Courtney Barnett Signs Deal With Native Tongue

Acclaimed Melbourne singer-songwriter Courtney Barnett has signed a deal with local publishing company Native Tongue.

The deal sees Barnett join the imprint, now in its tenth year of operations, on an Australian and New Zealand agreement.

The deal continues what really has been a dream run for the Avant Gardener singer-songwriter over the past couple of years, with multiple festival and television appearances overseas as well as glowing reviews from Pitchfork, NME and the like. The Melburnian is currently in the midst of a national tour, which The Music is presenting, and you can find all the info in theGuide and The Music App.

Barnett is also up for a few awards at tonight's Carlton Dry Independent Music Awards and she chatted to us about her noms and a bunch of other things recently, including koala-spotting and feeling like she's in an episode of 30 Rock.

The signing of Barnett also caps off a big few months for Native Tongue — the company recently secured the publishing rights to music legend Prince's back catalogue.