Courtney Barnett

Courtney Melba Barnett{{cite web|url=http://www.thatmusicmag.com/index.php/courtney-barnett-on-what-makes-her-different/|title=Courtney Barnett on What Makes Her Different|work=That Music Magazine|access-date=21 September 2015}} was born in Sydney on 3 November 1987.{{cite web|url=https://www.thestar.com/entertainment/music/2015/03/18/sxsw-indie-it-girl-courtney-barnett-is-bracing-for-the-backlash.html |title=SXSW: Indie 'it' girl Courtney Barnett is bracing for the backlash |work=Thestar.com |date=18 March 2015 |access-date=26 March 2015}} She was given her middle name after opera singer Nellie Melba. She grew up in Sydney's Northern Beaches area. Her mother was a ballerina.{{Cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J0W_CTO4EFU|title=Courtney Barnett @ Osheaga 2014|date=7 August 2014|via=YouTube}} She has an older brother.{{Cite news|url=https://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/the-paradox-of-courtney-barnett-20180326-h0xyhk.html|title=The paradox of Courtney Barnett|newspaper=Sydney Morning Herald|date=March 26, 2018}} When she was 16, her family moved to Hobart. She attended St Michael's Collegiate School and the Tasmanian School of Art.{{cite news|last=Young|first=Kane|title=Ex Hobart rocker Courtney Barnett wows US crowds on The Tonight Show|url=http://www.themercury.com.au/entertainment/ex-hobart-rocker-courtney-barnett-wows-us-crowds-on-the-tonight-show/story-fnj3tycr-1226898243657|access-date=29 April 2014|newspaper=The Mercury|date=28 April 2014|archive-date=26 June 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150626132813/http://www.themercury.com.au/entertainment/ex-hobart-rocker-courtney-barnett-wows-us-crowds-on-the-tonight-show/story-fnj3tycr-1226898243657|url-status=dead}} Having grown up listening to American bands, she discovered Australian singer-songwriters Darren Hanlon and Dan Kelly, who inspired her to start writing songs.{{cite web|url=https://pitchfork.com/features/rising/9230-courtney-barnett/ |title=Rising: Courtney Barnett | Features |publisher=Pitchfork.com |date=1 October 2013 |access-date=3 July 2015}} While pursuing a music career, she worked as a pizza delivery driver.{{Cite web|url=https://www.gourmettraveller.com.au/news/food-and-culture/courtney-barnett-how-i-eat-16846|title=Courtney Barnett: How I eat|first=Lee Tran|last=Lam|website=Gourmettraveller.com.au}}

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From 2010 to 2011, Barnett played second guitar in Melbourne grunge band Rapid Transit. They released one self-titled album on cassette.{{citation needed|date=January 2023}} She recorded many early versions of her songs with a band called Courtney Barnett and the Olivettes, which was later shortened to the Olivettes.{{Cite web|url=http://paper-deer.blogspot.com/2010/12/interview-olivettes.html|title=paper-deer : a music blog in melbourne: INTERVIEW: The Olivettes|first=Paige X.|last=Cho|date=12 December 2010}} They released a live EP demo CD, with 100 copies being produced which were hand numbered.{{Cite web|url=https://www.reddit.com/r/CourtneyBarnett/comments/7sms1p/the_olivettes_live_ep_demo/|title=r/CourtneyBarnett – The Olivettes – Live EP Demo|website=Reddit.com|date=24 January 2018 |access-date=26 July 2019}} Around this time Barnett featured on a track by Melbourne singer-songwriter Giles Field called "I Can't Hear You, We're Breaking Up" which was released in late 2011.{{Cite web|title=Giles Field – Giles Field's End Of Year Break Up (CD)|url=https://www.discogs.com/Giles-Field-Giles-Fields-End-Of-Year-Break-Up/release/13329995|access-date=17 December 2020|website=Discogs|date=December 2011 |language=en}} She also has a credit as co-writer on the song.

Between 2011 and 2013, Barnett was a member of Australian psych-country band Immigrant Union, a musical project founded by Brent DeBoer (of The Dandy Warhols) and Bob Harrow. Along with sharing vocal duties, Barnett predominantly played slide guitar and is on the band's second studio album, Anyway. DeBoer played drums on Barnett's first EP, I've Got a Friend called Emily Ferris.{{cite web | work= The Age| title=City just fine and Dandy| first = Martin | last = Boulton | url=http://www.theage.com.au/entertainment/music/city-just-fine-and-dandy-20120510-1yeom.html|access-date=1 June 2014|date=11 May 2012}} It appeared in 2012 on Barnett's own label, Milk! Records.

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In 2013, Barnett played lead guitar on Jen Cloher's third studio album, In Blood Memory, which was also released on Milk! Records. Following the release of her first EP, Barnett signed to Marathon Artists (via its imprint House Anxiety). In August 2013, Marathon Artists released The Double EP: A Sea of Split Peas, a combined package of Barnett's first EP and her second EP, How to Carve a Carrot Into a Rose.{{cite news | last=Henriques-Gomes | first=Luke | title=Courtney Barnett Talks Shadow Electric, Her Double EP, & Accidentally Making It Overseas | url=http://www.tonedeaf.com.au/features/interviews/356038/courtney-barnett-talks.htm | access-date=26 October 2013 | newspaper=Tonedeaf | date=22 October 2013 | archive-url=https://archive.today/20131026151051/http://www.tonedeaf.com.au/features/interviews/356038/courtney-barnett-talks.htm | archive-date=26 October 2013 | url-status=dead }} The Double EP brought Barnett international critical acclaim, with "Avant Gardener", the lead single, named Track of the Day by Q Magazine and Best New Track by Pitchfork in 2013.{{cite web |title=Courtney Barnett 'Avant Gardener' named Track of the Day |url=http://news.qthemusic.com/2013/12/courtney_barnett_-_avant_garde.html |work=Q Magazine |access-date=21 January 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131209141540/http://news.qthemusic.com/2013/12/courtney_barnett_-_avant_garde.html |archive-date=9 December 2013 |url-status=dead }}{{cite web |title=The Top 100 Tracks of 2013 |url=https://pitchfork.com/features/lists-and-guides/9288-the-top-100-tracks-of-2013/ |access-date=22 March 2023 |work=Pitchfork}} It was named the album of the week by Stereogum{{cite news | last=Breihan | first=Tom | title=Album of the Week: Courtney Barnett The Double EP: A Sea Of Split Peas | url=https://www.stereogum.com/1522822/album-of-the-week-courtney-barnett-the-double-ep-a-sea-of-split-peas/franchises/album-of-the-week/ | access-date=26 October 2013 | newspaper=Stereogum | date=15 October 2013}} The track "History Eraser" was nominated for the APRA Song of the Year.{{cite web |url=http://www.remotecontrolrecords.com.au/tag/avant-gardener/ |title=Avant Gardener |work=Remote Control Records |date=1 May 2014 |access-date=18 March 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150405102003/http://www.remotecontrolrecords.com.au/tag/avant-gardener/ |archive-date=5 April 2015 |df=dmy-all }} How to Carve a Carrot into a Rose was released on a limited run by Milk! Records as a standalone EP in October 2013. Marathon Artists and House Anxiety partnered with Mom + Pop Music for the U.S. release of The Double EP in 2014.{{cite magazine|last1=Goodman|first1=Lizzy|title=Meet Courtney Barnett, Music's Lena Dunham: 'I Like the Extreme Form of Not Bottling Things Up'|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/6509480/courtney-barnett-interview-sometimes-i-sit-and-think-sometimes-i-just-sit-album|magazine=Billboard|access-date=25 March 2015|date=23 March 2015}}

Milk! Records released a compilation EP, A Pair of Pears (with Shadows), on 10" white vinyl in September 2014, following a crowd-sourcing campaign in July that year. The EP included a Barnett track, "Pickles from the Jar", the song was voted in at number 51 in Triple J's Hottest 100 for 2014.{{cite web|url=http://www.abc.net.au/triplej/hottest100/14/countdown/ |title=Triple J: Hottest 100 2014 |work=Australian Broadcasting Corporation |date=11 January 2014 |access-date=18 March 2015}}

On 30 January 2015, Barnett released details on her upcoming full-length album, recorded in April 2014 with Burke Reid, along with two singles, "Pedestrian at Best" and "Depreston", and accompanying music videos. The music video for "Pedestrian at Best" features Cloher and Fraser A Gorman. Her debut album—Sometimes I Sit and Think, and Sometimes I Just Sit—was released worldwide via Milk! Records (Australia),{{cite news |last=Bakare |first=Lanre |title=Courtney Barnett: Sometimes I Sit and Think, and Sometimes I Just Sit review – acerbic and staunchly down-to-earth |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2015/mar/19/courtney-barnett-sometimes-i-sit-and-think-and-sometimes-i-just-sit-album-review |access-date=19 January 2016 |newspaper=The Guardian |date=19 March 2015}} and Mom + Pop Music (US) on 23 March 2015,{{cite web|last1=Wilson|first1=Martin|title=Courtney Barnett Shares Video & Album Details|url=http://overblown.co.uk/courtney-barnett-shares-video-album-details/|publisher=Overblown|access-date=3 March 2015}} and was accompanied by tours in the UK and Europe, America, and Australasia.{{cite web|last=Terry |first=Josh |url=http://consequence.net/2015/02/courtney-barnett-announces-us-tour-dates/ |title=Courtney Barnett announces US tour dates |publisher=Consequence.net |date=4 February 2015 |access-date=22 May 2015}}{{cite web |date=3 February 2015 |title=Courtney Barnett announces UK tour dates |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/courtney-barnett-27-1213205 |access-date=22 March 2024 |website=Nme.com}}

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Sometimes I Sit and Think was met with critical acclaim,{{cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/lists/50-best-albums-of-2015-20151201/courtney-barnett-sometimes-i-sit-and-think-and-sometimes-i-just-sit-20151130|title=50 Best Albums of 2015|magazine=Rolling Stone|date=1 December 2015|access-date=9 January 2016|archive-date=17 June 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180617165808/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/lists/50-best-albums-of-2015-20151201/courtney-barnett-sometimes-i-sit-and-think-and-sometimes-i-just-sit-20151130|url-status=dead}}{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2015/dec/10/best-albums-of-2015-no-7-sometimes-i-sit-and-think-and-sometimes-i-just-sit-courtney-barnett |title=Best albums of 2015: No 7 – Sometimes I Sit and Think, and Sometimes I Just Sit by Courtney Barnett |website=The Guardian|date= 10 December 2015|access-date=9 January 2016}} The Times,[https://web.archive.org/web/20160127003634/http://www.thesundaytimes.co.uk/sto/culture/music/article1640169.ece 100 best records of the year | The Times]. The Times. 6 December 2015. Retrieved 21 Jan 2016. Pitchfork[https://pitchfork.com/features/staff-lists/9764-the-50-best-albums-of-2015/5/ The Best 50 Albums of 2015 | Pitchfork] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151218153005/http://pitchfork.com/features/staff-lists/9764-the-50-best-albums-of-2015/5/ |date=18 December 2015 }}. Pitchfork. 16 December 2015. Retrieved 9 January 2016. and the Chicago Tribune.[https://www.chicagotribune.com/entertainment/music/kot/sc-best-pop-rock-albums-2015-ent-1202-20151203-column.html Best albums of 2015: Kendrick Lamar, Courtney Barnett and more | Chicago Tribune]. Chicago Tribune. 3 December 2015. Retrieved 9 January 2016. Up until the release of Sometimes I Sit and Think, and Sometimes I Just Sit, Courtney Barnett, Bones Sloane, and Dave Mudie toured as Courtney Barnett and the Courtney Barnetts.{{Cite web|url=https://www.spin.com/2013/11/5-best-new-artists-november-2013-physical-therapy-denzel-curry-hookworms-courtney-barnett-perera-elsewhere/131101-courtney-barnett/|title=Courtney Barnett|website=Spin.com|access-date=26 July 2019}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.thecurrent.org/feature/2014/06/24/courtney-barnett-live|title=Courtney Barnett performs live in The Current studio|first=Mark Wheat and Leah|last=Garaas|website=Thecurrent.org|access-date=26 July 2019}}

In August 2015, Barnett's UK label, Marathon Artists, in partnership with Mom + Pop Music and Milk! Records, launched a global guerilla campaign for the release of her single "Nobody Really Cares If You Don't Go to the Party".{{cite web |last=Moskovitch |first=Greg |title=Courtney Barnett Guerilla Marketing Campaign Goes Global, Confuses Everyone |url=http://www.tonedeaf.com.au/456403/courtney-barnett-guerilla-marketing-campaign-goes-global-confuses-everyone.htm |access-date=12 August 2015 |website=Tonedeaf.com.au |date=19 January 2016}} Billboards and posters bearing the song's title went up in London, New York, Los Angeles, Melbourne and Sydney.{{cite news |last=Quine |first=Oscar |title=Courtney Barnett interview: The Melbourne singer-songwriter is the voice-of-a-generation |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/features/courtney-barnett-interview-the-melbourne-singer-songwriter-is-the-voice-of-a-generation-10475269.html |access-date=28 August 2015 |newspaper=The Independent |date=19 January 2016}} The campaign garnered a lot of interest online and across social media and culminated in a surprise busking gig in Camden, London.{{cite web |last=Hearon |first=Lisa |title=Londoners didn't know they were at a Courtney Barnett gig |url=http://mashable.com/2015/08/17/courtney-barnett-video/#kjWr8s1Sosqf |access-date=17 August 2015 |website=Mashable.com |date=19 January 2016}}

In concert, Dan Luscombe (of The Drones) has often played lead guitar and keyboards, having featured on both, How to Carve a Carrot Into a Rose and Sometimes I Sit and Think, and Sometimes I Just Sit, the latter of which he co-produced. When Luscombe was not available, the band performed as a trio, with Barnett playing guitar. Luscombe did not play on Barnett's 2015 tours, however, and she now refers to the band as the "CB3" on her Facebook page. The CB3 moniker features prominently on drummer Dave Mudie's bass drum.

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Barnett was nominated in eight categories at the ARIA Music Awards of 2015 and won four trophies: Breakthrough Artist, Best Female Artist, Best Independent Release and Best Cover Art for Sometimes I Sit and Think, and Sometimes I Just Sit.ARIA Music Awards for Courtney Barnett:

• Search Results 'Courtney Barnett': {{cite web | url = http://www.ariaawards.com.au/history/search/?view=list&text=Courtney%20Barnett | title = Winners by Year: Search Results for 'Courtney Barnett' | publisher = Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA) | access-date = 12 December 2015 }}
• 2014 winners and nominees: {{cite web | url = http://www.ariaawards.com.au/history/year/2014?view=list | title = Winners by Year 2014 | publisher = Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA) | access-date = 12 December 2015 }}
• 2015 winners and nominees: {{cite web | url = http://www.ariaawards.com.au/nominees/2015/Aria-Awards/Telstra-Album-of-the-Year | title = Aria Awards Nominees 2015 | publisher = Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA) | access-date = 12 December 2015 | archive-date = 8 December 2015 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20151208163914/http://www.ariaawards.com.au/nominees/2015/aria-awards/telstra-album-of-the-year | url-status = dead }}
• 2015 winners: {{cite web | url = http://www.ariaawards.com.au/news/2015/and-the-aria-award-goes-to%E2%80%A6 | title = And the ARIA Awards Goes to... | publisher = Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA) | date = 27 November 2015 | access-date = 12 December 2015 | archive-date = 18 January 2016 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160118102200/http://www.ariaawards.com.au/news/2015/and-the-aria-award-goes-to%E2%80%A6 | url-status = dead }}
• 2016 winners and nominees: {{cite web | url = https://ariaawards.com.au/history/year/2016?view=list | title = Winners by Year 2016 | publisher = Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA) | access-date = 11 October 2017 }}
• 2018 winners and nominees: {{cite web | url = https://www.ariaawards.com.au/News/2018/And-The-ARIA-Award-Goes-To | title = And the ARIA Award Goes To... | last = Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA) | publisher = Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA) | date = 28 November 2018 | access-date = 29 November 2018 }} At the end of 2015, Barnett was nominated for a Grammy Award in the Best New Artist category.{{cite web |title=Grammys 2016 Preview: What You Need to Know About Best New Artist Nominees From Courtney Barnett to James Bay | url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/magazine-feature/6812893/grammys-2016-preview-best-new-artist-nominees |access-date=21 January 2016 | website=Billboard.com | date=5 January 2016}} She was later nominated for Best International Female in 2016 for the Brit Awards.{{cite news |title=Brit Awards 2016 Nominations and Winners |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/music/news/brit-awards-2016-nominations-and-winners/ |access-date=1 January 2017 | newspaper=The Telegraph | date=14 January 2016}} On 21 May 2016, she was the musical guest on the season finale of Saturday Night Live{{'}}s 41st season, hosted by Fred Armisen.{{cite web |url=http://snlarchives.net/Episodes/?20160521 |title=SNL Archives {{!}} Episodes {{!}} 05.21.2016

|work=SNL Archives |last=Navaroli |first=Joel |access-date=28 May 2016}} In January 2016, Barnett appeared on the cover of Australian music magazine, Happy Mag.{{Cite web|url=http://store.hhhhappy.com/product/happy-mag-issue-one-january-2016/|title=Happy Mag issue # 1|website=Store.hhhhappy.com|access-date=15 October 2017}} On 27 May 2016, she was the musical guest on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon.

In 2017, Barnett and Kurt Vile recorded the collaborative album Lotta Sea Lice, released via Matador Records, Marathon Artists and Milk! Records on October 13.{{Cite news|url=https://www.pastemagazine.com/articles/2017/08/new-details-on-kurt-vile-and-courtney-barnetts-col.html|title=Kurt Vile and Courtney Barnett Reveal Details About Their New Joint Album|work=pastemagazine.com|access-date=2017-09-23|language=en|archive-date=24 September 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170924045426/https://www.pastemagazine.com/articles/2017/08/new-details-on-kurt-vile-and-courtney-barnetts-col.html|url-status=dead}} Some of the album collaborators include Stella Mozgawa, Mick Harvey and the Dirty Three's Mick Turner and Jim White. The lead single "Over Everything" was released on August 30, 2017, accompanied by the music video directed by Danny Cohen. "Over Everything" initially sparked the pair's collaboration, after Philadelphia-based Vile wrote the song with the Melbourne-based Barnett's voice in mind. The second single "Continental Breakfast" was released on 26 September 2017. In June 2017 Vile and Barnett announced a North American tour. The duo was backed by the Sea Lice, a band featuring Janet Weiss (Sleater-Kinney, Wild Flag), Rob Laakso (The Violators, Swirlies, Mice Parade), Stella Mozgawa (Warpaint), and Katie Harkin (Sky Larkin, touring member of Sleater-Kinney and Wild Beasts).{{Cite web|url=https://pitchfork.com/news/73817-kurt-vile-and-courtney-barnett-announce-tour-new-collaborative-album/|title=Kurt Vile and Courtney Barnett Announce Tour, New Collaborative Album {{!}} Pitchfork|website=Pitchfork.com|date=7 June 2017 |language=en|access-date=2017-09-23}}{{Cite web|url=https://pitchfork.com/news/kurt-vile-and-courtney-barnett-reveal-new-album-title/|title=Kurt Vile and Courtney Barnett Reveal New Album Title {{!}} Pitchfork|website=Pitchfork.com|date=29 August 2017 |language=en|access-date=2017-09-23}}

On 12 February 2018, Barnett teased a new album on her social media accounts, featuring her trying out various musical instruments with the clip ending with the tagline "Tell Me How You Really Feel".{{Cite web|url=https://pitchfork.com/news/courtney-barnett-teases-new-music-watch/|title=Courtney Barnett Teases New Music: Watch {{!}} Pitchfork|website=Pitchfork.com|date=12 February 2018 |language=en|access-date=2018-02-13}} Barnett released the singles "Nameless, Faceless", "Need A Little Time", "City Looks Pretty", and "Sunday Roast" from her sophomore solo album, which was launched at a private function at Sydney's Lansdowne Hotel in April 2018 and emceed by ex–The Go-Betweens Lindy Morrison. The album was eventually released on 18 May 2018 and titled Tell Me How You Really Feel. The album dealt, in part, with Barnett's thoughts about isolation in the social media age.{{Cite web|url=https://relix.com/articles/detail/you_must_be_having_so_much_fun_everythings_amazing/|title=Courtney Barnett: You Must Be Having So Much Fun. Everything's Amazing.|date=10 July 2018|website=Relix.com|access-date=12 November 2021}} "City Looks Pretty" was featured on the soundtrack of the video game FIFA 19.{{Cite web|url=https://www.ea.com/games/fifa/fifa-19/news/fifa-19-soundtrack|title=FIFA 19 Soundtrack, featuring Childish Gambino, Gorillaz, Logic, and More|date=31 August 2018|website=Ea.com|access-date=26 July 2019}}

In 2019, Barnett was added to the bill of Woodstock 50, but the festival was cancelled in May.{{Cite web|url=http://undertheradarmag.com/news/woodstock_50_lineup_announced_courtney_barnett_boygenius_the_black_keys_and|title=Woodstock 50 Lineup Announced – Courtney Barnett, boygenius, The Black Keys, and More|last=Roberts|first=Christopher|website=Undertheradarmag.com|language=en|access-date=24 March 2019}}

On 7 July 2021, Barnett released "Rae Street", the lead single from her third studio album—Things Take Time, Take Time—which was released on 12 November 2021.{{cite web|url=http://www.noise11.com/news/courtney-barnett-says-she-has-a-new-album-20210708|title=Courtney Barnett Says She Has A New Album|website=noise11|date=8 July 2021|access-date=8 July 2021|author=Cashmere, Paul}}

On 3 July 2022, Barnett supported the Rolling Stones at their concert at Hyde Park in London, UK.{{cite web|url=https://www.noise11.com/news/courtney-barnett-to-open-for-the-rolling-stones-in-london-20220527|title=Courtney Barnett To Open For The Rolling Stones In London|website=noise11|date=22 May 2022|access-date=28 November 2022|author=Cashmere, Paul}}

In July 2023, Barnett confirmed Milk! Records will be disestablished at the end of 2023, after 12 years.{{cite web|url=https://themusic.com.au/news/courtney-barnett-s-milk-records-to-close/WPjmSk1MT04/11-07-23 |title=Courtney Barnett's Milk! Records to Close |website=The Music|date= 11 July 2023|access-date=12 July 2023}}

The final album released on the label is the instrumental End of the Day, released on 8 September 2023. The album features 17 tracks written to score the 2021 documentary, Anonymous Club.{{cite web|url= https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-03-20/courtney-barnett-documentary-anonymous-club-review-danny-cohen/100916956|title= Courtney Barnett documentary Anonymous Club offers a fly-on-the-wall glimpse of life on tour with the notoriously shy indie rocker |website=Australian Broadcasting Corporation|date= 20 March 2022|access-date=12 July 2023|author= Keva York }}

In December 2020, NME reported that a documentary titled Anonymous Club exploring "the inner life of the notoriously shy [Barnett] amidst her significant rise to fame" was in the works, after receiving $2.5 million in funding from Screen Australia.{{cite web |last1=Gallagher |first1=Alex |title=Courtney Barnett documentary 'Anonymous Club' announced |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/courtney-barnett-documentary-anonymous-club-announced-2834681 |website=NME |access-date=14 December 2020 |date=9 December 2020}} Anonymous Club was directed by Danny Cohen,{{cite web |last=Ide |first=Wendy |title=Anonymous Club review – bruisingly candid portrait of singer Courtney Barnett |website=the Guardian |date=11 December 2022 |url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2022/dec/11/anonymous-club-review-bruisingly-candid-portrait-of-singer-courtney-barnett |access-date=14 December 2024}} who had collaborated with Barnett on several of her music videos previously,{{cite web |last=Braiker |first=Brian |title=Singer Courtney Barnett and filmmaker Danny Cohen discuss their new doc 'Anonymous Club' |website=BKMAG |date=25 July 2022 |url=https://www.bkmag.com/2022/07/25/courtney-barnett-danny-cohen-anonymous-club/ |access-date=14 December 2024}} and was executive produced by Sue Maslin and her company Film Art Media. The film premiered at the Melbourne International Film Festival in August 2021, and screened at a number of film festivals before being released in cinemas.{{cite web |title=H|website=Anonymous Club |date=8 September 2023 |url=https://www.anonymousclubfilm.com/ |access-date=14 December 2024}} It was also broadcast on ABC Television,{{cite web |title=Anonymous Club : ABC iview |website=ABC iview |date=30 November 2024 |url=https://iview.abc.net.au/show/anonymous-club |access-date=14 December 2024}} and is available on DVD.

Barnett plays left-handed, using mostly left-handed guitars with standard tuning and string order for left-handed players (low strings at the top, high strings at the bottom). She occasionally plays right-handed guitars flipped upside down, but does not prefer it. She learned to play on acoustic guitars, and developed her own method of fingerstyle guitar because she disliked the sound of a pick; she later transferred this playing style to the electric guitar. She is capable of using a pick and claims she could probably play better with one, but prefers to play using her fingers, strumming with both her thumb and index finger on rhythm parts and using her index finger where she would otherwise use a pick for lead parts. She prefers to play in standard tuning, but has used open G tuning for slide guitar.{{cite web|last1=Gluckin|first1=Tzvi|title=Courtney Barnett: The New Sensation (interview)|url=https://www.premierguitar.com/articles/22424-courtney-barnett-the-new-sensation|website=Premier Guitar|date=30 April 2015 |access-date=4 April 2018}}

Among the guitars Barnett has used for performance and recording are a Harmony H59 and a number of Fenders, including Jaguars, Stratocasters, and Telecasters, which she strings with Ernie Ball Power Slinky strings in the 0.011–0.048 gauge. She plays through Fender Hot Rod Deville and Fender Deluxe amplifiers, with effects pedals including a Fulltone OCD overdrive pedal, a "cheap delay pedal", and a chorus pedal.{{cite web|title=Courtney Barnett|url=http://equipboard.com/pros/courtney-barnett|website=Equipboard.com|access-date=4 April 2018}}

Barnett was in a relationship with fellow musician Jen Cloher from 2012 to 2018,{{Cite web |title=Listen {{!}} Music, Death and Memory – Jen Cloher and Jo Syme in Conversation {{!}} Control |url=http://controlzine.com/interviews/listen-music-death-and-memory-jen-cloher-and-jo-syme-in-conversation/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190423164923/https://controlzine.com/interviews/listen-music-death-and-memory-jen-cloher-and-jo-syme-in-conversation/ |archive-date=2019-04-23 |access-date=2019-02-28 |language=en-US}}{{Cite web|url=http://xpressmag.com.au/jen-cloher-happy-wife/|title=JEN CLOHER Happy wife... |website=Xpressmag.com.au|date=15 March 2018 |access-date=2018-03-15}} and the song "Numbers" was co-written by the pair about their relationship. Barnett's song "Pickles from the Jar" also details their relationship, and Cloher is mentioned in the first line of "Dead Fox". Barnett called Cloher a "huge constant influence" on her music.{{cite web |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2017/oct/14/courtney-barnett-kurt-vile-album-lotta-see-lice-interview |title=Courtney Barnett: 'It's easy to feel hopeless and lost in this weird world' |publisher=The Observer |date=2017-10-14 |author=Kathryn Bromwich |access-date=2017-10-14}} She also played guitar in Cloher's band from 2012 to 2018.

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Current

• Bones Sloane – bass, backing vocals (2013–present)
• Dave Mudie – drums, percussion, backing vocals (2013–present)

Former

• Alex Hamilton – guitar, backing vocals (2012–2013)
• Pete Convery – bass (2012–2013)
• Dan Luscombe – guitar, keyboard, backing vocals (2013–2014; session/touring member 2017)

Session/touring

• Katie Harkin – guitar, keyboard, backing vocals (2018)
• Lucy Waldron – cello, backing vocals (2019–present)
• Stella Mozgawa – drums, percussion, keyboard (2021–present)

{{main|Courtney Barnett discography}}

• Sometimes I Sit and Think, and Sometimes I Just Sit (2015)
• Lotta Sea Lice (2017, with Kurt Vile)
• Tell Me How You Really Feel (2018)
• Things Take Time, Take Time (2021)

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.

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| rowspan="2" | 2013{{cite web|url=https://tonedeaf.thebrag.com/final-air-awards-2013-nominations-revealed-50000-prize-announced/|title=Final AIR Awards 2013 Nominations Revealed, $50,000 Prize Announced|website=tonedeaf|date=1 October 2013|access-date=20 August 2020}}{{cite web|url=https://www.air.org.au/awards/history|title=History Wins|website=Australian Independent Record Labels Association|access-date=18 August 2020|archive-date=10 March 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160310102536/https://www.air.org.au/awards/history|url-status=dead}}

|Courtney Barnett

| Breakthrough Independent Artist

| {{nom}}

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| "History Eraser"

| Best Independent Single/EP

| {{nom}}

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| rowspan="2" | 2014{{cite web|url=https://www.speakertv.com/news/latest-news/carlton-dry-air-awards-2014-nominees-announced/|title=CARLTON DRY AIR AWARDS 2014 NOMINEES ANNOUNCED|website=speaker tv|date=September 2014|access-date=20 August 2020|archive-date=11 September 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140911162157/https://www.speakertv.com/news/latest-news/carlton-dry-air-awards-2014-nominees-announced/|url-status=dead}}

|Courtney Barnett

| Best Independent Artist

| {{won}}

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| "Avant Gardener"

| Best Independent Single/EP

| {{won}}

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| rowspan="4" | 2015{{cite web|url=https://musicfeeds.com.au/news/1-dads-courtney-barnett-lead-this-years-independent-music-award-nominations/#/slide/1|title=1 Dads, Courtney Barnett Lead This Year's Independent Music Award Nominations|website=MusicFeeds|date=7 September 2015|access-date=20 August 2020}}

|Courtney Barnett

| Best Independent Artist

| {{won}}

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| Sometimes I Sit and Think, and Sometimes I Just Sit

| Best Independent Album

| {{won}}

|-

| "Depreston"

| rowspan="2" | Best Independent Single/EP

| {{won}}

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| "Pedestrian At Best"

| {{nom}}

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| rowspan="3" | 2019

| Courtney Barnett

| Best Independent Artist

| {{Won}}

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| Tell Me How You Really Feel

| Best Independent Album or EP

| {{won}}

|-

| "Nameless, Faceless"

| Best Independent Single or EP

| {{Nom}}

|-

| rowspan="2"| 2022{{cite web|url=https://musicfeeds.com.au/news/nominees-announced-for-air-independent-music-awards-2022/|title=Nominees Announced For AIR Independent Music Awards 2022|website=musicfeeds|date=1 June 2022|access-date=1 June 2022}}{{Cite web|url=https://musicfeeds.com.au/news/genesis-owusu-wins-big-at-the-2022-air-awards/|title=Genesis Owusu Wins Big At The 2022 AIR Awards|website=MusicFeeds|date=5 August 2022|access-date=6 August 2022|author=Tyler Jenke}}

| rowspan="2"| Things Take Time, Take Time

| Independent Album of the Year

| {{nom}}

|-

| Best Independent Rock Album or EP

| {{won}}

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The APRA Awards are presented annually from 1982 by the Australasian Performing Right Association (APRA), "honouring composers and songwriters".{{cite web |url=http://www.apra-amcos.com.au/APRAAwards/MusicAwards/History.aspx |title=APRA History |publisher=Australasian Performing Right Association (APRA) | Australasian Mechanical Copyright Owners Society (AMCOS) |access-date=25 April 2022 |archive-date=20 September 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100920230857/http://www.apra-amcos.com.au/APRAAwards/MusicAwards/History.aspx |url-status=dead }}

The ARIA Music Awards is an annual awards ceremony that recognises excellence, innovation, and achievement across all genres of Australian music. Barnett has won 6 ARIA Music Awards from 20 nominations.

The Australian Music Prize (the AMP) is an annual award of $30,000 given to an Australian band or solo artist in recognition of the merit of an album released during the year of award. The commenced in 2005.

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| 2015{{cite web|url=http://musicfeeds.com.au/news/courtney-barnett-taken-australian-music-prize-2015/#/slide/1|title=Courtney Barnett Has Taken Out The Australian Music Prize For 2015 – Music Feeds|date=9 March 2016|access-date=19 October 2016}}

| Sometimes I Sit and Think, and Sometimes I Just Sit

| Australian Music Prize

| {{won}}

|-

| 2018{{Cite web |url=https://www.australianmusicprize.com.au/shortlists/2018/ |title=2018 – the Australian Music Prize |access-date=7 April 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190407065003/https://www.australianmusicprize.com.au/shortlists/2018/ |archive-date=7 April 2019 |url-status=dead }}{{Cite news|url=https://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/music/gurrumul-wins-australian-music-prize-20190307-p512hm.html|title=Gurrumul wins Australian Music Prize|first=Martin|last=Boulton|date=7 March 2019|newspaper=The Sydney Morning Herald|access-date=12 November 2021}}

| Tell Me How You Really Feel

| Australian Music Prize

| {{nom}}

|-

{{end}}

The J Awards are an annual series of Australian music awards that were established by the Australian Broadcasting Corporation's youth-focused radio station Triple J. They commenced in 2005.

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| rowspan="2"| 2015

| Sometimes I Sit and Think, and Sometimes I Just Sit

| Australian Album of the Year

| {{won}}

| rowspan="2"| {{cite web|title = The J Award 2015|website = Triple J|url = https://www.abc.net.au/triplej/jawards/15/|publisher= Australian Broadcasting Corporation|year = 2015|access-date =15 August 2020}}

|-

| "Pedestrian at Best"

| Australian Video of the Year

| {{nom}}

|-

| 2016

| "Elevator Operator"

| Australian Video of the Year

| {{nom}}

| {{cite web|title = The J Award 2016|website = Triple J|url = https://www.abc.net.au/triplej/jawards/16/|publisher= Australian Broadcasting Corporation|year = 2016|access-date =15 August 2020}}

|-

| 2018

| Tell Me How You Really Feel

| Australian Album of the Year

| {{nom}}

| {{cite web|title = The J Award 2018|website = Triple J|url = https://www.abc.net.au/triplej/j-awards-2018/|publisher= Australian Broadcasting Corporation|year = 2018|access-date =15 August 2020}}

|-

| 2022

| Courtney Barnett

| Double J Artist of the Year

| {{nom}}

| {{cite web|url=https://www.abc.net.au/triplej/news/heres-all-the-j-awards-2022-nominees/101597078|title=Here's all the J Awards 2022 nominees!|website=Australian Broadcasting Corporation|date=1 November 2022|access-date=3 November 2022 }}

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The Libera Awards are an annual awards ceremony presented by the American Association of Independent Music (A2IM) to celebrate excellence i independent music.

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| rowspan="3" | 2016{{cite web|url=https://shorefire.com/releases/entry/soundexchange-presents-the-2016-a2im-libera-awards|title=SoundExchange Presents The 2016 A2IM Libera Awards|website=Shorefire|date=11 April 2016|access-date=23 February 2023}}{{cite web|url=https://www.bkmag.com/2016/06/17/libera-independent-music-awards/|title=Alabama Shakes and Kamasi Washington Win Big at the Independent Music Awards|last=White|first=Caitlin|work=Brooklyn Magazine|date=17 June 2016|access-date=23 February 2023}}

|rowspan="3"|Sometimes I Sit and Think, and Sometimes I Just Sit

| Album of the Year

| {{nom}}

|-

| Best Breakthrough Artist

| {{won}}

|-

| Groundbreaking Album of the Year

| {{nom}}

|-

|2019{{cite web|url=https://www.hypebot.com/hypebot/2019/06/a2im-libera-indie-music-awards-2019-full-winners-list.html|title=A2IM Libera Indie Music Awards 2019 – Full Winners List|website=Hypebot|date=24 June 2019 |access-date=23 February 2023}}

|Tell Me How You Really Feel

| Best Rock Album

| {{won}}

|-

|2022{{cite web|url=https://variety.com/2022/music/news/japanese-breakfast-indie-a2im-2022-libera-awards-1235212419/|title=Japanese Breakfast, Jason Isbell, Arlo Parks Lead Indie-Music Collective A2IM's 2022 Libera Awards Nominees|last=Aswad|first=Jem|date=23 March 2022 |access-date=23 February 2023}}

|Things Take Time, Take Time

| Best Alternative Rock Album

| {{nom}}

|-

{{end}}

The Music Victoria Awards, are an annual awards night celebrating Victorian music. They commenced in 2005.{{Cite web|url= https://musicvictoria.com.au/musicvictoriaawards/previous-nominees|title= Previous Nominess|website= Music Victoria|access-date= 13 August 2020|archive-date= 19 September 2020|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20200919214225/https://www.musicvictoria.com.au/musicvictoriaawards/previous-nominees|url-status= dead}}{{cite web|url=https://musicvictoria.com.au/musicvictoriaawards/previous-winners|title=Previous Winners|website=Music Victoria|access-date=13 August 2020|archive-date=31 July 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190731040330/https://musicvictoria.com.au/musicvictoriaawards/previous-winners|url-status=dead}}{{cite web|url=https://tonedeaf.thebrag.com/awards-2012-nominations-announced-induct-weddings-parties/|title= EG Awards 2012 Announce Nominations, Induct Weddings, Parties, Anything|website=Tone Deaf|date=3 October 2012|accessdate=19 August 2020}}{{cite web|url=http://www.noise11.com/news/the-temper-trap-oh-mercy-win-eg-awards-20121121|title=The Temper Trap, Oh Mercy Win EG Awards|website=noise11|date=21 November 2012|accessdate=19 August 2020}}

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| rowspan="2"| 2012

| herself

| Best Female Artist

| {{nom}}

|-

| herself

| Best New Artist

| {{nom}}

|-

| rowspan="2"| 2013

| herself

| Best Female Artist

| {{nom}}

|-

| "History Eraser"

| Best Song

| {{nom}}

|-

| rowspan="2"| 2014

| herself

| Best Female Artist

| {{won}}

|-

| "Avant Gardener"

| Best Song

| {{won}}

|-

| rowspan="5"| 2015

| herself

| Best Female Artist

| {{won}}

|-

| herself

| Best Band

| {{won}}

|-

| "Pedestrian at Best"

| rowspan="2"| Best Song

| {{nom}}

|-

| "Depreston"

| {{won}}

|-

| Sometimes I Sit and Think and Sometimes I Just Sit

| Best Album

| {{won}}

|-

| rowspan="5"| 2018

| herself

| Best Female Musician

| {{won}}

|-

| herself

| Best Solo Artists

| {{won}}

|-

| herself

| Best Live Act

| {{nom}}

|-

| "Nameless, Faceless"

| Best Song

| {{nom}}

|-

| Tell Me How You Really Feel

| Best Album

| {{won}}

|-

| rowspan="2"| 2019

| herself

| Best Female Musician

| {{nom}}

|-

| herself

| Best Solo Artist

| {{won}}

|-

| 2020{{cite web|url=https://musicvictoria.com.au/news/industry-awards-winners-and-hall-of-fame-inductees-revealed-2020-music-victoria-awards-nominees-announced-with-public-voting-now|title=Industry Awards Winners And Hall Of Fame Inductees Revealed + 2020 Music Victoria Awards Nominees Announced With Public Voting Now Open! |website=Music Victoria|date=9 October 2020 |access-date=9 October 2020}}

| herself

| Best Solo Artist

| {{nom}}

|-

| 2022{{cite web|url=https://themusicnetwork.com/2022-music-victoria-awards-reveal-public-voting-categories-nominees/|title=2022 Music Victoria Awards Reveal Public Voting Categories Nominees|website=The Music Network|date=10 November 2022|access-date=11 November 2022}}{{cite web|url=https://scenestr.com.au/music/music-victoria-awards-2022-winners-20221213|title=Music Victoria Awards 2022 Winners|website=Scenestr|date=13 December 2022|access-date=15 December 2022}}

| "Rae Street"

| Best Victorian Song

| {{nom}}

|-

{{end}}

The National Live Music Awards (NLMAs) are a broad recognition of Australia's diverse live industry, celebrating the success of the Australian live scene. The awards commenced in 2016.

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| 2016{{cite web|url=https://www.nlmas.com.au/nominees-2016/|title=Nominees 2016|website=NLMA|date=2016|access-date=5 September 2020}}

| herself

| International Live Achievement (Solo)

| {{won}}

|-

| 2017{{cite web|url=https://www.nlmas.com.au/2017/10/09/national-live-music-awards-reveals-2017-nominees-and-venues/|title=NLMA reveal 2017 Nominees|website=NLMA|date=9 October 2017|access-date=5 September 2020}}{{cite web|url=https://www.nlmas.com.au/winners/|title=Winners 2017|website=NLMA|date=December 2016|access-date=5 September 2020}}

| herself

| Best Live Voice of the Year – People's Choice

| {{nom}}

|-

| 2018{{cite web|url=https://www.nlmas.com.au/2018/10/02/national-live-music-awards-announces-2018-nominees-live-legend-induction-aaa-award-expansion-ros-ogorman-tribute-and-more/|title=NLMA announce 2018 nominees and Live legend|website=NLMA|date=2 October 2018|access-date=5 September 2020}}{{cite web|url=https://www.nlmas.com.au/2018/12/07/baker-boy-stella-donnelly-and-tropical-fck-storm-among-the-big-winners-of-the-2018-nlmas-magic-dirt-inducted-as-live-legends/|title=Winners of the 2018 NLMA|website=NLMA|date=December 2018|access-date=5 September 2020}}

| herself

| International Live Achievement (Solo)

| {{won}}

|-

| 2020{{cite web|url=https://www.nlmas.com.au/2020/09/08/nominees-announced-for-2020-national-live-music-awards-public-voting-opens/|title=Nominees announced for 2020 National Live Music Awards|website=NLMAs|date=7 September 2020|access-date=8 September 2020}}

| herself

| Live Guitarist of the Year

| {{nom}}

|-

{{end}}

The Rolling Stone Australia Awards are awarded annually in January or February by the Australian edition of Rolling Stone magazine for outstanding contributions to popular culture in the previous year.{{cite web |url=http://www.theaureview.com/news/rolling-stone-magazine-australia-announces-3rd-annual-awards-event |title=Rolling Stone Magazine Australia announces 3rd annual awards event |work=The AU Review |date=5 December 2011 |access-date=5 March 2021 |author=Barnes, Amelia |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160808174029/http://www.theaureview.com/news/rolling-stone-magazine-australia-announces-3rd-annual-awards-event |archive-date=8 August 2016 |url-status=dead}}

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| 2023

| "Rae Street"

| Best Single

| {{nom}}

| {{cite web|url=https://au.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/amy-shark-the-wiggles-kylie-minogue-among-2023-shure-rolling-stone-australia-awards-nominees-44711/|title= Amy Shark, The Wiggles & Kylie Minogue Among 2023 Shure Rolling Stone Australia Awards Nominees|publisher=Rolling Stone Australia|date=1 February 2023|access-date=5 February 2023}}

|-

{{end}}

Delivered since 2010, the GAFFA Awards (Swedish: GAFFA Priset) are a Swedish award that rewards popular music awarded by the magazine of the same name.

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| rowspan="2"| 2019

| Herself

| Best Foreign Solo Act

| {{nom}}

| style="text-align:center;" rowspan="2"|{{Cite news|url=https://gaffa.se/nyhet/134691/gaffa-priset-2019-haer-aer-artisterna-som-ligger-baest-till|title=GAFFA-priset 2019 – här är artisterna som ligger bäst till|work=GAFFA|access-date=September 3, 2019|location=Sweden|language=sv|archive-date=23 December 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191223163743/https://gaffa.se/nyhet/134691/gaffa-priset-2019-haer-aer-artisterna-som-ligger-baest-till|url-status=dead}}

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| Tell Me How You Really Feel

| Best Foreign Album

| {{nom}}

|-

|}

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