Polaris Music Prize 2017
By Darlene Barss Today is the day we discover which artist will win the $50,000 Polaris Music Prize for 2017. I have enjoyed being a part of the Polaris Music Prize process as a juror this year [...]
Playlist Friday: Summer Lights Festival
By Darlene Barss The playlist this week has some of the artists that played last Saturday, Sept 9 at Summer Lights Festival in Brandon, MB. The festival was in its second year and hopefully will [...]
Playlist Friday: Back to School
It's that time of year! Summer holidays are over and it's time to head back to school. That is the theme of the playlist this week. Let me be your teacher and take you through [...]
Playlist Friday: Canadian Indie Labour Day
Our playlist this week is about Labour Day done Canadian Indie style. The songs are based (sometimes loosely) on work, labour, jobs and also not having to do any of it with a splash of [...]
Playlist Friday: Canadian Indie Band Association
The playlist this week was inspired by a conversation on the hill at Interstellar Rodeo last weekend with myself, Loweeda and Liz. The Dead South were coming up and Liz was commenting on how the [...]
Terra Lightfoot – Paradise
By Darlene Barss When OurBasement was asked to feature a new video from Terra Lightfoot, I jumped at the chance to do it. I had enjoyed what I had heard from her so far and [...]
Playlist Friday: OurBasement Release Radar
Our playlist this week is all about new songs on our radar. Spotify has their Release Radar playlists and now we have an OurBasement Release Radar playlist. I hope to make this a regular playlist [...]
Playlist Friday: A Canadian Indie Stream of Consciousness Aug/2017
We are going to revisit our stream of consciousness playlist this week. It has been awhile since we have worked on it so let's see what we can come up with. Don't know what I [...]
Playlist Friday: Canadian Indie Road Trippin’
Our playlist this week comes from the suggestion given by a commenter on this blog, Morgana. She was doing some road trips and was looking for playlist suggestions. I may be late for her road [...]
Playlist Friday: Canada Day Celebration
The playlist this week is to celebrate Canada and the music we have here. Like many people I have some conflicted feelings on Canada 150. I don't want to celebrate the genocide of a culture [...]