WAM's World: West Australian Music News May 2019

WAM's World: West Australian Music News April 2019

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

Expressions Of Interest Open: WAMFest 2019

Clear your calendar, WA’s largest celebration of local music is back with WAMFest, WAMCon and WAMAwards 2019 dates revealed. The annual WAMAwards will be held once again at the Hyatt Regency Perth 31 October; State Theatre Centre of WA will be housing WAMCon 1-2 November, and the main WAMFest events will run 1-3 November. If you’d like to be considered for a spot on this year’s WAMFest line-up, we are now accepting expressions of interest until Monday 15 July.

SOTA Festival Line-up

Another huge WA music love-fest has also reared its head recently, with SOTA announcing its return to delight Perth music lovers on WA Day 2019. Co-presented by WAM and Celebrate WA, this year’s FREE, all-ages festival will be moving to a brand new and bigger location, Burswood Park, with a chock-a-block WA line-up featuring fan-faves like John Butler, Drapht, Jebediah, Katy Steel, Slumberjack and many more.

The Library Sessions Continue

The New Noise Collective is proud to present the Library Sessions; a series of FREE, all-ages live gigs at the State Library of Western Australia. The Sessions continue Saturday 18 May (3:30-5pm), featuring live performances from talented, experimental group Ryan Beno and the poetic folk songwriter Jack Davies. Led by a small group of passionate music lovers (aged 16-20), the New Noise Collective presented by Act-Belong-Commit was brought together by WAM to develop and implement practical ideas to strengthen WA’s youth music scene, including organising events like this that help connect young crowds with emerging local acts.

WAM’s Fresh Picks Spotify Playlist

Searching for new, local tunes? You’ll find a selection of fresh West Australian music in our ‘WAM Member Fresh Picks’ Spotify playlist. Updated monthly, the playlist showcases the best, new tracks from WAM members. And with over a thousand members, there’s plenty of local talent to uncover. Go give it a whirl and you might just find some new faves.

WAM Member Spotlight: Matty T Wall

While we’re talking WAM members, we’d like to take a second to congratulate WAM member Matty T Wall, aka the man with blues running through his veins. He’s had an absolutely HUGE year, with his talent turning heads all over the world. 2018 saw his recent album 'Sidewinder' top international blues charts while two of his songs were nominated in the International Songwriting Competition. He’s also now a double inductee into the Blues Hall of Fame. And to top it all off, has recently snagged a sought-after editorial position as the new Australian Blues Editorialist for renowned British blues magazine, Blue Matters.

LAUNCHPAD (upcoming local launches)...

Ghost Care (single launch) - The Bird, 3 May
Suraj (single launch) - YMCA HQ, 3 May
The Bush Chooks (EP launch) - Clancy’s Fish Pub Fremantle, 4 May
Legs Electric (single launch) - Burlington Hotel, 4 May
Physical Release (EP launch) - The Bird, 4 May
Honchos & Green Pools (double single launch) - Mojos, 9 May
The Quivers (EP launch) - Four5Nine, 9 May
Electric State (single launch) - The Boston, 11 May
Spacey Jane (single launch) - Mojos Bar, 16 May
The Ivory Lies (single launch) - The Aardvark, 17 May
The Holy Smoke (single launch) - Freo.Social, 18 May
Butter (single launch) - The Bird, 18 May
Lincoln Mackinnon (album launch) - Mojos Bar, 24 May
Dan Howls (single launch) - Mojos Bar, 25 May