Courtney Barnett Wins Australian Music Prize
Photo via the Australian Music Prize’s Facebook
Courtney Barnett has won the Australian Music Prize, an annual honor awarded to an album made by an Australian artist. Her album Sometimes I Sit and Think and Sometimes I Just Sit beat out Tame Impala and Royal Headache, among others. She was presented the award by Henry Rollins, and will take home $30,000 Australian ($22,450).
“I respect so many Australian artists so to be picked as the one that wins is pretty amazing,” she told the audience, according to Triple J. “Plus, I’ve never had a novelty cheque before – I’m a bit nervous to hold it. One thing I like about this award, it’s judged on the art and the music and it’s not on sales or other boring shit like that; so thanks.”
Read “Tired and Hungry and Alive: 36 Hours With Courtney Barnett”.
Rapper REMI took home last year’s Australian Music Prize for his album Raw X Infinity.
Watch Pitchfork.tv’s “Contours” documentary on Barnett:
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