Milk! Records
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. In 2019, former Trifekta Records manager Tom Larnach-Jones took over from Cloher. 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.
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Milk! Records
- Name
- Milk!
- Founded
- 2012
- Founder
- Courtney Barnett · Jen Cloher
- Headquarters
- City of Merri-bek
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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. In 2019, former Trifekta Records manager Tom Larnach-Jones took over from Cloher. 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.
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Her instrumental album End of the Day was the label's final release.
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• Name — Milk! Records • Founded — 2012 • Founder — Courtney Barnett Jen Cloher • Defunct — 2023 • Location — Melbourne, Australia • Url — https: milk.milkrecords.com.au
Artists
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• Courtney Barnett • Chastity Belt (Australian distribution) • East Brunswick All Girls Choir • Dyson Stringer Cloher • Jen Cloher • Ouch My Face • The Finks • Fraser A. Gorman • Hand Habits • Hachiku • Jade Imagine • Evelyn Ida Morris • Tiny Ruins • Sleater-Kinney (Australian distribution) • Loose Tooth
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- 1.Abc.net.au. The organic evolution of Courtney Barnett's Milk! Records. February 18, 2016.
- 2.2020 Fast Track Fellowship Recipient Announced. AIR. 14 February 2020.
- 3.Lancaster, Brodie. Courtney Barnett to close Milk! Records: ‘I’m still coming to terms with it’. The Guardian. 2023-07-10. 0261-3077.
- 4.Courtney Barnett's Milk! Records to Close. The Music. 11 July 2023.
- 5.Keva York. 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. 20 March 2022.
- 6.AIR. 2015 Awards.
- 7.AIR. Awards 2018.
- 8.Nominees Announced For AIR Independent Music Awards 2022. musicfeeds. 1 June 2022.
- 9.Tyler Jenke. Genesis Owusu Wins Big At The 2022 AIR Awards. MusicFeeds. 5 August 2022.
- 10.NLMA announce 2018 nominees and Live legend. NLMA. 2 October 2018.
- 11.Winners of the 2018 NLMA. NLMA. December 2018.
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