Awards 2025
The 8th Annual Radio Wigwam Awards – what an evening!
True to form the 8th annual Radio Wigwam Awards, sponsored by Red Lantern Records was absolutely fantastic! Once again the Wigwam community and the very best of the grassroots and independent music community were on show to be rewarded for all their blood, sweat and tears.
The results were decided by Radio Wigwam listeners and the DJ panel and you can see the results below.
RESULTS
BEST ALT ROCK ACT
FIRST PLACE: KiNG FOO
SECOND PLACE: Blockade
THIRD PLACE: The Silent Era
Amongst Liars
BarrelHaus
Bottomless Brunch
Goldfish Don’t Bounce
Nova Dream
Skulk Of Foxes
STAY FOR TOMORROW
The Serenity Club
THE STRAY PURSUIT
BEST BAND
FIRST PLACE: THE CROM
SECOND PLACE: Motorcycle Display Team
THIRD PLACE: Dusthouse
Femegades
Pylon Poets
Rila’s Edge
San Demas
Supercaan
The Decrees
The Royal Ritual
Tomorrow Bird
Undercover Pangolin
BEST CLASSIC ROCK & BLUES ACT
FIRST PLACE: JAMES SEBASTIAN
SECOND PLACE: The Future Us
THIRD PLACE: Simon Oakley & The Witching Hounds
B R O T H E R
Bones Owens
Morganway
Pretty Velvet
Ron D Bowes
Sonny Jim
Sun House
Tribe3
WHIFFING THE PEACHES
BEST ELECTRO ACT
FIRST PLACE: AGENCY-V
SECOND PLACE: SoftWave
THIRD PLACE: Future Analog
Blaklight
Now Ex
People TheaTre
Stereo in Solo
Tiger Mendoza
UAP
Zero Corporation
BEST FEMALE ACT
FIRST PLACE: CAITLIN LAVAGNA
SECOND PLACE: Ro Jordan
THIRD PLACE: Camille Miller & Alys Hardy
Amy Dx
Bryony Heart
frankie
Grace Angelique
Isla Mae
Katie Whittaker
Lucy Starr
Taylor D
BEST FOLK & ACOUSTIC ACT
FIRST PLACE: VELVET ENGINE
SECOND PLACE: One Eyed Man
THIRD PLACE: Netta&McGill
Connor Douglas Ferguson
Enok Amrani
Kieron Smith
Lewis Fergusson
Louis Cormack
Luna Keller
Oceanallover
robert sharp
Wake The River
BEST HARD ROCK & METAL ACT
FIRST PLACE: PALE STRANGERS
SECOND PLACE: The Rattlebacks
THIRD PLACE: Electron & The Fires Below
Centerfold
Eville
Final Coil
Pale Strangers
Superfecta
Sypha
Thieves Of Liberty
VENDETTA LOVE
VICES
BEST INDIE ACT
FIRST PLACE: OX
SECOND PLACE: Another White Lie
THIRD PLACE: Keeley
Bevendene
Blue Cabs
Chords Of Indigo
Feral Family
Friends of Our Youth
Sleeps Under Beams
The Amber List
The Corsairs
THE LINES
BEST INDIE POP ACT
FIRST PLACE: LORENZA WILDCARD
SECOND PLACE: Disco In Sochi
THIRD PLACE: Jack Hyphen
Apollo’s Apprentice
CASINOS
Faint Line
Kkailou
The XTO
West Street
Wild Horse
BEST INDIE ROCK ACT
FIRST PLACE: ALPHALINE
SECOND PLACE: The Fragz
THIRD PLACE: Bone-Idle & The Stretch
Dead Star Talk
Emergency Break
MantraRay
Sebastian & Me
Stanmore
Teiger
The Moving Rooms
The Trusted
BEST INTERNATIONAL BAND
FIRST PLACE: SONIC WHIP
SECOND PLACE: Aurora By Noon
THIRD PLACE: Ego Mechanics
Crossbones’ Creed
Dorsten
Elliott Waits For No One
FUTURESELF
In The Afterglow
Joan & The Giants
Pulse Park
Storm Force
THE PSYCHOTIC REACTIONS
The Theos Variant
Voidpiercer
BEST INTERNATIONAL FEMALE
FIRST PLACE: EILATAN
SECOND PLACE: Patricia Atzur
THIRD PLACE: Liv Luce & Cassandra M.
Abbey Lane
AiramFM
EDIE
Eilatan
Hattie Oates
IX
Lilly Van Jansen
Lucie Glang
Maria Mihailik
BEST INTERNATIONAL MALE
FIRST PLACE: OF SHADOWS AND LIGHTS
SECOND PLACE: Magnus Styren
THIRD PLACE: Jon Mullane
Aaron Thomas
Andy Jans-Brown
Cas du Pree
Dez Rocket
Jeremy Serwer
Jon Williams
Kelly Murphy Music
Mike Freund
Zayd
BEST MALE ACT
FIRST PLACE: MATT KIANO
SECOND PLACE: Connor Leckenby
THIRD PLACE: Wills & The Willing
Adam Kirkup
Adam Wheeler
Adro The Toxic Waste
Gee Sonnit
LEON O\’LEARY
Luke Bates
Nemesis Uncle
Sam Waller
Tom Scully
BEST SONG
FIRST PLACE: MOTORCYCLE DISPLAY TEAM – TO THE ENDLESS
SECOND PLACE: Grace Angelique – See You In Your Dreams
THIRD PLACE: Barber Q – Dynamite
Caitlin Lavagna – Gold
Elephants From Neptune – Straight Shooter
Harri Mason – Wild
Pretty Velvet – A Love Like You (Everybody Talks)
Rila’s Edge – Deal
SONIC WHIP – Blue Skies
Sun House – FLY BIRD
The Robbery – Skinny Dipping
Ziggy Splynt – Crashfix
BEST WIGWAM JAM LIVE ACT
FIRST PLACE: SONIC WHIP
SECOND PLACE: Caitlin Lavagna
THIRD PLACE: Ro Jordan & Amber T
Bone-Idle
George Bone
Hattie Oates
Pixelstorm
The Lost and Found
Who Ate All The Crayons
GRASSROOTS VENUE CHAMPION
FIRST PLACE: BANNERMAN’S (Edinburgh)
SECOND PLACE: The Bunkhouse (Swansea)
THIRD PLACE: The Purple Turtle (Reading)
Notting Hill Arts Club (London)
The Cavern (Exeter)
Firebug (Leicester)
The Globe (Newcastle-upon-Tyne)
Bank Vault (Aberystwyth)
Fuel Rock Bar (Cardiff)
The Bedford (London)
