The WAM Awards for 2014 were handed out last Friday at the State Theatre Centre Courtyard (craft) and Capitol. Here’s all the winners.
PUBLIC VOTED AWARDS
Presented by The Music
MOST POPULAR ACT | Presented by City Of Perth
Pond
MOST POPULAR LIVE ACT | Presented by The Rosemount Hotel
Pond
MOST POPULAR NEW ACT | Presented by Sunset Events
Hideous Sun Demon
MOST POPULAR EVENT | Presented by Music Feedback
St. Jerome’s Laneway Festival
MOST POPULAR VENUE | Presented by Diskbank
Mojo’s
MOST POPULAR MUSIC VIDEO | Presented by Shiny Rabbit
John Butler Trio – Only One
INDUSTRY AWARDS
GOLDEN WAMi | Presented by City Of Perth
Jodie Regan
BEST ALBUM | Presented by Alberts
Timothy Nelson & The Infidels – Terror Terror
BEST SINGLE | Presented by MRA
KUČKA – Unconditional
2014 BREAKTHROUGH ARTIST | Presented by Central Institute Of Technology
Mt. Mountain
MANAGEMENT AWARD | Presented by Central Institute Of Technology
Jodie Regan (winner); Luke Rinaldi; Matt Johnson
MEDIA AWARD | Presented by Worldwide Printing Solutions
Peter Barr (RTRFM)
GENRE AWARDS
BEST ROCK ACT | Presented by triple j
The Love Junkies
BEST PUNK / HARDCORE ACT | Presented by Moshtix
Vanity
BEST METAL / HEAVY ACT | Presented by Earache Records
Puck
BEST URBAN ACT | Presented by The Poster Girls
Mathas
BEST ELECTRONIC ACT | Presented by X-Press Magazine
KUČKA
BEST EXPERIMENTAL ACT | Presented by X-Press Magazine
KUČKA
BEST WORLD MUSIC ACT | Presented by Fairbridge Festival
The Weapon Is Sound (winner)
BEST JAZZ ARTIST | Presented by Perth Jazz Society & The Ellington
Tom O’Halloran (winner)
BEST FOLK ACT| Presented by Media Arts Lawyers
David Craft
BEST INDIGENOUS ACT | Presented by Noongar Radio
Gina Williams & Guy Ghouse
BEST COUNTRY ACT | Presented by Mustang Bar
Ruby Boots
BEST BLUES & ROOTS ACT | Presented by Clancy’s Fish Pub
The Floors
BEST POP ACT | Presented by The Wire
Timothy Nelson & The Infidels
CRAFT AWARDS
Presented by RTRFM
BEST SOUND ENGINEER (live)
Chris Wright
BEST SOUND ENGINEER (studio)
Adam Round
BEST ELECTRONIC PRODUCER
Diger Rokwell
BEST KEYS / SYNTH ARTIST
Timothy Nelson (The Kill Devil Hills, Timothy Nelson & The Infidels)
BEST GUITARIST
Luke Dux (The Floors, Timothy Nelson & The Infidels)
BEST BASSIST
Ryan Dux (The Kill Devil Hills, The Floors)
BEST FEMALE VOCALIST
Abbe May
BEST MALE VOCALIST
Timothy Nelson
BEST DRUMMER
Lewis Walsh (The Love Junkies)
Thanks to WAM for the full results!
For all the details on the WAM Festival head here!