Record of the Week Club


The Record of the Week Club was a collaborative music project among musicians in Winnipeg, Manitoba, which took place in 2008. Organized by Mike Petkau of the band Les Jupes, the project brought together a group of musicians each week to write and record a song in 12 hours. Musicians involved in the project were selected by Petkau, but were not informed in advance of who they would be collaborating with.
The project took place over 16 weeks, with a different group of musicians convening each week. Each song was released for sale the next day, at a price of 99 cents per song, to raise funds for the renovation of Winnipeg's West End Cultural Centre.
The 16 songs were also released as a complete album in 2009. For the album's release party, 20 of the musicians involved in the project performed a live concert at the West End Cultural Centre of the entire album, as well as five songs which were newly composed by the same process exclusively for the live show.
The project was most famous for "Keewatin Arctic", a song recorded by singer-songwriter John K. Samson, electronic musician Blunderspublik and Inuit throat singer Nikki Komaksiutiksak in the 13th week of the project.

Tracks

  1. "Laying Mortar" — Joe Silva, Ricardo Lopez, Graham Epp
  2. "Step Outside" — Joel Klaverkamp, Dave Quanbury, Andrew Workman
  3. "Steamed Chilis" — Jack Jonasson, Jonathan Alexiuk, Mike Petkau
  4. "Live For Love" — Karla Adolphe, Rusty Matyas, Demetra Penner
  5. "Come Forth" — Andrina Turenne, Matt Tapscott, Matt Schellenberg
  6. "Take What You Can" — Sky Onosson, Bucky Driedger, Jaime Carrasco
  7. "Don't Wanna Cross" — Julia Ryckman, Lloyd Peterson, Matt Peters
  8. "Call Me" — Rachel Moody, Brandy Zdan, DJ Grant Paley
  9. "All Answers Pending" — Matt Worobec, Jaxon Haldane, Jo Snyder
  10. "Walkman" — Ismaila Alfa, Mark Penner
  11. "Falling" — Keri Latimer, Heather Antenbring, Jennifer Thiessen, Chris Bauer
  12. "Royal Canadian Lovers School" — Jay Churko, Ken Gregory, Jesse Warkentin
  13. "Keewatin Arctic" — John K. Samson, Blunderspublik, Nikki Komaksiutiksak
  14. "Wails On" — Steve Martens, Bob Somers, DJ Co-op
  15. "Something Is Kind of Amiss" — Ethan Osland, Ann Walton, Phoebe Man
  16. "Waiting for Debates" — Patrick Keenan, Jeff Peters, Ian La Rue