WAM's World: West Australian Music News July 2019

A brief glimpse at the goings-on in the WA music industry, rounded up by WAM aka West Australian Music.

SOUNDS OF THE KIMBERLEY CALL OUT

WAM is excited to announce Sounds Of The Kimberley, a recording project set to uncover and capture the rich tapestry of songwriters in the Kimberley region.

The project will provide ten Kimberley artists with the incredible opportunity to record an original song with some of WA’s best producers including Matt Gio and Dan Carroll (Rada Studios), Andy Lawson (Debaser Studio), Sean Lillico (Fur Real Studio) and James Newhouse (Real2Reel Studios), at a pop-up studio in an iconic Kimberley location this September.

Do you have an original song ready for recording, or know someone who has a song they’ve been hiding but needs to be heard Songwriters/ acts must register their interest to be part of Sounds Of The Kimberley by Friday 12 July by completing an online form.

EXPRESSIONS OF INTEREST TO PLAY AT WAMFEST 2019

The annual celebration of Western Australian music is back with WAMFest, WAMCon, and WAMAwards dates locked in for 2019.

The festivities will kick off with a regional edition of WAMFest taking place in October. The WAMAwards will be held once again at the Hyatt Regency Perth 31 October, the State Theatre Centre of WA will be housing WAMCon 1-2 November, and the main WAMFest event will run 1-3 November.

Expressions of interest are now open for bands to be considered for WAMFest 2019. Deadline is 11:59pm on Monday 15 July.

REGISTER YOUR ACT FOR WAMAWARDS NOMINATORS


You can also register now to help get your act in front of industry nominators for the 2019 WAMAwards.

LISTEN TO 2019 WAM SONG OF THE YEAR NOMINEES

Many thanks to this year’s WAM Song Of The Year sponsors and partners. Presenting partner Act-Belong-Commit and major partners, City of Fremantle and APRA AMCOS plus the award category sponsors, Clancy’s Fremantle, Freo.Social, Nannup Music Festival and Sorrento Strategic Music. You can listen to the entire list of nominees on our Song Of The Year Spotify playlist.

Launchpad (upcoming local July launches)…

The Limbs (single launch) - Indian Ocean Hotel, 28 June
Pot Plant House Party (single launch) - Indian Ocean Hotel, 29 June
Peppermint Showers (album launch) - The Bird, 29 June
Material World Orchestra (single launch) - Mojos, 30 June
Karin Page (single launch) - Indian Ocean Hotel, 30 June
The Holy Smoke (EP launch) - Sonar Room, 5 July
The Volcanics (single launch) - Indian Ocean Hotel, 6 July
Noah Dillon (single launch) - Mojos Bar, 12 July
King Mantis (single launch) - Four5Nine, 12 July
Bad Nutrition (single launch) - The Aardvark, 12 July
Michael Dustin (single launch) - Link Theatre Northam, 13 July
The Southern River Band (single/ video launch) - Indian Ocean Hotel, 19 July
Aborted Tortoise (vinyl launch) - Mojos, 20 July