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Amy Cole departs from The Rural Alberta Advantage

By Regina Sienra Multi-instrumentalist Amy Cole has said farewell to The Rural Alberta Advantage. She was a long-time member of the Toronto-based trio. On Monday, September 12th, the band posted the following statement on their [...]

By | September 12th, 2016|Categories: News|Tags: , |108 Comments

You Should Be Listening To… Our Good Wolf

By Regina Sienra A good mix between folk and rock is always welcome, but Edmonton’s Our Good Wolf  has taken this formula to a new level. The five-piece released their third LP, The Last We [...]

By | September 11th, 2016|Categories: You should be listening to...|Tags: , |69 Comments

Stream of thought – An OurBasement Playlist

By Darlene Barss Welcome to the  Stream of thought playlist (as in "music stream", get it?), where a bunch of song titles from Canadian indie bands and performers become a little story. Let your thoughts and the music [...]

By | September 8th, 2016|Categories: Playlists|Tags: , , , |88 Comments

We Are Wolves announce new album

By Regina Sienra Montreal’s We Are Wolves are back with their fifth studio album. Wrong, the new record will be out on September 30th. This is the first LP the three piece has released since [...]

By | September 6th, 2016|Categories: New Music, News|Tags: , , |175 Comments

Review: Slow Down Molasses – “100% Sunshine”

By Regina Sienra / Picture by Lindsey Rewuski Life on the Canadian prairies seems to be marked by extremes. Think of the weather, for example: blissful summers and harsh winters. The starring antagonisms and paradoxes of [...]

By | September 5th, 2016|Categories: Album review|Tags: , , , , |87 Comments

Saskatchewan: An OurBasement Playlist

By Regina Sienra For reasons we don’t fully understand, Saskatchewan’s indie music rarely gets the appreciation it deserves. This unique community has been shaped by their multiple and diverse influences, their will to push the [...]

By | September 1st, 2016|Categories: Playlists|Tags: , , , , , , |178 Comments

Grand Analog unveils new video

By Regina Sienra Grand Analog’s new video is a love letter to Toronto. To be more specific, it is a shout out to the colourful and always bubbling neighbourhood of Kensington Market. It features “Love [...]

By | August 31st, 2016|Categories: New Music, News, Video Release|Tags: , , , |164 Comments

The Smugglers will be back for one night

By Regina Sienra The Smugglers, the legendary rock band from Vancouver, will be reunited for one night and one night only. Grant Lawrence, singer and CBC host, had previously announced that the band would be [...]

By | August 30th, 2016|Categories: News|Tags: , |117 Comments

Kashka ventures to read – and sing! – the comments

Kat Burns, aka Kashka, just gave us hope in the world: Maybe you should read the comments! Actually, you can even sing them and make a very cute and very long song out of them. This [...]

By | August 29th, 2016|Categories: News|Tags: , , |55 Comments

Roots and Blues Festival, 08.19-21.16

By Jeremy Luc Hachey The 24th edition of Roots and Blues Festival has come to pass. This celebration took place in the idyllic setting of Salmon Arm, British Columbia on the weekend of August 19th [...]

By | August 28th, 2016|Categories: Festivals, Show review|Tags: , , , |50 Comments