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Playlist Friday: The Basement Release Radar Aug/2021

The OurBasement playlist this week is the Release Radar for August 2021 and is full of all the new music Canadian artists have been creating. This week there is a Spotify Release Radar playlist, and [...]

By | September 10th, 2021|Categories: Playlist, Playlists, Video release|Tags: , , |1 Comment

Playlist Friday: Canadian Indie Labour Union

This weeks playlist is a union of Canadian Indie tunes for Labour Day. Labour Day in Canada is celebrated on September 6 this year. This holiday officially celebrates workers and the labour union movement. It [...]

Playlist Friday: Back To School Special

It’s that time of year for the Back To School Special. September is coming, the summer holidays are ending and the kids are going back to school. This year continues to be challenging for students, [...]

By | August 27th, 2021|Categories: Playlist, Playlists|Tags: , , |1 Comment

Playlist Friday: Covers by Canadian Artists

The playlist theme this week is covers by Canadian artists. There has been a lot of great covers released during the pandemic. It seems that they found some comfort during these trying times by recording [...]

By | August 20th, 2021|Categories: Playlist, Playlists|Tags: , , |1 Comment

Playlist Friday: OurBasement Randomness

The playlist this week is an OurBasement Randomness one. I am experimenting with different ways of coming up with playlists. This one is a combination of some of Spotify's Daily Mix tracks and tracks that [...]

By | August 13th, 2021|Categories: News|1 Comment

Playlist Friday: Quebec Quadraphonics

This week’s playlist is a continuation of our cross country journey we are going on this year, with a listen to Quebec Quadraphonics. Well music coming out of Quebec anyways. Back in the early days [...]

By | August 6th, 2021|Categories: Playlist, Playlists|Tags: , , , |1 Comment

Playlist Friday: OurBasement Release Radar July/2021

The OurBasement playlist this week is the Release Radar for July 2021 and is full of all the new music Canadian artists have been creating. This week there is a Spotify Release Radar playlist, and [...]

By | July 30th, 2021|Categories: Playlist, Playlists|Tags: , , |1 Comment

Playlist Friday: Canadian Indie Summer

We are playing Canadian Indie songs for summer this week for Playlist Friday. Summer began June 20, so we are in the middle of it now. Summer always goes by so fast! The music in [...]

Playlist Friday: DarBar’s Polaris Music Prize Short List 2021

The Polaris Music Prize Short List 2021 was revealed on Thursday, July 15 and you can find it on Polaris's website. The playlist today has a couple tracks from each of the 10 albums that [...]

By | July 16th, 2021|Categories: Playlist, Playlists, Polaris Music Prize|Tags: , , |1 Comment

Playlist Friday: Northern Notes

This week’s playlist is a continuation of our cross country journey we are going on this year, with a listen to Northern Notes. Today, July 9, is Nunavut Day so we are taking a detour [...]