Playlist Friday: Polaris Music Prize Long List 2017

By Darlene Barss We have two playlists for you this week about the Polaris Music Prize Long List. One has a song representing each of the 40 albums that are on the official Long List. [...]

New releases for the week ending June 16th 2017

Bernice - Puff Toronto digital pop experimentalists Bernice have impressed us with early singles “St. Lucia,” “Don’t Wanna Be European,” “David,” and “Talking About Her,” songs that zeroed in on a liquid electronic pop sound [...]

By | June 15th, 2017|Categories: New Music|30 Comments

Walrus – Family Hangover

By Darlene Barss Walrus released their debut LP on June 9, 2017 and it is getting a lot of positive reviews. Since hearing their tracks from their Goodbye Something EP, I have been looking forward [...]

ICYMI for Tuesday 13th June 2017

Death From Above talk comeback single ‘Freeze Me’, Royal Blood, the state of rock, and what’s next After surprising fans with another surprise return with comeback single "Freeze Me", Death From Above are back with [...]

By | June 13th, 2017|Categories: News|52 Comments

First Anniversary T-shirt poll

Last week, you may remember, we displayed some of our early ideas for T-shirts to mark our first birthday on June 28th. This week we are not only bringing you a preview of the designs [...]

By | June 12th, 2017|Categories: stuff|23 Comments

Playlist Friday: Tracks on Tracks, Then and Now

The playlist today is taking a look back at the artists that were on the train for Tracks on Tracks and seeing what they are up to now. Tracks on Tracks happened 5 years ago [...]

By | June 9th, 2017|Categories: Playlist, Playlists, TrackBack|Tags: , , , |39 Comments

Alvvays – Announce: Sophomore Album “Antisocialites”, Tour Details and Release New Song – All in one day

On Tuesday, (June 6, 2017) Alvvays released a new song In Undertow (see video below).   This is the first new music we've heard from the Toronto-based, east-coast rooted group, since 2014's critically acclaimed self-titled debut [...]

By | June 8th, 2017|Categories: News|Tags: , , , , |16 Comments

15th edition of FME: A Tribe Called Red to launch the festival!

This year, the Festival de musique émergente en Abitibi-Témiscamingue (FME) celebrates its fifteenth anniversary. Every year, dozens of artists drive up the 117 North along with over 100 Canadian and international music industry professionals and [...]

By | June 7th, 2017|Categories: Festivals, News|15 Comments

ICYMI for Tuesday 6th June 2017

Ever After Festival sparks over 100 noise complaints Sunday The last night of the Ever After Music electronic dance music festival at Bingeman's prompted over 100 noise complaints to police, according to Gloria MacNeil, the [...]

By | June 6th, 2017|Categories: News|37 Comments

T-Shirts

June 28th will mark exactly one year since OurBasements first official post, DarBar's Polaris Long List Playlist for those of you that would lie to reminisce. We thought it might be a good idea to [...]

By | June 5th, 2017|Categories: News|Tags: |45 Comments