Headquarters Toronto, Canada | Founded 2002 | |
Artists Great Lake Swimmers, The Burning Hell, Elliott Brood, Jenny Omnichord, The Barmitzvah Brothers Albums Bodies and Minds, Great Lake Swimmers, New Wild Everywhere, Burnout, Baby | ||
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.
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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 Swimmers
- The Barmitzvah Brothers, Mr. Bones' Walk-In Closet
- Elliott Brood, Tin Type
- Great Lake Swimmers, Bodies and Minds
- Barzin, My Life in Rooms
- United Steel Workers of Montreal, Broken Trucks and Bottles
- Great Lake Swimmers, Hands in Dirty Ground
- Ox, American Lo Fi
- Great Lake Swimmers, Ongiara
- United Steel Workers of Montreal, Kerosene and Coal
- The Two-Minute Miracles, Volume 3.5: Rats
- The Two-Minute Miracles, Volume IV: The Lions of Love
- The Barmitzvah Brothers, Let's Express Our Motives
- The Burning Hell, Happy Birthday
- Harmonica, Miaow, Miaow...BARK!
- Proof of Ghosts, Proof of Ghosts
- Jenny Omnichord, Cities of Gifts and Ghosts
- The Burning Hell, Tick, Tock
- Don Brownrigg, Wander Songs
- Canteen Knockout, Navajo Steel
- The Two-Minute Miracles, Volume I (re-release)
- The Travelling Band, The Redemption of Mr. Tom
- Various Artists, (weewerk) is 6!
- FemBots, Calling Out
- The Burning Hell/Jenny Omnichord, Split 7"
- Great Lake Swimmers, Song Sung Blue
- Jon-Rae Fletcher, Oh, Maria
- United Steel Workers of Montreal, Three on the Tree
- The Burning Hell, Baby
- Great Lake Swimmers/Audiotransparent, Split 7"
- Ox, Burnout
- Filly and the Flops, Filly and the Flops
- Canteen Knockout, Broken Down Town
Label compilations
On October 14, 2008 (weewerk) released (weewerk) is 6!, a compilation to celebrate their sixth year anniversary.