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Weewerk
Weewerk, stylized as (weewerk), is an independent folk, roots, bluegrass, country record label and artist-management company based in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It was founded in 2002 as an art-and-music salon series in the apartment of Teenage USA Recordings partner Phil Klygo and artist-curator Germaine Koh. Klygo was Festival Director of Canadian Music Week from 2001 to 2007.Wilson, Carl. "Landscape in crimson and clover", ''The Globe and Mail'', 2004-03-04, p. R5. Weewerk has released albums from Great Lake Swimmers, Elliott Brood, United Steel Workers of Montreal, The Barmitzvah Brothers, Barzin, Ox, Two-Minute Miracles, The Burning Hell, Filly & The Flops, Proof of Ghosts, Jenny Omnichord, Don Brownrigg, FemBots, Canteen Knockout, Art Bergmann and The Travelling Band. The label's name is a play on the name of fellow Canadian record label Nettwerk, and was named for the small apartment space in which the company was founded. Discography # Great Lake Swimmers, ''Great Lake ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Burning Hell (band)
The Burning Hell is a band fronted by songwriter Mathias Kom and multi-instrumentalist Ariel Sharratt, particularly known for their literate songwriting, DIY ethos, and dynamic live performances. Kom holds a PhD in ethnomusicology at Memorial University of Newfoundland, where he studied the political economy of DIY music. History The Burning Hell began in 2006 as the songwriting project of Mathias Kom. During the first few years of the band's existence, band membership fluctuated from tour to tour and album to album and the band's instrumentation was often determined by what instruments Kom's friends played. The regular touring and recording lineup from 2011 to 2016 was consistently Kom, Ariel Sharratt (clarinet), Darren Browne (guitar), Nick Ferrio (bass) and Jake Nicoll (drums). Since 2013 Kom and Sharratt have embarked on occasional duo tours and since 2017 the band has toured with a variety of lineups, always including Sharratt—who switches between drums, bass, and woodwin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Two-Minute Miracles
The Two-Minute Miracles are a Canadian indie rock band from London, Ontario, fronted by songwriter and singer-guitarist Andy Magoffin. The band had a history of fluid membership. History The band's name was taken from their early preference for keeping their songs approximately two minutes long, although some songs on their later recordings have exceeded that length. ''Exclaim!'' magazine has described the band's songs as "catchy, richly melodic pop tunes occasionally run through with a sinuous, alt-country flavour and an underlying element of playful eccentricity." The band released three albums on Teenage USA; the second, ''13 Songs from the House of Miracles'', included horns, banjo, lap steel and piano. The third, ''The Silence of Animals'', was released in 2003. The band later signed with Weewerk. Weewerk released ''Volume 3.5: Rats'', a digital-only preview of the full-length, in July 2007 and '' Volume IV: The Lions of Love'' which was released in October 2007. At that time ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Two-Minute Miracles
The Two-Minute Miracles are a Canadian indie rock band from London, Ontario, fronted by songwriter and singer-guitarist Andy Magoffin. The band had a history of fluid membership. History The band's name was taken from their early preference for keeping their songs approximately two minutes long, although some songs on their later recordings have exceeded that length. '' Exclaim!'' magazine has described the band's songs as "catchy, richly melodic pop tunes occasionally run through with a sinuous, alt-country flavour and an underlying element of playful eccentricity." The band released three albums on Teenage USA; the second, ''13 Songs from the House of Miracles'', included horns, banjo, lap steel and piano. The third, ''The Silence of Animals'', was released in 2003. The band later signed with Weewerk. Weewerk released ''Volume 3.5: Rats'', a digital-only preview of the full-length, in July 2007 and '' Volume IV: The Lions of Love'' which was released in October 2007. At that ti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Barmitzvah Brothers
The Barmitzvah Brothers are a Canadian indie pop band from Guelph. Known for their use of fiddle as well as unusual and homemade instruments, and for their quirky and original lyrics focusing on everyday life, the working world and ordinary people. The band's sound crosses many genres. History The band was formed in April 2000 and originally consisted of three members. Jenny Mitchell, Gillian Manford and Geordie Gordon, son of Canadian singer-songwriter James Gordon, started the band to compete in a school talent show. The group was dubbed the Barmitzvah Brothers after a friend commented that their music was reminiscent of a Jewish celebration. The band began playing at local events, festivals and bars. Johnny Merritt joined a year later. They soon began to perform outside of Guelph around Ontario and have since toured in Canada and Europe. The group has even been featured on several television programs, including YTV’s "To The Max". The Barmitzvah Brothers collaborated ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Germaine Koh
Germaine Koh (born 1967) is a Malaysian-born and Canadian conceptual artist based in Vancouver. Her works incorporate the artistic styles of neo-conceptual art, minimalism, and environmental art, and is concerned with the significance of everyday actions, familiar objects and common places. Koh is an independent curator and partner in the independent record label Weewerk. She also used to be an assistant curator of contemporary art at the National Gallery of Canada. Her exhibition history includes thBaltic Centre (Newcastle) , Para/Site Art Space (Hong Kong), Frankfurter Kunstverein [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
American Lo Fi
''American Lo Fi'' is the second album by Canadian alt-country band Ox, released in 2006. The CD was released by Weewerk and vinyl released by Saved By Vinyl, both with distribution by Outside Music. Covers on the album include "Surrender" by Cheap Trick, 1913 Massacre by Woody Guthrie, and "Country Music Promoter" by Lavon Lyle. It reached #6 on Canadian campus radio at Earshot and Chart Attack. ''American Lo Fi'' was the first to feature song contributions by a band member other than Mark Browning, those being new full-time band members Ryan Bishops Ryan Bishops is a Canadian rock and country guitarist and songwriter from Sudbury, Ontario, who plays as a supporting musician in Ox and in singer-songwriter Kate Maki's backing band. In 2005, Bishops was also a headlining artist along with Mak ... and Rose Murphy as well as guest contributors Trish Klein, Jesse Zubot, Marta Jaciubek, and Kevin Kane Ryan Bishops contributed both "Sugar Cane" and "Civilization." Track l ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tin Type
''Tin Type'' is the six-song debut EP from Toronto's alternative country group Elliott Brood. It was released in January 2004 on the independent music label Weewerk."Elliott Brood Celebrate 10th Anniversary with 'Tin Type' Reissue and Canadian Tour" '''', June 4, 2013. The album came packaged in a small brown paper bag, which in place of liner notes contained a handmade photo-book, done in a style reminiscent of the . The music was pressed on a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jenny Omnichord
Jenny Mitchell, better known by the stage name Jenny Omnichord, is a Canadian indie rock musician. She has released three solo albums and an EP as a solo artist, and also records and performs with the bands The Barmitzvah Brothers and The Burning Hell. On ''Cities of Gifts and Ghosts'', Mitchell worked with a variety of influential Canadian record producers, including Don Kerr, Evan Gordon, Jim Guthrie, Bob Wiseman, Scott Merritt and Dave Clark. Collaborators on ''Charlotte or Otis: Duets for Children, Their Parents and Other People Too'', her 2008 children's album, included Andy Magoffin, Wax Mannequin, Shad, Kim Barlow, Ida Nilsen, Old Man Luedecke and Tony Dekker of Great Lake Swimmers. Her 2010 album, ''All Our Little Bones'' was her first to feature a full band, including JJ Ipsen, Michael Brushey, Justin Nace, Michael Barclay, Paterson Hodgson, Andy Magoffin and former Barmitzvah Brothers bandmates Johnny Merritt, TJ O'Malley and Gillian Manford. She is also known for d ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
FemBots
FemBots are a Canadian indie rock band from Toronto formed in 1998. FemBots are known for their unique sound of combining instrumental everyday items, junk instruments, and traditional instruments in their music. Background The band's core members, Dave MacKinnon and Brian Poirier, were members of the early 1990s alternative rock band Dig Circus alongside Mark Hansen, James Julien and Dave Dreveny. That band released three albums independently, but broke up in the mid-1990s before achieving any mainstream success. They subsequently joined with Ron Hawkins of The Lowest of the Low to form the band Hummer for a one-album project in 1997 before launching Fembots. History The Fembots were performing in Toronto by 1998. Their live show included analogue tape loops and prerecorded sound clips. Fembots' first album, ''Mucho Cuidado'' introduced their distinctive style of music with toys and power tools as instruments in their songs. ''Small Town Murder Scene'', released in 2003, sound ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ox (band)
Ox is a Canadian alternative country band based in Vancouver, British Columbia"Ox American Lo Fi" ''The Coast'', By Mike Landry December 06, 2007 and later Sudbury, . The core of the band consists of on lead vocals and , |
Elliott Brood
Elliott Brood (often stylized as Elliott BROOD) is a Canadian three-piece, alternative country band formed in 2002 in Toronto, consisting of Mark Sasso on lead vocals, guitar, banjo, ukulele, harmonica, and kazoo, Casey Laforet on guitar, lead vocals, backing vocals, bass pedals, keys, and ukulele, and Stephen Pitkin on percussion, sampler, and backing vocals. The band's style has been categorized as "death country", "frontier rock", or "revival music". History Mark Sasso and Casey Laforet grew up together in Windsor, and began playing as a band after moving to Toronto following high school. They played their first show in 2002 with two other musicians at Toronto club Holy Joes. Although the two other musicians dropped out of the band's lineup after a few shows, Sasso and Laforet continued as a duo, hooking up with producer Stephen Pitkin to record their first EP, '' Tin Type'', which was released in 2004. Tin Type was recorded over two days in Sasso's living room. The band cal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Great Lake Swimmers
Great Lake Swimmers is a Canadian folk rock band from Wainfleet, Ontario, and currently based in Toronto. The current touring line-up includes Tony Dekker on lead vocals, acoustic guitar and harmonica, Erik Arnesen on banjo, electric guitar and Pump organ, harmonium, Joshua Van Tassel on drums, Bret Higgins on upright bass and Miranda Mulholland on violin and backing vocals. Past members included Julie Fader on backing vocals, Sandro Perri on guitar, and Greg Millson and Colin Huebert on drums. The band's style has been compared to Red House Painters, Nick Drake, Iron & Wine and Neil Young, as well as Will Oldham (Bonnie "Prince" Billy) and Sufjan Stevens. Dekker has cited influences including Gram Parsons and Hank Williams. History The band released two albums, ''Great Lake Swimmers (album), Great Lake Swimmers'' in 2003 and ''Bodies and Minds'' in 2005, on the independent label (weewerk) before signing to the larger Nettwerk in 2007. The band released its third full-length al ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
