WAMAwards 2020: Your guide to public voting, and how to vote

To vote in the 2020 WAMAwards, please head here.

Every year, the WAMAwards is a place for the West Australian music community to gather and celebrate the successes of the last 12 months, and the musicians - and people behind the scenes - who helped West Australian artists thrive in the year prior. Despite everything that happened in 2020 and the impacts all of this had on the music industry, this year's WAMAwards will be no different (albeit held a little later in the year, after the initial WAMAwards/WAMFest/WAMCon combo was delayed due to coronavirus restrictions).

This year, the WAMAwards will be held at His Majesty’s Theatre on March 23rd, with to-be-announced guest performers (tickets are available here). As usual, a lot of the voting is down to industry professionals from both West Australia and interstate, but once again, we're incredibly stoked to be the hosting platform for this year's public voting categories, which capture the peaks and pinnacles of West Australian music at its most popular.

There are five public voting categories this year: Most Popular Act, Most Popular New Act, Most Popular Live Act, Most Popular Venue and Most Popular Live or Streaming Music Event. Together, the public voting categories celebrate the most successful and adored musicians in West Australia and whereabouts they strive, whether it be on the stage in live music venues, or as a part of events both IRL and URL.

You can find the full list of nominations (including those in the public voting categories) below, as well as the form to vote in this year's public voting categories. For those, votes are open from right about now through to 5PM on March 3rd, so jump on quick, and don't miss out!

Get votin' below, and you can find more information on this year's nominees and award ceremony here.

To vote in the 2020 WAMAwards, please head here.

WAMAwards 2020 Public Voting Nominees: 

Most Popular Act

Adrian Dzvuke
Carla Geneve
Dulcie
Grace Barbé
Jack Davies & The Bush Chooks
Jaycee
The Little Lord Street Band
Matty T Wall
MissGenius
Psychedelic Porn Crumpets
ShockOne
SLUMBERJACK
The Southern River Band
Spacey Jane
Stella Donnelly
Tanaya Harper
Yomi Ship

Most Popular New Act

Ashes of Autumn
Band of Missfits
Claudie Joy & the Joy Boys
Electric State
Finn Pearson Band
Ghost Care
Lonesome Dove
Paige Valentine
Pot Plant House Party
Siobhan Cotchin
Supathick
This Is SpudGun
Triple Engine

Most Popular Live Act

Bradley Hall Band
Carla Geneve
Dulcie
Electric State
Lincoln MacKinnon & The Wrecking Train
Matty T Wall
Noah Dillon
Psychedelic Porn Crumpets
Sly Withers
The Southern River Band
Spacey Jane
Yomi Ship
Your Girl Pho

Most Popular Venue

Badlands
Clancy’s Fish Pub Fremantle
Freo.Social
Indian Ocean Hotel
Lucy’s Love Shack
Lyric’s Underground
Mojo’s
Rosemount Hotel
Six Degrees, Albany
The Bird
The River Hotel, Margaret River

Most Popular Live or Streaming Music Event

Blues at Bridgetown
Falls Festival
Nannup Music Festival
Saltwater Festival Broome
Slayfest
SOTA Stream
The Music Reel Live Sessions
WAMFest
Wave Rock Weekender

WAMAwards 2020 Other Nominees:

BEST ALBUM

Presented by Indian Ocean Hotel

San Cisco – Between You And Me
Great Gable – Tracing Faces
Spacey Jane – Sunlight
Tame Impala – The Slow Rush
New Nausea – Fountain of Struth
Bird of Tokyo – Human Design

BEST BLUES/ROOTS ACT

Presented by Blues at Bridgetown

Siobhan Cotchin
Tom Fisher and the Layabouts
Matty T Wall
Dan Howls
Michael Dunstan

BEST COUNTRY ACT

Presented by Country Music Club Boyup Brook

Jack Davies & The Bush Chooks
Siobhan Cotchin
Wayward Johnson & The Adjustment
Tanya Ransom
The Little Lord Street Band

BEST EP

Presented by Milk Bar

Jack Davies & The Bush Chooks – Songs For A Long Walk
Noah Dillon – Everything Melts
Supathick – Dinner and a Film
Tanaya Harper – Slow Motion Breakup
Troye Sivan – In A Dream

BEST EXPERIMENTAL ACT

Presented by RTRFM 92.1

PTMC
Lindsay Vickery
Eduardo Cossio
Decibel New Music Ensemble
Rachael Dease

BEST FOLK ACT

Presented by Clancy’s Fish Pub Fremantle

Nika Mo
Tanya Ransom
Jack Davies & The Bush Chooks
Michael Dunstan
The Little Lord Street Band

BEST GLOBAL MUSIC ACT

Presented by APRA AMCOS

Kate Pass Kohesia Ensemble
Grace Barbé
Steve Hensby Band
The Bambusease Rhythm Section

BEST HIP HOP ACT

Presented by Sorrento Strategic Music

MissGenius
Otiuh
Flewnt
Downsyde
Adrian Dzvuke
Drapht

BEST INDIGENOUS ACT

Presented by Nannup Music Festival

Gina Williams & Guy Ghouse
MissGenius
The Struggling Kings
Family Shoveller Band
Flewnt

BEST JAZZ ACT

Presented by Alex Hotel

Daniel Susnjar
Holli Scott
Allira Wilson
Kate Pass Kohesia Ensemble
Harry Mitchell

BEST LIVE ELECTRONIC ACT

Presented by The Sewing Room

Bexx
Hi. Ok, Sorry.
Your Girl Pho
Felicity Groom
ShockOne

BEST METAL/HEAVY ACT

Presented by Kosmic Sound

Daybreak
Tangled Thoughts Of Leaving
Conform
Bolt Gun
Chaos Divine

BEST POP ACT

Presented By Lollybox Music

San Cisco
Alter Boy
Your Girl Pho
Ghost Care
Spacey Jane
Stella Donnelly

BEST PUNK/HARDCORE ACT

Presented by Hammer Ink

Cold Meat
RatKing
Nerve Quakes
Last Quokka
Dennis Cometti

BEST R&B/FUNK/SOUL ACT

Presented by Freo.Social

Queency
Supathick
Bexx
Grievous Bodily Calm
Grace Barbé

BEST REGIONAL ACT

Presented by Hertz

Matalja
Miss Genius
Grand Casual
Tanya Ransom
Brayden Sibbald

BEST ROCK ACT

Presented by Badlands Bar

Carla Geneve
Verge Collection
The Southern River Band
Sly Withers
Tame Impala

BEST SINGLE

Presented by The Bird

Noah Dillon – Sunburnt In July
Peter Bibby’s Dog Act – Whyalla
Sly Withers – Cracks
Carla Geneve – The Right Reasons
Spacey Jane – Booster Seat

LABEL OF THE YEAR

Presented by Shiny Rabbit

Blue Grey Pink
Women of Music Production Perth (WOMPP)
Group Therapy
Rhubarb Records
Good Company

GOLDEN WAMI 2020

Tenille Elkins
Hayley Ayres
Mark Neal
Will Backler
Kylie Thompson

BEST BASSIST

Presented by Media Arts Lawyers

Grace Barbé
Kate Pass (Kate Pass Kohesia Ensemble)
Zac Grafton (Grievous Bodily Calm)
Roy Martinez (Drapht, Yabu Band, Tim Minchin)
Sara McPherson (New Talk, Tanaya Harper, Trolley Boy, Ursula)

BEST BRASS/STRINGS/WOODWIND INSTRUMENTALIST

Presented by Lotterywest

Gemma Farrell
Matthew McGlynn (Grievous Bodily Calm)
Bridget Cleary (Web Rumors)
Elise Hiatt (Jack Davies & The Bush Chooks)

BEST ELECTRONIC PRODUCER

Presented by Pilerats

Bexx
Adrian Dzvuke
Slumberjack
ShockOne
Elsewhere/Rebecca

BEST DRUMMER/PERCUSSIONIST

Presented by Mega Music

Talya Valenti (Bolt Gun, Stella Donnelly)
Alex Reid (Grievous Bodily Calm)
Daniel Susnjar (Daniel Susnjar Afro-Peruvian Jazz Group)
Todd Pickett (Kill Devil Hills, The Southern River band)
Jamie Gallacher (New Talk, Pat Chow, Big Orange)

BEST GUITARIST

Presented by Yamaha

Stella Donnelly
Dan Carroll (The Southern River Band)
Luke Dux (Kill Devil Hills, The Floors)
Guy Ghouse (Gina Williams & Guy Ghouse)
Noah Dillon
Carla Geneve

BEST KEYS/SYNTH ARTIST

Presented by PAV

Joshua Chan (Supathick)
Harry Mitchell
Em Burrows (Web Rumors)
Tom O’Halloran
Josiah Padmanabham (Grievous Bodily Calm)

BEST LIVE/STREAMING SOUND ENGINEER

Presented by Mustang Bar

Rosie Antonas
Jeremy Beste
James Newhouse
Scott Armstrong
Rik Van Der Velde

BEST STUDIO SOUND ENGINEER/PRODUCER

Presented by SAE

Matt Gio (Rada)
Andy Lawson (Debaser)
Dave Parkin (Blackbird)
Dan Carroll (Rada)
Mike Jelinek (Jelly Sound)

BEST VOCALIST

Presented by Lyric Lane

Lucy Iffla
Holli Scott
Tanaya Harper
Allira Wilson
Grace Barbé

BEST MUSIC VIDEO

Presented by A0 Lets Go / Johnny Ma Studios

Great Gable – Tracing Faces
Psychedelic Porn Crumpets – Mr Prism
Noah Dillon – Matthew McConaughey
Supathick – I’m There
Carla Geneve – The Right Reasons

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