Playlist Friday: Is This What You Call Love?

It is Valentine’s Day, so this week’s playlist is all about love. Love comes in many forms so sometimes just like Hawksley Workman you have to ask “Is this what you call love?” We are [...]

By | February 14th, 2020|Categories: Playlist, Playlists|Tags: , , , |9 Comments

New releases for the week ending February 14th 2020

Alan Doyle - Rough Side Out Boniface - Boniface (Royal Mountain Records /Transgressive) Dboy - New Records In Human Power (Dine Alone Records) Elephant Stone - Hollow (Fuzz Club) Hotel Mira - Perfectionism Justin Bieber [...]

By | February 13th, 2020|Categories: New Music|Tags: , , , , , , |2 Comments

Jesse Merineau – Honey

Hey Our Basement! My new single, “Honey,” explores how phones have recently caused mass anxiety for many people, including myself. From 2010-2019, people felt awkward not being on their phones while on a night out. [...]

By | February 12th, 2020|Categories: New Music|Tags: |3 Comments

White Elephant Orchestra – Rocket Ship

Hello Our Basement, Recently, every time I would look at the news or look at people around me, everybody looked completely down and out. Besides the 1%, these times have financially and mentally hit a [...]

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8 Random Questions with … Tanya Ryan

Q1. Would you like to introduce yourself? Oh certainly. My name is Tanya. I like popcorn, rainbow suspenders, and Harry Potter. I have a works-every-time hiccup solution and I read tarot cards. Oh, and I [...]

By | February 10th, 2020|Categories: 8 Random Questions|Tags: |4 Comments

Playlist Friday: Black History Month in Canada

"Feet forward, head turned backward, the Sankofa bird reflects on the past to build a successful future." Every February, Canadians are invited to participate in Black History Month festivities and events that honour the legacy [...]

By | February 7th, 2020|Categories: Playlist, Playlists|Tags: , , , |3 Comments

New releases for the week ending February 7th 2020

Frazey Ford - U kin B the Sun (Arts & Crafts) Lynne Hanson - Just Words (Independent) Mark Segger Sextet - Lift Off Lift Off by Mark Segger Sextet Maude Audet - Tu ne mourras [...]

By | February 6th, 2020|Categories: New Music|Tags: , , , , , |2 Comments

Cayley Thomas – Blue Jean Baby

Hello Our Basement, My name is Cayley Thomas and I am a singer, guitarist and songwriter from Edmonton, Alberta, now based in Toronto. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1vd7kWzMWWo “Blue Jean Baby,”is the second single from my upcoming album, How [...]

By | February 5th, 2020|Categories: New Music, Video Release|Tags: |2 Comments

Dralms – Plants Behind Glass

Our Basement, “Did we ever have a chance? Oh these circumstances, like some sick drought coming up through the floor.” “Plants Behind Glass” engages with our ability to see a lost cause only once the [...]

By | February 4th, 2020|Categories: New Music, Video Release|Tags: |Comments Off on Dralms – Plants Behind Glass

Kinley – Washington

Hi Our Basement, My new song, “Washington,” taken from my self-titled sophomore album (out February 21st) was inspired by attending the Women’s March in Charlottetown, PEI, on January 21st, 2017. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sQ17o7dcm4g I wanted to do [...]

By | February 3rd, 2020|Categories: News|2 Comments