Scottish Alternative Music Awards

SAMA nominees set for T Break 2012!

T In The Park announce 16 acts to take on T Break stage 2012!

We are pleased to see 5 previous SAMA nominees in the list. The full list is as follows:

Anderson, McGinty, Webster, Ward & Fisher

Bacchanal Party

Beerjacket

Blank Canvas

Brown Bear & The Bandits

Capitals

Chris Devotion & The Expectations

Crusades

Davey Horne

Nevada Base

Open Swimmer

Randolph’s Leap

Roman Nose

TeKlo

The Machine Room

The Mirror Trap

You check out Davey Horne’s latest video here.

Remember we are also hosting a stage at Kilmarnock’s Dirty Weekender on Saturday June 2nd featuring The Lafontaines, XAVIA + more. Buy tickets here Full lineup:

The Scottish Alternative Music awards have returned for a third year, drawing necessary attention to the Scottish bands and artists that mainstream music tend to ignore. Since launching the public vote for 2 weeks, 18 000+ music fans have shown interest in supporting their favourite acts within our nominees by voting, and showing they care for Scottish music scene, and independent music.

The Garage main event last night featured performances from Bwani Junction, Vukovi, Fridge Magnets, and surprise sets from winning acts Madhat McGore and Fatherson. Awards were given out from key music industry figures such as Vic Galloway, Ally McCrae and Jim Gellatly.

Founder and Creative Director of the SAMAs, Richy Muirhead says:“Last night was such a buzz! It was so great to see everyone come together and support the Scottish music scene, the entire atmosphere was electric. The event featured so many diverse acts from hip hop, rock, and electronic backgrounds which was something i’d personally wanted to do – which everyone seemed to really enjoy!”

Full list of winners:

Best Live Act, sponsored by Messer Schmitt : We Were Promised Jetpacks

Best Rock/Alternative, sponsored by Ignite Records : Fatherson

Best Electronic, sponsored by Bar Bloc : Fridge Magnets

Best Newcomer, sponsored by Cathouse Glasgow : Bwani Junction

Best Metal, sponsored by Departed Apparel : Ten Tonne Dozer

Best Hip Hop, sponsored by Young Scot : Madhat McGore

Best Acoustic, sponsored by JamHut Studios : Brown Bear & The Bandits

For more information, images and video clips visit: http://officialsama.co.uk

26th Feb 2012

SAMAs this Thursday!

After two weeks of public voting, the winners will now be revealed at our main event at The Garage this Thursday evening! Over 17 thousand music fans have voted for their favourite acts this year. That is incredible! Do you want to be the first to find out the winners? Tickets are still available HERE.

Performing:

Bwani Junction

Fridge Magnets

Vukovi

+ 2 Surprise Acts

Special Guests

Vic Galloway (BBC Scotland)

Jim Gellatly (In Demand: Uncut)

Ally McCrae (BBC Introducing)

The night will be hosted from comedian Billy Kirkwood. Billy Kirkwood Interview:

Fridge Magnets - Feeling Grows

18th Feb 2012

11K Votes & Main Event Announced

Time for an update from us at SAMAs!

It has been a busy week with voting beginning. So far we have reached over 11 thousand votes which is great. We are delighted to see so many music fans coming together to support their favourite acts from all over the country. Voting will end Monday 27th February at 9pm. Can we reach 20k?!

In other news it is almost time for our main SAMAs Event to take place and winners to be revealed.

We have announced that performing live will be Fridge Magnets, Vukovi, and Bwani Junction. Oh a maybe a few surprises on the evening.

Special guests for the night include Vic Galloway (BBC Scotland), Jim Gellatly (In Demand: Uncut) and Ally McCrae (BBC Introducing).

The event will be hosted from comedian Billy Kirkwood. SAMAs is taking place on Thursday 1st March, at Glasgow Garage (+14s). 1800 doors & 1900 Event.

Facebook RSVP here. Tickets are only £10 from Tickets Scotland. Buy here. We can’t wait to see you all at the show! #SAMA12

(Source: OfficialSAMA.co.uk)

14th Feb 2012

Voting has began / More Acts Announced!

We are delighted to announce that voting has now started via OfficialSAMA.co.uk/Vote

Within less than 24 hours we have already reached over 6K which is incredible. So keep spreading the word and support your favourite Scottish artists!

Other recent news includes FRIDGE MAGNETS & BWANI JUNCTION will be join VUKOVI and perform at SAMAs 2012. Special guests for the evening include VIC GALLOWAY (BBC Scotland) & JIM GELLATLY (In Demand: Uncut). Tickets are still available for only £10 via Tickets Scotland, instore & online. Click here to buy.

In the meantime you can chat to us on twitter @OfficialSAMA & facebook/OfficialSAMA

(Source: officialsama.co.uk)

14th Feb 2012

Cities & Skylines “Lizard House” Exclusive Video Premier

We are delighted to be hosting the online release of the new Cities & Skylines video “Lizard House”.

The band are also having a sale on their merchandise store.

Click here to check out the sale. Enjoy the video! Cities & Skylines would like to thank Livescene, Oscar Sandsom, and Ignite Records for helping make this happen. Follow the band on Facebook: Cities & Skylines

(Source: officialsama.co.uk)

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Vukovi set to perform at SAMAs 2012

We are pleased to announce that Vukovi will be playing our main event at The Garage on Thursday 1st March.

The show is hosted from stand up comedian Billy Kirkwood and feature exclusive performers from some of Scotland’s most cutting edge and developing artists.

Tickets are only £10. You can buy them here. (note VIP Experience is now sold out) Facebook RSVP here. Vukovi are also nominated in the Best Newcomer category.

Voting will start early next week.