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June 28th will mark exactly one year since OurBasements first official post, DarBar's Polaris Long List Playlist for those of you that would lie to reminisce. We thought it might be a good idea to [...]
Playlist Friday: DarBar’s Polaris Music Prize Top 20
Playlist Friday is about my top 20 choices for the Polaris Music Prize Long List. I have until June 6 to make my choices so I thought I would share with you where I am [...]
New releases for the week ending June 2nd 2017
Grim - Monsters With surges of sound that move from blues notes to flamenco swells, from waltz steps to rock pits, Monsters rhythms traverse the alternative genre. Monsters is a musical embodiment of the ritualistic [...]
Muneshine – Full Throttle (featuring the Darcys)
JUNO Award nominated producer Muneshine recently released a new track “Full Throttle”. Working in collaboration with Canadian mainstays Darcys, the song sees both artists stepping outside their comfort zones to create something brand new. “Full [...]
ICYMI for Tuesday 30th May 2017
Catherine MacLellan releasing album of Gene's songs Fans of Gene MacLellan's music get a double treat this summer; not only is his daughter Catherine doing a stage show of his songs, she's also releasing a [...]
New releases for the week ending May 26th 2017
Fake Shark - Faux Real (Light Organ) If you feel like you’ve heard of Fake Shark before, but can’t quite describe what it sounds like, you’re not alone. The Vancouver-based band has not made it [...]
Jeffery Straker – Dirt Road Confessional
Acclaimed singer/songwriter Jeffery Straker's latest album, Dirt Road Confessional, is now available through Acronym Records. The Saskatchewan native's cross-Canada tour kicks off in Saskatoon on May 25, with a European jaunt slated for late summer [...]
ICYMI for Tuesday 23rd May 2017
RIP: MuchFACT? The Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission has effectively killed MuchFACT, the MuchMusic funded Foundation to Assist Talent on video. As part of Bell Media’s TV renewal approval, the CRTC approved the deletion of [...]
Basement Revolver – Johnny Pt 2
Following hot on the heels of their successful (over 800,000 plays on Spotify and nearly 100,000 plays on SoundCloud) first EP "Johnny" last year Basement Revolver have released a track from their second EP "Agatha", [...]
New releases for the week ending May 19th 2017
Daniel Romano - Modern Pressure (Independent) Called Modern Pressure, the new LP — Romano's seventh solo album — was recorded in Finnsäs, Sweden, with longtime engineer Kenneth Meehan. A press release compares it to the [...]