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 [...]
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 [...]
Hamilton: DreamCast
By Regina Sienra and Donna Lowe Hamilton (Definitely not the city in Ontario. The big musical that made Broadway cool again) has broken records, indeed, but one of its biggest achievements is bringing rap and [...]
Little Scream makes a new dance up in her new video
By Nick Jean Not satisfied with getting you chair dancing, Little Scream is introducing the world to bed dancing (mattress dancing?) Premiering today is the official music video for "Dark Dance," the third track on [...]
Your boy Shad is back with a new name and sound
For today's daily discussion, head over here Background photo credit: Justin Broadbent By Regina Sienra You’ve probably never heard this side of him before. In a completely unexpected move, Shad, beloved rapper from Toronto and host [...]
Polaris Shortlist Announced
The countdown clock is finally winding down. We're just hours away from the announcement of this year's Polaris Music Prize Shortlist. The 40 albums below will soon cut down to ten. Art Bergmann, The Apostate [...]
HOLY S***!!! NEW BROKEN SOCIAL SCENE IS COMING!
Since the release of Forgiveness Rock Record on 2010 and the world tour that followed, the members of Broken Social Scene have focused on their solo projects. With an average of one or two shows [...]
Fast Romantics’ “Julia” wins SOCAN Songwriting Prize
The 2016 SOCAN Songwriting Prize was awarded today to the Toronto-via-Calgary band Fast Romantics for their song “Julia,” beating out the likes of Polaris Music Prize nominees The Strumbellas, Dilly Dally and Andy Shauf. Each [...]