Flume and Tame Impala lead contenders for 27th annual ARIA Awards in Sydney
Flume and Tame Impala lead contenders for 27th annual ARIA Awards in Sydney
30th Nov 2013 1:00pm | By Editor Psychedelic rockers Tame Impala and 22-year-old electro wunderkind Flume are tipped to dominate the 27th Annual ARIA Awards when they re stage on Sunday at Sydney s The Star casino.
The pair are among the top chances for the big one, album of the year, with the well-travelled Tame Impala s Lonerism - which the UK loved live and on radio - up against Flume s self-titled debut.
Flume s already won producer of the year for his work after the artisan awards were handed up pre-show and he also took out Triple J s top gong at the J Awards, whatever that s worth.
Justin Cosby, co-founder and head of A&R at Inertia Music, passed away on Friday. He was 50 years old.
In 2000, Cosby and best friend Ashley Sellars set up Inertia Music, with boxes piling up in a living room and maxed out credit cards.
It later expanded to become an influential record label and distribution company with scores of employees and divisions including Fairgrounds Festival, Handsome Tours, Gaga Music and Collective Artists.
Cosby and Sellars’ original plan for the in-house record label was to release EDM music, but through the years, Inertia launched or consolidated the careers of Sia, Björk, Ben Lee, Ali Barter, Mildlife, IDLES, Cigarettes After Sex, Nils Frahm, Jai Wolf, Neil and Liam Finn, Hockey Dad, Odesza, M83, Asgeir and Robyn, among others.
Justin Cosby, Co-Founder of Australia’s Inertia Music, Dies at 50 Billboard 15 hrs ago Lars Brandle
Justin Cosby, co-founder and director of A&R at Inertia Music, one of Australia’s leading independent music companies of the past two decades, passed away last Friday (June 25). He was 50.
Cosby’s death was announced in statement issued Saturday by Inertia, the Sydney-based independent music company, which described the late executive as a “loving partner, dedicated friend” and “inquisitive music lover.”
Cosby’s “inexhaustible, enduring love of music and the relationships he invested in, personal and professional, will be his legacy,” reads the statement.
Inertia Music’s label group will today become [PIAS] Australia.
The independent group was founded in 2000 by Ashley Sellers and Justin Cosby. It has since worked with the likes of Sia, Ben Lee and Neil Finn.
In 2017, it was acquired by [PIAS], further growing its footprint and bringing it into “one of the largest independent and privately-owned music companies in the world”. Once the sale was completed, managing director Tim Kelly departed.
The new [PIAS] Australia will be the local home of international acts including Arlo Parks, Black Pumas, Claptone, John Grant, Lord Huron and Two Door Cinema Club. Its local repetoire includes Jesswar, Annie Hamilton, Mildlife, Shady Nasty and FRITZ.