianas, Diger Rokwell, Dux n Downtown, Ekko & Sidetrack, Elk Bell, Emperors, ENAV, Ensemble Formidable (the related Formidable Vegetable Sound System won WAM SOTY – Folk), Everyteen, FAIM, Family Shoveller Band, Flighflow, Flower Drums, FOAM, Gilded, Grace Barbe, Graphic Fiction Heroes (WAM SOTY Winners – Country), Husband, Jack Doepel (DJ set), Jake & The Cowboys (Jarred Wall WAM SOTY Winner – Indigenous), Jordan McRobbie (WAM SOTY Winner – Blues/Roots), Kill Teen Angst, Kit Pop vs Zeke, Kucka, Leeches, Lilt, Lo & Behold, Man The Clouds, Masonik, Mezzanine,Minute 36 (WAM SOTY Winners – Regional), MmHmmm, Mt. Mountain, Naik, Natasha Shanks,Our Man In Berlin, Oz Island, Patient Little Sister, Pimps Of Sound, Puck, Pumba, Rabbit Island, Race To Your Face, Rachel Gorman (WAM SOTY Winner – Mentally Healthy), Red Engine Caves,Rok Riley, Ruby Boots, Sable, Sam Perry, Sarah Pellicano, Scalphunter, Shimmergloom, Sid Pattni, Simone & Girlfunkle, Simon Kelly & The Big Bamboo, Sludge Bucket, Smrts, Sons Of Rico, Stoney Joe, Sugar Army, Sugarpuss, The Amani Consort, The Brow Horn Orchestra, The Coalminers Sect, The Community Chest, The Disappointed, The Flying Embers, The Ghost Hotel, The Justin Walshe Folk Machine, The Weapon Is Sound, Tired Lion, Tomas Ford, Tracey Barnett, Trigger Jackets, True Science, Usurper Of Modern Medicine, Valdaway, Vida Cain, Wisdom 2thand Ylem & Dease.
WA Music Awards – hosted by triple j’s Dom Alessio and Lewi McKirdy, with performances by Jordi Davieson (San Cisco), The Love Junkies and Mathas, plus the WAM Hall Of Fame inductions. Friday, November 8, 8pm-midnight at the Astor Theatre.
WAM Festival Music Conference –keynote speakers will include Adalita, Catherine Haridy and Michael Chugg, with 50 more industry speakers to be announced, including The Great Escape/Glastonbury Festival’s Martin Elbourne, Earache Records’ Al Dawson, YouTube’s Lee Hunter and Spotify’s Rene Chambers. It happens around the Perth Cultural Centre on Thursday-Friday, November 7-8.
WA Export Showcase – Kučka, Rainy Day Women, Simone & Girlfunkle and Stillwater Giants perform at The Bakery on Thursday, November 7, showing the stuff that has brought them attention from all over the globe.
KISS MY WAMi 2013 CD/DVD – This year’s three-disc edition features The Decline, Tangled Thoughts Of Leaving, Dead Owls, Charlie Bucket, Naik, The Floors, The Ghost Hotel, Bastian’s Happy Flight, Blackmilk, Usurper Of Modern Medicine, Warning Birds, Ruby Boots and many more.
More details are still to come, about Night Visions, the launch of WAM’s new Singapore WA Music Exchange initiative, the Kiss My Camera exhibition at the WA Museum, the Regional Roundtable and more. Head to wam.asn.au for ongoing updates.
Meanwhile, here are the nominees for this year’s WA Music Awards…
2013 EXPERT Award Nominees
2013 Golden WAMi
Presented by City of Perth
Andrew Ryan
Graham Wood
Jodie Regan
Jeff Halley
Media Individual of the Year
Presented by Xanadu Wines
Simon Collins (The West Australian)
Bob Gordon (X-Press)
Travis Johnson (X-Press)
Callum Twigger (theMusic.com.au)
Adam Trainer (RTRFM)
WA Based Record Label of the Year
Presented by WA Museum
The Community
Walking Horse Music
Heartless Robot
Spinning Top Music
2013 Management Award
Presented by Central Institute of Technology
Jodie Regan
Luke Rinaldi
Jacob Snell
Philip Stevens
2013 WAM CRAFT Award Nominees
Live Sound Engineer of the Year
Luke Gray
Adam Round
Luke Willott
Recording Engineer of the Year
Matt Giovannangelo
James Newhouse
Dave Parkin
Adam Round
Guitarist of the Year
Luke Dux (The Floors)
Ben Witt (The Chemist)
Mitch McDonald (The Love Junkies)
Dylan Olivierre (Rainy Day Women)
Bassist of the Year
Jon Stockman (Karnivool)
Ian Berney (Birds Of Tokyo)
Anthony Jackson (Casino Sunrise, The Siren Tower, The Loved Dead, Will Stoker & The Embers)
Ryan Dux (The Floors, The Kill Devil Hills)
Drummer / Percussionist of the Year
Steve Judd (Karnivool)
Lewis Walsh (The Love Junkies)
James Wills (Drowning Horse)
Scarlett Stevens (San Cisco)
Keys/Synth Artist of the Year
Jack Doepel (Mmhmmm, Jack Doepel Quartet, Bastian’s Happy Flight)
James Ireland (Savoir, The Chemist)
Alwyn Nixon-Lloyd (Boys Boys Boys!)
Ron Pollard (Tangled Thoughts Of Leaving, The Ron Pollard Quintet)
Multi Instrumentalist of the Year
Lyndon Blue (Seams, Solar Barge)
Jack Doepel (Mmhmmm, Jack Doepel Quartet, Bastian’s Happy Flight)
Josh Dyson (Matters of Fiction, China Doll)
Amber Fresh (Rabbit Island, Gulls)
Todd Pickett (Blackmilk, Kill Devil Hills, Davey Craddock & The Spectacles)
Sam Price (Naik)
Male Vocalist of the Year
Nick Allbrook (Pond, Allbrook/Avery)
Cam Avery (The Growl, Allbrook/Avery)
Ian Kenny (Karnivool, Birds of Tokyo)
Timothy Nelson (Timothy Nelson & The Infidels)
Female Vocalist of the Year
Novac Bull (Boom! Bap! Pow!)
Laura Jane Lowther (Kučka)
Abbe May
Georgi Kay
Electronic Producer of the Year
Naik
Diger Rokwell
Shockone
Ta-ku
2013 WAM INDUSTRY Award Nominees
Rock Act of the Year
Presented by the Mustang Bar
The Chemist
Emperors
The Love Junkies
Pond
Heavy Act of the Year
Presented by The Wire
Forstora
Karnivool
Saviour
Voyager
Experimental Act of the Year
Presented by RTRFM
Chris Cobilis
Craig McElhinney
Kučka
Decibel
Kynan Tan
Pop Act of the Year
Presented by X-Press
Bastian’s Happy Flight
Rainy Day Women
San Cisco
Simone & Girlfunkle
Punk Act of the Year
Presented by Diskbank
Chainsaw Hookers
The Decline
FAIM
Scalphunter
Blues & Roots Act of the Year
Presented by Clancy’s Fremantle
Andrew Winton
Blue Shaddy
Matt Gresham
Morgan Bain
Urban Act of the Year
Presented by Headphonic
Bitter Belief
Mathas
Mr Grevis
Ta-ku
Jazz Act of the Year
Presented by Bivouac
Abbey Foster Falle
Graham Wood
Mace Francis
Tal Cohen
Country Music Act of the Year
Presented by Country Music Club of Boyup Brook
The Big Old Bears
Davey Craddock & The Spectacles
Ruby Boots
The Seals
Folk Act of the Year
Presented by Folkworld Fairbridge Festival
Ensemble Formidable
Mama Kin
Patient Little Sister
The Justin Walshe Folk Machine
Timothy Nelson & The Infidels
Electronic Act of the Year
Presented by Salt (X-Press)
Basic Mind
Diger Rokwell
Mei Saraswati
Savoir
World Music Act of the Year
Presented by SIGN-A-RAMA
Daramad
Grace Barbé
Zarm
Music Website of the Year
Presented by Humaan
Cool Perth Nights
life is noise
The Music
RTRFM
Six Thousand
Spaceship News
X-Press Magazine
Indigenous Act of the Year
Presented by Noongar Radio
Gina Williams
John Bennett
Stephen Pigram
2013 Breakthrough Act
Presented by Sunset Events
The Dianas
Rainy Day Women
The Love Junkies
Mt Mountain
2013 WAM public voted Award Nominees
Group of the Year
Presented by City of Perth
Emperors
The Growl
Karnivool
Pond
San Cisco
Tame Impala
Solo Artist of the Year
Presented by MRA
Abbe May
Georgi Kay
Mathas
Ruby Boots
ShockOne
Timothy Nelson
Record Store of the Year
Presented by WAM
78 Records
Dada’s
Fat Shan Records
Planet Music
Music Venue of the Year
Presented by Matso’s
The Astor Theatre
The Bakery
The Bird
The Rosemount
Single of the Year
Presented by PPCA
Birds of Tokyo – This Fire
Mathas – Nourishment (ft. Abbe May)
Rainy Day Women – Ain’t It Time
ShockOne – Lazerbeam
Stillwater Giants – Fly Under The Radar
Tame Impala – Feels Like We Only Go Backwards
Music Video of the Year
Presented by Network 10
Kučka – Rewind
The Growl – Douse The Lamps
The Love Junkies – Maybelene
Tame Impala – Elephant
Album / EP of the Year
Presented by Alberts
Birds of Tokyo – March Fires
Karnivool – Asymmetry
Pond – Hobo Rocket
San Cisco – San Cisco
Tame Impala – Lonerism
The Love Junkies – Maybelene
Music Event of the Year
Presented by Feral Brewing
In The Pines
Soundwave
St. Jerome’s Laneway Festival
