Goosebump – Heather’s Invitation
Our Basement, Upon first glance, we may seem like an unlikely pairing of musical polymaths. Paul Erlichman is a chess champion, always wearing his game face and thinking a few moves ahead, while Neil Rankin [...]
New releases for the week ending April 27th 2018
Bossie - Not Pictured Bossie's penchant for retro-future vibes emerged over a string of singles that have been trickling out since 2015. Now, with debut Not Pictured, songwriter Anne Douris spins '80s touchstones — Cyndi [...]
Munroe – Fake Out
Toronto-based Munroe has released a cinematic new video to accompany track “Fake Out” from the artist’s recent full-length release Oblivion. Directed by American artist, writer, and filmmaker, Laura Maxwell, the visual is a music video [...]
ICYMI for Tuesday 24th April 2018
Investing in Indigenous Language Through Radio WILLIAMS LAKE, BC, April 23, 2018 /CNW/ - Today, the Honourable Jody Wilson-Raybould, Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada, on behalf of the Honourable Mélanie Joly, Minister [...]
Dante Matas – Everything Nearly Fell Apart Completely
Hey Our Basement, I started work on A Colourful Headache immediately after the release of my previous EP, Midnight Sun. I was feeling frustrated – even though I liked the EP, I felt as if [...]
New releases for the week ending April 20th 2018
Dennis Ellsworth - Things Change When deciding to call his new album Things Change, Dennis Ellsworth took it as a personal directive. After making four fine—but criminally underappreciated—albums that straddled the line between alt-country and [...]
Marchildon – Sweet Potato Kisses
Hi Our Basement, For the past 13 years, I’ve been hovering silently in the subconscious of the Toronto music scene. Writing, recording and performing country-tinged rock n’ roll songs as often as I can muster. [...]
ICYMI for Tuesday 17th April 2018
Look out, the Canadian music industry wants us to pay more for our electronics: Alan Cross If you’re of a certain vintage, you may remember the hysteria manifested in the Home Taping is Killing Music [...]
Deux Trois – Late Night Girls
Our Basement: Sad, late-night masturbation has a home in the seedy underbelly of pop culture - but even though it comes hand in hand (lol) with hook-up culture, distracting yourself from FOMO, and (let’s be [...]
New releases for the week ending April 13th 2018
Jaunt - Cue When we spoke to Toronto-based experimental pop band Jaunt at the start of the year, they seemed poised for a big 2018. So far, so good: they played Exclaim! and Ticketfly's Class [...]