Tripped out rock exports Tame Impala and newbies Split Seconds scored four gongs each at the WA Music Industry Awards.
Perth’s music community got together at The Bakery in Northridge on the weekend to celebrate the spectacular acts making tunes out West.
Understandably, Tame Impala were big winners, taking home the WAMi Award for Most Popular Act, Most Popular Live Act, Best Rock Act and Kevin Parker of the band scored Best Guitarist.
The other big winner was the mostly unknown Split Seconds, who managed four of their own for Favourite Newcomer, Most Promising New Act, Best Indie Pop Act and singer Sean Pollard for Best Male Vocalist with only an EP to their name.
Big stars Birds Of Tokyo only managed to take home Most Popular Album and Best Instrumentalist in Glenn Sarangapany who is also in Sons Of Rico.
The WAMi Awards are a mix of public- and industry-voted awards. Check out the whole winners list below.
Public Voted Awards
Most Popular Act: Tame Impala
Most Popular Live Act: Tame Impala
Most Popular Music Website: FasterLouder
Most Popular Album: Birds of Tokyo, Birds of Tokyo
Favourite Newcomer: Split Seconds
Most Popular Music Venue: The Rosemount Hotel
Most Popular Music Event: St Jerome’s Laneway
Most Popular Single / EP: Jebediah, ‘She’s Like a Comet’
Most Popular Music Video: The Brow Horn Orchestra, ‘Don’t You Wanna Sing Forever’
Craft Awards
Best Live Sound Engineer: Luke Willott
Best Record Producer/Engineer: Dave Parkin
Best Male Vocalist: Sean Pollard (Split Seconds)
Best Female Vocalist: Abbe May
Best Guitarist: Kevin Parker (Tame Impala)
Best Bassist: Rob Stephens (Sons of Rico, Russian Winters, Simone & Girlfunkle)
Best Drummer: Todd Pickett (Split Seconds, Davey Craddock and The Spectacles)
Best Instrumentalist: Glenn Sarangapany (Birds of Tokyo, Sons of Rico)
Best Electronic Producer: Tomás Ford
Best DJ: Rok Riley
Industry Voted Awards
Most Promising New Act: Split Seconds
Best Rock Act: Tame Impala
Best Hardcore/Punk Act: Injured Ninja
Best Hardcore/Metal Act: Eleventh He Reaches London
Best Funk Act: Boom! Bap! Pow!
Best Urban/Hip Hop Act: Drapht
Best Blues & Roots Act: Abbe May
Best Jazz Act: Jack Doepel Quartet
Best World Act: Grace Barbé
Best Country Music Act: Ruby Boots
Best Indigenous Act: Yabu Band
Best Electronic Music Act: Tim & Jean
Best Indie Pop Act: Split Seconds
Best Commercial Pop Act: Tim & Jean, Felicity Groom.
Best WA Based Record Label: Jarrah Records
Media Award - Individual: Aarom Wilson (Drum Media, Cut & Paste)
Media Award - Organisation: RTRfm 92.1
Management Award: Luke Rinaldi
Golden WAMi: Luke Rinaldi
VIDEO: Check out our chat with Tame Impala backstage at the Falls below.
