Scottish Alternative Music Awards line-up detailed

The LaFontaines will join Brown Bear & The Bandits, Bear Arms, and Model Aeroplanes at Glasgow’s The Garage for the fifth Scottish Alternative Music Awards (Sama) ceremony on 7 March, event organisers announced today.

The awards ceremony will “[shine] the spotlight on emerging Scottish bands and artists that mainstream music tends to ignore”, and this year promises “to be the biggest celebration of home-grown alt music yet”.

Richy Muirhead, the awards’ creative director, said: “Going into year five, I think it is important to showcase acts who have previously won alongside some new faces. The line-up has to be diverse and mix genres. This year really highlights this with hip-hop, rock, and alternative all thrown into the mix!”

The 2014 awards features seven categories:

Best Rock / Alternative (sponsored by EmuBands)

Best Metal (sponsored by Cathouse Glasgow)

Best Acoustic (sponsored by Splitter Scotland)

Best Electronic (sponsored by Red Dog Music)

Best Live Act (sponsored by Bar Bloc)

Best Newcomer (sponsored by Academy Music & Sound)

Best Hip Hop (sponsored by CitizenM Glasgow)

The full list of nominated acts will be announced over the course of February, with a short public vote still to take place.

Tickets for the awards ceremony are available now via the Sama 14 website.