New releases for the week ending September 20th 2019

Alex Cuba - Sublime Blinker the Star - Careful With Your Magic Careful With Your Magic by Blinker the Star Evelyne Brochu - Objets perdus (Grosse Boîte) Objets perdus by Evelyne Brochu Excuses Excuses - [...]

Polaris 2019, The images

As has become the tradition on this site over the last few years, Lenny Wu (aka Wildworks) has been kind enough to share some of the photos he took at the Polaris Music Prize Gala. [...]

By | September 18th, 2019|Categories: Polaris Music Prize|16 Comments

Polaris 2019

Last night saw Jeremy Dutcher hand over the virtual Polaris crown, the one he was wearing having been brought from home, along with the $50,000 to Haviah Mighty for her album 13th Floor, beating releases [...]

By | September 17th, 2019|Categories: News|Tags: |8 Comments

Chin Injeti – On My Own

Hi Our Basement, “On My Own” is a song that I love, first & foremost. It takes me to a place tinged with the familiarity of the past, touched by the future, and grounded in [...]

By | September 16th, 2019|Categories: New Music|Tags: |9 Comments

Playlist Friday: Polaris Music Prize Short List 2019

It's time to revisit the Polaris Music Prize Short List before the Polaris Gala. Taking place September 16 at The Carlu in Toronto, Polaris Short List-nominated acts FET.NAT, Les Louanges, Haviah Mighty and Snotty Nose [...]

New releases for the week ending September 13th 2019

Alli Walker - The Basement Sessions: What I Have Learned So Far (Independent) A full album based on mental health and bettering yourself is a rarity; Canadian country artist Alli Walker has done just that [...]

Kill Chicago – Show Me

Our Basement, Our new song, “Show Me,” grew out of a campfire argument with a group of Baby Boomers about the problem with our generation of millennials. Despite following all of their advice, we still [...]

By | September 10th, 2019|Categories: New Music|Tags: |12 Comments

Venus Furs – Guards in the Garden

Hello Our Basement, Absorb and lose yourself in the layers of music. After five years of work with Seratone Studio’s Simon Petraki, I’m gearing up to release the debut, self-produced Venus Furs LP in 2020. [...]

By | September 9th, 2019|Categories: New Music, Video Release|Tags: |2 Comments

Dan Moxon – Playing With Fire

Hello Our Basement, I was really feeling the vibe of my Motown LP collection when working on “Playing With Fire,” the latest track I’m sharing with you today from my debut album, Lounge Singer. It’s [...]

By | September 4th, 2019|Categories: New Music, Video Release|Tags: |6 Comments

Red Arms – Ran Away

Hey Our Basement, Remaining “willfully obscure” no longer, we are releasing our first full-length album called Critical State via Yeah Right! Records on September 13th, and we want you to know about it! Our debut [...]

By | September 3rd, 2019|Categories: New Music, Video Release|2 Comments