Jane’s Party – Wait For You
Hey Our Basement! “Wait For You” was written in the months following our return from opening Tom Odell’s “No Bad Days” tour in Europe. There’s a real vulnerability in coming home from a huge tour [...]
8 Random Questions with … Danielle Knibbe
1)Would you like to introduce yourself? My name is Danielle Knibbe, I'm a singer-songwriter who was raised in Edmonton, Alberta, and is now living in Toronto, Ontario. 2)When and why did you start playing? I [...]
New release(s) for the week ending November 9th 2018
Ellis - The Fuzz Based in Hamilton, Ontario, Ellis started building a buzz in her hometown via opening slots with Soccer Mommy, Chastity, Palehound before releasing her debut tracks ‘The Drain’ and ‘What A Mess’ [...]
36? – so what?
Our Basement: What does it mean to be an honest artist? This is the question that I continue to ask myself as I attempt to construct a more current description of the life I have [...]
Daniel Isaiah – Javelin Fade
Our Basement, The creation of Only One Left (out November 28th) was book-ended by the saddest and happiest events in my life – I started writing the record during the last weeks of my mother’s [...]
Dizzy Spells – Retrograde
Hey Our Basement, The spirit of creativity is our biggest muse, and “Retrograde” carried with it an emotional directness that put us in a trance-like state. As each member crafted their part, the euphoria would [...]
New releases for the week ending November 2nd 2018
Dan Mangan - More or Less Dan Mangan‘s fifth album is out this week. Titled More Or Less, the collection showcases the singer’s return to straight-ahead songwriting after 2015’s experimental Club Meds.(Vancouver Sun) Doug Paisley [...]
8 Random Questions with … Lost In Japan
1)Would you like to introduce yourself? We are a four-piece indie rock band from London, Ontario. Addison Johnson is our singer and guitarist, Nolan Peake is our bassist, Chris Hoekstra is our Guitarist and James [...]
The Never-Ending Present – The Story of Gord Downie and The Tragically Hip
More than just a significant biography of "Canada's band", Michael Barclay's The Never-Ending Present places the Tragically Hip within the cultural and national shifts of Canadian consciousness over the last thirty years. In the summer [...]
8 Random Questions with … Buckman Coe
1)Would you like to introduce yourself? Yes. I am Buckman Coe. Soul and World artist from Vancouver, BC. Activist. Romantic. Purveyor of bad accents. Loves full-band sweaty dance floor shows of soul & reggae, and [...]