Sic Squared Records Explained

Sic Squared Records
Founded:1999
Founder:Scott Adam
Url:Sic Squared Records Official Website

Sic Squared Records is an Australian independent record label established in 1999 to promote Western Australian heavy rock bands.

History

Founded by Scott Adam, the label's debut release was by local band T-cells, the label gained nation recognition with the release of the hugely successful Heavy Weight Champ debut EP, Two Triple Zero[1] in mid 2000.

With over a dozen releases so far, Sic Squared Records has assisted the musical careers of bands such as Local Pricks and Karnivool, releasing the band's Persona EP in March 2001,[2] [3] as well as putting out compilation albums featuring an array of unsigned local acts. Sic Squared Records are distributed nationally and internationally by MGM Distribution.

2004 saw new life breathed into Sic Squared Records with the appointment of a new manager for the label, Lukas Best,[4] with a number of releases, Still Life Portrait by Antistatic, Ballbaring by Subtruck[5] and 451 by Headshot.[6] In April the label issued a compilation album, The Sic Sessions, Volume One, by Various Artists.[7]

In 2005 and 2007 the label received nominations for 'Best WA Record Label' at the West Australian Music Industry Awards.[8] [9]

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Notes and References

  1. [AIR Charts]
  2. Web site: Karnivool. AIR. AIR database. 4 January 2010.
  3. [AIR Charts]
  4. https://web.archive.org/web/20040619193154/http://www.xpressmag.com.au/archives/000069.html Xpress Magazine (16 March 2004)
  5. Web site: Subtruck – Ballbaring. Waterfront Records. 16 July 2013.
  6. Aus Music Scrapbook, June 2004 entry. Archived from the original on 11 May 2005. Retrieved 16 July 2013.
  7. Web site: Sic Sessions Vol. 1, The: Various Artists . . 19 April 2004 . 16 July 2013 .
  8. Web site: WAMiFest 2005. https://webarchive.nla.gov.au/awa/20070810074900/http://pandora.nla.gov.au/pan/55365/20070810-1749/www.wam.asn.au/wamifest05.html. dead. 10 August 2007. West Australian Music Industry. 16 July 2013.
  9. [West Australian Music Industry Awards|WAMi Awards]
  10. Web site: https://webarchive.nla.gov.au/awa/20080620055000/http://pandora.nla.gov.au/pan/86004/20080620-1550/www.artswa.wa.gov.au/ContemporaryMusicGrantResultsMarch2007.html . Contemporary Music Grant Results . 20 June 2008 . March 2007 . artsWA (Department of Culture and the Arts) . 17 July 2013 .
  11. Web site: Headshot promo card . Cox . Peter . 16 July 2013 . .