Poison City Records

Australian independent record label

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Record label

Poison City Records

Founded| 2003
Genre| Alternative, Punk
Country of origin| Australia
Location| Melbourne, Australia
Official website| poisoncityrecords.com

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

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### Current roster

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* 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

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* 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

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1. ^ "Fitzroy's beloved Poison City Records is moving". Beat Magazine. 26 May 2020. Retrieved 15 December 2021.
2. ^ "Poison City Weekender @ Various Venues". Beat Magazine. 2 September 2014. Retrieved 15 December 2021.
3. ^ "Melbourne Outfit LOOBS Join The Poison City Family". The Music. 21 October 2017. Retrieved 15 December 2021.
4. ^ Moyle, John (28 May 2021). "The Romantic Notions of Mere Women". The Sydney Sentinel. Retrieved 15 December 2021.
5. ^ "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

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* Official website
* Poison City Records discography at Discogs