Australia (and the world)'s favourite slack-rocker Courtney Barnett has picked up her first ever ARIA Award today at the ARIA Nominations event in Sydney, for the album art of Sometimes I Sit And Think, Sometimes I Just Sit.
Other nominees in the Best Cover Art category in the larger Artisan Awards sect of the ARIA Awards included Daniel Johns for Talk and Timothy Lovett of Flight Facilities for Down To Earth.
Other Artisan Awards winners announced were led by Perth stalwart Kevin Parker (Tame Impala). He won both Engineer Of The Year and Producer Of The Year for Currents, beating out noms for Hermitude, Gang Of Youths and Daniel Johns.
The Nominations event also announced the winners of the Fine Arts ARIA Awards, which went to Tamara-Anna Cislowska & Peter Sculthorpe for their Complete Works For Solo Piano in the Best Classical Album category, while Barney McAll took out Best Jazz Album with Mooroolbark.
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Triple j's Beat The Drum compilation Celebrating 40 Years Of Triple J won the Best Original Soundtrack/Cast/Show Album ARIA while Gurrumul took out the Best World Music Album ARIA with The Gospel Album, winning over Baby Et Lulu (Album Deux) and Christine Anu (Island Christmas).
FINE ARTS AWARDs
Best Classical Album
WINNER: Tamara-Anna Cislowska - Peter Sculthorpe: Complete Works for Solo Piano (ABC Classics / Universal Music Australia)
Amy Dickson - Island Songs (ABC Classics / Universal Music Australia)
Australian Brandenburg Orchestra - Brandenburg Celebrates (ABC Classics / Universal Music Australia)
Grigoryan Brothers - This Time (Which Way Music)
Sally Whitwell - I Was Flying (ABC Classics / Universal Music Australia)
Best Jazz Album
WINNER: Barney McAll – Mooroolbark (ABC Jazz / Universal Music Australia)
Allan Browne Quintet - Ithaca Bound (Jazzhead / MGM Distribution)
King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard - Quarters! (Flightless / Remote Control)
Paul Grabowsky – Solo (ABC Jazz / Universal Music Australia)
Sarah McKenzie - We Could Be Lovers (ABC Music / Universal Music Australia)
Best Original Soundtrack/Cast/Show Album
WINNER: Various Artists - Beat The Drum: Celebrating 40 Years Of Triple J (ABC Music / Universal Music Australia)
Ed Kuepper - Last Cab To Darwin (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) (Sony Music Entertainment Australia)
Melbourne Symphony Orchestra / Nigel Westlake - Paper Planes (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) (ABC Music / Universal Music Australia)
Opera Australia - Bliss (Brett Dean / Amanda Holden / Peter Carey) (ABC Classics / Universal Music Australia)
Various Artists - The Water Diviner (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) (Universal Music Australia)
Best World Music Album
WINNER: Gurrumul - The Gospel Album (Skinnyfish Music / MGM)
Baby Et Lulu - Album Deux (Independent / MGM)
Christine Anu - Island Christmas (Social Family Records / Universal Music Australia / The Orchard)
Genevieve Lacey / James Crabb - Heard This And Thought Of You (ABC Classics / Universal Music Australia)
Joseph Tawadros - Truth Seekers, Lovers And Warriors (ABC Music / Universal Music Australia)
ARTISAN AWARDS
Engineer Of The Year
WINNER: Kevin Parker for Tame Impala – Currents (Modular / Universal Music Australia)
Virginia Read for Australian Brandenburg Orchestra - Brandenburg Celebrates (ABC Classics / Universal Music Australia)
Adrian Breakspear and Peter Holz for Gang of Youths – Radioface (Verge / Sony Music Entertainment Australia)
Mitch Kenny for Hermitude - Dark Night Sweet Light (Elefant Traks / Inertia Music)
Nick Didia for The Waifs - Beautiful You (Jarrah Records / MGM)
Producer Of The Year
WINNER: Kevin Parker for Tame Impala – Currents (Modular / Universal Music Australia)
Daniel Johns and Damn Moroda for Daniel Johns – Preach (Eleven / EMI)
Luke Dubber and Angus Stuart for Hermitude - Dark Night Sweet Light (Elefant Traks / Inertia Music)
Garth Porter for Lee Kernaghan - Spirit Of The Anzacs (ABC Music / Universal Music Australia)
Nick Didia for The Waifs - Beautiful You (Jarrah Records / MGM)
Best Cover Art
WINNER: Courtney Barnett for Courtney Barnett - Sometimes I Sit And Think, And Sometimes I Just Sit (Milk! Records / Remote Control)
Daniel Johns, Aref and Peter Salmon-Lomas for Daniel Johns - Talk (Eleven / EMI)
Timothy Lovett for Flight Facilities - Down To Earth (Future Classic)
Nathan Johnson for Gang of Youths - The Positions (Verge / Sony Music Entertainment Australia)
Bjenny Montero for Pond - Man It Feels Like Space Again (EMI)
