Claire Hooper & Dom Alessio,
co-present the 2012 WAMi Awards
Photo by Emma Mackenzie.
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San Cisco
with 2 of 8 WAMi Awards
Photo by Dan Grant.
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Dave Cutbush,
2012 Golden WAMi Winner
Photo by Emma Mackenzie.
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The cream of Western Australia’s music was given its annual sugar hit of WAMingtons on Saturday evening at the 2012 WAMi Awards with
Claire Hooper and
Dom Alessio hosting the 19th annual event at The Bakery in Perth.
Taking home the coveted Golden WAMi was Life Is Noise Director
Dave Cutbush, while
San Cisco cleaned up on the night, taking home 8 WAMingtons from 8 nominations, including
Most Popular Group, Pop Act of the Year and
Most Popular Album/EP.
Punters enjoyed performances from iconic WA bands
Eskimo Joe, John Butler, Mama Kin and
Dom Mariani & the Hurricane Fighter Plane.
Powerful frontwoman
Abbe May took home six awards on the night, including
Most Popular Live Act, Female Vocalist of the Year and
Rock Act of the Year. RTR’s
In the Pines was voted
Most Popular Music Event, while Award hosts
The Bakery were voted
Most Popular Music Venue.
The 2012
Management Award was presented to San Cisco manager
Philip Stevens, with Spinning Top Records collecting
WA Record Label of the Year.
Earlier in the day, the WAMi Craft Awards were presented at the Saturday Spectacular. San Cisco drummer
Scarlett Stevens collected
Drummer of the Year, while bass player
Nick Gardner collected
Bassist of the Year. Engineer
Dave Parkin (Sugar Army, Snowman, Jebediah) took out
Recording Engineer of the Year, with Male and Female vocalist awards going to
Sean Pollard (Split Seconds) and
Abbe May respectively.
Festival Director Brooke Kelly said “It was wonderful to see musicians and industry people gathered together at the Awards ceremony last night to celebrate the diverse nature of WA music, and their achievements over the last 12 months. The 2012 festival saw crowds of all ages enjoy over 80 bands at events throughout Perth city and surrounds, which is what the WAMi Festival is all about.”
After the Awards wrapped up, the RTRfm Closing Party kicked off, and saw guests dance the night away to the sounds of
Bastian’s Happy Flight, Sonpsilo Circus, Voltaire Twins, The Chemist and
San Cisco.
For a full list of 2012 WAMi Award Winners, head to
wam.asn.au/awards You can also enjoy music videos from the Kiss My WAMi compilation, online at iiNet's Freezone
freezone.iinet.net.au/channels/freezone/music/wam
WAMi winners - 1'50" - All the action from the 2012 WAMi Awards
Reported by Clarissa Phillips, thewest.com.au