Ryan Hicks – I Want It
Hey Our Basement! Hey Our Basement! Ryan Hicks here, I’m writing to you all the way from Regina. I released my second full-length album ‘Pulsing Colours’ earlier this year + this is my second single [...]
The Wild Raccoon Podcast for May 2018
This is episode 8 of The Wild Raccoon Podcast for the month of May 2018. In this months edition, we celebrate Asian Heritage Month by focusing on some of Canadas Asian musicians. From [...]
Written Years – Superficial Feeling
Hey Our Basement, During the lengthy recording process behind our forthcoming release, I experienced a sudden and inexplicable speech loss – rendering me unable to talk for months. Throughout the steep climb in getting my [...]
New releases for the week ending May 11th 2018
Beatrice Deer - My All To You Over ten years ago, Beatrice Deer left her hometown of Quaqtaq, QC (population: 376) and moved to Montreal. She set out to achieve three goals: to get more [...]
Declan O’donovan – Hank / Let It Rain
Hello Our Basement, A masterful songwriter collects life's experiences and artfully turns them into songs that capture the imagination of a listener; that contemporary troubadour who utilizes a broad palate of instrumentation to tell intriguing [...]
Luca Fogale – What I Came Here For
Hey Our Basement, I hope your day has been beautiful! “What I Came Here For” was written following a story my grandmother told me about being caught in a bombing raid with my grandfather in [...]
Jesse and the Dandelions – Not Getting Your Way
Hey Our Basement, Over the last year, Jesse and the Dandelions production values have been maturing alongside the songwriting content and we’ve come up with something we are really excited about. Our upcoming album, Give [...]
New releases for the week ending May 4th 2018
Across The Board - Sonic Boom Any band that has been trying to make it in this wild music industry knows that it takes a tremendous amount of hard work and determination to make progress. [...]
Nate Daviau – Miss Him Too , dangertree – Strange Thing
Our Basement: The sentiment of the experiences I write about are not original. In my music, I often describe universal feelings and common occurrences. This is how I make my songs relatable. The authenticity comes [...]
Laughed the Boy – Halfway
Hey Our Basement! After splitting time between writing songs intended for video games and my own solo material, I decided to combine the two into one project upon entering the studio with my brother, Sean. [...]