Milk! Records

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Milk! Records
Founded2012
Founder Courtney Barnett
Jen Cloher
Defunct2023
Location Melbourne, Australia
Official website milk.milkrecords.com.au

Milk! Records was an Australian record label founded by musicians Courtney Barnett and Jen Cloher in Melbourne in 2012, with Barnett serving as creative director and Cloher as label manager. [1] In 2019, former Trifekta Records manager Tom Larnach-Jones took over from Cloher. [2]

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In 2023, Barnett announced that the label would shut down at the end of the year due to "persistent financial concerns" that had been exacerbated by Australia's COVID-19 restrictions. [3] [4] Her instrumental album End of the Day was the label's final release. [5]

Artists

Awards and nominations

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 / workAwardResult
2015 [6] Milk! RecordsBest Independent LabelWon
2018 [7] Milk! RecordsBest Independent LabelWon
2022 [8] [9] Milk! RecordsIndependent Label of the YearNominated

National Live Music Awards

The National Live Music Awards (NLMAs) commenced in 2016 to recognise contributions to the live music industry in Australia.

YearNominee / workAwardResult
2018 [10] [11] Milk! RecordsIndustry AchievementNominated

References

  1. ↑ "The organic evolution of Courtney Barnett's Milk! Records". Abc.net.au. 18 February 2016. Retrieved 25 February 2019.
  2. ↑ "2020 Fast Track Fellowship Recipient Announced". AIR. 14 February 2020. Retrieved 31 January 2021.
  3. ↑ Lancaster, Brodie (10 July 2023). "Courtney Barnett to close Milk! Records: 'I'm still coming to terms with it'". The Guardian. ISSN   0261-3077 . Retrieved 13 December 2024.
  4. ↑ "Courtney Barnett's Milk! Records to Close". The Music . 11 July 2023. Retrieved 12 July 2023.
  5. ↑ Keva York (20 March 2022). "Courtney Barnett documentary Anonymous Club offers a fly-on-the-wall glimpse of life on tour with the notoriously shy indie rocker". Australian Broadcasting Corporation . Retrieved 12 July 2023.
  6. ↑ "2015 Awards". AIR. Retrieved 25 February 2019.
  7. ↑ "Awards 2018". AIR. Retrieved 25 February 2019.
  8. ↑ "Nominees Announced For AIR Independent Music Awards 2022". musicfeeds. 1 June 2022. Retrieved 1 June 2022.
  9. ↑ Tyler Jenke (5 August 2022). "Genesis Owusu Wins Big At The 2022 AIR Awards". MusicFeeds . Retrieved 6 August 2022.
  10. ↑ "NLMA announce 2018 nominees and Live legend". NLMA. 2 October 2018. Retrieved 5 September 2020.
  11. ↑ "Winners of the 2018 NLMA". NLMA. December 2018. Retrieved 5 September 2020.


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