Playlist Friday: Is This What You Call Love?
Valentine's Day is coming soon, so this week's playlist is all about love. Love comes in many forms so sometimes just like Hawksley Workman you have to ask "Is this what you call love?" Maybe [...]
Playlist Friday: Black History Month in Canada
Every February, Canadians are invited to participate in Black History Month festivities and events that honour the legacy of Black Canadians, past and present. Here at OurBasement we like to celebrate with music. The playlist [...]
Playlist Friday: New and Rejuvenated
Our first playlist for 2019 is all about being New and Rejuvenated. It may have been started another year but it has been renewed with fresh tracks added to it. New songs from Whitehorse, Michael [...]
Playlist Friday: Canadian Indie Christmas Holidays
Tis the season to listen to a lot of great Canadian Indie Christmas Holidays music! This is another playlist that began back on the CBC website and then I brought what I could over to [...]
Playlist Friday: A Canadian Indie Winter
It’s winter in Canada And the gentle breezes blow Seventy miles an hour At thirty-five below. Oh, how I love Canada When the snow’s up to your butt You take a breath of winter And [...]
Playlist Friday: Marijuana is Legal in Canada
Recreational pot has been legalized in Canada as of Wednesday, October 17 and we have a playlist for this historic time. There are over 40 tracks about marijuana and getting high etc. and a few [...]
Playlist Friday: OurBasement Release Radar Sept/2018
It's Release Radar playlist time! The playlists that let you know what is new this month! Along with our usual Spotify Release Radar playlist, there is a YouTube new video release playlist as well. The [...]
Playlist Friday: Artists’ Picks and Promos
We have quite a few playlists for you this week. It began with an email from Arts and Crafts for promotion for Dan Mangan's Troubled Mind album inviting you to "Get a customized Spotify playlist [...]
Playlist Friday: Canadian Indie Labour Union
This weeks playlist is in honour of Labour Day. Labour Day in Canada is celebrated on the first Monday of September. It originally gave workers the chance to campaign for better working conditions or pay. [...]
Playlist Friday: Gateway Music Festival and Summer Lovin’
Last weekend I headed off to Gateway Music Festival down in Bengough, Saskatchewan. Bengough is the gateway to the Big Muddy Valley where outlaws of old hid out in caves. A bit of outlaw vibe [...]