The Scottish Alternative Music Awards (SAMAs) have announced the nominees for the sixth annual award show – which takes place at The Garage in Glasgow, on Thursday 8 October.

Spanning seven categories – five by musical genre, plus awards for Live Act and Newcomer, the acts on the shortlists range from the fairly familiar like C Duncan, Kathryn Joseph and Bdy Prts, industry favourites such as Neon Waltz and Catholic Action, and recently emerged hot tips like Man of Moon.

The full lineup:

BEST ROCK/ALTERNATIVE sponsored by EmuBands
Monogram
Wecamefromwolves
Catholic Action
Dear John
SchnarffSchnarff
Huxtable

BEST NEWCOMER sponsored by UWS Creative
MARTHA FFION
WHITE BAER
MAN OF MOON
ALPHAS
BELLA & THE BEAR
LIONEL

BEST HIP HOP sponsored by Splitter Scotland
MOG
Delighted Peoples
DJ YEMSTER & HEXTASY
THE ILL COLLECTIVE
BIGG TAJ & SPEESIXNINE
SPRING BREAK

BEST ELECTRONIC sponsored by Eventbrite
BDY PRTS
SEQUEL
OUR FUTURE GLORY
LOCKAH
CRASH CLUB
CLYDE ROUGE

BEST ACOUSTIC sponsored by CitizenM
C DUNCAN
THE JELLYMAN’S DAUGHTER
STELLA REILLY
BEST GIRL ATHLETE
SEAN C KENNEDY
DR WOOK

BEST LIVE ACT sponsored by Bar Bloc
ERRORS
DED RABBIT
COPPER LUNGS
KATHRYN JOSEPH
COLONEL MUSTARD & THE DIJON 5
NEON WALTZ

BEST METAL sponsored by Cathouse Glasgow
MOUNTAINS UNDER OCEANS
THE AMORETTES
DIVIDESHOLY MOUNTAIN
SEED OF SORROW
BLACKENED RITUAL

Tickets for this year’s Scottish Alternative Music Awards are available now via EventBrite. Prices start from £10.

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