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{{Short description|Canadian folk and roots recording label}}
'''Weewerk''', stylized as '''(weewerk)''', is an [[independent record label|independent]] folk, roots, bluegrass, country record label and artist-management company based in [[Toronto]], [[Ontario]], Canada. It was founded in [[2002 in music|2002]] as an art-and-music salon series in the apartment of [[Teenage USA Recordings]] partner [[Phil Klygo]] and artist-curator [[Germaine Koh]].<ref>Jacob, Luis (Winter 2004). "Golden streams: artists' collaboration and exchange in the 1970s", ''C Magazine'', '''80''': 14.</ref><ref>Wilson, Carl. "Music in tune with the new city", ''[[The Globe and Mail]]'', 2003-11-13, p. R4.</ref><ref>Everett-Green, Robert. "What makes a scene", ''[[The Globe and Mail]]'', 2004-09-17, p. R27.</ref><ref>Ladoucuer, Liisa (November 2004). "Collective souls: co-operative values are catching on among Canadian bands, spawning large ensemble acts of 10 or more members who share the spotlight as well as sharing royalties and responsibility", ''[[This Magazine]]'', '''38''' (3): 20.</ref> Klygo was Festival Director of [[Canadian Music Week]] from 2001 to 2007.<ref>Wilson, Carl. "Landscape in crimson and clover", ''[[The Globe and Mail]]'', 2004-03-04, p. R5.</ref>
Weewerk<!-- Wikipedia's style guide says not to use the record company's rendering of (weewerk)--> has released albums from [[Great Lake Swimmers]], [[Elliott Brood]], [[United Steel Workers of Montreal]], [[The Barmitzvah Brothers]], [[Barzin]], [[Ox (band)|Ox]], [[Two-Minute Miracles]], [[The Burning Hell (band)|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 (album)|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 (band)|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 (band)|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 (band)|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 (band)|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 (band)|The Burning Hell]], ''[[Baby (The Burning Hell album)|Baby]]''
# [[Great Lake Swimmers]]/[[Audiotransparent]], ''Split 7"''
# [[Ox (band)|Ox]], ''[[Burnout (Ox album)|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 anniversary.
== See also ==
* [[List of record labels]]
== References ==
{{Reflist}}
==External links==
* [http://www.weewerk.com/ Weewerk]
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[[Category:Canadian independent record labels]]
[[Category:Record labels established in 2002]]
[[Category:Indie rock record labels]]
[[Category:Companies based in Toronto]]
[[Category:2002 establishments in Ontario]]