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Weewerk Records
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 S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Independent Record Label
An independent record label (or indie label) is a record label that operates without the funding or distribution of major record labels; they are a type of small- to medium-sized enterprise, or SME. The labels and artists are often represented by trade associations in their country or region, which in turn are represented by the international trade body, the Worldwide Independent Network (WIN). Many of the labels started as producers and distributors of specific genres of music, such as jazz music, or represent something new and non-mainstream, such as Elvis Presley in the early days. Indies release rock, soul, R&B, jazz, blues, gospel, reggae, hip hop, and world music. Music appearing on indie labels is often referred to as indie music, or more specifically by genre, such as indie hip-hop. Overview Independent record labels are small companies that produce and distribute records. They are not affiliated with or funded by the three major records labels. According to ... [...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 woodwinds ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ongiara
''Ongiara'' is the third studio album by Canadian folk rock band Great Lake Swimmers, released on March 27, 2007. The album was released on Nettwerk. The band recorded most of the album in London, Ontario's historic music venue Aeolian Hall with producer Andy Magoffin. The title ''Ongiara'' was the name of the boat that ferried the band to Toronto Island, where they recorded the initial demo."Songs to dive into". '' The Globe and Mail'', March 30, 2007. "Ongiara" is also the original name for Niagara Falls; although Dekker grew up in Ontario's Niagara Region, he did not know the word's meaning until after selecting the album title based on the name of the boat. The name is said to have originated from the Iroquois word Onguiaahra and the local tribe of Iroquois inhabitants known as the Ongiaras. Guest musicians appearing on the album include Serena Ryder, Sarah Harmer, Owen Pallett and Bob Egan. ''Ongiara'' was available for purchase on iTunes during March 2007, before its s ... [...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 and Rose Murphy as well as guest contributors Trish Klein, Jesse Zubot, Marta Jaciubek Marta may refer to: People * Marta (given name), a feminine given name * Märta, a feminine given name * Marta (surname) :István Márta composer * Marta (footballer) (born 1986), Brazilian professional footballer Places * Marta (river), an ..., and Kevin Kane Ryan Bishops contributed both "Sugar Cane" and "Civilization." Track lis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hands In Dirty Ground
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 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'' 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 album, '' Ongiara'', on March 27, 2 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
My Life In Rooms
''My Life In Rooms'' is an album written by Barzin. It was released in 2006. Track listing # "Let's Go Driving" 3:58 # "So Much Time To Call My Own" 4:59 # "Leaving Time" 5:25 # "Just More Drugs" 3:21 # "Take This Blue" 4:31 # "Acoustic Guitar Phase" 4:28 # "Won't You Come" 3:29 # "Sometimes The Night..." 3:10 # "My Life In Rooms" 4:24 References {{Authority control 2006 albums Barzin albums ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bodies And Minds
''Bodies and Minds'' is the second studio album by Canadian folk rock group Great Lake Swimmers, released in 2005. ''Bodies and Minds'' was recorded in a lakeside church in Wainfleet, Ontario, continuing the emphasis on atmosphere from the debut album ''Great Lake Swimmers''. The album features gentle, thoughtful compositions and understated instrumentation, while also moving fluidly into alt-country pop territory with sweet harmonies, light orchestration, and even a few up-tempo numbers. The record includes songs about manic depression ("Various Stages"), the sense of a higher power ("Song for the Angels") and finding spirituality in nature ("I Saw You in the Wild"). Guest musicians appearing on the album include Sandro Perri (of Polmo Polpo), Almog Ben-David on Wurlitzer piano and Colin Huebert on drums. ''Bodies and Minds'' was released internationally in 2005: on March 15 on weewerk in Canada; on April 4 on Fargo Records in Europe; in October on Speak N Spell in Australia; ... [...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] |
Great Lake Swimmers (album)
''Great Lake Swimmers'' is the debut studio album by the Canadian folk rock band Great Lake Swimmers. The album was recorded over several months in an abandoned grain silo in Dekker's hometown of Wainfleet, Ontario."Dekker's music is his art". ''Welland Tribune'', July 12, 2003. Led by songwriter-vocalist Tony Dekker, their haunting sound finds its roots in vintage folk and alt-country colourings, shaped by accordion and piano, lap steel and acoustic guitar, with a voice that seems to come from the walls. The record was issued by weewerk in March 2003, in Europe by Fargo Records in March 2004, and Misra Misra or Mishra may refer to: * Motor Industry Software Reliability Association * MISRA C, a software development standard for the C programming language * Misra (poetry), a term meaning a line of a couplet, or verse, in Turkic, Arabic, Persian an ... in the United States in April 2005. Track listing # "Moving Pictures, Silent Films" - 5:31 # "The Man with No Skin" - 5:26 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nettwerk
Nettwerk Music Group is the umbrella company for Nettwerk Records, Nettwerk Management, and Nettwerk One Publishing. Established in 1984, the Vancouver-based company was created by Nettwerk principals Terry McBride and Mark Jowett as a record label to distribute recordings by the band Moev, but the label expanded in Canada and internationally. Specializing in electronic music genres such as alternative dance and industrial, the label also became a major player in pop and rock in the late 1980s and 1990s, with label and management clients including Coldplay, Sarah McLachlan, Dido, and Barenaked Ladies. Nettwerk has on its label, management and publishing rosters Perfume Genius, The Veils, fun., Passenger, Christina Perri, Guster, Family of the Year, Leisure, Beta Radio, and Ólafur Arnalds. History In 1984, Terry McBride and his friend Mark Jowett attended — and both dropped out of — the University of British Columbia. McBride had studied civil engineering while Jow ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Travelling Band
The Travelling Band are an English folk-rock band, formed in 2006 and based in Manchester. The band members are Jo Dudderidge (lead vocals, acoustic guitar, hammond organ/piano, electric guitar), Adam P. Gorman (lead vocal, electric guitar, synth) and Nick Vaal (drums, percussion), Harry Fausing Smith (violin, sax, guitars, vocals) and Sam Quinn (bass guitar). Previous full-time members include Steve 'Snaf" Ballinger (vocals, guitars, keys), Steve 'Mugger' Mullen (lead guitar) and Chris 'Spenny' Spencer (bass guitar). Previous touring members include Chris Hillman (electric guitar, pedal steel), Tanah Stevens (viola) and Hannah Nicholson (violin). The band have released four studio albums ''Under the Pavement'' (2008), ''Screaming is Something'' (2011) and ''The Big Defreeze'' (2014) and SAILS (2017). They have also released two EP's ''If this is a gag, i'm in.'' (2007) and ''The Redemption of Mr Tom'' (2008) as well as two live albums ''Arrears Not Careers'' (2010) and ''Live at ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Art Bergmann
Arthur Frank Bergmann (born February 8, 1953 in Vancouver, British Columbia) is a Canadian rock singer-songwriter who was one of the key figures in Canadian punk rock in the late 1970s.Michael Barclay, Ian A.D. Jack and Jason Schneider, '' Have Not Been the Same: The Can-Rock Renaissance 1985-1995''. ECW Press. . Bergmann was made a member of the Order of Canada in 2021. Punk bands Bergmann began his musical career with an Abbotsford band called the Mount Lehman Grease Band. After Mount Lehman folded, he founded his own band, called the Notorious Smorg Brothers, which he stocked with a myriad of different support artists. Bergmann was later the lead singer and songwriter for Vancouver punk stalwarts Young Canadians (formerly The K-Tels). Although the Young Canadians only recorded two independent EPs and a single before breaking up, their song "Hawaii" (co-written with Ross Carpenter) is one of the classic Canadian punk anthems. Although long out of print, the EPs, along with s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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