Carla Geneve Leads 2018 WAMAwards Nominees With 7 Nominations

With a whopping seven nominations, Albany-born singer-songwriter Carla Geneve dominates this year's WAMAwards (presented by Act-Belong-Commit) list of nominees.

2018 has seen Carla travel east to showcase at major music conference BIGSOUND, alongside a July tour to Sydney and Melbourne; she's also part of the Queenscliff Music Festival (VIC) and Fairgrounds Festival (NSW) line-ups in November, and will support John Butler Trio, Missy Higgins and The Waifs in January.

Some of the awards Carla has been nominated in are Best Folk Act, Best Rock Act, Best Single and Best Guitarist.

Other multiple nominees in 2018 include Hyclass, Jack Davies, Jacob Diamond, Jamilla, Kate Pass and Stella Donnelly with four award nominations apiece. Acts with three nominations are Alana Macpherson, Feels, Psychedelic Porn Crumpets and Spacey Jane.

With many of the artists nominated also set to appear at WAMFest Live, please join us in congratulating all the talented 2018 WAMAwards nominees; scroll down to read the full list of categories and nominations.

Winners will be revealed Thursday 1 November at the annual WAMAwards, which this year debuts at the swanky Grand Ballroom of the Hyatt Regency Hotel Perth. Guests are encouraged to leave the ripped jeans at home and dial up the style for a lively evening celebrating WA music's very best.

"What a fantastic and diverse list of WA talent," Mike Harris, WAM CEO, says. "We are blessed here in WA with such a high-quality music community and each year the job of shortlisting from within that community is really hard.

"Over the years we've constantly strived to elevate the state's annual music awards to reflect this talent. We're pleased to see this year's WAMi's hosted at the Hyatt Regency Hotel Perth and look forward to celebrating in style with all this year's deserving nominees."

Also revealed today are the Kiss My Camera finalists, whose award-nominated photographs encapsulate some of the best music moments from the past year.

This year's winning shots will be screened as part of the WAMAwards, as well as across outdoor screens like the Northbridge Piazza, Perth Cultural Centre and Yagan Square Digital Tower in the leadup to WAMFest.

2018 WAMAWARD INDUSTRY NOMINATIONS

BEST BLUES AND ROOTS ACT

Dan Howls
Kat Wilson Trio
Mama Kin Spender
The Bambuseae Rhythm Section

BEST COUNTRY ACT

Belle Harvey
Delilah Rose & the Gunslingers
Ralway Bell
The Little Lord Street Band

BEST EXPERIMENTAL ACT

CellF
Eduardo Cossio
Louise Devenish
Shoshana Rosenberg

BEST FOLK ACT

Carla Geneve
Jack Davies and The Bush Chooks
Jacob Diamond
Riley Pearce

BEST HIP HOP ACT

Downsyde
Hyclass
Marksman Lloyd
T$oko

BEST INDIGENOUS ACT

Desert Stars
Gina Williams & Guy Ghouse
Natasha Eldridge
The Brownley Gospel Singers

BEST JAZZ ACT

Alana Macpherson Nonet
Gemma Farrell Quintet
Harry Mitchell Group
Kate Pass Kohesia Ensemble

BEST LIVE ELECTRONIC ACT

Feels
Guy Contact
Hi. Ok, Sorry.
Your Girl Pho

BEST METAL/HEAVY ACT

Daybreak
Make Them Suffer
Tangled Thoughts of Leaving
Voyager

BEST POP ACT

J.F.K
Spacey Jane
Stella Donnelly
Verge Collection

BEST PUNK/HARDCORE ACT

Good Doogs
Idle Eyes
Nerve Quakes
The Faim

BEST REGIONAL ACT

Blue Child Collective
Grand Casual
Kris Nelson
Tanya Ransom
Tracey Barnett

BEST ROCK ACT

Carla Geneve
Good Doogs
Psychedelic Porn Crumpets
The Floors

BEST URBAN ACT

Hyclass
Jamilla
Your Girl Pho
Odette Mercy & Her Soul Atomics

BEST WORLD ACT

De Cuba Son
Eastwinds
Grace Barbé
Kate Pass
Kohesia Ensemble
Soukouss Internationale

BEST ALBUM

Alana Macpherson Nonet - 'All Or Nothing At All'
Abbe May - 'Fruit'
Jacob Diamond - 'Goodbye Gondwana'
Kate Pass - 'Kohesia'

BEST EP

Feels - 'Emerald'
Kat Wilson Trio - 'We Are Bored'
Demon Days - 'Magic Eye'
Tanaya Harper - 'Some Kinds'

BEST SINGLE

Make Them Suffer - '27'
Jamilla - 'Beautiful'
Carla Geneve - 'Greg's Discount Chemist'
Hyclass - 'Queen'
Jack Davies and The Bush Chooks - 'Vegemite Sandwich'

INDUSTRY REPRESENTATIVE OF THE YEAR

Caitlin Nienaber (RTRFM)
Eduardo Cossio (Outcome Unknown)
Elise Reitze-Swensen & Rosie Taylor (WOMPP)
Hayley Ayres (360 Artist Logistics)
Will Backler (RTRFM)

LABEL OF THE YEAR

Tone List
Good Company Records
Women of Music Production Perth
Rhubarb Records

2018 WAMAWARD CRAFT NOMINATIONS

BEST BASSIST

Jennifer Aslett
Kate Pass
Roy Martinez
Sara McPherson
Zac Grafton

BEST BRASS/STRING/WOODWIND INSTRUMENTALIST

Alana Macpherson (Saxophone)
Gemma Farrell (Saxophone)
Jamie Oehlers (Saxophone)
Ricki Malet (Trumpet)

BEST DRUMMER/PERCUSSIONIST

Alex Reid
Daniel Susnjar
Rosie Taylor
Talya Valenti

BEST ELECTRONIC PRODUCER

Feels
Guy Contact
Jamilla
SHOCKONE
WYN

BEST GUITARIST

Axel Carrington
Carla Geneve
Jacob Diamond
Luke Dux

BEST KEYS/SYNTH ARTIST

Amber Fresh
Harry Mitchell
Josiah Padmanabham
Ron Pollard
Timothy Nelson

BEST LIVE SOUND ENGINEER

Chris Wright
James Newhouse
Jeremy Beste
René de Vries
Rosie Antonas

BEST MUSIC VIDEO

Hyclass - 'Queen'
生 Conform 死 - 'Blood Eagle'
Daniel Susnjar Afro-Peruvian Jazz Group - 'Hypo Carousel'
Psychedelic Porn Crumpets - 'Social Candy'
SHOCKONE - 'Bleed Black (ft. Cruz Patterson)'

BEST STUDIO ENGINEER

Dan Carroll (Rada Studios)
Lee Buddle (Crank Recording)
Matt Gio (Rada Studios)
Ron Pollard (Studio Sleepwalker’s Dread)

BEST VOCALIST

Carla Geneve
Jacob Diamond
Odette Mercy
Stella Donnelly

2018 KISS MY CAMERA FINALISTS

BEST LIVE SHOT (WA ACT)

Chris Kerr
Damien Crocker
Emanuel Rudnicki
Jessica Vaini
Jonny Warrington
Jonty Scoble
Kelly Pilgrim-Byrne
Kim Anderson
Matija Smojver
Matthew Puccinelli
Nathan Hugh Robért
Neil Wallace
Pete Gardner
Peter Heathcote
Rachael Barrett
Tashi Hall
Tim Grime

BEST LIVE SHOT (TOURING ACT)

Adrian Thomson
Chris Webster
Damien Crocker
Denis Radacic
Emanuel Rudnicki
Jessica Vaini
Kelly Pilgrim-Byrne
Matija Smojver
Michael Farnell
Paul Dowd
Peter Heathcote
Rachael Barrett
Stuart Millen

BEST PRESS SHOT (WA ACT)

Amanda Oliver
Bridget Turner
Daniel Hildebrand
Edward May
Josh Wells
Kim Anderson
Matsu
Shaun Ferraloro
Tasha Tong