Poison City Records
| Poison City Records | |
|---|---|
| Founded | 2003 |
| Genre | Alternative, Punk |
| Country of origin | Australia |
| Location | Melbourne, Australia |
| Official website | poisoncityrecords |
Poison City Records is an independent record label based in Melbourne, Victoria, founded in 2003. The label opened a physical store in 2008, at 400 Brunswick Street, Fitzroy selling records and skateboards. In mid-2020, the store and label moved from Fitzroy to Preston.[1]
From 2008 to 2017, Poison City ran an annual three-day punk rock music festival called Poison City Weekender, with bands playing at multiple venues throughout Melbourne.[2]
Artists released by Poison City Records
[edit]Current roster
[edit]- An Horse
- Batpiss
- Bench Press
- Body Type
- Cable Ties
- Dark Fair
- Flyying Colours
- Georgia Maq
- Hexdebt
- Jess Ribeiro
- Leah Senior
- Loobs[3]
- Lou Barlow (Australian releases only)
- Michael Beach
- The Meanies
- Mere Women[4]
- Mod Con
- Moody Beaches
- Screensaver
- Swervedriver (Australian releases only)
- Thomy Sloane
Alumni
[edit]- A Death in the Family
- Apart From This
- The Bennies
- Camp Cope
- Chinese Burns Unit
- Clowns
- Conation
- Daylight Robbery
- Daysworth Fighting
- Deep Heat
- Fear Like Us
- Fires of Waco
- Flour
- Former Cell Mates
- Freak Wave
- Gareth Liddiard
- The Gifthorse
- Grand Fatal
- Grim Fandango
- Harmony
- Hoodlum Shouts
- Horror My Friend[5]
- Human Parts
- Infinite Void
- Jen Buxton
- Kelso
- Kill Whitey
- Knapsack
- Lead Sketch Union
- Like...Alaska
- Lincoln Le Fevre
- Luca Brasi
- Lungs
- The Nation Blue
- The Optionals
- Palm Springs
- Paper Arms
- Postblue
- Restorations
- Ribbons Patterns
- Samiam
- Screamfeeder
- The Smith Street Band
- TV Haze
- Tyre Swans
- White Walls
- Wil Wagner
References
[edit]- ^ "Fitzroy's beloved Poison City Records is moving". Beat Magazine. 26 May 2020. Retrieved 15 December 2021.
- ^ "Poison City Weekender @ Various Venues". Beat Magazine. 2 September 2014. Retrieved 15 December 2021.
- ^ "Melbourne Outfit LOOBS Join The Poison City Family". The Music. 21 October 2017. Retrieved 15 December 2021.
- ^ Moyle, John (28 May 2021). "The Romantic Notions of Mere Women". The Sydney Sentinel. Retrieved 15 December 2021.
- ^ "Adelaide's Horror My Friend sign with Poison City Records as they tour their new single "Stay In"". The AU Review. 27 August 2015. Retrieved 15 December 2021.
External links
[edit]- Official website
- Poison City Records discography at Discogs
