Courtney Barnett (photo by Christo Herriot) made history when she became the first ever solo female artist to win the Best Rock Album category at the ARIA Awards. Barnett’s achievement was all the more significant given the fact that she released her album independently through her own label Milk! Records, she’s the second fully independent artist to win the award. The award is deserved recognition for Barnett whose second album Tell...
Courtney Barnett and her album Tell Me How You Really Feel have been nominated for 8 ARIA Awards including Album Of The Year, Best Female Artist, Best Rock Album, Best Independent Release, Best Video and Best Live Act. Courtney was also nominated for Best Adult Contemporary Album for Lotta Sea Lice – her collaborative album with Kurt Vile. Earlier this morning at the Art Gallery Of New South Wales it...
Methyl Ethel’s ‘Ubu’ is now ARIA Accredited Gold. The single was released on the band’s second record Everything Is Forgotten and placed at #4 in triple j’s Hottest 100 in 2017. Earlier today ‘Ubu’ was featured on triple j Mornings segment Inspired where Jake Webb, the brainchild of Methyl Ethel, broke down the influences, meanings and writing process behind the song. Listen back to the segment here. Methyl Ethel, made up of...
I See You, the long awaited third album from The xx, has debuted at the top of the ARIA Album Chart in its first week. This is the first #1 album in Australia for the band. I See You also topped album charts around the world including United Kingdom, Netherlands, Germany, Ireland and Belgium. The album is out now via Young / Remote Control Records. I See You marks a new era for...
Courtney Barnett’s debut album Sometimes I Sit And Think, And Sometimes I Just Sit has been certified with ARIA Gold Sales in Australia. This follows on from news earlier this month that she had been nominated for a Grammy Award for Best New Artist. Of the nomination Barnett says: “It’s an honour to be recognised amongst so many great artists on such a huge scale and it’s well beyond anything I ever imagined would happen...
We are so excited that Courtney Barnett took home 4 ARIA awards – Best Female, Best Independent Album, Best Breakthrough Artist and Best Cover Art for her incredible debut LP ‘Sometimes I Sit And Think, And Sometimes I Just Sit’ She has been on a bit of a winning spree recently after winning the J Award for Best Australian Album, 3 AIR Award wins including Best Independent Album, Best Independent...
Adele’s new record 25 has achieved Double Platinum sales in Australia within three days of release. ‘Hello’ also sits atop the ARIA Singles Chart for the fourth week running. Last night, Adele had an exclusive interview with 60 Minutes – watch it here! Watch the record breaking video for Adele’s ‘Hello’ below. Purchase ’25’ here: https://lnk.to/adele25AU
Yes!! Our friend Jamie xx debuted at #2 on the ARIA charts with his incredible album ‘In Colour’. The record comes off the bat of an amazing musical period for Jamie where he has been involved in The xx as well as his own work with Jamie xx. Listen to new single ‘I Know There’s Gonna Be (Good Times)’ below.
The Shakes have done it again! The band have shared an amazing yet sad video for Sound & Color which shows a man travelling through space. The song comes from the album of the same name which debuted at #6 on the ARIA charts! Woohoo! The album has received amazing praise and has been Double J and Triple R feature albums.
We’ve been celebrating over at Remote Control HQ because Courtney Barnett has debuted at #4 on the ARIA charts and #10 in the US!! She also peaked at #1 on the AIR Independent Music Charts for her debut album. She has also sold out her second Melbourne show and has announced a third! If you haven’t already, watch her Ellen performance below.
