Winterruption 2017 Saskatchewan Playlist

By Darlene Barss Winterruption 2017 Saskatchewan is the focus of our playlist today. It includes music of most of the artists playing January 19 - January 22 in Regina and Saskatoon. Regina Folk Festival have [...]

100 Canadian Indie Artists of 2016

By Darlene Barss I struggled with what to call this list. It isn't exactly top 100 because I limited it to one song per artist. It isn't my favourites though it is strongly biased to [...]

By | December 30th, 2016|Categories: Playlist, Playlists|Tags: , , , |18 Comments

A Canadian Indie Christmas Story

By Darlene Barss We Three Kings were Comin' Home For Christmas which was 2000 Miles away. "Carry Me Home!" I cried. "I swear I'll Be Home For Christmas." I really want to Sing O'Holy Night [...]

By | December 23rd, 2016|Categories: Playlist, Playlists|Tags: , , , |62 Comments

Playlist Friday : French Canadian

By Darlene Barss Themed playlists can be fun to make and great to listen to. Think of something that connects the songs together. It could be in the title, in the lyrics or the name [...]

By | September 30th, 2016|Categories: Playlists|Tags: , , |111 Comments

Canadian Indie Stream of Consciousness

By Darlene Barss This playlist stream started with one Canadian Indie song and then a word in the title of that song led to another Canadian Indie song and that led to another Canadian Indie [...]

By | September 23rd, 2016|Categories: Playlists|Tags: , |231 Comments

4.5 Free Albums Downloads

By Nick Jean "Never work for exposure" is one of the fundamental rules for beginning artists and designers. The opposite is often true for independent musicians, however. Exposure is one of the most valuable assets [...]

Canadian Indie Week – Taking Submissions NOW

By Tiffy Leeson So like, I'm in a band: Indie Week Canada, which boasts having 300 acts take over 20 venues in Canada’s largest city, is now taking submissions for artists to perform at their [...]

Chixdiggit surprises Italian fans at their wedding

By Regina Sienra No one can really measure the spectrum of the fanbase a band can gain, and sometimes the less palpable aspect can be one of geography: Where is your music being played and [...]

By | July 20th, 2016|Categories: News|Tags: , , , , |2 Comments

Radiation Exposure

By Nick Jean A part of what we wanted to do when we started OurBasement was to help draw your ears to new acts we think you'll love but may not yet have had the [...]

Canadian indie fights cancer

By Nick Jean It seems 2016 is the year of the epic tour. As we previously announced, Lauren Mann is working on a 50-date tour with stops literally all across the country. Not to be [...]

By | July 19th, 2016|Categories: News|Tags: , , , , , |95 Comments