Buzz Records
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| founded = {{start date|2011}}
| founder = Denholm Whale, Ian Chai, Dean Tzenos and Jude
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| country = Canada {{Flag|Canada}}
| location = Toronto, Ontario
| url = {{URL|http://buzzrecords.ca/}}
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Buzz Records is a Canadian-based independent record label with headquarters in Toronto, Ontario.{{cite news|last1=Cemm|first1=Ro|title=Ian Chai of Toronto's Buzz Records: If there's ever a conflict between the art and the commerce - we know the art will always win|url=http://www.thelineofbestfit.com/features/interviews/introducing-buzz-records|accessdate=26 November 2014|publisher=The Line of Best Fit|date=5 May 2014}} The label evolved out of the underground performance space, The Garage. In 2011, the first releases from the Buzz Records collective were live recordings from the venue; a series titled "Live@The Garage".{{cite news|last1=Karim|first1=PO|title=Why Buzz Records are buzzing at NXNE (and beyond)|url=http://www.blogto.com/music/2014/06/why_buzz_records_are_buzzing_at_nxne_and_beyond/|accessdate=26 November 2014|publisher=Blog To|date=18 June 2014}} The Garage was closed down in 2012 but the label continued to release local, underground records in the cassette format.{{cite news|last1=Trapunski|first1=Richard|title=Creating Buzz Records|url=https://nowtoronto.com/music/creating-buzz-records/|accessdate=26 November 2014|publisher=Now Toronto|date=11 February 2012}}
Buzz Records is a collective, co-founded by Denholm Whale, Ian Chai, Dean Tzenos and Erik Jude.
The documentary Untold Noise, which focused on the Toronto noise punk scene,{{Cite web|url=https://www.aux.tv/2014/10/a-guide-to-torontos-feedback-drenched-noise-punk-scene/|title=Aux.tv - 2014/10/a-guide-to-torontos-feedback-drenched-noise-punk-scene|website=www.aux.tv}} features interviews with Buzz Records co-founder Denholm Whale and Buzz Record signees, HSY.{{Cite web|url=http://www.chartattack.com/news/2014/06/27/premiere-untold-noise/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140629222044/http://www.chartattack.com/news/2014/06/27/premiere-untold-noise/|url-status=usurped|archive-date=June 29, 2014|title = Chart Attack - Best Magazine 2021}}
The label has had showcases at Toronto's North by North East (NXNE) and New York City's CMJ.{{Cite web|url=http://www.chartattack.com/features/2014/11/07/exposures-cmj-2014/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141110033404/http://www.chartattack.com/features/2014/11/07/exposures-cmj-2014/|url-status=usurped|archive-date=November 10, 2014|title=Chart Attack - Best Magazine 2021}} Canadian brewery Steam Whistle has collaborated with the record label for their Unsigned Music Series.{{Cite web|url=https://indieunderground.ca/|title=Underground Beats – Independent music blog|website=indieunderground.ca}}{{Cite web |url=http://unsigned.steamwhistle.ca/ |title=UNSIGNED Steam Whistle's Indie Music Series |access-date=2014-11-20 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141218080522/http://unsigned.steamwhistle.ca/ |archive-date=2014-12-18 |url-status=dead }}
In 2017 the label received two Juno Award nominations, one for Dilly Dally's "Sore" and one for Weaves' self-titled debut album.{{Cite web|last=Canada|first=SiriusXM|date=2017-02-07|title=We have your complete list of 2017 JUNO Award nominees|url=https://www.siriusxm.ca/2017-juno-award-nominees/|access-date=2021-04-02|website=SiriusXM|language=en-CA}}