Poison City Records Explained

Poison City Records
Founded:	2003

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

Current roster

• 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

• 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

Notes and References

1. News: Fitzroy's beloved Poison City Records is moving . 15 December 2021 . Beat Magazine . 26 May 2020 . en-AU.
2. News: Poison City Weekender @ Various Venues . 15 December 2021 . Beat Magazine . 2 September 2014 . en-AU.
3. News: Melbourne Outfit LOOBS Join The Poison City Family . 15 December 2021 . The Music . 21 October 2017 . en.
4. News: Moyle . John . The Romantic Notions of Mere Women . 15 December 2021 . The Sydney Sentinel . 28 May 2021 . en-AU.
5. News: Adelaide's Horror My Friend sign with Poison City Records as they tour their new single "Stay In" . 15 December 2021 . The AU Review . 27 August 2015 . en-AU.