Playlist Friday: Canadian Indie Easter
I was going to do another Easter/Spring playlist as I did last year but I added a bunch more tracks to the playlist and it got very long. So this week is just the "Easter" [...]
New releases for the week ending March 30th 2018
deadmau5 - where's the drop? Over the decade and a half or so of deadmau5’s career, the Canadian electronic music producer born Joel Zimmerman has been pored over and examined in detail by a rabid [...]
Bossie – Strawberry Moon
Toronto artist Bossie, aka Anne Douris, announced her debut album, Not Pictured, will arrive April 27 on Culvert Music, premiering a video for the single “Strawberry Moon” yesterday via Blackbook. Throughout the album’s 9 tracks [...]
ICYMI for Tuesday 27th March 2018
Summer Festival Lineup 2018: Where Are Your Favourite Music Stars Playing? Who’s on the festival circuit this year? Where are your favourite acts playing? Are there weird, epic festivals you’re not even aware of yet? [...]
Ace of Wands – Grown From Good
Hi Our Basement, Motivated by the tarot card of the same name, our music as Ace of Wands is about will and determination – to create and destroy, and to bring about physical, mental, and [...]
Playlist Friday: Canadian Indie Albums of 2006
This week we are taking a trip back in time to Canadian Indie albums of 2006. Our playlists mostly focus on what is new but I thought it would be fun to check back to [...]
New releases for the week ending March 23rd 2018
Dom Fricot - Deserts Deserts by Dom Fricot Dom Fricot’s second album Deserts, the follow up to 2014 debut Sweet Little Fantasy is in many ways an album about death, but not about grief. Set [...]
Bend Sinister – Heard it All Before
Our Basement, we hope today is fantastic! 'Heard it All Before' is a bit of a cynic's anthem, but really it's the feeling we all get any time some dingbat comes to your door trying [...]
ICYMI for Tuesday 20th March 2018
Allan Reid, the man behind the Junos, on conspicuous and mournful absences This year’s Juno Awards, broadcast from Vancouver’s Rogers Arena on Sunday (CBC, 8 p.m.), will be notable for those absent from the event [...]
Said The Whale Announce Release of As Long As Your Eyes Are Wide Deluxe Edition
JUNO Award winning chart-toppers Said The Whale have announced a deluxe edition release of their 2017 LP As Long As Your Eyes Are Wide via Hidden Pony Records. Released one year after the original on [...]