Popboomerang
Popboomerang is an independent record label based in Melbourne Australia. The label was established by Scott Thurling in 2000 but didn't release its first recordings until 2002. Thurling originally started Popboomerang as an internet "swap shop" around 1997, trading Australian recordings to overseas fans in return for recordings unavailable in Australia.
The label has released over 80 recordings, from the first release by Sarah Sarah, Sing Til It Hurts, in late 2002. Notable releases include Frente's 2005 EP, Try to Think Less, the band's first release in eight years, Skipping Girl Vinegar's critically acclaimed 2008 debut album, Sift the Noise, as well as albums from Tamas Wells and The Killjoys's fifth album, Pearl.
In response to the decline in the sales of physical recordings across the music industry the label has placed its . Popboomerang has also turned to crowd funding to finance its tenth anniversary compilation album, Aches & Shakes: 2002-2012 – A Decade Of Popboomerang Records, which Thurling believes is the future of the independent music industry.
Artists
- Adrian Whitehead
- Alcotomic
- Beezewax
- Brilliant Fanzine
- Bryan Estepa
- Celadore
- Chris Murphy
- D. Rogers
- Danna And The Changes
- Deserters
- Finkers
- Four Hours Sleep
- Frente
- Georgia Fields
- Gigantic
- Go You Huskies
- Go-Go Sapien
- Grand Atlantic
- Jane Vs World
- Jericho
- Jona Byron
- Kelly's Heels
- Kelt
- Magneto
- Modern Giant
- Murphy's Lore
- Penny Hewson
- Remake Remodel
- Russell Crawford
- Sarah Sarah
- Skipping Girl Vinegar
- Splendid
- Splitsville
- Splurge
- Summer Cats
- Tamas Wells
- The Aerial Maps
- The Beautiful Few
- The Bon Scotts
- The Crustaceans
- The Killjoys
- The Richies
- The Solomons
- The Steinbecks
- The Sunshine Ponies
- The Wellingtons
- Tim Reid
- Underminers
- Vocoder
- Young Werther
Discography
| Catalogue Number | Artist | Release Name |
| PB 001 | Sarah Sarah | Sing Til It Hurts |
| PB 002 | Various Artists | Shake Yer Popboomerang Volume 1 |
| PB 003 | Finkers | Stance |
| PB 004 | Tim Reid | Any Given Day |
| PB 005 | Jericho | Retrospective |
| PB 006 | The Richies | Forever & Today |
| PB 007 | Various Artists | Planet Of The Popboomerang Volume 1 |
| PB 008 | Remake Remodel | 12345 Accelerate |
| PB 009 | Tamas Wells | A Mark On The Pane |
| PB 010 | Various Artists | Shake Yer Popboomerang Volume 2 |
| PB 011 | Tim Reid | World That's Made For Two |
| PB 012 | Vocoder | Collapsed Stars |
| PB 013 | Kelly's Heels | Dig In! |
| PB 014 | Gigantic | Some Suburban Road |
| PB 015 | Splendid | States Of Awake |
| PB 016 | Various Artists | Planet Of The Popboomerang Volume 2 |
| PB 017 | Frente | Try To Think Less |
| PB 018 | Magneto | Resistance Is Futile |
| PB 019 | Murphy's Lore | The Universe Conspires |
| PB 020 | Modern Giant | Satellite Nights |
| PB 021 | Jane Vs World | 56k Hearts |
| PB 022 | Chris Murphy | Elbow Room |
| PB 023 | The Crustaceans | I'm Happy If You're Happy |
| PB 024 | Tamas Wells | A Plea En Vendredi |
| PB 025 | Beezewax | Who To Salute |
| PB 026 | Four Hours Sleep | Love Specifics |
| PB 027 | Kelt | Tomorrow Is Another Today |
| PB 028 | Adrian Whitehead | A Small Stepping Man |
| PB 029 | Grand Atlantic | Smoke & Mirrors |
| PB 030 | Splitsville | Let's Go!: The Best Of Splitsville |
| PB 031 | Go You Huskies | Go You Huskies |
| PB 032 | Bryan Estepa | All The Bells & Whistles |
| PB 033 | Gigantic | Gigantaphonic Sounds |
| PB 034 | The Wellingtons | For Friends In Far Away Places |
| PB 035 | Splurge | The Cure For The Cure |
| PB 036 | Grand Atlantic | This Is Grand Atlantic |
| PB 037 | The Steinbecks | Far From The Madding Crowd |
| PB 038 | Summer Cats | Scratching Post |
| PB 039 | Brilliant Fanzine | Change For You |
| PB 040 | Brilliant Fanzine | Then Comes Monday |
| PB 041 | Skipping Girl Vinegar | One Chance |
| PB 042 | Tamas Wells | Two Years in April |
| PB 043 | Skipping Girl Vinegar | Sift the Noise |
| PB 044 | Danna And The Changes | Consonant Cacophony |
| PB 045 | Bryan Estepa | Sunday Best |
| PB 046 | Various Artists | Electric & Eclectic Rarities |
| PB 047 | Skipping Girl Vinegar | Sift the Noise |
| PB 048 | The Aerial Maps | In The Blinding Sunlight |
| PB 049 | The Beautiful Few | The Nights You Did Your Hair |
| PB 050 | The Sunshine Ponies | Mixtapes & Soundtracks |
| PB 051 | D. Rogers | Sparks On The Tarmac |
| PB 052 | Georgia Fields | One Finger |
| PB 053 | Deserters | Pale Morning |
| PB 054 | Jona Byron | Extinct Hearts |
| PB 055 | Russell Crawford | Bad Luck |
| PB 056 | Russell Crawford | Floating Aimlessly |
| PB 057 | Skipping Girl Vinegar | Sinking |
| PB 058 | Georgia Fields | Drama On The High Seas Of Emotion |
| PB 059 | The Bon Scotts | Oddernity |
| PB 060 | The Solomons | EP |
| PB 061 | Young Werther | Knights Of The Department Store |
| PB 062 | Georgia Fields | Something Borrowed, Something Blue |
| PB 063 | Celadore | Distance Is A Gun |
| PB 064 | Underminers | Heart Part Of Your Mind |
| PB 065 | Brilliant Fanzine | This Old Star EP |
| PB 066 | Tamas Wells | Thirty People Away |
| PB 067 | Skipping Girl Vinegar | One Long Week |
| PB 068 | Georgia Fields | Georgia Fields |
| PB 069 | Prettymess | Greyscale Broadcast |
| PB 070 | Skipping Girl Vinegar | Wasted |
| PB 071 | The Aerial Maps | The Sunset Park |
| PB 072 | D. Rogers | Natural Disasters |
| PB 073 | The Killjoys | Pearl/Ruby |
| PB 074 | The Bon Scotts | We Will All Die At The Hands Of C.G.I. |
| PB 075 | Skipping Girl Vinegar | Here She Comes |
| PB 076 | Celadore | The Bright & Blue |
| PB 079 | Deserters | Stars Burn |
| PB 081 | Tim Reid | Only One |
| PB 083 | Go-Go Sapien | This Body Is Wrong For Us |
| PB 084 | Various Artists | Aches & Shakes: 2002-2012 – A Decade Of Popboomerang Records |
| PB 085 | The Sugargliders | A Nest With A View 1990-1994 |