Popboomerang Sails Past 10-Year Mark
News posted Wednesday, September 26 2012 at 02:00 PM.
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Thriving for a decade in the perilous music industry, independent Melbourne label Popboomerang has every reason to celebrate. And celebrating it is, with the limited-edition 2CD compilation Aches and Shakes 2002-2012: A Decade of Popboomerang. The acts assembled include Skipping Girl Vinegar, The Aerial Maps, D. Rogers, Young Werther, Sneeze, The Steinbecks, Georgia Fields, Underminers, Frente, Summer Cats and many others. What’s more, label founder/owner Scott Thurling (pictured) has put together an alternate 23-track anniversary collection exclusively for Mess + Noise. It even includes a couple bands not heard on the comp, in the form of The Zebras and The Hovercrafts. Stream it below.
Aches and Shakes will get launched with a day-and-night gig on Sunday, Nov. 18 at the Tote, featuring live sets by Tim Reid, The Killjoys, Skipping Girl Vinegar, The Bon Scotts, Celadore, Deserters, The Solomons and Go-Go Sapien, plus BBQ in the Tote beer garden, exclusive Popboomerang merch for sale, guest DJs and MC Andrew McClelland, who won Crikey’s ‘Best of the Fest’ award at this year’s Melbourne International Comedy Festival. Doors are at 2:15pm, with a free comp for the first 150 through the door.
As touched on in the compilation’s heartfelt liner notes by music journalist Jeff Jenkins, Popboomerang debuted in 2002 with the Sing Til It Hurts EP by short-lived Melbourne band Sarah Sarah (a release that’s still available). In the decade since, the prolific one-man operation has issued more than 80 releases, including 2010’s Mixtapes & Soundtracks by Thurling’s own collaboration-centred one-off project The Sunshine Ponies and the forthcoming Sugargliders retrospective A Nest With A View.
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Nice one Scotty!
nice to see the beautiful few name again. their LP on popboom is a pearler
sure is a ripper! it feels almost like a side project for them as Kieran Carroll does not sing on it!
Congrats Scott! Keep up the good work for another 10 years!!
i would not place bets on a 20 year survival! but desperate to make PB100!
Excellent work Popboomerang. Keep it up.
well done PB, continue to pump out great music and I will continue to play it on Wide Open Road :-)
Congrats Popboomers - you're doing a good thing over there :-)
thanks guys! anyone played the sampler yet?
Tickets are onsale now if u are keen to come to the launch
http://thetotehotel.oztix.com.au/default.aspx?Event=30122
Aches & Shakes Final Launch Lineup & Tickets!
230pm Tim Reid
330pm The Killjoys
430pm Skipping Girl Vinegar
530pm The Bon Scotts
630pm Celadore
730pm Deserters
830pm The Solomons
930pm Go-Go Sapien
$15 plus BF
http://thetotehotel.oztix.com.au/Default.aspx?Event=30122
(FREE CD Copy of “Aches & Shakes” to first 150 through the door!)
we have MC Andrew McClelland on board & DJ Kez - post yer requests here if you are going!
What happened to the Crustaceans?
i think they imploded when one of the singer songwriters went to JJJ as an announcer!
anything by jane vs world or the beautiful few!
btw nice to meet you @ the sugargliders launch popboom
ha ha! if it was PB tracks u want spun i could have done that myself! I have instructed to Kez to play a wide range of stuff- not all wussy jangle pop or power pop! she can go wild! even rock!!!!!
last friday was great! there is something i want to discuss with you btw over email!
Wassis? Requests? Sure, bring 'em on!
Plimsouls: Million Miles Away
Done (you're forcing me to take vinyl now)
Maybe the song which brought us together? ''the chevelles- she's not around''?
this gig is tomorrow people! come down early for a snag or vegie burger!
The singing voice of Anna Burley (Killjoys) = knockout!
Wow, that was fun. Thanks Scott, all the bands, everyone who helped out in any capacity, and The Tote staff (particularly the ones who got the DJ set-up working - I thank you personally for that one).
gosh they pulled thye pin on us tonight ! vibe killer! thanks so much for a killer DJ set! (once we got things happening) i promise if i get to 20 years you will be up in a special pre soundchecked DJ tower!
some footage from the end of a long but great day! http://vimeo.com/53795666
Great day out - well done on 10 years, Scotty!
And thanks for taking my multiple requests, Kez!
the day flew for me- i hardly got to talk to anyone!
here is more footage SGV http://vimeo.com/53799169
Tim Reid http://vimeo.com/53778751
Killjoys http://vimeo.com/53799166
and the Bon Scotts - before Carbie rushed off to photo Elton John! he he http://vimeo.com/53799171
Also props are due to M.C. Andrew McClelland who did a sterling job. Thank you, good sir.
I always read it as Poopboomerang. I'm always disappointed when I remember its Popboomerang. Always.
Not PopboomerNang either, to the disappointment of some.