Netsounds Unsigned have announced the five acts that they have nominated for The Scottish Alternative Music Awards.
The acts that will now face the public vote are:
Best Rock/Alternative – Garden Of Elks
Best Metal – Desecrator
Best Acoustic – Duncan Overmeer
Best Electronic – Count Clockwork
Best Live Act – Washington Irving
The acts were selected on criteria including being current and active artist with a real passion and drive for success, regularly playing gigs and shown commitment to play in different regions of Scotland and having a good grasp and use of social media.
The Scottish Alternative Music Awards (SAMAs) are now in their fifth year , other nominations in this year competition include Fat Goth, Anderson McGinty, Webster, Ward and Fisher, Clouds and Inverness exile Dave Boyd aka Capitol 1212.
Nominations will be put to a 10-day public vote, with over twenty-two thousand votes having been cast in 2013.
The winners will be announced at a special live award show on Friday 7th March in Glasgow that will feature live performances from Brown Bear & The Bandits, The LaFontaines, Model Aeroplanes and Bear Arms.
Further details on how to vote via www.OfficialSama.co.uk.