Tame Impala Dominate The 2015 WA Music Awards

Perth rockers Tame Impala have won big at this year’s West Australian Music Awards, taking home four wins from their six nominations, including Most Popular Act, Most Popular Live Act and Best Album for their latest full-length effort, Currents.

Also winning this year’s Most Popular Music Video award for Let It Happen (below), Tame Impala’s latest awards come after their mastermind Kevin Parker was named Best Male Vocalist at the WA Music Craft Awards earlier this week.

Other multi-award winning acts from this year’s WA Music Awards include Tired Lion (Best Rock Act and Best EP), Methyl Ethel (Best Pop Act and Best Single) and KUČKA (Best Electronic Act and Best Experimental Act).

On the industry side of things, WA voted Laneway Festival their Music Event Of The Year for the third successive year, while Mojos won the Most Popular Venue title for the second year in a row.

Last year’s WA Music Awards were dominated by the likes of Timothy Nelson & The Infidels and Tame Impala offshoot Pond. Catch the full list of this year’s nominees and winners, below.

Watch: Tame Impala – Let It Happen

WA Music Awards 2015 – Public Voted Awards

Most Popular Act

Drapht

KUČKA

Pond

San Cisco

Tame Impala – WINNER

Tired Lion

Most Popular New Act

Catlips

Elk Road

GRRL PAL

Jacob Diamond

Koi Child – WINNER

Mosquito Coast

Troye Sivan

Most Popular Live Act

Gyroscope

Jebediah

Karnivool

Pond

San Cisco

Tame Impala – WINNER

Most Popular Music Video

Drapht – Dancin’ John Doe

Koi Child – Black Panda

Pond – Zond

Tame Impala – Let It Happen – WINNER

The John Butler Trio – Spring To Come

KUČKA – Divinity

Most Popular Venue

Amplifier / Capitol

Jack Rabbit Slim’s

Jimmy’s Den

Mojos Bar – WINNER

The Bird

The Rosemount

Most Popular Music Event

RTRFM’s In The Pines

St. Jerome’s Laneway Festival – WINNER

Southbound

Camp Doogs

State Of The Art

Wave Rock Weekender

WA Music Awards 2015 – Non-Public Voted Awards

Best Blues/Roots Act

Andrew Winton

Morgan Bain – WINNER

Old Blood

The Floors

Best Country Act

Codee-Lee

Davey Craddock & The Spectacles

Ralway Bell

Ruby Boots – WINNER

The Wilds

Best Electronic Act

Catlips

KUČKA – WINNER

Sable

Slumberjack

Ta-ku

Best Experimental Act

Decibel

KUČKA – WINNER

Mei Saraswati

Original Past Life

Usurper Of Modern Medicine

Best Folk Act

Jacob Diamond – WINNER

David Craft

Patient Little Sister

Galloping Foxleys

Best Indigenous Act

Gina Williams & Guy Ghouse – WINNER

Fred Ryan

John Bennett

Stephen Pigram

Zeke

Best Jazz Artist

Ben Vanderwal – WINNER

Daniel Susnjar

Jamie Oehlers

Tom O’Halloran

Best Metal/Heavy Act

Drowning Horse

Earth Rot

Förstöra

Voyager – WINNER

Best Punk/Hardcore Acts

Scalphunter – WINNER

Shit Narnia

Statues

The Decline

Best Pop Act

Joni In The Moon

KUČKA

Methyl Ethel – WINNER

San Cisco

Best Rock Act

The Love Junkies

Tired Lion – WINNER

Pond

Tame Impala

Best Urban Act

Coin Banks – WINNER

Drapht

Koi Child

Mathas

Odette Mercy & Her Soul Atomics

Best World Music Act

Daniel Susnjar Afro Peruvian Jazz

Eduardo Cossio Quartet

Grace Barbé – WINNER

Juliana Areias

Gina Williams & Guy Ghouse

Best Album

Methyl Ethel – Oh Inhuman Spectacle

Pond – Man It Feels Like Space Again

San Cisco – Gracetown

Tame Impala – Currents – WINNER

Best EP

Coin Banks – Tails

KUČKA – Unconditional

Our Man In Berlin – Spirit Down

Tired Lion – Figurine – WINNER

Best Single

Joni In The Moon – War And Porn

Methyl Ethel – Twilight Driving – WINNER

Tame Impala – Let It Happen

Tired Lion – I Don’t Think You Like Me

Best Record Label

Jarrah

Pilerats

Spinning Top – WINNER

Walking Horse

Management Award

Aarom Wilson

Jacob Snell – WINNER

Matt Johnson

Philip Stevens

Xanthea O’Connor

Media Award

Bob Gordon (X-Press Magazine) – WINNER

Caitlin Nienaber (RTRFM)

Daniel Cribb (TheMusic.com.au)

John McGlue (ABC 720 Perth)

Troy Mutton (Pilerats)

Golden WAMi

Andrew Ryan – WINNER

Bob Gordon

Jason Cleary

Matt Johnson

Scott Adam

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