Ivy League Records was an Australian record label based in Sydney. It was founded in 1997 by Pete Lusty, Andy Cassell and Andy Kelly. In 2024, the label was merged into Mushroom Music. In the past, the label released music from the likes of The Vines, Red Riders, Bridezilla, Wild Billy Childish and the Buff Medways,

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, 78 Saab, The City Lights, The Whigs, Snob Scrilla and

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and The John Reed Club. Ivy League is distributed by

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Australia. Ivy League albums have won the

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(AMP Award) twice via The Mess Hall and Cloud Control. The label has achieved gold/platinum albums via

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, Josh Pyke and Lanie Lane. Other artists on the label include Alpine, Hatchie, The Teskey Brothers, Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever, Tiny Little Houses, Bad Dreems, Sparkadia, Youth Group, 78 Saab, The City Lights, The Vines, and Hoolahan.

History

Ivy League Records was established in 1997 by three musician friends: Pete Lusty (John Reed Club), Andy Cassell ( Youth Group) and Andy Kelly (Glide), who also founded Winterman & Goldstein Management. Ivy League experienced its first significant success with the Sydney band, Youth Group. Ivy League subsequently reached prominence through the label with Josh Pyke and Cloud Control; management success was experienced with The Vines, Jet and The Sleepy Jackson. In March 2006, Michael Gudinski of the

Mushroom Group Mushroom Group is the largest independent music and entertainment company in Australia. It comprises more than two dozen companies. It has offices in Melbourne, Sydney, and Auckland with over 200 employees. History The Mushroom Group was found ...

purchased a 50% stake in Ivy League. As part of a restructure of the Mushroom Group in July 2024, Ivy League Records and other labels were consolidated into a new division called Mushroom Music.

Artists

* 78 Saab * A. Swayze & the Ghosts * Alpine * Bad Dreems * Bridezilla * Cabins * Catcall * Cloud Control * Deep Sea Arcade * Hatchie *Hoolahan * John Reed Club * Lanie Lane *

* Red Riders * Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever * Snob Scrilla * Sparkadia * The City Lights * The Mess Hall *

* The Teskey Brothers * The Vines * Tiny Little Houses * Wilsn *Wons Phreely * Youth Group

Awards and nominations

AIR Awards

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) is an annual awards night to recognise, promote and celebrate the success of Australia's Independent Music sector. ! , - ,

2022 The year began with another wave in the COVID-19 pandemic, with SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant, Omicron spreading rapidly and becoming the dominant variant of the SARS-CoV-2 virus worldwide. Tracking a decrease in cases and deaths, 2022 saw ...

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2024 The year saw the list of ongoing armed conflicts, continuation of major armed conflicts, including the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the Myanmar civil war (2021–present), Myanmar civil war, the Sudanese civil war (2023–present), Sudane ...

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