New releases for the week ending April 19th 2019

Heart Attack Kids - Bad Luck Like Gold (New Damage Records) Joey Landreth - Hindsight (Cadence) Joey Landreth hasn't stood still the last half decade. The Bros. Landreth's debut received a Juno, a previous solo [...]

Alexisonfire – Familiar Drugs (plus tour dates)

Alexisonfire have announced some very special support acts, personally selected by the band, for their upcoming June headline shows. The tour kicks off at Alexandra Palace in London,UK on June 1 with stops in New [...]

By | April 17th, 2019|Categories: Video Release|Tags: |12 Comments

Anna Wiebe – Fortune

Hi Our Basement, “Fortune” is about trying to break free of a cycle; about growing up and the feelings of frustration that come with that process. This is the first single I’m sharing off of [...]

By | April 16th, 2019|Categories: New Music|6 Comments

Mounties – Hitchin’ Man

Mounties premiered a brand new video for “Hitchin’ Man” last Friday. This is the latest single from the musical union of three industry veterans Hawksley Workman, Steve Bays of Hot Hot Heat and Fur Trade, [...]

By | April 15th, 2019|Categories: Video Release|Tags: |8 Comments

New releases for the week ending April 12th 2019

Al Lerman - Northern Bayou (indie) Bleu Nuit - Le jardin des mémoires (Michel Records) Le Jardin Des Mémoires by Bleu Nuit Broken Social Scene - Let’s Try The After,Vol 2 (Arts & Crafts) On [...]

The Wild Raccoon Podcast for April 2019

Wild Raccoon looks back at one of the showcases that made up part of this years Juno Fest and tries his paw at making some "cookies"

By | April 9th, 2019|Categories: News|18 Comments

Playlist Friday: Medicinal Music

I have hospitals, medical and healing on my mind these days. My son had some surgery and has been in the hospital for over a week. I have also been hearing stories about loved ones [...]

By | April 5th, 2019|Categories: News, Playlist, Playlists|Tags: , , |21 Comments

New releases for the week ending April 5th 2019

Moon King - Voice of Lovers (Arbutus Records) Throughout the album, each track flows easily from one to the next, creating a dance-floor-esque transition between songs. While this is an interesting method of making an [...]

Field Guide – Full Time

Hi Our Basement, In my opinion, songs are the 2am version of how you’re feeling. Full Time was born in the midst of a lot of life changes; I had just moved, my relationship was [...]

By | April 3rd, 2019|Categories: New Music|Tags: |25 Comments

Justin Wright – Modular Winter

Hello Our Basement, My newest single, “Modular Winter,” began as an experiment with different approaches to composing. The idea was to have a set of short, repeating patterns that could be arranged in any order [...]

By | April 1st, 2019|Categories: New Music|Tags: |18 Comments