Western Australia’s finest turned out last night for the annual WA Music Awards, celebrating the best music to come from the west coast. Taking place at Jack Rabbit Slim’s, the awards are part of the WAM festival with the Craft category winners announced earlier in the week. KUČKA, Tired Lion and Methyl Ethel all went home with two trophies, and Andrew Ryan managed to snag his second gold WAMi. You can check out the full list of winner below.
BEST BLUES / ROOTS ACT
Andrew Winton
Morgan Bain – WINNER
Old Blood
The Floors
BEST COUNTRY ACT
Codee-Lee
Davey Craddock & The Spectacles
Ralway Bell
Ruby Boots – WINNER
The Wilds
BEST ELECTRONIC ACT
Catlips
KUČKA – WINNER
Sable
Slumberjack
Ta-ku
BEST EXPERIMENTAL ACT
Decibel
KUČKA – WINNER
Mei Saraswati
Original Past Life
Usurper Of Modern Medicine
BEST FOLK ACT
Jacob Diamond – WINNER
David Craft
Patient Little Sister
Galloping Foxleys
BEST INDIGENOUS ACT
Gina Williams & Guy Ghouse – WINNER
Fred Ryan
John Bennett
Stephen Pigram
Zeke
BEST JAZZ ARTIST
Ben Vanderwal – WINNER
Daniel Susnjar
Jamie Oehlers
Tom O’Halloran
BEST METAL / HEAVY ACT
Drowning Horse
Earth Rot
Förstöra
Voyager – WINNER
BEST PUNK / HARDCORE ACT
Scalphunter – WINNER
Shit Narnia
Statues
The Decline
BEST POP ACT
Joni In The Moon
KUČKA
Methyl Ethel – WINNER
San Cisco
BEST ROCK ACT
The Love Junkies
Tired Lion – WINNER
Pond
Tame Impala
BEST URBAN ACT
Coin Banks – WINNER
Drapht
Koi Child
Mathas
Odette Mercy & Her Soul Atomics
BEST WORLD MUSIC ACT
Daniel Susnjar Afro Peruvian Jazz
Eduardo Cossio Quartet
Grace Barbé – WINNER
Juliana Areias
Gina Williams & Guy Ghouse
BEST ALBUM
Methyl Ethel – Oh Inhuman Spectacle
Pond – Man It Feels Like Space Again
San Cisco – Gracetown
Tame Impala – Currents – WINNER
BEST EP
Coin Banks – Tails
KUČKA – Unconditional
Our Man In Berlin – Spirit Down
Tired Lion – Figurine – WINNER
BEST SINGLE
Presented by Jimmy’s Den
Joni In The Moon – War And Porn
Methyl Ethel – Twilight Driving – WINNER
Tame Impala – Let It Happen
Tired Lion – I Don’t Think You Like Me
BEST RECORD LABEL
Jarrah
Pilerats
Spinning Top – WINNER
Walking Horse
MANAGEMENT AWARD
Aarom Wilson
Jacob Snell – WINNER
Matt Johnson
Philip Stevens
Xanthea O’Connor
MEDIA AWARD
Bob Gordon (X-Press Magazine) – WINNER
Caitlin Nienaber (RTRFM)
Daniel Cribb (TheMusic.com.au)
John McGlue (ABC 720 Perth)
Troy Mutton (Pilerats)
GOLDEN WAMi
Andrew Ryan – WINNER
Bob Gordon
Jason Cleary
Matt Johnson
Scott Adam
