Courtney Barnett Records BBC Session, Inks US Record Deal

Courtney Barnett (and her band the Courtney Barnetts) have landed in the UK to play a series of sold out shows in that country (and a gig in Paris) before heading off to the USA for a string of dates in different cities over there.

While in London, Barnett dropped into the BBC6 studios to play a couple of tunes, Avant Gardener and History Eraser, and chat to a most adulatory host. You can listen below:

Further exciting international Courtney Barnett news was revealed overnight, with the announcement that her The Double EP: A Sea Of Split Peas record is to be released in the United States through Mom + Pop Music.

She's in good company, the label have released records from the likes of Cloud Nothings, Wavves, Sleigh Bells, Smith Westerns, FIDLAR, Metric, Mikhael Paskalev, Neon Indian and fellow Aussies Flume, Jagwar Ma, The Jezabels and An Horse.

Barnett returns to Australia to support Billy Bragg through March. Those dates are below.