Courtney Barnett has added another award to her mantle, this time the Triple J Album of the Year Award.
In accepting the award Courtney Barnett said, “I’m very excited and honoured to win this award. It’s amazing. It’s a nice feeling for something that you’re not really sure when you write, I guess, how far it’s going to reach and who is going to find it interesting.”
Triple J music man Richard Kingsmill commented, “The thing that has always impressed us about Courtney, ever since we first started playing ‘Lance Jr’ back in 2012, was her distinctiveness. The unapologetic Australian accent was part of it, but her songwriting has always been outstanding. She writes with a mix of insightful observation, stream of consciousness, humour and lots of clever word play. We think this album is special stuff and the way it’s resonated around the world this year has been fantastic for both Courtney and Australian music in general.”
Australian Album of the Year – Courtney Barnett Sometimes I Sit And Think, And Sometimes I Just Sit Joining the likes of Tame Impala (2010 + 2012), Gotye (2011), Flume (2013) and Chet Faker (2014), Courtney Barnett takes home the 2015 J Award for Australian Album of the Year for Sometimes I Sit And Think, And Sometimes I Just Sit.
Unearthed Artist of the Year
Tired Lion
Double J Australian Artist of the Year
Tim Rogers
Australian Music Video of the Year
Life Is Better Blonde ‘Mine’
The 2015 J Award Nominees
Australian Album of the Year
Alison Wonderland Run
Alpine Yuck
Courtney Barnett Sometimes I Sit And Think, And Sometimes I Just Sit
Gang Of Youths The Positions
Hermitude Dark Night Sweet Light
Jarryd James Thirty One
Parkway Drive Ire
Seth Sentry Strange New Past
Tame Impala Currents
The Rubens Hoops
Unearthed Artist of the Year
Boo Seeka
Feki
Gordi
Tired Lion
Vallis Alps
Double J Artist of the Year
Blank Realm
Emma Donovan & the PutBacks
Hiatus Kaiyote
Paul Kelly
Tim Rogers
Australian Music Video of the Year
Boy & Bear ‘Walk The Wire’ Director: Darcy Prendergast & Josh Thomas
Briggs ‘The Children Came Back’ Executed by: Heath Kerr & Josh Davis
Courtney Barnett ‘Pedestrian At Best’ Director: Charlie Ford
Flume (feat Andrew Wyatt) ‘Some Minds’ Director: Clemens Habicht
Life Is Better Blonde ‘Mine’ Director: Natalie Erika James
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