Status/Non-Status
Status/Non-Status | |
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Origin | Guelph, Ontario |
Genres | Alternative, Folk |
Years active | (2009 | –present)
Labels | Out Of Sound Records, You've Changed Records |
Associated acts | OMBIIGIZI, Zoon (band) |
Website | https://statusnonstatus.bandcamp.com |
Members |
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Status/Non-Status, formerly known as WHOOP-Szo, is a Canadian alternative rock band from Guelph, Ontario led by Anishinaabe-Canadian singer-songwriter Adam Sturgeon.[1] The band is most noted for its 2019 album Warrior Down, which was longlisted for the 2020 Polaris Music Prize.[2]
History[]
WHOOP-Szo[]
WHOOP-Szo was founded in Guelph, Ontario in 2009 by Adam Sturgeon and Kirsten Kurvink Palm.[3] The band's name comes from Margaret Craven's I Heard the Owl Call My Name.[4] When the band relocated to London, Ontario several years after their formation, they expanded and incorporated three new members: Joe Thorner, Andrew Lennox, and Eric Lourenço.[3]
In 2014, WHOOP-Szo released the two-part album Qallunaat/Odemin. The record was inspired by the band's year long stay in Salluit, Quebec working with Indigenous youth.[5]
In March 2019, as part of Juno Week for the 2019 JUNO Awards, WHOOP-Szo opened for Canadian metal band Voivod.[6] In November 2019, WHOOP-Szo put out their album Warrior Down through You've Changed Records, which was later featured on the 2020 Polaris Music Prize longlist.[7][8] Warrior Down features Sturgeon's grandfather on the cover, a survivor of Canada's Residential School system.[9]
WHOOP-Szo was set to embark on a North American tour in 2020.[10] In mid-March 2020, after playing only a handful of shows, the band was forced to cancel the remainder of their tour due to COVID-19 restrictions.[11][8]
Status/Non-Status[]
In 2021, Sturgeon announced that he was changing the project's name to Status/Non-Status, calling attention to the political and legal distinction between status and non-status indigenous people in Canada.[1] Concurrently, he released the EP 1 2 3 4 500 Years,[1] which was recorded in 2018 during a trip to Guadalajara, Mexico.[12]
Discography[]
WHOOP-Szo[]
- Where I Dream is Where I Live (EP - 2009)
- Qallunaat/Odemin (2014)
- Citizen's Ban(ne)d Radio (2016)
- Warrior Down (2019)
- Warrior Remixes (2020)
Status/Non-Status[]
- 1 2 3 4 500 Years (2021)
References[]
- ^ a b c Matt Bobkin, "Status/Non-Status, Formerly WHOOP-Szo, Tells Complicated Stories of Indigeneity". Exclaim!, April 28, 2021.
- ^ Lau, Melody (June 15, 2020). "Daniel Caesar, Jessie Reyez, Caribou and more make the 2020 Polaris Music Prize long list". CBC Music.
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: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ a b Bobkin, Matt (2018-01-16). "Meet WHOOP-Szo, Ontario's Fuzz-Rocking Community Healers". exclaim.ca. Retrieved 2020-07-06.
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: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ Danahy, Kaely (2014-08-27). "The Conflict of Being Whoop Szo". Vice. Retrieved 2020-07-06.
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: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ Trapunski, Richard (2018-01-17). "For WHOOP-Szo, there's more at play than just performing - NOW Magazine". NowMagazine. Retrieved 2020-07-06.
- ^ McSweeney, Madison (2019-03-16). "Voivod / Whoop-Szo @ Toboggan". Musings by Madison. Retrieved 2020-07-11.
- ^ Eggertsen, Chris (2020-06-17). "Polaris Music Prize 2020 Long List Includes The Weeknd, Jessie Reyez, Daniel Caesar". Billboard. Retrieved 2020-07-06.
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: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ a b Gordon, Holly (2020-03-13). "'One day at a time': what it's like for Ontario band Whoop-Szo to tour during COVID-19". CBC. Retrieved 2020-07-05.
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: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ Mullin, Morgan (2019-11-28). "The wonder of Whoop-Szo". The Coast Halifax. Retrieved 2020-07-06.
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: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ Gregory, Allie (2020-02-19). "WHOOP-Szo Map Out Massive North American Tour". exclaim.ca. Retrieved 2020-08-08.
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: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ Gregory, Allie (2020-05-05). "WHOOP-Szo Share New "Nshwaaswi" Video". exclaim.ca. Retrieved 2020-08-08.
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: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ Holly Gordon, "How a new EP and name are helping Status/Non-Status interrogate the effects of colonization". CBC Music, June 8, 2021.
- Canadian alternative rock groups
- Musical groups from Guelph
- First Nations musical groups