Losin' Your Marbles (1995) - Fur

Like Diolene, Sandpit and Gerling, another band of the Fellaheen Records stable. They amassed a fair following in the 1990s, and like some of their labelmates were the subject of fan sites.

Losin' Your Marbles (1995) - Fur

SmokeStack - Discovering Newcastle (1998) - Various Artists

Surprisingly okay comp. from a government arts initiative in Newcastle. Not all Chili Peppers-esque alt. rock! Ranges from buzzy, jangle pop (Jetson) that somehow prempts Courtney Barnett, to Morrisettisms (Brooke Harvey), to the expected Tool wannabes (Zero One) to screamy brat punk and hardcore (Twin Psyche and Le Bonk). See the shred of the comp's accompanying webpage here.

Disclaimer - I couldn't find any data other than ''97' listed beside a name on the inside, so I actually have no idea if this was released in 1998 or not. If you know better, please tell me.

Also, many of these bands have short bios that can be found here.

When I think of Newcastle I think of Bloody Fist.

1. Jolly Frog    2:44    Jetson
2. Rap Song    3:49    Flat Earth Society
3. Strawberry Jam    4:22    Charlotte's Soiree
4. Dandelion    2:09    Melvin Starr
5. Shiney Car    3:04    Brooke Harvey
6. Morrisseyesque    4:14    Scott Fiddes
7. Mr. Teen    3:30    Supersonic
8. Calling Me    3:37    Zero One
9. Me    3:39    Analagy
10. Permanently Pissed    2:06    Twin Psyche
11. A New World Order    4:00    Human Tribe
12. Split    1:46    Le Bonk
13. Way To Peace    6:46    Limen 10

SmokeStack - Discovering Newcastle (1998) - Various Artists

Us Versus Them (2001) - Us Versus Them




This has been sitting in the box for a while, but for some reason it was only after a rip of this appeared somewhere on Facebook that I remembered that it needed to be uploaded. Another win in the search for period Aussie 'emo', Us Versus Them were a band from Lismore, signed to the veritable Building Records, whose 60 Songs compilation I uploaded not long ago (see former link to see a blurb on the record).


This was purchased off eBay, bur006 in the Building catalogue. The band had a website, which changed from its initial layout in 2001 (see for mentions of a band called Theory of Flight, whom they played with up in Brisbane - addendum: this site called Punk Down Under) to a more spartan look (pun intended) a year later. By around 2003, the site is defunct, so perhaps the band ceased to exist at that point.


There is also mention of a demo tape, with the following tracks:

1. Chapter Two is Dawning

2. Paint this Town

3. More than Gold

4. the High Cost of Segregation


If anybody has a copy of this, let me know so I can put up a rip.


The PLF #4 compilation also featured 'I Should Have Chosen Impulse', which tipped me off to the existence of the band in the first place.


1. Red Is Blood    5:34
2. As Tears Fall From Blackened Hearts    6:16

3. I Should Have Chosen Impulse    6:03

4. Reveling In Destruction; Ravaging In Defeat?    6:15


Us Versus Them (2001) - Us Versus Them


P.S. Here's an even more complete version of Punk Down Under which says that Us Versus Them's last show was 2/2/2002.