Playlist Friday: OurBasement Release Radar Aug/2022
The OurBasement playlist this week is the Release Radar for August 2022 and is full of all the new music Canadian artists created in the last month or so. There is a Spotify Release Radar [...]
Luke Warm and The Cold Ones – Devils Working Late
Hello Our Basement, When I first became a father, it was a major transition to having everything revolve around someone else. Even though I love my children and my family deeply, I found that on [...]
Basset – In the Clay
Hi Our Basement, We're Sam Clark and Yasmine Shelton. Together we are the folk-duo Basset. We call Toronto home, and this gritty, massive, in-your-face, messy place is woven deep into the music we create. Through [...]
Dilettante – Monster
Hey there Our Basement, “You’re a monster and I don’t forgive you,” was the sentiment I shared when I sat at a bar and cried to my friends about the end of my relationship. The [...]
Distant Matter – Do You Miss Me?
Hey Our Basement, Birds in the wild see colours differently than humans do. For example, the male yellow-breasted chat has a yellow breast to the human eye, but a bird's eye view reveals ultraviolet iridescent [...]
Colyn Cameron – Deepfakes
Hey Our Basement, I was reading a book by the same name as my new single, Deepfakes by Nina Schick, which got me thinking about this AI technology… but also the veil of capitalism that [...]
Sara Diamond – Not All Fun Is Forever
Hello Our Basement, My new EP, SaraX, is the heightened embodiment of me – where I’m currently at, and what I want to share at this time in my life. I say heightened because it’s [...]
Nurdjana – Do the Right Thing (Revision)
Hi Our Basement, On a day when I missed my dad more than usual, I was reading through some old emails he sent me. One of them read, “Hey Nur, two new song ideas, love [...]
Kadeema – Lately I’ve Been Hoping
Hey Our Basement, Our new song, the first release since our 2020 debut EP, Napoleon Tornapart, was written in 2020, when we didn’t get to see much of anyone other than each other. We couldn't [...]
Luke Warm and the Cold Ones – Kip City
Hello Our Basement, It can be so easy to lose sight of what really matters in life when you're focused on pleasing everyone else, living in the moment too much, or constantly chasing temptation. Our [...]