Cooking Vinyl Australia

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Cooking Vinyl Australia
Company type Independent record label
IndustryMusic & Entertainment
Founded2013
FounderStu Harvery

Leigh Gruppetta

Michael Goldschmidt
HeadquartersMelbourne, Victoria, Australia
OwnerStu Harvey & Leigh Gruppetta
Website https://www.cookingvinylaustralia.com/

Cooking Vinyl Australia is an independent record label based in Melbourne, Australia. Founded in 2013 by co-managing directors Leigh Gruppetta and Stu Harvey in partnership with Martin Goldschmidt, [1] [2] Cooking Vinyl Australia works with a variety of international and domestic label partners.

Contents

Australian artists and bands signed directly to Cooking Vinyl Australia include Ceres, CIVIC, Eliza & The Delusionals, Emma Donovan, Fanny Lumsden, High Tension, Jebediah, King Stingray, Luca Brasi, STUMPS, Tyler Richardson and Windwaker.

History

After working together at Shock records, [2] Leigh Gruppetta and Stu Harvey founded Cooking Vinyl Australia in 2013, in a partnership with Martin Goldschmidt, the London-based Cooking Vinyl Group Founder & CEO.

In 2016, Cooking Vinyl Australia launched a music publishing division based in Sydney, Australia. Reporting directly to Goldschmidt, Cooking Vinyl Publishing is a standalone company overseen by Matthew Donlevy, the former managing director of Peermusic. [3] [4]

In 2018, Cooking Vinyl Australia partnered with Sony Music Australia with Sony making "a significant investment" in the Indie label. [5] [6] As part of the arrangement, Cooking Vinyl Australia's recordings would be distributed globally through Sony's distributor and label services company The Orchard.

"We are thrilled about what the future holds as we enter this next phase of the business" [5] - Leigh Gruppetta, The Music Network, 2018

In November 2022, Cooking Vinyl Australia signed Melbourne/Naarm based band CIVIC and announced the release of their latest album Taken By Force (released February 2023). [7]

In September 2023, it was announced that Cooking Vinyl Australia had signed Australian alternative rock band, Jebediah. [8]

Label partners

Cooking Vinyl Australia works with a variety of international and domestic label partners to release and promote music in Australia and New Zealand. These include:

Artists

Current

Past

Awards and nominations

ARIA Awards

The ARIA Music Awards is an annual awards ceremony held by the Australian Recording Industry Association.

YearNominee / workAwardResultRef.
2023Fanny Lumsden Hey DawnBest Country AlbumWon [9]
[10]
2023Parkway Drive Darker StillBest Hard Rock/Heavy Metal AlbumWon [9]
[10]
Best GroupNominated
2023King Stingray Lookin' Out - Sam BrumbyBest VideoNominated [9]
[10]
2023King Stingray That's Where I Wanna Be TourBest Australian Live ActNominated [9]
[10]
2022 Emma Donovan Under These Streets (with the Putbacks)Best Soul/R&B ReleaseNominated [11]
2022 King Stingray King StingrayAlbum of the YearNominated [11]
Best GroupNominated
Michael Gudinski Breakthrough ArtistWon
Best Rock AlbumNominated
2022 King Stingray Kayla Flett, Gabi Coulthurst & Dimathaya Burarrwanga for King StingrayBest Cover ArtNominated [11]
2020Parkway Drive Viva the UnderdogsBest Hard Rock/Heavy Metal AlbumNominated [12]
[13]
2020Fanny Lumsden FallowBest Country AlbumWon [12]
[13]
2018Fanny Lumsden Real Class ActBest Country AlbumNominated [14]
2018Parkway Drive ReverenceBest Hard Rock or Heavy Metal AlbumWon [15]
2018Luca Brasi StayARIA Award for Best Rock AlbumNominated [16]
2018Parkway Drive ReverenceBest Hard Rock or Heavy Metal AlbumWon [17]
2016Parkway Drive IreBest Hard Rock or Heavy Metal AlbumNominated [18]
2016Fanny Lumsden Small Town Big ShotBest Country AlbumNominated [19]
2010Parkway Drive Deep BlueBest Hard Rock or Heavy Metal AlbumWon [20]

AIR Awards

The Australian Independent Record Awards (commonly known informally as AIR Awards) is an annual awards night to recognise, promote and celebrate the success of Australia's Independent Music sector.

YearNominee / workAwardResultRef.
2023 Parkway Drive Darker Still
Best Independent Heavy Album or EPNominated [21]
2023 King Stingray
Breakthrough Independent Artist of the Year - Presented by PPCANominated [22]
2023 King Stingray CAMP DOG
Independent Song of the YearNominated [23]
2023 King Stingray KING STINGRAYBest Independent Rock Album or EPNominated [24]
Independent Album of the YearNominated
2022 King Stingray Get Me OutIndependent Song of the YearNominated [25] [26]
2022 Emma Donovan & The Putbacks Under These StreetsBest Independent Soul/R&B Album or EPWon [27]
2021 Emma Donovan CrossoverIndependent Album of the YearNominated [28] [29]
Best Independent Soul/R&B Album or EPWon
2021 Fanny Lumsden FallowIndependent Album of the YearNominated [28] [29]
Best Independent Country Album or EPWon
2021 Parkway Drive Viva the UnderdogsBest Independent Heavy Album or EPNominated [28] [29]
2019 High Tension PurgeBest Independent Hard Rock, Heavy or Punk AlbumNominated
2018 Fanny Lumsden Real Class ActBest Country AlbumWon [30]
2017 Luca Brasi If This Is All We're Going to BeBest Independent Hard Rock, Heavy or Punk AlbumNominated [31] [32]
2013 Parkway Drive AtlasBest Independent Hard Rock or Punk AlbumNominated [33]
2010 Parkway Drive Deep BlueWon [34] [32]

J Awards

The J Awards are an annual series of Australian music awards that were established by the Australian Broadcasting Corporation's youth-focused radio station Triple J and which are judged by the music and on-air teams from radio stations Triple J, Triple J Unearthed and Double J [35] The awards are given in an on-air ceremony held in November each year as part of triple j's AusMusic Month.

YearNominee / workAwardResultRef.
2023King Stingray
Triple j Australian Live Act of the YearNominated [36]
2023Polaris Fatalism'
Australian Album of the YearNominated [37]
2022Eliza & The Delusionals Now and Then'
Australian Album of the YearNominated [38]
2022King Stingray KING STINGRAYAustralian Album of the YearNominated [39]
Double J Artist of the YearNominated [40]
2021Emma Donovan & The Putbacks
Double J Artist of the YearNominated [41]
2021King Stingray 'Milkumana (directed by King Stingray and Sam Brumby)'
Australian Video of the YearNominated [42]
2021King Stingray 'King Stingray'
Unearthed Artist of the YearWon [43]
2015Parkway Drive 'Ire'
Australian Album of the YearNominated [44]
2015Emma Donovan
Double J Artist of the YearNominated [45]
2014Ceres
Unearthed Artist of the YearNominated [46]
2012Parkway Drive 'Altas'Australian Album of the YearNominated [47]


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